I really enjoyed this, as a take on the franchise and the characters... knowing that it was tangential, like the Tekken 2010, the first Mortal Kombat, or the Super Mario Bros. movie (which, despite being "alternative", has always kinda been headcanon, especially after MovieBob put all that into words for me), it was just fun.
Even as a 'cadie, I really don't know what I would've preferred them to do with it. At the time, I was happy to have gaming have something "mainstream", even if it was bad. Now, I like the cheese and yeah, calling it the 90s in a can doesn't bother me in the slightest.