Guessed by @S.Peelman
Thinking of this game always brings back memories of playing this on my 3DS in my first year of the first college I dropped out of. I think going into adulthood and trying to find a place in the world, studying music alongside what I thought would be like-minded people, was when it started to become pretty clear that I was gonna be an outcast wherever I went. Almost a dozen years later, I can say I've still found no place in the world, and... well, thinking of this game makes me miss when things were simple. Because even if things weren't going well back then, I wasn't too bothered at the time, I kept things simple. I was simple. And this game, well... it's so simple, too. You fly around and shoot the bad guys. Say corny one-liners. Hear Peppy reminding you of your dad every five seconds. Try to shoot even more bad guys to get bigger numbers. Big number gives medal. It's just fun.
Maybe I need to relearn what fun is.