Looooooove this game. The exploration makes me cream. Such a charming experience filled with character in each corner. It's not perfect by any means, but that's kinda what makes it so iconic. It's rough design choices and wonky balancing adds to the unwelcome feeling you get from the world and makes the whole thing more memorable. Has one of the most uneven boss roster in the series, but its peaks are some of the highest in the series. I find it hilarious how it gives you the master key as a starting item option, allowing for some insane sequence breaks that you have to wonder if they even thought about that or if they just added it in because it 'seemed right' for a game like this.