We already have powerups and they work the same as Gradius. You have to keep collecting the spheres to get better powerups. Thank you though, review guy.

I see what you're going for with the title, doesn't work IMO
game's great though, good twist on an old classic
controls are slick, feels good when you get the ball above all the blocks and get a huge combo
very smart that you implemented a way a control where the ball goes when you swing; this one feature being absent could completely ruin it
music is great but the sound is pretty shit, especially the sound effect for hitting the ball, that needs to get improved asap everything else is just bland
just add some kind of powerups or whatever and this could be a damn solid game