The Nintendo Switch library, that increasingly comprehensive repository of the gaming hits of yesteryear repackaged in shiny new forms, added another classic to its arsenal this week with the re-release of The World Ends With You. This latest version of one of Square Enix`s best RPGs comes with motion controls, a two-player co-op mode, and a brand new story scenario, but unfortunately, nearly everything that makes this experience unique to the Switch is either unnecessary at best or poor at worst.You can read more about our thoughts on the game when it was released in our original review, but as this Switch port is essentially the souped-up version of the game`s mobile release, it doesn`t include any of the original`s innovative dual-screen combat mechanics. While the original had you controlling two characters simultaneously across the DS` screens (a real mindf***, but amazing when it finally clicked), the Switch version reduces that to one character, with the second essentially becoming another weapon in your arsenal.In theory, because of the way attacks are performed using the Switch`s touchscreen, that brain breaking capability the DS version had is still present as you juggle multiple weapons (including your partner) to string attacks. Weapons and abilities--called pins in the game--require different movements such as quick slashes, taps, directional swipes, and more, to activate. And in practice, frenetic slashing and tapping on the Switch`s screen seems to work just as well.What doesn`t work well, however, is the Switch`s Joy-Con motion controls (there is no option for a standard control scheme). Those same slashes, swipes, and swirls that you could easily pull off using the touchscreen can be executed by hand movements with the Joy-Con in your grip. As you`d expect, controlling The World Ends With You in this way is imprecise, with commands you feel like you`re inputting not being recognized and others you sure you`re not performing getting executed. For ...
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