what chapter did you get to? if you're needing checkpoints you should try and play with a friend. It can make the game a lot easier.

3rd act I think? and sadly my friends don't game or are too busy :(

that's too bad, it's a great game for coop, that and you would have 2 very different gameplay options. I was able to help my sister who isn't that great at gaming do much better than she would have on her own.

Since it is the end of the month, i'll post some ramblings about the game. All of the positives and negatives have already been covered in various posts. The conclusion that game does most things right except the "game" part would be quite accurate. I was quite looking forward to it since the first time they announced it. The art style looked amazing and it had a lot of charm. At least it delievered on those fronts. 

The biggest problem with the game was they had a story to tell and they would do that any cost. They would interrupt you every few seconds (it felt like that) and ramble about something on and on. The sidekick Pikarina while initially cute, gets way too annoying. There is insane amount of dialogue in this game and it is not just an overkill for a platformer but most other games. 

The gameplay mechanics pertaining to platforming are not too refined either, although i think the "scissor" was done okay for the most part. I quite liked some of the level specific characters you meet. Their back story which reads like a dark fairy tale can also be found in the unlockables section. The boss fights were not too bad either. I remember enjoying fighting the dragon and snake. 

I did have fun in parts while playing the game. On the whole, it was quite underwhelming and couldn't deliver on a promise of a well rounded game. Would i recommend it? Maybe, it really depends on your tastes. If you prefer Nintendo kind of platformers, i'd say steer away from this one. I mean there was a fellow vgc member who proclaimed this to be his game of the generation, while he gave NSMBU a 4/10 (which i think is top tier platformer). 

Here i found the thread. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=176274&page=0#-9   Although i mentioned in that thread that he seems quite impressionable and has a "knack" for games that most would find average at best. 

Different things for different people.

Peace out.

The co-op is pretty neat. I've been playing through with my wife, and it helps having a partner in crime to get all the heads and gems while you're busy fighting the bad guys and making jumps. Unfortunately, co-op doesn't erase the major problems of the game :(