Don't be fooled by the cheerful art and music. This game wants to piss you off with its infuriating platforming and constant softlock locations in just the normal course of play. Gave up after the third softlock at about 33% completion.

+Cute, colorful, well-animated
+Great music
+Equipment usually visible on your character
+Frequent save points and no real penalty for death anyway
+Shortcuts marked on map with dotted lines
+Bosses have decent mechanics and can be learned without repeated deaths

~Difficulty is all over the place
~Very few iframes
~Movement isn't incredibly precise and no coyote time
~A little more linear than full Metroidvania
~Splash screens are short, but unskippable

-Soft-locked three times in the normal course of play before I gave up
-Multiple minor bugs
-Not challenging, but frustrating platforming to the point of trolling
-Flying enemies are infuriating
-Enemy hit and hurtboxes often overlap
-Can't mark the map
-Coins can easily bounce off-screen
-Game forces a small resolution, screwing up your desktop and making it hard to look at Steam overlay

Played on:
Win11Pro, i7-14700K, RTX4060 Ti 8GB, 32GB DDR5-6000 @ 1920x1080
Using PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox Series X|S