Really nice work on the graphics, especially the title background! The palette chooser is a nice touch, but I always feel with palette choosers in games that it takes something away because palette is usually intentionally chosen by the artist, so having a random one takes away some of the soul of the art.
The movement and instant restart to the very beginning is fairly frustrating, and I was unable to beat the game because of this. Due to the full reset on death, I really didn’t like the blind jumps you had to make in some parts, even if it’s simple to make the landing. Just makes me feel like I have to memorize the level and moves, when the movement mechanic just feels tedious. That said, it did feel very old school because of that combination of mechanics haha
Overall though, very nice job, and nice on the Gameboy soul!