Nostalgic to the max.
I literally had a smile on throughout the entire thing, but my smile couldn't have gotten bigger when you animated them with their original walking style during "exiting the forest is super simple".
And yes, I got all the little geeky references you put in there. From the bad guy in the chest to the tadpoles on the note pond.
Kudos, Kirbopher(and crew), you have made yet another excellently terrific flash.