I guess the hype from this game came from the pictures of Izuna before the release.  However, it shouldn't have been the only reason to hype about this game.  Izuna: The Legend of the Unemployed Ninja is an excitng game featuring some nice randomly generated dungeons throughout.  It features an interesting story and a great hack and slash engine.  This game is pretty addictive and fun, however, I get the feeling that it doesn't have that long of a story...