ivantod posted:

While the graphics are quite colourful, the character sprites are definitely a bit on the tinier side. So the blue haired guy in the middle is Manjimaru and the other person at the bottom near the entrance is his mother. You can certainly talk to her, and talking to NPCs in general is a big part of getting the story of this game, but she will simply tell you to go upstairs and escape the house.

Before we continue, I was talking previously about the PS2/GameCube remake version. So here is what this same screen looks like in that version: