The World Ends With You
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Nintendo DSGenres
RPGStyles
AnimeEras
ModernPlayers
SingleplayerDescription
The World Ends With You (also known as Subarashiki: It's a Wonderful World) is an RPG from the creators of Kingdom Hearts at Square Enix.Neku Sakuraba, a normal 15 year-old boy with a hobby for music and graffiti, suddenly had woken up in middle of Shibuya one day, a famous shopping district in Toyko, Japan. Why he's there remains a mystery to him. All of a sudden, the thoughts of the people surrounding him began to enter his head at once. It must had been happening because of the mysterious badge he held in his hand. Suddenly, Neku's cellphone rings with a text message on it. It says that if he wants to live, he'll have to fulfill a set of orders entitled "Death's Game" which must be completed under a 7 days limit. "Death's Game" has certain rules, which keep him from exiting or escaping the boundaries in Shibuya. If Neku doesn't complete Death's Game, he'll get negated from existence along with Shiki, another person who's desperate to complete Death's Game. The Shinigami, or gods of death, are monitoring Neku and Shiki and invite them to dangerous games, however, they won't be easy to complete. In order to survive, Neku and Shiki will have to defeat Noise, a type of monster that dwells within people's thoughts. The Noise are based on material animals such as pigeons, wolves, and bears, and can also take the form of objects and historical monuments in Shibuya. Neku's empathetic abilities are essential not only to gather clues and hints from the people, but to also detect the Noise that sweep through the roads of Shibuya. During Neku's time in Shibuya, he'll come across other people who are also dragged within Death's Game. Neku, Shiki, Joshua, Beat, and Rhyme will have to discover the purpose of the game.
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