I've been studying Japanese for the last few years, and sitting down to play this game being able to understand about 80% of what was being said in Japanese was such a rewarding experience. This is very nostalgic return to one of my favorite childhood games. When I first played this back in 2012 I barely knew English and learned lots of vocabulary like "mayor" or "town hall" through it. Now I get to do the same with Japanese, already having learned "ぴったり", "役場" and "村長". I will definitely play this regularly for a while to immerse myself in the language!

This was a fun little addition to the game, Yuffie feels great to control and the boss fights were decently engaging. The best part for me however is the Fort Condor minigame, something I found so much fun that I wish there was more of it. The writing however felt very tropey and not interesting to me. The game follows Yuffie and another character, one I found so bland I can't even remember his name even though I beat it an hour before writing this. Who knows if it will become relevant to the overall narrative the Remake trilogy wants to tell, but as of right now the story felt a bit pointless.