I think I have to mentally shelf this game for now. I love the two GBA games and the DS game but something feels off about this version of the beloved classics. Maybe these games have fallen victim to Nintendo's bizarre need to have super chatty games that don't really say anything so it's just clicking endlessly through needless text boxes. Maybe it's just been 20+ years and you truly cannot ever go back home again.

Regardless, nostalgia has suckered my wallet once again.