When the original The World Ends with You launched all the way back in 2007 on the Nintendo DS, it won attention and praise for its unorthodox storytelling and gameplay. It used many of the features of the Nintendo DS in experimental ways and delivering its story of a secret life-or-death game in modern day Tokyo’s Shibuya ward with a manga-flavored presentation. Despite being beloved by fans, TWEWY seemed stuck to be eternally revamped and re-released on new platforms, never to get a proper followup.
Well, it took fourteen years, but NEO: The World Ends with You is finally here, and it’s every bit as stylish, engrossing, and outright fun as its predecessor.
The premise of NEO TWEWY is similar to the original. Fret and Rindo are a pair of unassuming Japanese teens just hanging out in Shibuya, only to suddenly find themselves thrust into the game of their lives—literally, because…
