Wow
This series was excellent, to put it simply. It was so powerful that I stopped caring at all that it was 8-bit, not long at all after it began. In fact, I'm not a higher-bit animation would have been better at all. It's so good that you can pull it off with such old-school graphics.
Anyway, I loved the entire theme and plotline to death. The only thing I had any sort of problem with at all was the "Game Over" at the end, though I suppose that makes it authentic or somesuch. Still, it's not enough to take away from the greatness of this series. Awesome work.
Also, take that, Romeo and Juliet. Muwahahaha.