I'm not sure why I skipped this series when it was coming out but looking back, I definitely would have enjoyed it in my youth. It's still pretty fun today. It's a fairly breezy playthrough where doing the collectathon is easy but still pretty satisfying. The levels are good for the most part with an interconnected structure that makes it easy to get to and from any part of it. The jump feels a bit weird which is a bad thing to say about any platformer but it didn't get in the way too much. The game is absolutely worth a shot.