This is a really fun and colorful game! Yes it's made by the people that did the older goemon/mystical ninja games(which i loved), and even thought it definitely share alot of the same spirit, it still feel like it's own thing. The stage are numerous, colorful and quite varried, the music is quite peppy, the collectibles are almost all optional but you'll still hunt them down because it's just fun to do, and the gameplay mix platforming and fighting real well. It's still mostly an easy game, but not TOO easy and the game is quite long without feeling bloated. It's simply really fun to play. It remind me alot of the PS2/Gamecube era in the way it's all designed and feel like, definitely a good thing.

Definitely worth being given a chance, as long as you don't expect the hardest game ever, it will definitely give you a fun and happy time, and i hope it's not the last we see of that tanuki!