A flawed but fun simulation of being a kindergarten teacher, with some janky mechanics (bomb rocks and Pikmin climbable vines in particular) strangely sloppy controls, and a sometimes frustrating lack of polish make this a strange experience, but a unique one worth playing at least once.

Solid short hack, good secrets and star coins with a focus on great atmosphere and gimmicks, not the best, and usurped by its sequel this hack managed to stay very entertaining right up until the last 2 stages, one of which is particularly unfun, but hey, the other 90% of this hack was good to fantastic in quality, although the highs weren't particularly cloud breaking in height.

The RPG example of big numbers not meaning big strategy, this game's systems and mechanics have tons of depth despite the numbers not going past 2 digits, my only issue is in late game you just find a perfect solution to the combat encounters and just spam that ie quake hammer -> Bombette screen wipe. Visuals, story, music, and environments are all pretty good, but definitely play second fiddle to the fantastic mechanics. Must play, preferably via emulator.