In my early teen years, one day my mom bought me this game, thinking I'd like it. I played it a lot and liked it, then was suddenly owerwelmed by a sense of dread. It began to scare me and made me so anxious that I had my mom return it.
Years later I played it again til the end and I loved it all over again!
Right now I still love it, and it still gives me a strange sense of anxiety, like if I was really a young girl in an empty mansion where ghosts and adults with bad intentions could appear at any moment. But it's a nice thrill now.

I think the soundtrack adds to the suspance: it's very light and ghostly, so you hear very well the sounds of Ashley's footsteps.
The art style is super charming and stylish.

D's story is so sad...

I didn't play the sequel for the Wii. I'd like to, but it doesn't seem to have the same charm of the DS game. And it doesn't have D (I think)!