An immensely cute and sassy Zelda-esque style adventure featuring a little purple haired samurai and a lot of goofy characters. The game hits the ground running, introducing all your mechanics and your main villain in a nice 5-10 minute opening. One of the core mechanics in this is the ability to absorb your enemy's abilities and use them yourself, which is both beneficial for combat and puzzle solving.
The game is quite slow and platforming is not its strong suit. It often likes to backtrack on specific events to do them multiple times which feels like padding more than actual progression, which I find very tedious.
However a lot of its frustrations and long stretches of running around are ammended by having fantastic presentation, (mostly) decent boss fights, and humor that's so immensely part of 1990s anime dub culture that it carries the game into its cult classic status. A unique little gem of a game that deserves a look if you need a fun action-adventure for a weekend.
The game is quite slow and platforming is not its strong suit. It often likes to backtrack on specific events to do them multiple times which feels like padding more than actual progression, which I find very tedious.
However a lot of its frustrations and long stretches of running around are ammended by having fantastic presentation, (mostly) decent boss fights, and humor that's so immensely part of 1990s anime dub culture that it carries the game into its cult classic status. A unique little gem of a game that deserves a look if you need a fun action-adventure for a weekend.