First thing I noticed when playing this game was the stylistic choice, this arcade game's 8-bit pixel style really suits the theme and the gameplay. All of the character animations are made well and make the world feel more alive. The game was a little hard at times since the enemies move a lot faster than the player, but the sword changing mechanic made for some cool combinations and moments, some of the enemies can at all be avoided, though. This would have been a huge hit in the arcade days.
P.s the style of this page is awesome.