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The World Ends with You

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Post by Heroine of the Dragon » Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:21 am

Have you played The World Ends with You?
What are your favourite attacks?

The game takes place in a fictional version of the Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, Japan. While everyday life goes on in the Realground (RG), the chosen dead are brought to an alternate plane of existence called the Underground (UG). The UG is also the venue for the Reapers' Game. By offering their most treasured possession to enter the Game, the dead gain the chance to contest for the prize: to be brought back to life or to transcend to a higher form of spiritual existence. Most of those who choose to transcend become Reapers, the opponents of players in future Games. Lasting a week, each Game is a contest to judge the worth of humanity. Players set out to accomplish objectives under the rules created by the Composer, who is a god-like entity that maintains Shibuya. Another Reaper, the Conductor, tasks other Reapers to obstruct the players' efforts. Failure to complete a mission will disperse the mind and spirit of the player or Reaper, thus erasing his or her existence.

A player in the UG is invisible to the living in the RG, though one can sometimes read and influence their thoughts. The UG is frequented by creatures called "Noise", which are attracted by the negative feelings of the living. To progress in the Reapers' Game, players are often required to defeat Noise by killing or "erasing" them. However, each Noise exists in two parallel universes (or "zones") simultaneously, and can only be defeated by two players simultaneously fighting and defeating the Noise from these separate zones. To do this, players are required to form a pact with another player to survive the Noise. Players receive assignments via text messages sent to their cell phones, and their right hands are imprinted with a countdown indicating the time left in the mission. After a day's mission is complete, the remaining players find themselves at the start of the next day's mission, having no sense of the time that has passed in between.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Ends_with_You


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Post by Booyakasha » Wed Aug 09, 2023 6:02 pm

I bought it because it sounded wild and wacky, and promptly lost it. Still have no idea where it is...
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Post by I REALLY HATE POKEMON! » Wed Aug 09, 2023 6:31 pm

I beat the game way back, I thoroughly enjoyed it actually. I wasn't super into the characters or art style or even the music, but it was all high quality and so different from what you usually get that it was refreshing. The combat was also unique, one of the few games that integrated the use of the stylus well.

The sequel doesn't seem as good, but I'd like to try it eventually.

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Post by Booyakasha » Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:23 pm

Hey, I found my copy of TWEWY. Against all odds, it was in with my DS and 3DS games.
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Post by Luther » Mon Aug 14, 2023 10:58 pm

Hmmm!! I actually played this for my boyfriend recently. Felt a little awkward to play, admittedly...
But we thought of like... maybe whenever we do get a chance to meet up together and stay for a few days, we could probably play co-op on the Switch remake. Would be a pretty neat idea!

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