Nice Zelda-like. I'm really bad at Zelda though!! XD Definitely an interesting mechanic, swapping with the critters. Since she was supposed to have a good relationship with them I initially assumed they'd be friendly though! (Mistake) I found respawn points to be a bit of a problem sometimes (i.e. drowning, but then spawning right on top of a critter which then game-over'ed me). I think my lack of progress was probably due to not mastering special moves of the critters. I sort of wish there'd been time for some sort of tutorial, or as others mentioned checkpoints would have been helpful. ^_^
Art was great, music was nice - again really like the mechanic concept. Thanks very much for a fun game!