I want to love it, but I think I'll wait for Skywind. What's a couple more years?

There first half of the game is kind of boring and repetitive, with the story there to keep you going. It starts to drag when all the environments are just forest with the occasional old timey building sprinkled in. But at pretty much exactly the halfway point it starts being interesting again. Story, setting, and difficulty all ramp up and it's fun again. I would say try it, it's not awful, just a bit dated.
First DLC was ok, and the second was great.

2023

I had a great time with the music and the cultural aspects of it, but at some point I stopped having fun. It started feeling a bit errand-runny to get around and complete objectives. Still super cute though

Watched a YouTuber play the main game the day after it came out. One of my biggest regrets. Just now sat down to play the DLC, somehow 110% blind. It lives up to expectations.

Very cute, and it's obvious a ton of creative effort went into it, with tons of variety present, but hidden behind the supposed unpredictability presented by the fact that it's supposed to be a game made by a 10 year old lies the fact that this is a game MADE for a 10 year old, and it's quite boring.

The ending is kind of bland and uneventful but the moment to moment minutia of gameplay more than makes up for it.

Extremely solid, impeccable game feel and momentum. I've had this on my radar for years now, and I was quite satisfied. Completed in about 2.5 hours.

This review contains spoilers

This game has:
Spear Fishing
Business Management
Cooking Mama
Stealth Section
Bullet Hell
Rhythm Game
Farming Sim
Etc.
It just keeps throwing stuff at you!

Exactly 10 min long, and I had fun with it. Very last puzzle was very clever.