《這個美妙的世界》(日版名:すばらしきこのせかい,It's A Wonderful World,英文版名:The World Ends with You,中国大陆译作“美妙世界”,香港和台湾译作“這個美妙的世界”)是由史克威尔艾尼克斯的王国之心团队和Jupiter为掌上游戏机任天堂DS开发的动作角色扮演游戏。
游戏日版名的英译“It's Wonderful World”因为版权原因未在国际上使用[39][40]。游戏在北美和欧洲以“The World Ends with You”为题发行。史克威尔艾尼克斯在2006年9月13日正式公布了游戏[41],并在两周后的2006东京电玩展首次展示[36]。史克威尔艾尼克斯在2007年12月5日宣布称,游戏于2008年4月在欧洲和澳洲发行[42],类似的北美发售消息则公布于2007年12月17日[43]。
游戏官方原声《這個美妙的世界原声音乐》(すばらしきこのせかい ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)于2007年8月22日在日本发行[59],并在多数英语iTunes Store上销售[60]。但该版本未收录四首日本外本地化版的特有曲目,只是简单将日版原声数字化。其中三首曲目《Someday》、《Calling》和《Twister》后来重混收录于任天堂3DS作品《王国之心3D 梦降深处》[61]。
史克威尔艾尼克斯2008年6月25日在日本iTunes商店发行了数字版6曲目迷你专辑(EP)《這個美妙的世界 + The World Ends with You》(すばらしきこのせかい + The World Ends with You)。该版本收录了国际版游戏独有的四首曲目,以及英语版《结束 开始》(オワチハジマリ)和重混版《Twister》。一张19曲目版的专辑于2008年7月30日通过实体CD和iTunes发行[63]。
^ 4.04.1Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 4 — Erased. The UG exists as a separate plane where the Composer can judge the worth of men. Within it are Reapers and human players. It is infeasible for the Composer to judge up all of humanity by himself, so a filtering system utilizing the Reapers was created: the Reapers' Game. Reapers act as a test, weeding out unfit players.
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 7 — Wakeless Dream. So, what happens to those who survive the week? Those whose Imagination is less than outstanding are broken down into Soul, while those with excellent Imagination become Reapers. The most talented of these may travel to the next plane, inhabited by Us Angels.
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 4 — Erased. Reaper or player, those erased within the Game disperse the mind and spirit housed within their flesh in the form of Soul. Thus, they are erased only from visible existence: their Soul persists in the UG until gathered and tied together according to a new code.
^ 8.08.1Jupiter Corporation(英语:Jupiter Corporation). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. Shiki: I heard you can only beat the Noise in pairs. But I fought them alone. / Neku: Umm, me too... / Shiki: I couldn’t see you while I was fighting. / Reaper: That’s because he was in the other zone. / Shiki: Huh? / Reaper: The Noise exist simultaneously in two zones. And the only way to defeat them is by purging them from both.
^Jupiter Corporation(英语:Jupiter Corporation). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. Shiki: Because this is what I always dreamed of—a new me. I hated who I was. All I wanted was to like myself. To be cute, and smart, and perfect...like Eri. / Neku: ...... Then why would the Reapers take your appearance? Your entry fee is supposed to be what you value most. But you just said you hate yourself. / Shiki: At first...I didn’t get it either. I was so excited to be Eri that I even acted like her—all bubbly and cute. But it was just an act. Inside, nothing changed. I’m still the same person I’ve always been. Then I realized. I’ll never be Eri. Deep down, I never wanted to be. I was just jealous. The Reaper was right. What I value most is ME!
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 15 — Sensible, Senseless. He's partnered to Beat, now a reaper, who is himself fixated on reaching the river.
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 17 — The Composer. She has issued a single six-day mission-one that exploits Beat's greatest weakness: Rhyme. [...] Beat's greatest desire is to bring her back to life. Even if revived, though, Rhyme still lost the Game.
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 7 — Wakeless Dream. As Reapers execute the Game, they undergo a process of evolution, from grunts to officers to the Composer.
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 11 — Pinned. As I've stated, Minamimoto is suspected of a liaison with a Fallen Angel. The Fallen Angel may have chosen Minamimoto for a few reasons. First, none desired of the Composer's office more. Minamimoto's obsession was great enough to compel him to pursue the Composer into the Realground. [...] The question now is, why has Minamimoto abandoned the Game, and what is he doing?
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 7 — Wakeless Dream. Diligent Reapers, too, may pass through the office of Composer to ascend to the plane of Angels.
^Square Enix, Jupiter. The World Ends with You. Square Enix. 2008-04-22. Secret Report 5 — Empty Urban Legends. Conversely, there exists an even higher plane than the RG and UG. That is where I am from, the plane of the Angels. As in the RG and UG, Angels have created a web of social schema to guide their activities. Their role of Producer is just one cog in the Angel machine. Angel vibes are extremely high-frequency; not even the Composer can catch them all. In actuality, he can pick up only that of the Producer.
^Jupiter (company)(英语:Jupiter (company)). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. Shiki: You know it. Hey, if we make it through this...let’s meet up in the RG. You, me, and Beat. You might not recognize me, so...I know! I’ll bring Mr. Mew with me. We can be a team again!
^Jupiter(英语:Jupiter (company)). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. Kitaniji: End...Shibuya? But Composer...Sir! Why!? / Joshua: I’ve decided to wash my hands of it. It has no future value to me or anyone else. So, I’m shutting it down.
^Jupiter (company)(英语:Jupiter (company)). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. Kitaniji: By tearing down the differences between us, I can make the world a paradise! / Neku: By making everybody think alike? That’s not even pos— / Kitaniji: It IS possible! With these pins. / Neku: The Red Skull pins. You’re behind that, too!?
^Jupiter (company)(英语:Jupiter (company)). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. Neku: Huff...huff... It was you! ...... I thought... I thought I finally found a friend I could relate to... But it was YOU! You killed me! / Joshua: Hee hee. Now, Neku, why don’t we play one last Game? / Neku: You tricked me... / Joshua: The winner gets to be the Composer, and do whatever he likes with Shibuya. If you win, you decide. If I win, I’ll decide. ...Of course, I’ve already decided.
^Jupiter (company)(英语:Jupiter (company)). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. Neku: I can’t forgive you, but I trust you. You took care of things, right? Otherwise, Shibuya would be gone and my world with it. Hey, did I mention I’ve got friends now? We’re meeting for the first time in a week. See you there?
^Jupiter (company)(英语:Jupiter (company)). The World Ends with You. Nintendo DS. Square Enix. However, [the Composer] has stayed his decision to destroy Shibuya. It seems the course of the Game has brought about a change of heart in the Composer. Yes, Shibuya persists—but it is no longer the same city it was a month ago. [...] Today, Shibuya has shifted into what We Angels believe to be the optimal parallel world.
^This Week in Japan - Edge Magazine. Next-gen.biz. 2007-06-01 [2011-06-17]. (原始内容存档于2012-10-03). ...a Square-Enix representative at the Square-Enix Party event a few weeks back specifically told us not to officially refer to the game as ‘It's a Wonderful World’, as that name is already copyrighted and will not be used in America...