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RTTP: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! and Elite Beat Agents series 10 Year Anniversary Replay
- Thread starter XxSlasherMcGirkxX
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Preach
My friend able to do Oundan 2 last son perfect pretty seamlessly.
Naked Snake
Member
EBA might be my favorite DS game. Never played the first Ouendan, imported the sequel but didn't finish it.
ActStriker
Member
SSA is the best song to end the game on
No misses, yes. I guess "perfected" is the wrong word, but definitely nothing worse than whatever the hell is worse than 300 (and then, not many of them).
Meh, it's easy, I've done that dozens of times. It needs some dedication, but as this poster said
This is helpful and helps a lot in mastering the songs. I managed to consistently perfect every song on hard mode in invisible mode once I got the song's tempo down. It's all down to muscle memory, back then while sitting in school I could play the final song in my head and practice on a piece of paper because I could remember every single damn note.
E: Hell, I know lyrics to Sekai wa Sore o Ai to Yobundaze even though I don't speak Japanese and don't have a slightest idea what the song is about.
ActStriker
Member
Samurai Blue?
Thanks, that I meant.
The Japanese original isn't exactly happy go lucky, either.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_80O22OJRs
Still cannot hear that song ever again without picturing the game and getting misty eyed.
LOVED me some EBA back in the day. Wish this series would come back.
Wired All Wrong
Member
Glad there was a fairly recent thread about the series. Just decided to play Ouendan 1 for the first time in ages and it's just as great as when I first played it. It's one of the only games I've ever imported and I'm so glad that I did. For some reason I never imported the second one or even bought EBA, but I decided just now to take care of that and order both of them. Any music game fan definitely owes it to themselves to play at least one of these games. I ordered new copies of both of the games I didn't have and I was pleasantly surprised that they were still pretty affordable.
The Bankslammer
Member
Apologies if anyone was going to make a new thread in celebration, but today marks 10 years from Ouendan's release.
Got a chance to play through the first game again last night. I always go in worrying that the games can't possibly live up to the high regard I hold them in, but I come out of it every time discovering something new about the games and gaining even greater appreciation for them.
Anyways, the difference between iNiS's charting in the first game and the later games becomes pretty immediately apparent when the very first song asks you to make huge jumps between very close beats. It doesn't really feel like they have quite as good a hold on charting, lol. But at the same time there's something satisfying about nailing those jumps with perfect timing. I wouldn't necessarily say I like it, but it's interesting. This time around, I've also taken notice of how good Ouendan's audio feedback is. There are a lot of note sequences that don't really follow the "standard" rhythm of the song, and take a while to learn to perfect. But they make the hitsounds for when you do get them really cool. In general, it feels like Ouendan has a way of making even small successes feel awesome.
I'd say my favorite and least favorite songs/stages still haven't changed, Kokoro Odoru is the one I enjoy most and Neraiuchi is probably my least favorite in the entire series, lol. I hope to replay the other two games soon but I haven't been able to find the time yet.
And to leave some brief suggested listening for the occasion, here's Keiichi Yano's GDC talk on the creation of Ouendan and EBA. I definitely recommend giving it a listen if you're a fan of any of the games. There's no video, but here's a pretty good collection of photos.
Got a chance to play through the first game again last night. I always go in worrying that the games can't possibly live up to the high regard I hold them in, but I come out of it every time discovering something new about the games and gaining even greater appreciation for them.
Anyways, the difference between iNiS's charting in the first game and the later games becomes pretty immediately apparent when the very first song asks you to make huge jumps between very close beats. It doesn't really feel like they have quite as good a hold on charting, lol. But at the same time there's something satisfying about nailing those jumps with perfect timing. I wouldn't necessarily say I like it, but it's interesting. This time around, I've also taken notice of how good Ouendan's audio feedback is. There are a lot of note sequences that don't really follow the "standard" rhythm of the song, and take a while to learn to perfect. But they make the hitsounds for when you do get them really cool. In general, it feels like Ouendan has a way of making even small successes feel awesome.
I'd say my favorite and least favorite songs/stages still haven't changed, Kokoro Odoru is the one I enjoy most and Neraiuchi is probably my least favorite in the entire series, lol. I hope to replay the other two games soon but I haven't been able to find the time yet.
And to leave some brief suggested listening for the occasion, here's Keiichi Yano's GDC talk on the creation of Ouendan and EBA. I definitely recommend giving it a listen if you're a fan of any of the games. There's no video, but here's a pretty good collection of photos.
petethepanda
Member
Dug these out recently, and man, I had entirely forgotten Loop & Loop was the opening song to Ouendan 1. Had the same excited moment I had when I found that out the first time I played years ago.
This frigging games are so good.
This frigging games are so good.
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
These games hold up so well.
Only song in history whose official music video is more batshit insane than the Ouendan scenario.
Zomba13
Member
Just dug out my old DS lite and found Ouendan 1 in it so I played a bit of that and the others and remembered just how damn good they were. The low quality of the DS sound is super noticeable with my current headphones though, never really bothered me too much at the time because I had some shitty earphones.
Was going to make an RTTP thread but thought I'd do a search to see if there was a recent one so might as well bump this and save myself the effort of making a thread.
The games are just so good. Simple, easy to understand, tap the numbers in order at the right time signified by the closing circle and the beat. Osu! is fine and all, a great fan game that captures the gameplay style and build on it with additional modes and custom tracks but it's not the same because I don't have a touch screen on my PC and the android version on the phone could come close but again, I don't have a stylus for it so use my fingers and I can't get into the same zone.
Such a shame there wasn't another one especially as the 3DS kept the same stuff as the DS and the Wii U had the gamepad, would've been fine with a small, download only one. We'll never get an Ouendan and EBA to crossover.
Was going to make an RTTP thread but thought I'd do a search to see if there was a recent one so might as well bump this and save myself the effort of making a thread.
The games are just so good. Simple, easy to understand, tap the numbers in order at the right time signified by the closing circle and the beat. Osu! is fine and all, a great fan game that captures the gameplay style and build on it with additional modes and custom tracks but it's not the same because I don't have a touch screen on my PC and the android version on the phone could come close but again, I don't have a stylus for it so use my fingers and I can't get into the same zone.
Such a shame there wasn't another one especially as the 3DS kept the same stuff as the DS and the Wii U had the gamepad, would've been fine with a small, download only one. We'll never get an Ouendan and EBA to crossover.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Man, love me some EBA. I gotta say, I actually enjoyed the covers too. Didn't miss the originals at all.
R_thanatos
Member
Ouendan 2 last song is still the best finale in a rythm game that isn't gitarooman
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
Please make another Nintendo. The foundation has already been set.
panama chief
Member
EBAs cover of September, Canned Heat, and Lets Dance are my favorites.