Thanks so much for the video! It’s so nice to see it played and get feedback on the tough parts. As a matter of fact, I was listening to Star Festival from Mario Galaxy on repeat while trying to get inspiration for this song, so there’s definitely a (not so) subtle influence there! Gamepad is definitely the way to go. We intentionally left the ending a little ambiguous so that there was an opportunity for the true ending! Just collect all the beans to see it (or you could just watch my speedrun video on hard mode on the itch page lol) but unless you want the extra challenge, there’s no reason to play on hard.
Also just wanted to point out that you missed one of the upgrades if you wanted to go back, which probably made the ending much harder than it needed to be. Of course that’s totally my fault for making it skippable :D
Anyway, you rock. Thanks for the vid!