![]() ![]() Some have mundane explanations while others aren’t so clear, this build-up of strangeness keeping the game on a fascinating level of uncertainty that thankfully does have some answers down the line that aren’t just so simple that the legwork looking into things feels like it leads to an empty absolute. The mystery of whether these attacks are real ends up a compelling motivator for interacting with the people of the small town, new developments constantly making you think you’ve figured it out only to throw a monkey wrench into that understanding when the next one shows up.Īs a child you don’t quite get direct answers on the affair much of the time, but while you hang out with your peers their shared curiosity about it leads to some investigative adventures as you poke at the mysterious things around town. The adults openly acknowledge the upcoming giant monster attack as they idly muse to themselves, but when you speak to them about it can feel like they are feigning interest in a flight of fancy. Early on you learn a television show about giant monster fights is filmed in the area, but you also encounter enormous footprints within city limits. What makes this promise of a potential kaiju encounter more intriguing though is that it’s rather unclear how authentic this threat may actually be. Naturally, the potential monster attacked proclaimed loudly in the game’s title is its narrative destination despite starting off as the humble tale of Sohta as his family moves to this new area. You may not be the son of a dry cleaner like Sohta and you might not live on the edge between housing and farmlands like him, and you especially didn’t have giant monsters showing up every Friday evening near your childhood home to fight, but the general mindsets of the children characters in this 3DS download title feel like they line up remarkably well with a realistic depiction of youth, not making the kids too mature and intelligent or too mindlessly precocious. Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale takes place in 1971 in the specific small town of Fuji no Hana on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, and yet its tale of childhood naivety and discovery has a certain universality to its nostalgic appeal.
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