Hidden Gem: The World Ends With You

It's time to talk about a game that few people have played or even heard about, The World Ends With You, or TWEWY. This is my favorite DS game. And I will MAKE you listen to my rantings!

This game is LOADED with style, and it's got a sweet cast of characters

Pretty much everything about this game is godlike compared to other action RPG games. Reasons why this game kicks so much trash.

1. The art stile is amazing, it's got an edgy look to it while still being anime.
2. The enemy designs are so freaking awesome, they have a cool tribal tattoo style. Sadly I can't find any pictures of them, sadness.
3. The story is so crazy I never figured it out until the end, and even then theres still stuff to figure out and with careful observation and some snooping around you can get secret reports which fill in those gaps, the plot is perfect.
4. The characters are some of the best I've seen in any game, I actually was really depressed when one of the characters died.
5. There is over 300 different pin/psyches (attacks)
6. it has the best Soundtrack ever, with J-pop, J-rock and a bit of rap here and there.

This game just emanates style, it's undeniable. The game takes place in the shopping district of Tokyo, Shibuya. Neku (the game's protagonist) wakes up on the sidewalk, confused and nobody taking notice of him like he's invisible, he finds a pin with a skull design that allows him to read minds and is soon under attack by psychic creatures known as 'Noise'. He then teams up with Shiki, a girl who perpetually carries around a stuffed cat (named Mr. Mew) to defeat the Noise using Psyches, the only form of combat the works on Noise. Neku then finds himself in the "Reapers game" a test that if won comes with great rewards, at a price of course.

What's goin' on!?!?

The combat in the game is called the "Cross-stride system", where on one screen you control Neku with the touch screen and on the top screen you have Shiki (or any other partner you may have) who is controlled with the face buttons or the D-pad. They fight simultaneously and you have to control both of your characters, although you do have an auto pilot for the top screen which helps if you're still getting used to it. The main feature with the battle system is the light puck, a lime green ball of light that is passed between the players when a combo is performed, and with each consecutive pass it gets stronger and when it is held by a character it gives them a damage boost reaching up to 5X power. The action may look like a mess of explosions and crap but it actually does take some thinking if you wanna get good rewards.

       

All in all the game is a beast and has TONS of replay value, I've beaten the game 3 times and i still haven't gotten everything. Only two things wrong with it, no real multiplayer (all it has is a mini game and player shops) and tons of text that you can't skip unless you've beaten the game once.

See ya next time!