Masami Suzuki doing vocals over N64-era production and it sounds like a late-90s Japanese indie record that wandered into a game store. Zettai Shounen from 1997 has this lo-fi warmth where the album versions of tracks feel more personal than polished.
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Accordion-doori no Neko has that quirky melodic quality with an actual accordion presence giving it texture. Water strips things down to something fragile and bare, just voice and minimal arrangement. Glass no Merry-go-round sits in this bittersweet space that N64-era Japanese releases did so well.
Capsule in its album mix. The title track carrying all the weight of the game's name. If you dig through obscure N64-adjacent Japanese releases, this one rewards you with genuine songwriter craft over hardware gimmicks.