The Ghost of RubangB on 21 August 2008
The World Ends With You is the stupidest piece of shit I've ever played. Horrible story, horrible dialogue, horrible pacing, horrible style, and weird minigame gameplay with no strategy, but just timing your combos of taps and rubs. I think I might write a review of it soon.
If you want a good mix of great story and great gameplay, you want Final Fantasy IV and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. For GBA you can get FFVI and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
(Just like the FFs, The Mario & Luigi RPGs aren't exactly sequels, so the order you play them in doesn't matter, but I'd recommend Superstar Saga first anyway.)
If you want cruel grueling boring dungeoncrawling, Etrian Odyssey is good. I've heard Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja is good for this too, but I haven't played it.
If you want turn-based stategery RPG, Fire Emblems for the GBA are great.
I'd recommend FF1&2: Dawn of Souls for the GBA, since they let you save anywhere now, but those games play more like homework than fun now. If you're interested, the game's gotta be super cheap by now.
