Legendarily charming and affecting. Looks cute, has boppin' tunes and funny writing. It is an old, turn-based, menu driven game, but that makes sense for the time. It at least did some new and interesting things and has some surprises, though it's mostly linear and decisions only matter a little. But it's definitely worth experiencing, and its genre conventions (or subversions) add to the overall experience in way that couldn't be done in any other medium.