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The World Ends With You
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  • In modern-day Tokyo, The World Ends with You is a stylish Action-RPG by the creators of Kingdom Hearts and FF XIII Versus.
  • Distinctive modern art style created by a team of artists led by Tetsuy Nomury.
  • Innovative Stride-Cross Battle System allows players to control two characters simultaneously, unleashing special attacks with the stylus.
  • Experience an amazing soundtrack combining a fusion of musical influences from hip-hop to rock to electronica.
  • Battle with up to three friends in the Tin Pin Slammer via local wireless connection.
description
15-year-old Neku Sakuraba wakes up in an intersection awash with people, alone and unaware of how he got there. Then he receives a text message containing a mission, and the warning "You have 60 minutes. Fail, and face erasure." With that, Neku is thrust into a life-or-death Game that sends him scrambling down streets paved with one riddle after another.

With a time limit of seven days, Neku will team up with unlikely allies as the Game’s stakes grow more and more deadly...
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Release Date Apr 25, 2008
Genre Action Adventure
Version  US
  ESRB Teen
Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.
PAX-Code PAX0002063902
Catalog No.  NTR-P-AWLE
Item Code  662248908014
Players  1
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    Average rating:   (5 out of 5)
    Total votes:   6

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    hatenaki_yume (9) on 01, May. 2008 10:07 (HKT)

    Hands down the best RPG for the DS
    One of the things that made this one of my favorite games (and by far the best that I own for the DS) is how well the modern styles and themes have been preserved and translated.

    I bought this when it came out in Japan (Subarashiki Kono Sekai) and I can tell you that every location and every character name, including the NPCs, have been translated perfectly (even most items and badges/pins have had their named directly translated).

    The dialogue in this game was a very pleasant surprise. Kudos to the writing staff, because more than once have I genuinely burst out laughing while going through the text.

    As a fan of the original voices, the English voices are much to be desired (as expected) but they aren't terrible. The music has all been translated into English, and they sound great! Surprisingly, I actually prefer some of the songs this way.

    I absolutely love Tetsuya Nomura's art style and it works perfectly with this game. Also, most cutscenes are rendered in 2-D, but the objects are placed so that there's still a sense of depth perception. Additionally, almost all interaction between characters are done with text and speech bubbles (my dad thought that I was reading a graphic novel rather than playing a game). It's very different but I think it's rather fitting.

    As far as gameplay, it is impossible to play this without a stylus. The battle system is ridiculously fun. Also, if you can't control both screens at the same time as fast as you would like to (like me), the auto mode for the top screen (the bottom screen is completely manual) allows you to input your own controls and have the AI take over after a certain amount of seconds, so you can override the AI when it matters most during battles.

    After you finish the game (I did it in 3 days), there is an alternate storyline that you can play, as well as missions and secret reports to complete during a second play through of the main story (think Kingdom Hearts II), so this game has a pretty high replay value (besides the fact that it's just fun to play).

    If you have a DS then there's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't check this game out. =)

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    icestar83 (1) on 01, May. 2008 05:39 (HKT)

    A new touch
    I really like how the characters in this game speak the way we would in urban life. Aside from that, SquareEnix has a way of getting the people who play their games into the characters that they're playing. I also like the top screen/bottom screen battles, and the music as well. Awsome game!

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    debelgnis (2) on 29, Apr. 2008 15:30 (HKT)

    Best xRPG on DS, best ARPG ever
    This's the best xRPG on DS and the best Action RPG on any system in term of gameplay.

    The leveling can never be so much fun like this game. It takes full advantage of the DS functions (touch/microphone) in the way that you'll never get bored. It has Easy/Normal/Hard/Ultimate Mode so everyone can enjoy. The soundtrack is superb.

    The best thing is this game is very deep so it worths your money. There're so many items and abilities to collect. There's New Game+ mode, and you can start in any chapter you want after you finished the game, with all items and stats you already have, you can even switch between chapters anytime you want.

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    ShiroPochama (3) on 27, Feb. 2008 19:56 (HKT)

    Awsome game
    This is one of the must plays.

    Great artstyle + graphic(they used 3D effects well), the music rocks, the gameplay is just awsome!
    If you can read Japanese reasonably well the storyline great(I worked on my reading skills)
    Depending on your ability to play you can choose the difficulty! 8D


    One of the best games I came across!

    If you are an Kingdom Hearts fan or Square-Enix or Jupiter fan, why not play?
    It is also a game for you if you're into hip-hop, grafitti etc, or if you're looking for a good game to play.

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    igotdez (2) on 26, Jan. 2008 02:53 (HKT)

    Great game!
    i dont know whats goin on in the story but the gameplay is freaking awsome

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