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The World Ends With You – Eight Years On

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The World Ends with You is one of the true cult classics of the Nintendo DS catalogue. Released in 2007 in Japan and 2008 elsewhere, it transports players to a parallel version of Tokyo’s youth culture hub – Shibuya – for an action-RPG experience overflowing with weird ideas and offbeat features. It’s a game I’ve been meaning to play properly ever since it came out, and over the last couple of weeks I’ve finally made the time to do just that.

So how does it stand up in 2015? Would I recommend playing it now if you missed it first time around? Read on to find out.

So, let’s get this out of the way first. For a Japanophile such as myself, The World Ends With You has a high baseline level of appeal based on its setting alone.

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