Penny's Big Breakaway is really good, best 3D Sonic-style movement I've ever seen; and you can see influence taken from a very plentiful and diverse set of platforming and non-platforming games (Ristar and Mario 3D World are especially apparent as influences), but whoever decided that "let's make our entire set of mooks the baby Goombas from Mario 3" should get a stern talking to.
Absolute nonsense.