On April 18th 2008, a Nintendo DS game called The World Ends With You was released in the UK to some level of critical acclaim. Within one month, it found its way into my handhelds' cartridge slot and within six months I'd clocked up over 100 hours on the thing. Since then, I've gone beyond 200 hours and reached the rare distinction of 100% completion, especially impressive considering the sprawling nature of the game. It was the intelligent plot, original battle system, stand-out soundtrack and wonderfully well-written script that took this beyond being any other action-RPG and straight to the top of my 'Favourite Games of All Time' list.
So when Square-Enix this morning put out a website that was so obviously, blatantly teasing a follow-up to TWEWY, I actually made an excited squeaky noise then struggled to pay any close attention to the website as my eyes were filling up with happy tears. Since then, I've spent half a day analysing what little there is on said website, which other people had already done before me. So, instead, I decided perhaps it would be better to fantasise. Here are my ideas for what a sequel to TWEWY could be like, and what I'd like if they took that approach. Let me begin-