This was a fun experience, really felt good. I think it'd be nice if the text speed was little bit faster, because it felt really slow, especially the opening crawl. The artstyle in the intro feels a little bit inconsistent as there are different pixel sizes, but the artstyle in the rest of the game feels consistent again. The parallax background bugged out for me, so that I often had no background on the right side of the screen until it plops in.
I found the crab running with you and holding up that shield really great. The little banter between all the characters was also cool and made the game feel alive.