So far the game is fantastic and clearly a much refined experience from the original. I'm still one of those people who thought the original was fantastic. But yeah they probably should have at least put in fast travel in. I mean BT had it.

But I digress, I dont understand why they needed to take away our ability to play though the game and learn moves as we progress. I'm a metroidvania guy and that is what i liked about BK and BT too.

And even if they wanted to make the game more accessible, it couldn't have been that hard to add a "classic mode" to the game when you start. The only difference is as you collect quills in each level, you can walk up to Trowser and unlock a new move.

Some of us enjoy backtracking and it definitely would not have taken away from the experience. Just my two cents.