Love the new look of this, great combo of a retro aesthetic with some modern flair
I kinda want to get this day 1 for the soundtrack 😓
The water doesn't look as bad as the early comparisons made it seem. It actually looks pretty cool when you're underwater and seeing the distortion effect. But I still question the decision to add those effects.. this was designed to be an 8-bit love letter. Remastering it with a 16-bit style for the Wii version was fine, since the game is kind of straddling the line between 16 and 8 bit anyway, but when you break away from a retro aesthetic with lighting and physics changes like this it seems like you're kind of forgetting the point. It might be best to either totally remake it with modern HD sprites and effects or keep it totally retro. Some of the other changes do look nice though, like the ground sprites fading to black.
I can't disagree that the original appeal of the game was to be a retro throwback, you really can't contest how friggin good this remake looks, at least compared to the 3D remake that totally made the game look shitty and weird. They're not sacrificing the retro look of the game, they're enhancing it.
I feel stupid for wanting this at the price they're selling it, especially day 1, but fuck I love this game. The promise of getting coop in this is so enticing too! I'd love to play thru this with a friend.