Topic: The World Ends With You

[KDR_11k]

Maybe I should continue some day but I don't like how Joshua plays...

[bosshogx]

Maybe I should continue some day but I don't like how Joshua plays...

Compared to who comes next, Joshua is a dream.  Actually, Joshua gets halfway decent on the 6th day or so.

[vudu]

I'm starting to warm up to Joshua.  I'm on day 3, and really getting the hang of his fusion.

On an unrelated note, I have a question about pins.  Is there any reason for me to stock pile the regular attack pins?  I have like 50 each of the Murasame and Sexy Beam pins.  (I used to have close to 100 each, but I had to start dumping them because I filled the stoke pile limit of 200.)  Like, am I ever going to walk into a stock and there's going to be a quest item and the merchant wants a whole ****-ton of these attack pins in exchange for it?

[KDR_11k]

Compared to who comes next, Joshua is a dream.  Actually, Joshua gets halfway decent on the 6th day or so.

I looked into the manual, I know who comes next. Seems they give you worse and worse partners to increase the difficulty...

[bosshogx]

On an unrelated note, I have a question about pins.  Is there any reason for me to stock pile the regular attack pins?  I have like 50 each of the Murasame and Sexy Beam pins.  (I used to have close to 100 each, but I had to start dumping them because I filled the stoke pile limit of 200.)  Like, am I ever going to walk into a stock and there's going to be a quest item and the merchant wants a whole ****-ton of these attack pins in exchange for it?

Not really.  During the 2nd week, the enemies drop regular pins much more frequently than the money pins.  Much later on in the game, one of the stores was selling a Jupiter of the Monkey attack pin that I hadn't seen before (I forget the name).  Anyways, they wanted like 10 of one of the earlier JofM pins as a quest trade.  Problem is, you had to have them all evolved, which I wasn't going to take the time and do.  It's up to you, but at that point, I was past the "gotta catch 'em all" collection aspect of the pins.

I looked into the manual, I know who comes next. Seems they give you worse and worse partners to increase the difficulty...

Maybe it's just me, but it seems you have to pay more attention to your partners the longer the game goes on in order to keep them alive and maximize your fusions.  Shiki was the best.  3 cards and great mobility/attacking options.  Although, I did play the game by rapid spamming left or right on the d-pad while occasionally looking up to see which side the enemy was on.  Screw all those branching attack trees.

[nickmitch]

Agreed. I couldn't divert my attention between the screens like that. Spamming left or right was always the best strategy for me.
As for pins, I don't see a point in collecting ALL of the pins. I just used the ones I liked and stuck to them. But, if you needed to evolve pins in a jiffy, toying with the DS's clock works best.

[KDR_11k]

Meh, two 4-chain battles in a row and you've got a lot of PPs.

[vudu]

Bump.

So I seemed to have stopped earning PP after battles.  What gives?  I'm on day 3 of Beat, and haven't earned a single spec of PP the whole week.  At first I thought it was a story element that would be explained, but ... nothing.  Is there anything I can do, or are my pins doomed to stay at the same level for the rest of the game?

[nickmitch]

Have they maxed out their level? Pins can do that, ya know.

[EasyCure]

stopped playing this game. am i a bad person?

[bosshogx]

Bump.

So I seemed to have stopped earning PP after battles.  What gives?  I'm on day 3 of Beat, and haven't earned a single spec of PP the whole week.  At first I thought it was a story element that would be explained, but ... nothing.  Is there anything I can do, or are my pins doomed to stay at the same level for the rest of the game?

I bet you have an article of clothing equipped that stops you from gaining PP.  Double check your "diggs" or "threads" or whatever the hip kids say now-a-days.

stopped playing this game. am i a bad person?

Depends.  Did you finish it first? 

[vudu]

Have they maxed out their level? Pins can do that, ya know.

Of course they haven't; I'm not an idiot, you know.

I bet you have an article of clothing equipped that stops you from gaining PP.

Okay, maybe I am an idiot.

This was the problem.  Neku was wearing a dress (don't ask) stopped us from getting battle PP.  What a worthless article of clothing.  I really wish there was a way of "unlearn" an item's ability, because I really liked this dress but I can't wear it anymore.

I'd like to believe that I didn't know the dress' ability when I first put it on and then learned it after entering a shop, but chances are I just wasn't paying enough attention when equipping myself on the start of day 1.

That's my biggest complaint with the game--the menu system is overly complicated.  I don't like that info on the pins and items are spread out over 3 or 4 pages.  It makes it difficult to look at a large number of possibilities and determine which is the best in a given situation.

I wish there was on option to auto-equip the best items depending on a set of basic criteria (e.g. defensive, offensive, increased HP, well-rounded, better items to go my partner, etc.).  It would make up for the terrible menus.

[EasyCure]

Bump.

So I seemed to have stopped earning PP after battles.  What gives?  I'm on day 3 of Beat, and haven't earned a single spec of PP the whole week.  At first I thought it was a story element that would be explained, but ... nothing.  Is there anything I can do, or are my pins doomed to stay at the same level for the rest of the game?

I bet you have an article of clothing equipped that stops you from gaining PP.  Double check your "diggs" or "threads" or whatever the hip kids say now-a-days.

stopped playing this game. am i a bad person?

Depends.  Did you finish it first? 

i've barely left the gate..

i played it the day i got it, then put it down to finish other games.
then i ignored my DS for months due to backed up wii games i wanted to complete. i played it once more and realized i didnt save so i had to to the intro over again, got really into the fighting system (its.. interesting...)

then i didnt play for months. i tried it again a few weeks ago and i go and started trying to defeat some "noise" to break the curse of that statue thing and died after a few battles. havent played since.

[bosshogx]

That's my biggest complaint with the game--the menu system is overly complicated.  I don't like that info on the pins and items are spread out over 3 or 4 pages.  It makes it difficult to look at a large number of possibilities and determine which is the best in a given situation.

I wish there was on option to auto-equip the best items depending on a set of basic criteria (e.g. defensive, offensive, increased HP, well-rounded, better items to go my partner, etc.).  It would make up for the terrible menus.

I hear ya with those menus.  I hated having to go "phone"->"pin" to get to my pin list.  It would have been nice to have a configurable hot key or two (the shoulder buttons maybe?) that would jump you right to where you wanted to go.  Oh well, maybe in the sequel...if there is one.

i've barely left the gate..

i played it the day i got it, then put it down to finish other games.
then i ignored my DS for months due to backed up wii games i wanted to complete. i played it once more and realized i didnt save so i had to to the intro over again, got really into the fighting system (its.. interesting...)

then i didnt play for months. i tried it again a few weeks ago and i go and started trying to defeat some "noise" to break the curse of that statue thing and died after a few battles. havent played since.

I did the same thing with Battalion Wars 2.  Of course, that was around the whole holiday season, but still no excuse to leave it hanging like that.  I definitely think you should pick it back up and give it another chance.  The combat system is the best and the story isn't half bad.  Neku actually becomes a likeable character as the game progresses and there are plenty of triple double crosses down the road.  Some are obvious, others not so much.

The pin system reminds me a lot of the "catch em all" aspect of Pokemon for both good and bad.  Much like Pokemon, I was having a blast getting the pins and leveling up, but after a while I didn't care as much and just wanted to finish the game.  That's probably just me though.

[EasyCure]

oh i loved the game when i did play it, i think my problem is i just can't find the time to play it. Last summer i was unemployed and had a ton of time so i went on a Pheonix Write binge and played those games plus a few others almost nonstop (while i wasnt looking for work of course) but since this fall i've neglected my DS because of work. The few chances i get to relax and play a game, i'm usually sitting at my computer and go back and forth from it to wii. The ds i usually play when i really have nothing to do and i know i can be lazy in bed or on the couch (or toilet)

[vudu]

I just want to say how lame it is that your level maxes out at 100.  I hit 100 on Day 5 of Beat.

I've pretty much played the whole game at level 1 (on hard), so I guess it doesn't matter too much anyway.  I only had to bump it up to around level 20 for a couple of particularly nasty boss fights.