I wanted to believe it meant a sequel would finally be announced, since I’ve been waiting for a sequel ever since I finished the original game.
Well, it’s not a sequel, but it did mean something… The World Ends With You is getting an anime adaptation!
A new website for The World Ends With You: The Animation features a countdown to the day of its official reveal, an Anime Expo Lite 2020 broadcast on July 3 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET. In true TWEWY fashion, the countdown began exactly 7 days ahead of the broadcast, although you can see from my screenshot that we now have 5 days to go (counting today).
Square Enix also opened up a Twitter account for the show, and it’s been counting down as well.
I don’t know how the anime adaptation will be, but I’m happy to at least see signs of life from the series. And if the TWEWY anime does well, maybe we’ll have a chance at getting a sequel after all…
(Or more likely, the anime will end with a TWEWY sequel tease and then we’ll hear nothing. But I can dream.)
What do you think about the news that The World Ends With You is getting an anime?
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Next up in our Not-E3 coverage is MonsterVine’s Hot Games Summer Showcase, which I’m actually involved with since I’m a freelance writer/reviewer for MonsterVine! I couldn’t find new trailers to embed for some of the games I’ll be highlighting here, so be sure to check out the full showcase!
We started out with a look at Ary and the Secret of Seasons, which looks like it could be a pretty good game. I’ll be keeping my eye on that one for sure.
After that came trailers for 30XX and Aeolis Tournament, which we’ve seen in other Not-E3 showcases this year, followed by a rogelite RPG shooter called Bite the Bullet.
A cute adventure game called Button City was next, the first of several cute animal-themed games in the showcase.
Next up were new trailers for Liberated, Freakpocalypse, Cyber Hook, and Danger Scavenger. The next game shown after that was the visual novel Dear Devere, which I reviewed for MonsterVine as part of this showcase.
We got to see another trailer for Paradise Lost, which is looking pretty interesting, as well as a montage from the Dread X Collection, 10 short horror games that were each created in just 7 days. Some of them look pretty cool, so I might need to check that out (maybe around October).
After a look at Dreamscaper, they showed Embr, a game about “uber firefighters” currently in Early Access. Next up was a multiplayer game called First Class Trouble and then a montage of games from Physicality Games. One of the games getting a physical release from them is Whispering Willows, which we discussed last year.
The next game was Gamedec, the cyberpunk detective RPG shown in at least one previous showcase, and it looks pretty cool.
Trailers for Hotshot Racing and the new MapleStory update were followed by an interview about The Walking Dead: Onslaught, then a look at the side-scrolling platformer Metal Unit and the visual novel Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
Neversong looks pretty cool, and then after Rift Breaker, there was a short interlude section before the showcase resumed with Rock of Ages III. The next game was a sword-fighting VR game called Until You Fall, which looks kinda cool except that I’m not a VR player.
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a cool-looking roguelite platformer, Spaceline Crew looks like a cute party game, and The Falconeer continues to look pretty interesting. Next was another cute game, a puzzle platformer called Terrorarium.
New trailers for The Way of Wrath and This is the Zodiac Speaking were followed by Thunder Rally and Hypercharge: Unboxed (which I wrote some stuff about for a completely unrelated freelance job), and then it was time for my interview with Bloober Team about The Medium! It was really exciting to do this interview, and The Medium sounds like it’s going to be fantastic.
An action-adventure roguelike called UnderMine was shown, followed by a zombie survival game called Undying. We got another look at Volta-X and When the Past Was Around, and then Wintermoor Tactics Club, which I also reviewed as part of the showcase.
The showcase ended with another tiny teaser for Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest.
We all did a wrap-up for the outro (which includes me and my Master Xehanort plush for my segment). And that was that! What did you think of the MonsterVine Hot Games Summer Showcase?
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As someone who enjoys a lot of Japanese games, I was really looking forward to the New Game+ Expo, despite it being one of the lesser-known Not-E3 showcases.
It began with a new trailer for Catherine: Full Body on the Switch. I have the original Catherine, but I never played it, so I’m torn on whether I should or if I should just eventually get Full Body instead.
Then we got to see some No More Heroes III… well, sorta. Technically, there was No More Heroes III going on, but Suda51 was standing in front of it to give fans a message. I’m still hopeful they’ll eventually announce No More Heroes I & II ports, but today was not that day.
Next up was a new trailer for Harvest Moon: One World. Although I’m not a farming sim fan, this is your obligatory reminder that this is Fake Harvest Moon, as the original series is now Story of Seasons.
A new 3D puzzle platformer called Tin & Kuna was announced. It looks like it could be fun.
They showed a new competitive mode for Billion Road, gameplay for Fight Crab, and DLC content for Samurai Shodown, none of which particularly interests me.
After that was the first trailer for the recently-announced Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: Prophecy of the Throne. I’m not too familiar with Re:Zero, but the game could be interesting.
Another surprise reveal was Fallen Legion: Revenants. I played the original two Fallen Legion games and reviewed them for MonsterVine, but I didn’t enjoy them enough to be particularly excited for a sequel… although I have to admit, it looks interesting.
They revealed more SNK games coming to the Switch as part of the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection, highlighting King of Fighters R-2.
Trails of Cold Steel IV will officially come to the west on October 27 for the PS4, which was exciting news, although I didn’t watch the trailer to avoid spoilers.
On the other hand, I did watch the trailer for Death end re:Quest 2, and that looks pretty cool, so I’m more interested in trying the first one sometime.
They showed Idol Manager, discussed the mobile Danganronpa ports, and then revealed that the otome Cafe Enchante will be released in the west in November. I’ll need to consider that one.
The world’s tiniest trailer for a game called Escape from Asura told me nothing about it, but Gematsu says it might be the Criminal Girls X localization.
After that came quite a surprise, since the 8-bit Bloodstained spin-off Curse of the Moon is getting a sequel. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 has no release date yet, and I haven’t played either Bloodstained game, but it’s a pretty cool surprise.
They showed a gameplay trailer for Guilty Gear Strive, and then a trailer for the upcoming Fairy Tail RPG.
More NeoGeo, this time with the Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection, and then came an October western release window for another otome, Piofiore: Fated Memories. This one sounds pretty interesting, so I’ll definitely keep my eye on it.
Neptunia Virtual Stars got its first western trailer, Pretty Princess party is coming west in December, and Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Plus is being localized this year, although without “Plus” in the title for the western release (which confused me at first).
An obligatory montage of titles showed Shantae, Cold Steel III, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and other games, and then they closed out the showcase with the announcement that Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will be coming west in 2021. It looks pretty cool.
Okay, I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get a release date for Persona 5 Scramble, and I was not-so-secretly holding out hope for Crossbell localization news, but this still was a pretty solid lineup and one of the better showcases so far! What did you think of the New Game+ Expo?
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Last month, the reveal of Anime Expo 2020’s program cover sparked hope that The World Ends With You news would be coming soon.