I think we’re over the whole tired “ugh not another retro game” rhetoric that kicked off during the Xbox Live Arcade era.
Once people realized over the course of the past decade they were here to stay, and that many of them were quite good, the rabble died down. Some are more retro than others, and Alwa’s Awakening definitely skews toward the ’80s end of the spectrum.
Source: Destructoid Review: Alwa’s Awakening (Switch)