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Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (Japanese Language)

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If you loved Elite Beat Agents on the Nintendo DS, you are sure to love Ouendan 2 - provided you can tolerate the quirky Japanese pop music.

Although if you wound up at this page, you probably have some idea of what this game is about, for the uninitiated, Ouendan 2 is a rhythm game on your DS where you play as a squadron of cheerleaders who save others through the power of cheer. Every song is built on some wacky crisis that has to be solved. A giant cat stomping through a city. A salesman on a rocket to Venus to sell shoes for aliens. Thugs crashing a rock concert. The list goes on. In each song, you have to tap circles on the screen with your stylus at specific times in tune with the song. Other tasks include dragging along a line and the infamous spinner, where you must draw circles rapidly to spin a wheel. This may not sound fun, but you would be amazed at how well it works. When you are trying to follow along with the rhythm or lyrics of a song, it is every bit as compelling as other rhythm games, including the venerable Guitar Hero.

Ouendan 2 addresses many of the minor issues found in EBA. Gone is the occasional graphical flicker on the top screen and the ability to only save one replay per song (you can save any song into the 20 replay slots). You can skip the outro sequence to a song, making the game even more replayable. There is an unlockable mode for hiding notes for extra challenge and more. In short, Ouendan 2 is the first game with all of the improvements of EBA and then some.

The Japanese pop soundtrack may turn some people away. Personally, I enjoyed it. Much like Katamari Damacy, there is a general upbeat happiness to the music that resonates in any language. The song selection is very good in that each tune brings a unique challenge to the table and you will have to master every nuance to truly win this game.

At the end of the day, it's the strong gameplay that keeps me coming back for more. Don't let the price tag fool you - this is a game you will want to play again and again just for the fun of it. If you enjoyed EBA or just want a sublime rhythm game on the go, pick up Ouendan 2.

P.S. Let's hope Nintendo produces a sequel to Elite Beat Agents!

Yet another DS rhythm game by INIS, the creators of Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents, this blows both out of the water.

For those of you who've played neither...

You 'control' a team of Japanese cheerleaders, who, upon hearing a call for help from someone, rush in with background music blaring, and proceed to dance, dance, dance their problems away.

You utilize the DS's touch screen to do so, by tapping, dragging, and spinning at various points. Do good, and you'll solve their problems. Do bad, and you might make them worse...

The original Ouendan was a rather bare-bones release, lacking quite a few extras that Elite Beat Agents brought to the field. Ouendan 2 takes those ideas and improves them.

-There are now 20 slots for you to save replay data in, in whatever order you desire.
-As your Ouendan rank increases, you get extras like unlockable songs, and a new "Blind" modifier.

With the addition of a rival Ouendan squad, this is definitely the best Ouendan ever.

All DS games and systems are import-free, so Ouendan 2 and all other Japanese DS games will play with no problem on American DS's.

The long awaited sequel to Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents has finally arrived!

You need ZERO knowledge of Japanese to play this game.
This will work in any DS, so this is a MUST for DS gamers!

Get this game today!

Everything that made Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents great has been mashed together in this game. Smoother graphics, more songs, and the same kinds of crazy situations you've probably come to expect are still there. DS games are region free, they will work on and DS regardless of where you live, and you honestly don't need to know a single bit of Japanese to play this game.

Wow! For those of you who played Elite Beat Agents (EBA), this is a major improvement. To make things clear, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KNOW JAPANESE TO PLAY THIS GAME! The buttons are very easy to figure out if you played the English version. If you do have problems, you can google "ouendan 2 screenshot translations." Here are a few improvements when compared to EBA:

Pros:
+ Better Graphics
+ The ability to save any song into 20 replay slots
+ Harder modes (SPOILER! When you finish the game, who can take away the timing circles)

Cons:
- Can't read japanese, so can't read stories. You can make a good guess as to what's going on,
but you can never really know

Overall, one of the best purchases I have ever made!
I suggest buying on ebay (I got mine from Japan used for $24)

Let me say that I have no more interest in Japan than the average person. I can't read Japanese, and I don't particularly like Japanese music anymore than my own. But guess what? I still love this game!

Basically, if you have played Elite Beat Agents - you will be able to play this game, no guides or translation. Pop it in, and you'll realize even the headphones suggestion looks awful familiar, albeit in Japanese. From there, it's pretty easy to play this game - it's exactly how you play Elite Beat Agents! The differences are small, and the language gap is not as big as you might think it could be. Think of it as an expansion pack to Elite Beat Agents. Did you like it and wish there were more songs, or that you could skip end scenes? Well, here's uh...well, I don't really know the name, but I own this and love it. I call it Elite Beat Agents Japanese 2!

Basically, this game is like an expansion pack for Elite Beat Agents, but instead of a secret agent team, you control a kind of glee cheer team - instead of dancing with mics, they sort of intensely point in directions. Instead of Avril Lavigne, it's bouncy catchy Japanese pop music. I can't read Japanese, but I can pretty much follow all the little stories I'm working for - helping a little boy not pee his bed, making a guy not turn into a werewolf on a first date, stop a giant robot from destroying the city - these are all universal problems that can be solved by dance. There's even a few throwbacks to Elite Beat Agents, with some characters popping up in this Japanese city in the background, which I loved!

Basically, if you enjoyed Elite Beat Agents - you'll love this one, no doubt about it, no love of Japan required!

If you don't mind the music being in a different language, 'Elite Beat Agents 2' is a ton of fun!
It's a rhythm game where you follow the numbers on the screen to the beat of the songs that you're playing.

If you love rhythm games, this one is worth playing. If you aren't a fan of games that aren't in English, I'd suggest getting the localized one.

I'm not a hardcore game reviewer, but this is easily one of the funnest rhythm games I've ever played. If you enjoy Elite Beat Agents, you will absolutely love this game! As well, my Japanese is not the best in the world, but it's pretty easy to navigate so even if you don't know Japanese, you could easily find your way around and figure out what's going on. So if this is stopping you from buying it, don't let it!

This game is the sequel to the godfather (Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan) of the American game "Elite Beat Agents". It's all in Japanese, so if you don't know any Japanese, it might be a bit troublesome to get used to, and you won't be able to read the comics that go with the levels.

However...

This game is even better than its predecessor! The level ranking is better, the organization of the game is better, it has more characters, and levels of difficulty. It's still every bit as fun and addictive as the first and has more good music! If you can handle the Japanese, buy the game!

Although I can't read Japanese, making it hard for me to understand what was happening in some levels, I still had no trouble actually playing the game (not counting the screen protector I used to keep my DS intact, which randomly nullified several of my taps). If you've played EBA, then you've played a dumbed-down Ouendan 2. Hit markers are placed in seemingly random places a good part of the time, even on fast parts, and are mixed in with the now-actually-challenging phrase markers. On top of that, there is an unlockable mode in which there are no timer circles and the hit markers vanish after a moment. The only downside is that the designers made a few noticible budget cuts (mostly repeating the first checkpoint's video as the fourth's, for songs that have it), but those don't diminish the fun of the game much.
If you like rhythm games and have a DS, then get EBA. If you've already done that and would like to step it up, get Ouendan.