played 3 or 4 worlds of this. feels like a game that really just creates a lot of level ideas that feel kind of too loosely related to the core movement ideas and why they existed in the first place (better captured in dkc1/2). I certainly appreciate the effort but eh, not that compelling for me. the overworld exploration and npcs are cute though. also incredible art

forgot to log this. played a few hours this year. I found it hard to get into (repeating stuff when you die... the slow menu transitions lol.. they have a certain charm but get pretty grating)

but I really admire the way it has such a b-movie feel to it, but also how each individual room/combat/weird puzzle idea feels like a little vignette of its own. Maybe I'll come back some day! Or just move on to RE2...

I didn't end up playing much of this last year, but it seemed to be a nifty mix of slice of life and chibi-3d dungeoning rpg with some unique currency/stat systems. The structure of jumping between different girls and seeing their life events is unique enough to warrant a 4/5, imo.