For TWEWY:



Well, I suppose it depends if you have any fascination with Japanese urban culture.

The area that the story happens in is Shibuya and takes a lot of direct sources from style in terms of music & clothing.

Shibuya urban music had a distinct sound at the time too and the creators took care to find the right artists for the OST.

It basically screamed "urban life" with distinct accent markers like graffiti art, fashion trends & cellphones... and it features

real Shibuya districts. (Remember, this came out in 2006-2007 so common cellphone usage was just starting to become the norm.)



The era (from what I remember) was sort of blooming with more angsty themes including things like: Self-relfection on who you

really are/want to become vs expectations of yourself & others. I like to call it: The Linkin Park era. lol



The story can get dark, dealing with themes of death, loneliness and sacrifice (since our hero has to play a game against Shinigami/Reapers)

but even our protag, who's all angsty becomes likable and supporting cast is fun on the whole. It all happens within "a week" too and

there are a few mysteries to be solved during that time. It has an interesting story.



I found the battle system pretty fun too. You can collect pins with various powers and shape your fighting style depending on how you

want to play. Your clothing matters in the same way that armor does and sometimes matching brands together makes them stronger

and you can unlock new clothing too. You can also chose to evolve certain pins to have other abilities too. You have allies for specials and

you can grow them for more devastating attacks. Also, that "extreme version" of Tetsuya Nomura art style fits in pretty naturally there with

it's elongate & proportionally strange bodies & dark blocky style.



If Urban stuff isn't appealing to you then this is definitely not the game for you.

But I liked it enough to 100% it plus do extra stories, secret endings & modes. (on the original DS)

Honestly, it's my second favorite game series made for the DS. (My favorite is the Ace Attorney series.)

It's actually the 10 year anniversary of TWEWY and I might just make something to celebrate it.

^^