Topic: Elite Beat Agents Reviews!

[optimisticlimbo]

I just picked this game up yesterday and I regret putting it off for so long.  It is just extremely enjoyable.  I've barely even grazed this game and has me really wanting to import Ouendan.

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

EBA is great.  I didn't like any of the newer songs featured, but overall the selection was okay.  I thought the cover of "You're the Inspiration" was even better than the original.  Also, I love "Rock This Town," but why does it have to be in every single rhythm game ever released?  Still beats that song about seeing the skaterboy later boy, though.  Ugh, I have to turn down the volume for that one.

[Pygmy Allosaurus]

You can't say that EBA is easier than Ouendan, because it's subjective once again. Specifically, it will depend on which one you played first.  I was dissappointed initially with how easy Ouendan was(all the way through to Ready Steady Go on Normal without failing a song, and even that one only took two tries), but that was because I had already gotten the highest ranking in EBA when I played it.  It took me two months to get the highest EBA ranking, yet because of that I was able to do the same on Ouendan in under two weeks(I had every song in the game completed within one week).  

Now that I've finished them both, I still think EBA is harder(except for the spinners, which are just too hard in Ouendan), based on the fact that I have more S ranks in Ouendan.  Also I have S Ranked Ready Steady Go on Hard, while I still can't even finish Jumpin' Jack Flash on Sweatin' without at least missing one beat somewhere in that mess.

I expect this to become a major issue later in the year when Ouendan 2 is released, and too many people claim it's too easy, when it really isn't.  


There are no real reasons for choosing Ouendan or EBA, only personal preferences. I like them both myself.  The Agents are better characters IMO, and I like the Agents dancing more than the Cheer Squad's cheering, but I prefer the songs in Ouendan.  As I said, I think EBA is a little harder, but then again I kind of like how the patterns seem to flow better in Ouendan at times.  I hate the Ouendan spinners, and don't particularly like the EBA ones either.  I could go on and on, but the point remains that these are just minor details, and both games are among the best the DS has to offer.