I enjoyed playing this series a few years ago, I think it was one of my favourites then. Now, years later, I'm playing this (yay nostalgia), but I just wish the controls wouldn't be the arrows but instead use WASD with space being the jump button. That's just what I'm used to, to all those other games, that also use WASD. I guess it would be awesome, if you could choose between those two versions.
That's just my biggest critique for this sneak peak.
I enjoy this game. It is fun and cute, you can rename your minions and you can make them stronger. There is only one thing that bugs me about the game, and that's the damage vs health balance. It is way to easy to knock an enemy down or get knocked down, just by a single blow. I'd increse the health points to make the battles last a bit longer and to make winning a bit more possible. Some minion do have low health, but have strong attacks, btu I can't use them because they got knocked down already by one single attack of an enemy.
Another thing, but that is just personal, getting the same minion again. I'm always wondering what I'll get, maybe somethign new I haven't seen yet and then it's just the same minion I already got and maybe don't even use. I've heard after the third Sage you can choose between two minions, which is a good option, haven't got that far yet.
All in all I like the game, it is amusing, just the damage vs health should be worked on.