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I loved it.  I have a rather short attention span when it comes to video games, but TWEWY kept me enthralled in the story at least all the way through, and the gameplay is interesting, unique, and challenging.  It's not the kind of game you'll spend hundreds of hours beating or exploring every little nook and cranny, but it's a ton of fun.  It did remind me of Kingdom Hearts, without the clunkyness of KH:1 or the absurdly easy gameplay of KH:2.  Console and handheld games aren't all that comparable, but The World Ends with You and Kingdom Hearts do have a lot in common, so it's likely that if you enjoyed one franchise that you'll enjoy the other.  I don't think that Kingdom Hearts translated all that well onto the GBA and DS, the portable games had nowhere near the engaging and compelling atmosphere that the console games did.  The World Ends with You feels perfectly natural on the DS though.  It has a grittier, more serious attitude that I think helps keep it from feeling too "childish", even though it's on a handheld system.