I've been playing it the last two days, and I think I've done a 180 on the whole thing. The level design is a huge let-down. I can deal with the bad visuals but some of these levels are rancid, like the Mine or the Capitol Building one with no checkpoints. I went into the latter thinking it wouldn't be as bad as people had said but I was wrong. I proceeded to try two or three times, and dying all times, and I gave up.
I managed to beat 3 bosses but altogether I don't find this game too appealing anymore. The controls can be wonky, at times, and the level design can be atrocious. I think the character design is nice and charming though. The core gameplay is there but it just has too many problems for me to keep up with it. I've already switched it back out for The Last Story in my Wii-U.