Bright, chirpy mobile game loops with surprising variety packed into tiny packages. Keitai Sound 2 is a 2008 mobile compilation covering multiple games worth of BGM, from dating sim themes to puzzle tracks to battle music.
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"恋のテーマ" (Love Theme) has that classic visual novel sweetness. The character themes for 理奈, ほのか, 小鳩, and the rest each have their own personality, which is impressive for mobile-era audio. Then "バトル1" and "バトル2" show up out of nowhere with genuine intensity.
The wildest part is the end. Two Hatsune Miku feature tracks, "おねがいナ・イ・ショにしてね" and "春眠暁ネギみっく," just casually sitting at the bottom of the tracklist like that is normal. 2008 mobile gaming was a different world. If you want a time capsule of what Japanese phones sounded like before smartphones took over, this is it.