Gerrrrrrr8!!!
well done! i like the machanics, i like the animation style, monochrome is coming back in a big way.
just a few suggestoins though, you should try to make the charicter fighiting animations alittle more fluid or make motion lines to show he is moving so fast you just cant see him move.
the camra could use a little work dont put him in the center of the screen make the screen center the direction he is looking, also think about the camera panning in an out as larger chaicters start appering. that way you can show off the more detail work to start with then pull out for easier play.
the first boss mr/ms big tenticals an scythe just raped me, i could be lame but for first boss that may be a bit extrem ( i only had 5 def)
if you have any questons or if you would lik more suggestions pm me any time.