I don't know if it's intentional, but the swing bars in the third/last level of the main story and around level 3 of the Challenge mode are impossible to launch off of in any direction but down when using a gamepad. It makes it so that the only way to finish the main story is to exploit tricks like swapping characters to bypass floor warps, spamming attack to get between the bottom of the bar and the top of the angled bumpers. And it makes Challenge Mode seemingly impossible to complete.
I had a confusing and somewhat negative experience when I first started, but once I really understood how to play the game and especially after I was able to play the other modes, I started to really enjoy it a *lot*
Also it has balloons in it that can be interacted with. I love those.And the environment art is gorgeous