One of the best remakes on XBLA. This is how remakes should be made. Its a remake game, it should be judged as such.
I didn't have any trouble with the controls. It takes a little getting used to at first, but before you now it you'll forget about it and it will come natural to you...just like in the old games of the 8bit era.
The new additions to the game make it feel as a full fledge game. You can't help but think how this might have been how the original developers wanted the first one to be.
This is the best $10 can give you, and I think it will be a long time before another game that gives you so much for so little again.