NEO: The World Ends With You (henceforth referred to as NEO) was released on July 27, 2021, for Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4. It was also released for PC on September 28, 2021. Developed by Square Enix and h.a.n.d., this game is a sequel to 2007s The World Ends With You (TWEWY). Like its predecessor, NEO is directed by Tatsuya Kendo, produced by Tetsuya Nomura and Hiroyuki Itou, and its soundtrack was composed by Takeharu Ishimoto.
You might have noticed the gap in the release dates between the two titles. The primary reason for this was that it took the staff a long time to secure an environment to produce the game. Part of this is due to most of the team from Square being busy with the Kingdom Hearts franchise. One of the hopes of NEO was that it would do well enough to warrant more entries in the series. The recent anime adaptation of the first game was also made with this in mind.
