Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! vs Elite Beat Agents

PiKe · 9 Mar 2007 at 21:43

Firstly I don't have either title but I've seen Elite Beat Agents on Gamespot's site, and I've watched a few gameplay video's but it doesn't seem as well put together as the... what is essentially the english version of Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!

What's everyone elses views on this?

EezerGoode · 9 Mar 2007 at 21:57

I dont have EBA but I do want it.

I do own Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! and I can safely say I believe its the best game on the NDS.

PiKe · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:01

The sounds on EBA sound positively lame compared to OTO though, I mean Cher? Come on.

Where can you currently buy OTO from for a decent price?

Kreeeee · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:15

Osu >>> EBA

Both are good but Osu absolutely trounces EBA.

EezerGoode · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:16

I only want EBA as it's more of the same. I am in no doubt that it wont be as good as Ouendan due to the music. The game is crazy and the crazy J-Pop that goes with it makes it a blast.

I got my copy from the now defunct Lik-Sang but Im sure you can get an import through an auction or something.

PiKe · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:17

Are the menu's etc of Osu all in jap?

Kreeeee · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:22

PiKe said:
Are the menu's etc of Osu all in jap?

Yes but even a monkey can use them (there are icons).

PiKe · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:27

K, thanks.

Kreeeee · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:30

PiKe said:
K, thanks.

Use gamefaq translation guides if you get stuck but they are very intuitive.

GuruJockStrap · 9 Mar 2007 at 22:57

OUENDAAAAAAAAN!!!!

Got I love that game!

Sold my DS Lite and games a while back to raise some cash and really regret it now.

PiKe · 9 Mar 2007 at 23:07

Just bought it from yesasia

Tunney · 10 Mar 2007 at 00:07

I picked up a copy of Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! in Korea for 53,000 Won (~£28) and I don't regret it for a second. Every time I play the game, it makes me smile. Rhythm games live and die by their selection of songs and Osu has a fantastic selection of J-Pop.

The fact that the game is in Japanese isn't a hindrance. The stories are easy enough to work out and the menus are straight-forward.

I haven't played EBA, but I've heard that the song selection is pretty weak and most of the songs lack a good beat.

EezerGoode · 10 Mar 2007 at 00:54

I have the original soundtrack for Ouendan (not the cover versions in the game) its brilliant and not uncommon for me to play it in my car

chimaera · 10 Mar 2007 at 01:11

To be fair EBA is still a very very good game, those who are calling it rubbish are being a tad harsh, i found it to be great fun and was less annoying as they took out some of the more tiresome features (not being able to skip through the intro on the final track?).

The song list is weak if you dont like that kind of music, i found it cheesy funky, tracks like ABC, Chicago and Jumping Jack Flash are absolute classics, you can't just say the whole game sucks because it has Cher, even Ouendan has a couple of duffers.

I say get both and decide yourself, you'd be doing a disservice to either game if you got one over the other, think of them as expansion packs and go enjoy.

PiKe · 10 Mar 2007 at 01:48

It doesn't seem like the hit sound is 'correct' for european music, whereas on Osu the drums and symbols complemented the tunes.

Kreeeee · 10 Mar 2007 at 07:14

chimaera said:
The song list is weak if you dont like that kind of music, i found it cheesy funky, tracks like ABC, Chicago and Jumping Jack Flash are absolute classics, you can't just say the whole game sucks because it has Cher, even Ouendan has a couple of duffers.

I like the music, it just doesn't work well with the game.

molinari · 10 Mar 2007 at 08:43

I got EBA a couple of weeks ago and I haven't had so much fun with a game for ages. I completed it in a couple of days and that's mainly because I couldn't it down. Almost all of the songs were great, and I'm looking forward to number 2 (if they do it!). That said, I haven't played the original so I can't compare it with that, but if you haven't played it either, EBA will be great.
I'm off to look for an import of OTO for a decent price

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PiKe · 10 Mar 2007 at 11:49

molinari said:
I'm off to look for an import of OTO for a decent price .

Yes asia is about £24 but you can get 7% off using quidco.

Smit · 12 Mar 2007 at 18:50

Both great games and I think that both sets of songs actually work really well in the game.

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! seems to be a little more difficult though IMO (still easy enough)

PiKe · 13 Mar 2007 at 00:05

Emma Boyes said:
SAN FRANCISCO--iNiS Corporation, creators of quirky rhythm game Elite Beat Agents, is currently working on a sequel to the game's original Japanese version, titled Moero! Nekkestsu Rhythm Damashi - Osu! Tatakae Ouendan 2.

"Yeah, it's a long title," laughed Yano, as he made the announcement during his talk on the creative process behind the original Elite Beat Agents on the Nintendo DS. "It basically translates to Burn Hot-Blooded Rhythm Soul!, so we basically took all of the best words from our [other] games."

The upcoming game will have new features, and a couple of the characters have been revamped, Yano revealed. He said, "We worked really hard. We tried to fix a lot of the things that people blogged about, and there are more features for the hardcore audience, so look forward to that."

Yano showed some characters and screens from the new game and revealed that this time round, the original team of agents would not be the only ones. "The Ouendan are going to be faced with a little bit of a new challenge. There will be a rival Ouendan." Players would also play the rival gang, along with others, Yano said cryptically.

Yano wouldn't comment on when (or if) the game was likely to find its way to the West, except to say of the localization process, "I hope we can do a better job next time." He also wouldn't be drawn to comment on whether the new game would take advantage of the DS online play and microphone.