So, how ironic this little, 15 USD platformer seems so good. Geez. Anyone else played more than the demo of this yet?

looks spiffy, but don't even have my Xbox plugged in ATM .... kinda looks like a cross between Blade Kitten and Odin Sphere.

Way faster paced that Blade Kitten, imo, more skill available too. Odin Spear is actually probably a good comparison though I've played limited parts of that game due to not ever owning my own copy.

you should dig up a copy from gamestop, the hidden gem to that game was that there was actually something like 5-7 different characters (can't remember exactly how many, more than 4 though) each with their own unique story that wove back and forth between the events in the other characters story arcs.

the game starts out feeling like the Valkyrie will be the lead for the whole game but then you finish her arc and are tossed into an entirely different character arc and are all "OMGWTF this is so epic!"

It sounds really interesting, but the art-style is just off-putting.

It's highly stylized, I like it a lot, personally, but if you don't like the look of the videos that's what the game actually looks like, so yeah, you won't like it.

http://www.indieretronews.com/2013/03/dust-elysian-tail-intense-action.html
This is now coming to Steam. I'm still hoping for a GOG release as well.