Yeah, the game is very short, being intended for a very young audience, so I was expecting a single sitting and cute experience.

What I did not expect is that this game is surprisingly well put together in a way that tells you that the developers planned everything with meticulous detail. I am saying this because having played later Kirby games, is amazing how even in his debut the movement, mechanics, level design and just the vibe is almost the same as future games, and those future games did just the right changes to expand Kirby's moveset and level lenght for them to count as proper platformers.

What I'm tryint to say is, that even when simple and short, this game is of great quality for what it offers, and the developers knew it enough to improve to the point of the franchise that it is today, while keeping the original core ideas intact.