this game being an official Nintendo game marketed towards the WII U really pushes me to enjoy it way more than I should otherwise. the story is all over the place but its presentation is very committed and outlandish so i enjoy the novelty of it. the gameplay itself is pretty fine, competent enough until you go against the later bosses in the story. they're all very tough and that's when it feels like the guarding and dodging isn't good enough in most situations where they kill you quickly. I only played the online once way back when this game was new and although I cant speak on that experience as a whole, I did end up playing the unofficial free to play online game from the same devs which i found very enjoyable when it was still around.