The combat takes some getting used to... but after a while it gets pretty fun

music is okay I guess... and yes Neku can go to hell for all that I care atm.

Have any links to images or info on it? Never heard of it.

It is a Square-Enix RPG game. It was called "It's A Wonderful Life" in Japan. Any game site like Kotaku, GoNintendo, or IGN will have plenty on it.

I've got it. I couldn't handle the top and bottom screen at the same time, I leave top screen on auto, with only occasional interventions.

Besides that though, the game is awesome. Interesting systems for leveling up, Fighting on the bottom screen is fluid and easy to manage, music is a nice change from all those other games with music that's just meant to be... well, the backround.

I hadn't heard of it before this thread, but the title alone sounds pretty epic to me. I wish I had a DS, because from what I've read about it so far, it looks pretty sweet. @o

damn, I am really digging this game. I'm only up to Joshua Day 2, but mmmm, it is delicious. The battles offer an nice break from the standard RPG list menus. Neku isn't on my hate list anymore either 😯

Hey guess what I've had the game for 5 days and clocked about 100 hours on it. Go me!

Truly a sauceome game.

That's right folks, over the last 120hrs, Steev has played the game for 100 of them.

That's how good this game is.

EDIT:
I haven't moved anywhere in the story in like 3 days... because I'm just level building

Right now, I'm at lvl 66. 4199 HP, Joshua is currently residing with 611 BRV points and climbing... I'm just spam feeding Neku 'The "Tatsumi" Burger' and Josh 'Cordyceps'... after I max Josh out at 999 and get Neku in the 300s with his BRV, I'll probably finally move on... I wish I had a bigger wallet though =

I've been absent for the board for two whole weeks partly because of this game. An absolute masterpiece, the best game on DS. It's been in development since before the DS was announced to the public and it definitely shows. There are only three things wrong with it.

- The ability to restart a battle after a game over isn't available from the get-go. It also doesn't include normal, hard or ultimate in addition to the easy option.

- The evolution system. The game gives no indication of what types of PP evolve what pins and mastered pins can't have their PP drained.

- The extra boss is ridiculously difficult on hard and ultimate. It is literally impossible to beat it without completely cheesing it. This is the bad kind of difficult.

And there are so many other things that the developers got RIGHT. Everyone that owns a DS needs to give this game a chance, and by a chance I mean at least 5 hours of playtime. Speaking of playtime, my stats as of this morning before actually playing the game are:

Playtime: 79h 54m
Esper rank: Composer - B
Esper points: 2119 - C
Noise Report: 95; 98.9% - A
Pin Mastery: 185; 60.8% - B
Item Collection: 282; 59.7% - C
Final Time Attack: Haven't tried it on hard or ultimate yet; I only did it once for the accessory.

I've also had Mr H on my save screen since I got all the reports

Neku has had 100 atk for a long time, and had 100 atk 0 def for quite a while. He now has 78 def and 376 brv. Whether I stop playing the game before I get a * rank on everything remains to be seen.

I take issue with one thing in the ending which I guess you could count as my own personal 4th thing wrong with the game.

lol @HSW

I'm still on week 2, day 4... just level building now since I am bored/ I can.

BTW, Circuit City has the game for $29.99 this week. Anyone who doesn't get it now should have their DS taken from them.

I've hit 200 hours, and haven't really moved anywhere for the past week. I've been focusing too much on pin mastery >=o

This game got an interest from me when I saw a screenshot of it months back. I was reluctant to approach it because I lost faith in Square Enix years ago, but the game, while tedious, is fun. I am most impressed on the artwork which they seem to use on everything and the music which is fun to listen to. The gameplay keeps me on my toes and the story, while Square-Enix line of cliche (I saw a lot of things coming a mile away), has enough twists to keep me interested. In short, I liked it. I'm currently collecting reports right now.