i think this is where touhou became touhou. he nailed it on this one and used the winning formula ever since

using the power of parallel timelines to fuck my stepmom. music provided by stevie wonder trapped on a ym2608

a solid 3rd party zelda entry, plays like a miniature version of lttp. the kinstone mechanic encourages revisiting areas, and the relatively small size of the overworld means backtracking isn't that annoying. my main complaints are that the game seems a little rough around the edges near the end (the charm bottles lack any kind of animation) and that buying figurines is needlessly tedious, the shopkeeper gives you the same 10 auxiliary lines every time you buy a figure