The World Ends with You is an action role-playing game developed by
Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts team and Jupiter for the Nintendo DS
handheld console. Set in the modern-day Shibuya shopping district of
Tokyo, The World Ends with You features a distinctive art style
inspired by Shibuya and its youth culture. Development was inspired by
elements of Jupiter's previous game, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
It was released in Japan in July 2007, and in PAL regions and North
America in April 2008. In the game, Neku Sakuraba and his allies are
forced to participate in a game that will determine their fate. The
battle system uses many of the unique features of the Nintendo DS,
including combat that takes place on both screens, and attacks
performed by certain motions on the touchscreen or by shouting into the
microphone. Elements of Japanese youth culture, such as fashion, food,
and cell phones, are key aspects of the missions. The World Ends with
You received positive reviews, which praised the graphics, soundtrack,
and integration of gameplay into the Shibuya setting. The few common
complaints were related to the steep learning curve of the battle
system as well as the imprecise touch-screen controls. In the week of
its release, the game was the second best-selling DS title in Japan,
and the top selling DS title in the US.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1066:
Harold Godwinson of England defeated Harald Hardråde of Norway in
Yorkshire at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, marking the end of Viking
invasion of England.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge>
1396:
Ottoman wars in Europe: Ottoman forces under Bayezid I defeated a
Christian alliance led by Sigismund of Hungary in the Battle of
Nicopolis near present-day Nikopol, Bulgaria.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nicopolis>
1513:
Conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa , upon a peak in present-day Darién,
Panama, became the first European known to have seen the Pacific Ocean
from the New World, naming it Mar del Sur, or South Sea, a few days
later.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa>
1944:
World War II: British troops began their withdrawal from the Battle of
Arnhem in the Netherlands, ending the Allies' Operation Market Garden
in defeat.
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1983:
In one of the largest prison escapes in British history, 38 Provisional
Irish Republican Army prisoners hijacked a prison meals lorry and
smashed their way out of HM Prison Maze in County Antrim, Northern
Ireland.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_Prison_escape>
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ecky thump (interj):
(Northern England) Exclamation of surprise or pleasure
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The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of
the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.
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