Warm, nostalgic synth tones that sound like a Japanese summer afternoon filtered through a 3DS speaker. Attack of the Friday Monsters is a 2013 3DS game by Level-5, and it captures childhood wonder perfectly. "Strolling Yet Running" has this carefree momentum like a kid racing through a neighborhood, and "The Year-Round Fuji no Hana Marketplace" hums with small-town life.
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"The Sixth Cutest Girl in the Class!" is this playful, blushing little piece. Track names tell their own story. "Dream of Diving into a Sweet Cake and Wading Around" is exactly the kind of thought a kid would have. The 3DS hardware gives everything a soft, compressed intimacy.
That space defense department theme being completely earnest. Listen to this if you want a soundtrack that makes you homesick for a childhood you never had.