As someone who isn’t terribly familiar with visual novels, and can find them a bit too plodding with not enough to do, Root Letter is a bit of a surprise. Offering up just enough interaction that works much like a classic point-and-click adventure, smart dialogue, some strange characters, and an intriguing mystery, it’s helpful in showing what the genre is capable of in the right hands. I also appreciate the option, since this is a remastered title, to explore the game in its original anime form or with its new photo-realistic look, each very distinct from one another and impressive in their own right. If you’re either a long-time fan of the genre and have never indulged in this story or are curious about what it has to offer among the titles of its kind on Switch I’d say this is the one that has managed to make the strongest impression.