This game is Maid Samba most commonly referred to as Zangyura. It’s in the vein of “traditional doujin SHMUP author takes a stab at making a platformer.” A passive effort will reveal it to be a poor Castlevania knock off. Further investigation reveals its true nature; a joke.

Etude’s jokes are mainly you laughing with the creator. Nocturne is more of him laughing at you. Knightmare… is an earthquake of infinite lives and infinite deaths. The screen-shaking and the constant dying is enough to overwhelm you, even with the insane amount of checkpoints everywhere.

All in all, it’s a game for those appreciative of quirky yet forgiving level design and a yellow-haired lemming.

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