IGM writes: "During our chat with Pwnee, they said the following: “we aren’t stopping with Steam and Nintendo, we are aiming to be on every platform, including their handheld devices.”"
Note that it is, as you say, a "setting". You have the choice to play the game like that; it's very customizable and very fun. Like a party game but pure platforming.
I want 3DS version, please!!! :)
The masochistic setting looks impossible. I like my games with challenge, but damn.