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The World Ends With You (Genre: JRPG)
The World Ends With You is a game for the Nintendo DS that was American-ized from its Japanese brethren, It's A Wonderful Life. The game is great for casual and hardcore gamers with its accessible-at-any-time difficulty adjuster available at the in-game menu, spanning from Easy to Ultimate (with Normal and Hard in-between). There is also a Level Adjustor too, making the possibility of playing at Level 1 on Ultimate a reality for the game.
Although it initially seems difficult to master, the combat system does a great job of making players multi-task by using both screens as the fighting area. One screen uses the D-Pad or Buttons to attack (making this game open to both lefties and righties), while the other screen uses the stylus to attack the "Noise." Noise are animal-based enemies that are manifested from the negative feelings of humans, fyi. The combat system is quite deep, having Neku on the bottom-screen use "Pins" to attack the Noise. Each Pin has its own "Psych," meaning that a different use of the stylus is demanded for each Pin, making players open to have their own best way of fighting by using the 304 different Pins.
As if that wasn't enough, there are also Threads that function as armor for the 4 Shibuyans that players direct throughout the game. While it may seem a bit unnecessary, each Thread has a different brand, and each area of the game provides boosts to a character depending on what brands they are wearing. Of course, players may opt to make their characters wear nothing, or have the 3 males cross-dress if their Bravery stat is high-enough. Combat is also aided by the consumption of food. Each food product that someone buys in the game gives a boost to either HP, Bravery, Attack, or Defense.
Replay value is also not an issue. After the main story of the game is beaten, players may select to play any of the chapters that they have already done, and a new chapter opens up to players! There are also miscellaneous values that a player may slowly fill in, such as having 100% of items available throughout the game, how many different types of enemies are encountered, how many enemies are defeated, and how many of the 304 Pins have been Mastered throughout a player's trials.
There are not many downsides to be seen from TWEWY, although there is only one save slot, containing massive amounts of J-Pop (only a downside if your head will explode upon listening), and having an Emo main character (however, throughout the story, he will evolve to see the decency inside of people). However, if someone were to stick it out until the end, they would find one of the best RPGs available for the DS today, containing abundant replay value, charmingly written dialogue, and one of the best stories that has been written in present times.
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Here's a review that I wrote on The World Ends With You. I tried to cover all the main points and such. Anyways, feel free to discuss!
