YES!

Worst starting ever (4 lives at level 36), I wanted to get the gamepad at level 77, but the game didn't want that and made me step directly into a

... So I had to go on, take a few umbrellas, get my last CRISTAL letter at level 94... It was quite cool at the end; I survived all of the 90s except 95 and 99 (and maybe 97.1, I don't know...) and finally reached Tuber with 2 lives, which is enough to beat him (lost one, got one)