A tad bit of confusion...
 

Just curious, is it normal to not be able to replay/choose between any 'Area' in any given stage that you want, even after you've defeated the entire 'Stage'?

'Cause I tried going back to fight the Giant Mouser Robot, but I had to begin on the very first Area, which I found rather odd. As well, when I received a Game Over in the Junkyard (my first), I had to begin Stage 2 right from the very beginning (Area 1), and had to make my way all the way back (and seeing as many of the Areas are extremely lenghty, it took a while... plus it was rather tedious). So, is this the way it's supposed to be? There's no way to pick and choose any given Area to replay? If so, that really disappoints me...

The game only saves after you complete an entire stage. If you run out of continues or quit, you have to start the stage all over again from Area 1. If you complete a stage with a turtle, you can go back and play any area of that stage with that turtle that you beat the stage with.