Cave Story, Metroid and EarthBound have a kid. The result is The Underside.
This game has sadly never been finished after ten years, But there are still hints of activity seen on his Twitter. (
https://twitter.com/MrPodunkian)
It is an obscure little platformer made by Arthur "Mr. Podunkian" Lee, Who has created other games and mods.
If you have the time, You can check out the demo at (
http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/?page_id=215).
Note: If you do not already have it, You will need to find a safe source to get MSCVR71.dll and put it in This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Windows
Anyway, If you do try it, I hope you enjoy it and tell me what you think of the demo.