I only recently understood that weird dance Major Pauline does during her sequence. Sat at home and had some retro gaming let's play videos in the background and recognised a certain tune. Man, there's some really cute fan service moments in this game. Heh.
Pauline is still creepy as fuck though, with her art style clash.
Also, as someone who went on a media blackout pre-release and who was evidently way too good at not falling off cliffs, I just got introduced to the dark wood area by a friend. Oooooooooooh. That is so neat. I had been searching for where those last few coins were... but how are you supposed to find that area on your own, dammit.