I think the biggest problem about Battletoads is the total inability to stick to a style and do it well.

You have likeable characters, and a fun story and fun cutscenes, totally serviceable beat-em-up gameplay with colorful and fun cartoon animation, and then in every other level it turns into a completely different game, like a racing game, or a twin stick shooter. And these levels go on for WAAAAY too long. They seriously never end.

I want to like Battletoads, but this and its NES predecessor are the epitome of the saying, "Jack of all trades, master of none". There are far better games in each of the genres Battletoads wants to be. Do not waste your time with this game.