Nintendo Switch is about to be flooded in remasters from the Wii U, PlayStation 3, and… the DS?
Okay Square Enix… this isn’t quite what I had in mind when I said that old games needed support. I was thinking more along the lines of a port of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, but this is fine for now.
The World Ends With You, or TWEWY as adoring fans pronounce it, was a cult-hit from the days of the Nintendo DS. I can still remember seeing the reveal for the first time and thinking that the game would never stand a chance at being localized in North America. This was back in about 2007 when AAA overswept the Japanese market, and not many publishers were willing to send their niche games out to die.
This was also at a time when Square Enix wasn’t really dabbling in original ideas and had fallen out of favor with this holdover fan from the original PSOne days, back when Square was at the height of its experimental phase.
I bought the game in Japan on my first trip to the country, but to my surprise, within a year, Square Enix decided to localilize it! The World Ends With You, a goofy little handheld RPG from the creators of Kingdom Hearts, not only launched, in North America but it was met with enthusiasm across the board equal to my own.
Whatever it was, TWEWY found its market. The touch screen combat surprised a lot of longtime, hardcore RPG enthusiasts, and even its seemingly trite story about how fashion should dominate our lives delivered a resonating tone that churned out a few memorable characters. Indeed, the gaming world was shocked when it started taking home awards during awards season, and the game proved even better on iPhone and iPad with the single screen fixing the original’s dual-screen combat issues.
Surprise, surprise, it’s hard to keep track of two different battles at once.
This cult-classic RPG was a game I loved the first time I played it but never thought I would revisit. Now, the Nintendo Switch has given me all the reason in the world to do so.
Don’t think this lets you off the hook though, Square Enix. I still want my Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy XII fix on the Switch.
Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/01/20/nintendo-switch-is-about-to-be-flooded-in-remasters-from-the-wii-u-playstation-3-and-the-ds/