while its a definite improvement over the original, it still doesnt look very.. finished to me
what bugs me the most would be the aaing on the rocks at the bottom of the screen, theres just too much and they look blurred ( I even thought jpeg'd at first glance <_<; )
and the clouds bug me too, the outlines youve given them make them look pillow shaded
I did a quick edit to show how I mightve done things
(bottom left rocks and top middle cloud is all that changes)
I got a bit carried away with the outlines on the rocks, but hopefully that didnt ruin my edit
I really like the sprites tho, no crits for them.
'look forward to seeing more