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Ouendan 2 Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: September 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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!

Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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!

Ouendan are GO!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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.

Nothing but improvements

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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.

Japanese Pop

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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

And I thought Elite Beat Agents was FUN!! This game has put a face on Japanese pop music for those who are not familiar with it. But then again, isn't music the universal language? I have not mastered EBA nor Ouendan as of yet. I'm kind of taking my time so that the sadness that comes after I finish a wonderful game of something, comes more slowly. Some of the songs in Ouendan seem strangely familiar, even though I personally don't speak a word of Japanese. In both of these games, you don't have to understand or speak any language. You just have to love music and have some sense of rhythm. I can almost guarantee that you won't be sorry if you try Elite Beat Agents or Ouendan!

Same, same ..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is basically the same as Elite Beat Agents, which is why I gave it four stars. I expected it to be a different kind of rhythm game, as I love rhythm games, but it was exactly the same thing except the music is in Japanese and some of the interface is different. I would recommend Elite Beat Agents, because you can understand it better and all the story lines that go with the song. Unless you're a Japanese pop music fanatic.

OSU!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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.

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