"Hey boss, I know the platforming levels we made for our platforming game are great but what if we sprinkle in some terrible mini games to make sure the player isn't having too much fun. Oh, and let's make the entire final mission a sequence of mini games just to end on a low note."

This seems to be common occurrence among developers from the era, inserting non platforming sections for the sake of "variety". What were they smoking back then.

I had an overall good time with the game, but I constantly bounced back and forth between loving and hating it.