>can lose armor, powerups and even basic combat abilities if you fuck up
>limited number of lives with a chance to continue if you have one of the grim reaper tokens, and if you lose that you're boned and you start the entire game over
>coins (money) have significant value, not only because you can use them to buy powerups, but because you have to pay just to save the fucking game
This shit was ballsy for 2002. I imagine this game would've sold even more if it had just gone with the conventional "oops, you died, start from last checkpoint" shit, but I respect the fact it didn't. I love when a game gives you a meaningful incentive to play well and avoid death instead of just making it a minor inconvenience with nothing at stake. I'd argue this game's approach was even more hardcore than a lot of NES era games. Maximo is a badass game man.

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Maximo was a literal masterpiece.