The art style and seven day time limit gives Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor a The World Ends With You vibe. During an interview I asked Atlus if one game set the stage for the other.

1994 marked the first time for many listeners in English-language regions that videogame soundtrack albums became available. Through promotional offers in gaming magazines, Nobuo Uematsu’s score to Final Fantasy VI was released as the three-disc album "Kefka’s Domain."  The soundtrack…

The party has progressed through the Game, imprinting memes on people in the Realground, and completing the tasks set by the Reapers. Day Six begins with Neku awakening at scramble crossing, where the story began. He finds he has come…

The Players made it to Towa Records, but not without taking considerable losses to the Reapers.  Both protagonists, bitter about how events have unfolded, lose some confidence in their ability to last a week in the Game.  Neku remarks that…

With A-East up and running, thanks to a last minute intervention by Beat and Rhyme, chapter four begins with a scene between a bespectacled woman Reaper a French maid outfit and a young man with a hyena's grin in a…

Having cleansed Hachiko of its curse and warded off the Reapers, chapter two ends with Neku turning against his partner in an attempt to escape the Game.  He awakes without a clear recollection of the previous day's events, finding himself in…

Having scanned scramble crossing, Neku finds himself afflicted with a troubling case of amnesia.  You can hear the clatter of trains passing overhead on the soundtrack in what appears to be the dark of night.  The protagonist's hostility toward others…

While we’re discussing the World Ends With You, did you notice how Square Enix crafted the equipment system? Instead of regulating “threads” (read: armor) by level, bravery determines what you can wear.   Shiki, Neku’s female friend and first partner,…

The World Ends With You begins with loner Neku Sakuraba entering one of the most densely crowded corners of Tokyo.   The character’s bulky headphones and shirt collar drawn over the lower portion of his face seem like markers of his…

One of the clever features about Grand Theft Auto franchise is seeing familiar landmarks. You enter Las Vegas, I mean Las Venturas in San Andreas and drive around in pseudo New York City in Grand Theft Auto III.   The…