Details on Square Enix's "The World Ends With You"

The World Ends With You is a new action RPG for the DS. It is being developed by Square Enix, makers of the Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts series. It is an adventure set in modern day Tokyo with all the latest Japanese trends and utilizes the DS' functionality. It is the story of a 15 year old boy named Neku Sakuraba who awakes in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan. He then gets a text message stating that he will die if he does not do the assigned task in the message. It has modern art style from Tetsuya Nomura, who does art for Final Fantasy. There is also a new battle system special attacks are done with sound and touch commands. There is also minigames and mingling with items and fashions on a local wireless connection. The game is coming out on April 22, 2008 and The Gamer Haven will have the review then.