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Elite Beat Agents (Nintendo DS) | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Rating:  17 reviews
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: dancing-games
Rating: To Be Announced
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.9 x 0.7
MPN: ntr p aose
Model: NTRPAOSE
UPC: 045496737955
EAN: 0045496737955
Release Date: July 12, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
There's always a huge ranges of games from Japan that are never released in the West, but usually there's a very good reason for that: either they're not very good or the concepts and references just get lost in translation. One of the few exceptions is Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. The original name translates as Go! Fight! Cheer Squad and involves a trio of male cheerleaders trying to help ordinary citizens in a variety of bizarre situations. Although many loved the soundtrack it didn't really translate for a global audience so this is the Westernised remake. Each of the game's missions are portrayed on the top screen via some gorgeously drawn comic book sequences involving such calls for help as a shipwrecked Paris Hilton lookalike and a weatherwoman trying to make it sunny. At this point the EBA (now part of a secret government agency) burst onto the bottom screen and you have to help them dance sufficiently well to then encourage their charge to victory. This is essentially a rhythm action game where you tap sequenced markers in time with the music on the touch screen or occasionally follow a slider along on its path or spin a wheel. You have a steadily decreasing power bar, which is only kept at bay by successful hitting your marks. The way this integrates with the music, the agents dancing and the comic strip is wonderful and assuming you like enough of the songs (everything from Sk8er Boi to YMCA) this is the best music game on any system.Harrison Dent
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 Incredibly silly fun October 8, 2008
S. Criddle (Folkestone, England)
I'm a fairly new convert to rhythm games. I bought one of the Dancing Stage games and a mat for my fiancee and was eventually persuaded to try it myself. From there it wasn't a big step to Guitar Hero (on both the Wii and the DS). I saw that Elite Beat Agents seemed to have been getting good reviews in lots of places, and Amazon were selling it for just over a tenner, so I figured I'd give it a try.
The opening stage pretty much set the tone for the rest of the game. The game alternates between gameplay and short humorous cutscenes, so you're not tapping through the entire game. The stories are incredibly silly and don't make much sense (and quite how three male cheerleaders can influence the situation is never explained). But it's fun to have them there rather than simply following the rhythm for its own sake.
Personally I enjoy Guitar Hero on the DS a little more, but Elite Beat Agents is a very good runner-up. Both games manage to squeeze an impressive amount of music into a DS cartridge. It's always going to be a bit of a compromise (sound quality vs number of songs) and I think they both get the balance just right.
 Agents are go! September 2, 2008
Zabba (THAT island)
So, here you have the "Westernised" version of the Ouendan series, a rythmn-action game, and, fan of the genre or not, I certain you'll enjoy it.
It works like this, you select a mission for the Elite Beat Agents to take, the EBA are a special government unit that helps people in need by, well, dancing. As expected, the agents are always there to help, and each mission has a song that's vaguely related to the problem at hand. As for the actual gameplay, it's all about the beat. Markers appear on the screen, all you have to do is tap them along with the beat when prompted by a circle that decreases in size. When the circle decreases to the size of the marker, you tap and are given a score based on your accuracy.
The overall main goal of each mission, is to accurately hit the beat markers to keep your "Yes" bar up. This "Yes" bar is basically the enthusiasm and quality of dancing the EBA can perform to help the person in need. If the bar gets to the bottom, as a result of missed notes, you'll fail and the person in need will be at loss.
What's surprising about such a simple concept is the depth and addictiveness of it all. The stories of the characters are told so well you'll actually care about the outcome and you'll find yourself getting really into the experience. The level of excitement you'll feel by the last level is almost bizarre.
There's a limited single card multiplayer along with a downloadable demo for those who don't have the game, I've not played it in multiplayer but I can guess it'll be just as good.
Overall, it's a fantastic game, the visuals are simplistic but a lovely comic book stlye, and there's plenty to keep you coming back, improve scores, ranking, or just for the experience all over again.
Great fun, very addictive June 4, 2008
Mr. P. Harris (United Kingdom)
The concept is bizzare - you have to tap the screen in time with the music to get the 'agents' to dance which helps the game's characters to overcome various problems in their life.
This is irrelevant to the game itself which is very simple fun and addictive. Some songs are better than others, but you get really into each of them when you have to tap and slide the stylus in time to the music.
Completing the game on easy is, as expected, relatively easy but the game becomes more challenging when you unlock the advanced difficulty levels.
I would definitely recommend that you add this game to your collection no matter what type of game you like to play.
 you can't see what you're doing! March 2, 2008
Sarah (Leicester)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this game after seeing it in my brother's nintendo magazine, and thought it looked good.
Basically it's very similar to the dancing stage games on the playstation, in that you hit certain buttons as they come up, in time to the music. Hitting these buttons allows your dancers to perform their dance, and complete the mission.
However, because this game uses the touch screen, it's like trying to play dancing stage with a toddler in front of the screen! The buttons you must hit come up randomly on the screen, and if you're already hitting one, your hand is over the touch screen so you can't see the next! I also found it rather frustrating that some of the buttons that you have to press aren't even in time with the music, making it virtually impossible to hit them correctly.
I tried this game a couple of times, but found it difficult and boring, even when you did successfully complete a mission, there was no real satisfaction, and more missions just came up. I traded it in for another game 2 days after I bought it. Think carefully before you buy this game.
My lack of sleep due to this game is immense... February 7, 2008
Lord Akkarin (England U.K)
Basically when I first played this game I thought it would be a laugh, but not really THAT challenging, imagining it would be simple rythyms. 5 hours later and a few levels in, I saw just how wrong I was. Incredibly addictive and fun, this game can eat away your time. Also the songs, although not immense quality, are all the full versions of the song, and really are quite well chosen. On top of this the storylines, which are difficult to watch while playing, are really well animated, and funny, with some incredibly wacky missions. If you also have played rayman raving rabbits 2, on the music levels, you will find out tht this is child's play compared to EBA. Incredible game, would recommend to anyone.
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