Eighth GOTW finished for 2024. I had a lot more fun with this one than I thought I would. While I don't have any nostalgia or previous knowledge of the Samurai Pizza Cats animated series tie-in, I still mostly enjoyed this little platformer. Switching out characters on the fly to overcome obstacles was fun, and the difficulty didn't feel as harsh as many NES-era games love to be. Platforming controls felt pretty good for the most part, but too many times I accidentally ran while moving left and right and used several special moves while climbing up platforms due to the use of the D-Pad for additional move sets. There felt like just a tad too many levels as well, as by the end it felt like it overstayed its welcome a bit. Still a fun and cute platformer that I'm glad I tried out!