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Addie no Okurimono: To Moze from Addie is a JP-only puzzle-adventure similar to latter titles such as the Professor Layton series. The story is about a young girl named Addie who is given a broken music box by her friend Moze, who will be moving away tomorrow as his parents are divorcing. After falling asleep while playing with the music box, Addie wakes up in a strange resort town populated by people who look exactly like the residents of her hometown, but they all go by different names and don't seem to recognize her.

The game has wonderful watercolor-style portraits and scenes, and the general atmosphere is very nostalgic and dreamlike. Unlike in Professor Layton, where puzzles are unrelated to the overarching story, each word puzzle in this game serves directly to solve a problem encountered during the game and move the plot along. The game's story has clearly done its research in terms of psychology, and many concepts from the field will be recognizeable to people who are familiar with them.

Recently, a translation group has taken up working on this game, so let's hope that turns out smoothly.