Square Enix have announced they have brought the DS RPG The World Ends With You to the iPhone and iPad as The World Ends with You: Solo Remix. this new version of the game costs £12.99 / €14.49 on the iPhone and £13.99 / €15.99 on the iPad. The World Ends with You: Solo Remix has the following features:
■Story
A boy named Neku wakes
up in a crowded intersection of Shibuya in the heart of Tokyo--alone
and unaware of how he got there. Then, he receives a text message:
“Clear this mission...or face erasure.” With that, Neku is thrust
into a life-or-death game that sends him scrambling down streets
paved with one riddle after another.
■ Enjoy
quick, satisfying and intuitive battles
Activate combat
abilities, or “psychs,” with simple touch commands like tapping,
slashing, and dragging. Control Neku and his partner on the same
screen and take the combat up a notch, and boost item drops in battle
with the revamped Fusion system.
■ Wireless
arcade action with friends
Use the pins equipped
in the main story to play Tin Pin Slammer. Take on other players with
iPhones or iPads and copies of The World Ends with You, and be the
first to knock opponents’ pins off the table.
■ Redrawn
art and Retina display support
Enjoy the game in full
HD on Retina-enabled iPad or iPhone 4 or later devices. Art and
animation across the game has been redrawn for this release, making
combat a beautiful experience.
■ The
ultimate soundtrack: 60 songs
Composer Takeharu
Ishimoto’s complete soundtrack is included in the game with
high-quality audio and full vocals, including remixes and new songs.
■Tweets
amid the hustle and bustle
The world doesn’t end
with Shibuya. Tap into the Internet and populate the minds of in-game
streetgoers with tweets.
■Profile
sharing
Exchange profiles with
other players, and their avatars will appear in the streets of
Shibuya! If friends have Twitter accounts, their avatar will think
their latest tweet, and players can receive free items for every
trade!
■ Deep
replay value
Finish the main story
to unlock a bonus chapter, more quests and items to find, new combat
challenges, and secret reports that further flesh out the story.
■ Explore
a living, breathing city
Neku’s sprawling
world is based on the real-life Shibuya in Tokyo. Visit real
locations and absorb some real Japanese culture through a hip fantasy
lens.
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