It's deserving of its reputation.

It has strange momentum-physics (you can resist your forward momentum enough to change direction midair, but you'll still continue moving forward if you get off the d-pad), and you move too fast with a too zoomed-in camera in too big of stages to really be able to react to danger in a realistic manner. I suppose the 10 minute time-limit is to encourage you to inch along through the stage.

So yeah, it's definitely not what I want or am looking for in a platformer.