By Breanna Frederick-Mclean

 The World Ends With You is a action/ RPG game that takes place in Shibuya, Japan. It is for the Nintendo DS and iOS.  The focus of the game is to complete missions, which are assigned throughout the game and defeat Noise, which are monsters.

 You play as the character Neku Sakuraba, a Asian 15 year old male that is usually closed off and rude. He fights using pins which let him use powers.  During the game, you get three partners, the first is Shiki Misaki, a 15 year old female, who fights using a cat plush  The next partner is Yoshiya Kiryu (Joshua), who is a teenager who is very cunning and intelligent. He fights using his phone and lazers.  Your final partner is Daisukenojo Bito (Beat), a skate boarder who has a ‘tough guy’ attitude most of the time. He fights with his skateboard.  Other characters are, Raimu Bito (Rhyme, female) and Sanae Hanekoma (male), a adult friend of Joshua.

Neku Shiki BeatJoshua

 In The World Ends With You, the teenagers are portrayed as modern teens in japan. They are shown having problems a teen might have and dealing with personal problems, like appearance or friendships.  The characters are shown to be rather skinny or fit for the most part, and Shiki wearing small clothing, as well as some female NPCs  I didn’t notice any people with special needs in the game

 Females are shown to care a lot about fashion or how they look  Males are usually shown to be ‘tough’ or business-like.  I didn’t notice much homophobia during my run-throughs, in fact, in the after-game, which is in a alternate universe, Joshua is shown as very feminine and seems to flirt with Neku sometimes.

 The game revolves around fighting most of the game, though there is no blood or gore.  Several characters have guns, and one of them shoots Neku twice.  Many characters do die, by being erased (games version of killed)  I do agree that it is somewhat violence, but it is fantasy violence, using powers to keep your character alive.

 Positive messages in the game are: enjoy life, know what you value most and why you value it, people can change for the better.  Negative messages: society can really suck.

 I started playing it when I was 11, but didn’t get through most of it until I was 13. I think 12 is a good age to start but it depends on the person.  I’ve spent at least 40 hours on my current run, the first one had 30+ hours.

 I like playing the world ends with you because the fighting style (use both ds screens) is different and unique  I also really like the story and challenges the game gives you  It has good messages that can make you think about life and other people  Here is a trailer for it Here is a trailer for it

 I do think video game addiction does exist.  It is when someone lets video games take over their life and put all their time into it.  I don’t think I’m addicted, since I only play video games for a few hours a week, unless I get a new one then I play it during my free time

 Wikipedia  TWEWY wiki  gameFAQ  Pictures from google – not mine  What I remember from playing