I really enjoyed this game... until I tried out hard mode. I know that it is hard mode and all, but it feels unfair with how brutal the bosses' altered attacks are and how unbalanced the items are. Some items like the scarf and F1 are mandatory to have a decent run, while others like boomerang bullets and speed up are near useless (especially with how fast the base movement speed is already). It almost feels like the game is running at double speed with how much stuff is on-screen at once and how fast it all is. To solve the item problem, I would give the player one free reroll per shop in hard mode to avoid getting a shop full of less valuable items.