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The World Ends With You puts you in the control of a young man named Neku Sakabara who wake up in the middle of Tokyo remembering nothing but is own name.
Afterwards he discover that he is part of a bizarre game called "The Reapers game".
The reapers game consist of several human players that have to complete tasks with the amount of time given by "the Reapers" for seven days, with one task done each day.
And for some strange reason nobody that isn't in the game can't see Neku or the other players. Neku also discovers that he has a mysterious pin in the palm of his hand that let him read peoples mind, and the existence of monsters known as the "Noises" .The history does a great job of letting you know every detail about the reapers game as you play throughout the game. One thing that stands absolute awesome about this game is its innovative combat system that makes full use of all the DS's capabilities. During the course of the game you will find "Pins" that grants you abilities/magics.While some pins only have a support effect like once in while inflict defense break on a enemy, some pins have attacks in then. These attack pins have several different elements in then and each one must be activated by drawing a certain line or circle with your stylus, like the flame line pin that you must draw a line in a bit slow motion to the place you want to burn and slide the line as you please, other is the shockwave that you must draw a quick line to the target you want to attack and the direction that you draw also determine the motion that Neku will do. But Neku isn't alone in the fight with the noises; he has to make a "pact" with a partner because it's the only way to defeat the noises. The partner fights at the top screen and you must enter commands with the D-pad to make him or her attack. Controlling both characters at once seems pretty tough at first, but you don't need to control your partner if you don´t want to. You can leave it in auto mode and the a.i. will take place instead.
In the end The World ends with you is a great game with a innovative and fun combat system and a lot more to cover. If you are a DS owner and love RPG you will find that this is not just one more ordinary game of the genre, it's really a revolution that definitely is worth your time. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.