More than 13 years after the release of The World Ends With You on the Nintendo DS, the cult-classic action RPG finally receives a sequel. Following the events introduced in The World Ends with You: Final Remix on the Switch in 2018, in particular its new scenario, NEO: The World Ends With You tasks players will competing in a new Reaper’s Game as new protagonist Rindo Kanade. But this time around the game is not as players once knew, with an emphasis on teams competing for the top rank to obtain their freedom.
Co-developed by Square Enix and h.a.n.d., NEO: The World Ends With You properly adapts the gameplay elements the original was known for, bringing them to the standard of gaming in 2021 and the control styles of current consoles. Many of the game’s original creatives returned, including Creative Producer Tetsuya Nomura, character designer Gen Kobayashi and composer Takeharu Ishimoto for more remixes of that song about candy canes.
NEO: The World Ends With You is now available on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. A review of the game is currently in the works, and will be published on The Otaku’s Study tomorrow.
