new features

I love obscure references. It would be cool to bring back "Ready, Aim, Tomatoes!" as a minigame similar to the hyperfunk zones. The minigame would reward the player the most that survives the longest. You are timed each round, have health, and the amount of tomatoes you have are limited like the original but it only lasts three (or four) rounds and gets harder as it goes on. You would have to get enough points to proceed to the next round and the last player standing would get the most xp, bucks or even a present (if they do well in the final round). If possible, I would also like to play it seperately with up to at least two or four people.

This is more a thing I noticed that happens when playin' solo (which is sad, I know, but...) It would be nice if the Funkotronian friends would have special dialogue for each character, for example, if you're playing as Peabo, that Smoot, Bloona and the other ones would have a special text dialogue depending on the character. Not something that has o do with your performance on the game, but something that enhances the lore and stuff... This in order to don't become repetitive talking to them specially when searching for all the Power Hats.

A separate mode where you can practice hyperfunk mode and aim for a high score while getting as far as you can.

A number of Switch titles include this handy feature, allowing multiple Switch consoles in the same vicinity to create an offline adhoc wifi connection. At the moment you need an Internet connection to play multiplayer on 2 devices. It would be really cool if TJ&E multiplayer could be enjoyed during long flights, train rides, anywhere you might not sustain a reliable Internet connection.

An option, in the Steam version, of re-enabling the the moving "Space Clouds" or "Fog" that was seen in outer space during the first few months of the game's launch. It was a beautiful effect, and definitely made the PC version the definitive version, at least in my eyes. I originally purchased the Nintendo Switch version, but after I saw the effect in the Steam version, I never went back to the Switch version. Since it was removed from the Steam version (a year ago perhaps?), I have yet to return to the game. Please give us an option to re-enable it, many of us have PC's which can easily handle the effect. I had a GTX 1080 and never saw any slowdown.

Title screen shows Earl eating a hot dog, but no hot dogs spawn in game. This is an outrage.

Right now, when you change a present, the only way to know what it changed into is by having first memorized your inventory, and then rifling through it for something new. Best approach here is probably to both 1) force the inventory to land on the newly-created present, and 2) add text like "Changed to Fudge Sundae".

It would be great to be able to modify things like amounts of enemies, enemy types, shrubbery, present/rubbish ratio, etc.

I feel like it was a missed opportunity to use the generic dance animations that Modern Toejam and Modern Earl use instead of the dances from Panic on Funkotron

Same fixed map for everyone with recorded score / time for everyone to play