Despite the richness of the game's updated 2D cell animation inspired graphics mixed with European BD inter title sequences, the overall product is hampered by the team's rigid adherence to the play possibilities of the original game; moving, attacking, platforming - all of these activities are betrayed by the expressiveness of the animation quality in how restricted and rigid they feel in comparison. If the devs had managed to flesh out the systemic interplay with their updated toolset, something which was inhibited in the original game and so created the poor premises that attract the misplaced reverence for the play available herein, then the game could be among some of the more delightful retro remakes of the last few years. As it stands, the play is a chore and is nostalgic for only a few minutes before becoming a tedious trek to see how languished the visual presentation is in showing off the game's best features.