I tried playing the original a while ago, but it lacked so many quality-of-life features that I ended up dropping it. Though a number of fans seem displeased with some of the changes and cut puzzles, I really enjoyed it! Simple, relaxing puzzles a soapy story, melancholic atmosphere, all as a mystery unravels. It has some plot holes, but if you can look past them it's a chill time.

Character models look great, although the backgrounds feel underbaked. The English voice acting is god-awful, so definitely switch to the Japanese, unless you are looking for a Shenmue-level so bad its good experience. Overall its a solid remake, if not the definitive way to play the game. For those that are interested in the original but don't want mess with the DS version, this is a good way to play through it. For long time fans, I would just go in with some lower expectations.

Now the second game is, the second is... well it's a meandering mess of a game that I ended up giving up on about four hours in. Honestly, it's a sequel that never should have happened and it shows by how much they attempted to cut down the original wii game in this collection.

Constant pointless cutscenes, infrequent dull puzzles, too many characters, incredibly ugly environments, a stilted, awkward story structure and so many other issues. The only thing I liked is that Ashley actually has more of a character in this one. Its definitely cool to try a game that never released in the U.S., but I wouldn't expect to finish the second game, its more of a curiosity.