


You explore the town while finding new tasks to achieve based on the locals you talk to as progressing the story unfolds. I will not delve much further into the story as that is half the magic of the experience but trust me when I say it’s astoundingly good and you will enjoy every second of its uniqueness. This links in with all the locals stories and how it affects their lives, it is a slowly growing plot that will keep you captivated the entire way through even while dosed out gradually. It is from here you quickly learn that every Friday night giant monsters attack each other in the field near this town.

Your family runs the local dry cleaners and you are left to explore the town to meet the neighbours. You play Sohta a young boy who has just moved into the small town of Fuji no Hana. He is the creator of a series called ‘My Summer Vacation’ in which you go on summer vacations, they are simple games that are designed to recreate the nostalgia of childhood holidays – these are low impact but highly atmospheric titles and the influence of these shines through in this title. Coming from Kaz Ayabe, a name not familiar outside of Japanese gaming circles, a game in this style comes as no surprise. Here is a game that is all about the experience rather than the gameplay mechanics as a whole it’s more a love letter to the ideal of the 1970’s rural Japan than offering a complex challenge to in order to keep you interested. As for the quality however I am more than happy say this breaks the trend and delivers an amazing product. Titles from these guys are not always winner’s in-terms of the end game quality but always are original in premise. In their continued experiment of throwing interesting games at the 3DS platform to see what sticks we have ended up with yet another title that is unique in its ways. Here I am reviewing yet another eShop title from Level 5.
