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The World Ends with You

Also known as Subarashiki Kono Sekai: It's A Wonderful World (JP)

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North America April 22, 2008 Square Enix
Europe April 18, 2008 Square Enix
Japan July 27, 2007 Square Enix
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The World Ends with You review HG exclusive

The game kept going, for much longer than I had anticipated. Here, Neku finally met his arc and became a likeable character … and my adventure was far from over. It is here that you will actually start caring for Neku as a character, and it is here that The World Ends with You…

Mike Suskie · August 2, 2008 · 2 comments

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The World Ends with You review

It's been a long time since I've had a good RPG to sit down with. Square Enix releasing an original game that doesn't have Final Fantasy in the title is a sight to behold. When I discovered that the team behind Kingdom Hearts was working on The World Ends With You, I was…

Ness · July 25, 2008

The World Ends with You review

The Game is dangerous. The Game is bizarre. The Game is insanely difficult. Fail to complete The Game and it'll be the last thing you ever fail to do. I don't mean this game, The World Ends With You, I mean The Game. Our protagonist, an anti-social, lonely people-hater, Neku, is…

welsh_tom · June 20, 2008

The World Ends with You review HG exclusive

One of the biggest criticisms of post Final Fantasy 6 Square-Enix titles is Tetsuya Nomura, that being the character designer for pretty much every Square-Enix title that isn’t Dragon Quest related. Criticisms of Nomura include that he has a fetish for belts and zippers, and…

timrod · April 17, 2008

The World Ends with You review Review of the Week

It’s hot out today. The sun is baking the pavement, turning the downtown asphalt into a stove. That doesn’t deter the people, however. The Shibuya shopping district is never slowed down by weather. Hundreds of sightseers are lounging in their chairs, wolfing down their fast food…

disco · March 7, 2008

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