From the creators of the award-winning Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts franchises comes a revolutionary, modern action-RPG title for a new generation of gamers. Square Enix and Jupiter team up once again to showcase The World Ends With You, a trendy and vibrant gaming experience developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS. Featuring an intuitive combat system and exciting multiplayer mode, The World Ends With You is set to immerse gamers into the modern-day culture of Japan.
Square Enix comes out of nowhere with The World Ends With You, which ends up not only being a spectacular RPG, but also ends up being one of the absolute best games available for the DS. Taking place in Tokyo, you start out playing as Neku, and are forced to complete tasks. Failing to do so will do nothing more than just erase you from history is all. Though you can’t really tell from that small synopsis, The World Ends With You features a dynamic and engaging storyline that draws you in, as well as some rich characterizations. The first thing you’ll probably notice is that the game features some simply gorgeous art design and stylish presentation. The game also features an innovative and easy to get into combat system that is a breath of fresh air for portable RPG’s, and the uses of the touch screen are wonderfully done as well. As a whole, The World Ends With You makes great use of the DS’ technical aspects, possibly the best uses that a third party game has done for the system yet. If there are any drawbacks to The World Ends With You, it lies in the game’s Tin Pin Slammers mode. While it is just a fun little extra, there isn’t really much to it. Other than that though, nearly everything else here is flawless: the music, the character animation, the effects; things couldn’t be much better. All in all, it’s rare that a game like The World Ends With You comes out of the blue and ends up being something so special. That alone makes the game worth owning, and here’s hoping that this is the start of a bold new franchise that can only get better and better from this point forward.
