Current Events > So I've been playing TWEWY Switch version, this game is still amazing. *spoilers

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I've been busy with trying to make myself more productive so I've been doing a day a day, if that makes sense up to Day 7 for Week 1 and I have to say, this game is still as fantastic as it was on the DS.

First things first, it's TWEWY, so there's a learning curve to the gameplay. That means motion controls are mandatory, and there's also an added issue of the joycon pointer floating off to the side. But it's not an issue. You can place the joycon controls down to reset the gyrometer and stop the pointer's issue of floating away. The general controls on the other hand require practice. I've been playing Solo Co-op mode and let me tell you, it's as hectic as the DS version. Though your partner is invincible, it's a lot more work to manage 2 pointer controls to input attacks on multiple different enemies. Most of us aren't musicians, much less drummers, so our hands are going to try to imitate each other; bad idea when you need 2 different types of input and to be pointing at 2 different places at once. CoD lied to me when they made aiming seem so simple to run dual wielding pistols!

Another change is that before, we had a puck that bounced between screens which boosted the attack power of a combo between partners, now we have a fusion pin where comboing an enemy with both partners will boost until it hits 100% where you can do a super move.

So at the beginning when I started out, it was climbing the learning curve all over again. "Why am I not slashing?", "How do I move Shiki?", "Oh my God why did I did do this to myself?". The game was just stressful, but fun. But now that I've figured out the flow of the game, it is simply FUN! Between the partner being on the same screen with you, fighting side by side, and the Fusion pin, the gameplay flows so much nicer than the DS game. And it's more fitting to the storyline as they make a big emphasis on how you are helpless without your partner near you. The DS version has your partner fighting the same enemies in some parallel dimension as opposed while you fight them in another arena simultaneously. Here, you're both in the same place fighting the monsters. It's much cleaner.

Other than that, I'm enjoying going through the story once more, Neku is still as obnoxious and as big of an emo jerk as ever, but that's part of the reason why we love him so much, no?
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