M!NRD Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 6/22: New Characters! Action Replay Code for importers!

[hootie]

Woo! Beat Hard Mode, and I've completed 4 songs on Insane.

I don't expect to ever finish Insane mode (on any of the three games for that matter), so I feel like I've accomplished my main goals for the game, now I just need to get to 50 million points so I can try out the "no circle" mode. I think I have about 38 million as of right now, so I'll have to beat a few more Insane songs to get to it.

[ChibiJosh]

I hate hate HATE Going Under Ground on Hard Mode. The fucking song changes beats right in the middle. I damn near threw my DS on the ground after ailing it 7 times in a row.

That's nothing. I've failed Countdown on hard a total of 2-3 hundred times in a row now, I think. I've been working on it for 3 days.

[blackjaw]

How easy is it to understand this or the first one? I want to try EBA but abhor 90% of the songs in the game, I might have more fun with the Japanese one but am afraid I wont understand a single thing.

[maigoyume]

How easy is it to understand this or the first one? I want to try EBA but abhor 90% of the songs in the game, I might have more fun with the Japanese one but am afraid I wont understand a single thing.the best thing to do is look up the song list and listen to the songs themselves, see if you like them, the game itself is very import friendly, navigating menu's is simple because there aren't many options and you can generally figure out the difficulty just by how many beats there are in the song

on a side note, i just got my copy today :) gonna bust it out and get to hard by the time i sleep 8-)

Edit: on second thought sleep is always nice, finished easy, unlocked 1st bonus song and halfway through normal, countdown is uber hard ><

[pygmy carnotaur]

Ouendan is just as easy to understand as EBA is, for the most part.


I'm doing pretty good still. I'm getting near the end of the girls' levels now. And I have more Hard S ranks, on Pop Star, Glamorous Sky, and the level with the kidnapped singer and the old fangirls. I'm getting close on most of the rest of them also, and the only song on Hard I've never at least gotten perfect on is the last one.

[Cao Cao]

My copy came in the mail today, put it in my DS (After applying the Hori screen protector I bought in April), and beat the Easy mode in less than 2 hours. Great songs, nice scenarios, and I especially enjoyed the final stage. Can't wait to get some of the bonus songs.

[maigoyume]

just beat normal yesterday, starting on hard today :) loving it, favourite song is Believe :applause:

[spiwak]

OK I take back what I said about Ouendan 2 being easier than Ouendan and EBA. The patterns and the beats are so much trickier this time around. I'm slowly wading my way through Samurai Blue on hard, but loving every minute of these cool tap patterns on Hard mode.

[Rocko]

Still haven't bothered to play any more insane. I failed song 1 like 5 times. :lol:

[hootie]

Still haven't bothered to play any more insane. I failed song 1 like 5 times. :lol:

I know what you mean, you just have to keep failing, so you can memorize where the beats will be.



On another note, I've had "Real Life, Real Heart" stuck in my head all day.

[Vegan]

I know what you mean, you just have to keep failing, so you can memorize where the beats will be.

Yeah, failing 5 times on Insane is NOTHING. You have to be reeeeally dedicated to tackle that difficulty level. When you get to the end, you honestly have to be willing to spends hours on one song.

[hootie]

Damn...

I've finished about 6 songs on Insane, but it's starting to get more and more crazy as I go...

[Rocko]

Yeah, failing 5 times on Insane is NOTHING. You have to be reeeeally dedicated to tackle that difficulty level. When you get to the end, you honestly have to be willing to spends hours on one song.

I'm aware. I've played the game before.

I have better things to do, however. I'm just working on hard scores.

[ahou]

I beat the last 2 stages on insane and beat blue samurai on insane with hidden circles :lol: Hidden circles really isn't that bad especially with songs that you fail a lot of times haha

I'm about 17 million pts off from the final rank, so its pretty much required to play with the hidden circles to score high enough to reach the final rank.

[gdrx]

I have been on Monkey Magic on Insane forever. The other songs on Insane so far have not given me much trouble, but this one is nuts.

[maigoyume]

finally made it to insane, stuck on the 4th song right now, gonna tackle it again being heading to sleep, Countdown on hard was brutal though, can't imagine insane :bomb:

[blandstalker]

Every time I close my eyes now, I see little shrinking circles.

[Hollow Man]

After taking a break from it for a week, I finished it on medium yesterday. I do have to say that the music, for me, is quite a few notches below what's on Ouendan 1. A distinct lack of more rockin', guitar oriented songs.

-HM

[pygmy carnotaur]

I'm up to Countdown with the girls now. It's definitely going to take a bit of time to get by that one. I can usually get to the third section, but after that it goes downhill right away.


Also, hidden circles mode is basically unplayable IMO. It's not the fun kind of hard, just the annoying kind. I don't know, maybe I'll like it better if I give it some more time, but as it is I can't see ever finishing a song in that mode.

[maigoyume]

just past the 15th song last night, gonna try and finish insane by tonight and then go back and S rank

[Rocko]

After taking a break from it for a week, I finished it on medium yesterday. I do have to say that the music, for me, is quite a few notches below what's on Ouendan 1. A distinct lack of more rockin', guitar oriented songs.

-HM

Have you played Okuru Kotoba?

[spiwak]

Beat Hard mode last night. Actually made a few S-ranks, and I made perfects on every song (except that I'm working on doing the same for the very last song). Samurai Blue is probably my favorite to play. So groovy.

[maigoyume]

Beat Hard mode last night. Actually made a few S-ranks, and I made perfects on every song (except that I'm working on doing the same for the very last song). Samurai Blue is probably my favorite to play. So groovy.and the story is pretty decent too :)

[Like A Breath]

Just finished hard mode. Wow, that was tougher than I remembered EBA being, especially since I should already be good at this stuff. I'm going to take a little break, play some Chocobo Tales, then try to tackle Insane.

[asianxcore]

does anyone know at what point total you unlock "Samurai Blue"

my girlfriend is a couple songs into "Insane" mode right now and hasn't unlocked it yet

[Cao Cao]

Nintendo updated the Official Website with three new wallpapers for download. The first has Suzuki and Saito petting the Cat, the second features Ippongi Ryuta, and the third has Saionji Hayato. Link (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ao2j/download/index.html)

does anyone know at what point total you unlock "Samurai Blue"

my girlfriend is a couple songs into "Insane" mode right now and hasn't unlocked it yet
According to Sleepmix's site, 25 Million points.

[pygmy carnotaur]

I've been messing around on easy, trying to purposely fail to get the bad endings, and I found something I never would've otherwise.... if you fail on a song on easy(maybe just the easiest ones I don't know, the one I got it on was Bambina), Kai pops up and yells at you, then gives you some energy back and lets you keep going. :lol:

Also, does anyone here know what's going on in the bad ending of Vista? The best I could come up with is that since he doesn't make any money and doesn't get a store, he buys a blonde wig for... himself? his daughter? to be his new wife? I wasn't really clear on what was going on there, but the shoe salesman seemed happy at least.

The best bad ending has to be Glamorous Sky, because that was a perfect cameo and very funny.

[maigoyume]

i better go back and try that out :)

[blandstalker]

Nintendo updated the Official Website with three new wallpapers for download. The first has Suzuki and Saito petting the Cat, the second features Ippongi Ryuta, and the third has Saionji Hayato. Link (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ao2j/download/index.html)


According to Sleepmix's site, 25 Million points.

Oh, thank you! I love Ouendan wallpaper, especially with Ippongi Ryuta.

[asianxcore]

According to Sleepmix's site, 25 Million points.

Thanks

She had 27 million points a couple of songs into "Insane" but we didn't think to look at the lower difficulty levels. One click of "Normal" mode, showed us that "Samurai Blue" was unlocked.

[hootie]

Wow, "Believe" on Insane is a bitch, the delays in the beats makes your bar go down, even if you get all 300's and a couple of 100's...

I was just in the zone, too. I finished about 5 more Insane songs, all A's, I was simply on fire :)

...then Believe came...

[maigoyume]

Wow, "Believe" on Insane is a bitch, the delays in the beats makes your bar go down, even if you get all 300's and a couple of 100's...

I was just in the zone, too. I finished about 5 more Insane songs, all A's, I was simply on fire :)

...then Believe came...ah believe, love that song :) wait till you get to samurai blue =.=

[hootie]

ah believe, love that song :) wait till you get to samurai blue =.=

I'll be looking...forward...to it :baby: :joystick: :cry:




EDIT: YES!! I finally reached 50 million points, which means I unlocked the "Hidden Circle Mode", woo! I just got and A on "Real Life, Real Heart" on Easy in the HC Mode, but once I tried Samurai Blue on Hard with HC Mode, I got my butt kicked, FAST.

Also, I only have 5 more songs until I beat Insane, I beat Believe a little while ago :)

[pygmy carnotaur]

Believe actually gave me more trouble on the last level than Samurai Blue did. I'm not sure why, but it might be because I play SB on Hard enough that I had the beat patterns memorized(and they didn't throw too much new in to trick you on that one). Also, Believe is evil, the bar drops faster than the beats can refill it, and because of that I don't believe it's possible to finish the song with more than one miss. I know one is possible because I've done it, though even then you barely pass.


Anyway, I finished Countdown tonight, so all I've got left is the last song with the girls, and then hidden circle mode if I decide to give it another chance. I guess I'll probably be forced to try to play with the hidden circles if I want that last rank, and I do, because I'm still around 25 million points away and I don't think the last song alone is going to do it. It's not like my scores are really low either, I have at least half the songs S ranked on Hard, and I've got a couple S ranks with the girls as well. I could definitely go back and get better scores on a lot of the songs on the hardest level, but again I don't think it'll be enough.

The last song doesn't seem too bad actually, at least once I got over the shock that they actually added more beat markers to the last song in the game somehow. I can consistantly make it to the third section(actually the first two are quite easy), and after just a few tries I'm almost finishing the third section as well. I'm sure that last section is going to be the problem, since that's what messed me up on Hard so much.

[hack]

Just as a heads up, if anyone uses cyberscore, you'll love to hear that they've put up charts for the game.

http://www.cyberscore.net/game-ouendan2.php

So now you can submit your scores and try to beat other people. T_T

[Rocko]

Still can't beat the first song on Insane... granted, I've only tried like 4 times before going back to Samurai Blue on hard. So fun to play over and over :P

[maigoyume]

I'll be looking...forward...to it :baby: :joystick: :cry:




EDIT: YES!! I finally reached 50 million points, which means I unlocked the "Hidden Circle Mode", woo! I just got and A on "Real Life, Real Heart" on Easy in the HC Mode, but once I tried Samurai Blue on Hard with HC Mode, I got my butt kicked, FAST.

Also, I only have 5 more songs until I beat Insane, I beat Believe a little while ago :)nice nice, got distracted the last few days and my friend jacked my ds to try and play ouendan, gonna go beat the last few songs and try out hidden circle mode :)

Edit: finally got to the last song, keep screwing up on the very last section though ><

Edit edit: YEEEEEEEEEES BEAT IT O_O i must've played that stage 50 times, my hands were shaking as i did the last part, even at MAX bar i could barely make it through the last section

[EXStrike]

I'm at the set with Shounen Heart on Insane right now. Jesus, the difference between Hard and Insane is alot more crazier here than in Ouendan 1. It's harder too. I just went back to Ouendan 1 and owned RSG on Insane (finally beat Ouendan 1! w00t!), and noticed the circles are a hell of alot bigger than Ouendan 2's Insane circles.

Also, Sekai wa sore wo ai to yobundaze is full of epic win.

DEEENNNNSSSSHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!

[Rocko]

Got to Believe on insane last night. Tried it once, lost, and stopped since I was tired as hell.

I'll try it more tonight.

If I had Ouendan with me, I'd try and go beat Insane, but I don't. I'll do that once I get back home and have access to it.

[Droogs]

Just ordered this from yesasia for $39.99 shipped. Got it in hopes of liking the music better than EBA.

[maigoyume]

Just ordered this from yesasia for $39.99 shipped. Got it in hopes of liking the music better than EBA.as long as you aren't a J-pop hater you should be fine :)

[Droogs]

as long as you aren't a J-pop hater you should be fine :)

a person can always use more j-pop.

[maigoyume]

a person can always use more j-pop.QFT, truer words have never been spoken my friend :applause:

[hootie]

Went back to Ouendan 1 on Insane and beat about 5 levels, without problem, though I'm getting owned by the last section of Shanghai Honey :-(

[pygmy carnotaur]

I S ranked Samurai Blue on Insane today. :D

Also, I'm still working on that last rank. I'm about 9 million points away now, and that's without the last song being finished. I'm still working on that too- I can usually make it to the last section now, but then I usually lose very quickly.

The last section of Shanghai Honey on Insane was one of the only things that really threw me on the first game. It's not really that difficult, but it takes a couple tries because the pattern there is very different from the one they give you on Hard(that, and the section with the two slides going in opposite directions is annoying).

[hootie]

Ah, beat Shanghai Honey, now on RSG :)

As for EBA, I am still (somehow) stuck on JJF on Sweatin' mode...I don't know why its giving me so much trouble.

[maigoyume]

I S ranked Samurai Blue on Insane today. :D
after about 20 tries just TRYING to beat it, i ended up with an S rank somehow, needless to say i was pretty happy :)

[Droogs]

Just got my shipment notification. I'm quite excited.

[Rocko]

Beat Samurai Blue on insane. All I have left is the level with the 3 guys (forget the song name right now) and the final 2.

Woo!

[maigoyume]

get ready for some pain my friend, Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to yobundaze on insane almost made me smash my ds into the wall countless times, its not a hard song by any means, its just the LAST SECTION is so randomly fast you can't even think

[Rocko]

Yeah, I'm still picking away at Zoku on insane. I know I can beat it at this point, but I got sidetracked by some B2G1 games I bought today.

I think my favorite song of this game is Okuru Kotoba or Samurai Blue. Love those songs.

I've had the last 2 songs on repeat on my MP3 player so I get familiar with them... hopefully it'll make them easier when I get to them on insane.

[maigoyume]

S ranked all the easy songs, halfway through normal now, do you guys know if using hidden circle mode nets you more points? i think i'll have enough points to get the final rank without using it, but just wondering

Edit: i did the exact same thing you did sixers, playing the songs all the time on repeat has helped :) when i'm playing and can't get enough 300's, i start listening to the song and watching the circles instead of just the song, it does wonders, but on the easier difficulties i end up hitting the markers too fast anyways ><

[ahou]

now, do you guys know if using hidden circle mode nets you more points? well at first i didn't notice but once i got a perfect w/ hidden circles on insane Zenryoku Shonen, the point difference was nearly 1 million points and of course if you manage to almost get a perfect on the final song on insane w/ hidden circles, the score is gonna be maxed out :lol:

also, finally made it to the final rank and got the trophy 8-)

[maigoyume]

hmm alrighty, guess i'll just use hidden circles on hard and insane, too lazy to go back to easy and normal

[EXStrike]

Ohh man, I just perfect'd Samurai Blue on Hard. If it weren't for a couple 50's and a bit too many 100's, I think I could've gotten S rank. i got an A rank instead :(. Still awesome, though.

[maigoyume]

samurai blue on INSANE took me at least 40 tries to beat, simply because the last section doesn't even give you a chance to think ><

[Rocko]

Well, Countdown on insane is a bitch.

That is all.

[pygmy carnotaur]

Yes, it is. I've played Countdown enough by now that I can always easily finish it on Hard, and usually can on Insane though.

The last song is even worse, I'm still working on it, and still usually only barely make it to the fourth section where I promptly lose right at the start of it every time.

[maigoyume]

Yes, it is. I've played Countdown enough by now that I can always easily finish it on Hard, and usually can on Insane though.

The last song is even worse, I'm still working on it, and still usually only barely make it to the fourth section where I promptly lose right at the start of it every time.i hear you bro, i go into the last section with full bar and get killed within 5 seconds, i'm NOT looking forward to doing hidden circle on that one

[pygmy carnotaur]

I finally finished Insane today, and actually it wasn't that bad, I got through in about 3 tries. I guess sometimes you really do just need to give it some time.

I'm still around 7 million points away from the highest rank though, so there's still plenty to work on even if I don't go for the hidden circles.

[maigoyume]

i just tried hidden circles and man is it a pain, i can't believe even the numbers disappear O_o

[pygmy carnotaur]

Yeah, like I said before, it's pretty much unplayable as far as I'm concerned. I've only ever managed to even finish a song in hidden circle mode once(but then again, I haven't really tried much yet).

I got the final ranking today(the trophy). I had to go back and get better scores on normal and easy to get the last few points to do it, but it wasn't too hard.

[maigoyume]

so i'm assuming you can still get the trophy w/o using hidden circle? in any case i'm still gonna do hidden circle, but i think i'll S rank hard and insane first

[pygmy carnotaur]

Yeah, it's definitely possible. You need at least perfect on almost every song to do it though, and I had about half of them S ranked as well.

[Droogs]

So mine finally came in the mail today, and it takes care of my hatred that I had for EBA's song list. I can't put it down.

[maigoyume]

Yeah, it's definitely possible. You need at least perfect on almost every song to do it though, and I had about half of them S ranked as well.fine by me, was planning to do so anyways, thanks for the heads up buddy :D

[EXStrike]

Holy crap at Believe on Insane. That's just plain not fair.

[hootie]

I'm STILL stuck on Samurai Blue on Insane...if you make one mistake, it turns into 5, and then you lose :-(

[maigoyume]

ugh it took me countless tries to beat samurai blue on insane, but the "itsuma demo, doko made mo" midsections are a good way to boost your bar back up

Edit: i just remembered, if you're having trouble with the first 3 sections, the last part will rape you through the pants at least the first 20 times, well thats what happened to me ><

[EXStrike]

Wow, I just beat Samurai Blue on Insane in two tries. O_O

[maigoyume]

*hates exstrike* :bomb:

[EXStrike]

ARGHHHH!!!

I had a perfect combo in SSA Insane going into the last part. 10-15 secs I lose combo, and then I failed around 10-15 secs later :bomb: Bomb: :bomb:

[maigoyume]

eh? which one is SSA? the final song?

[hootie]

Yeah, it's the last song...but I thought it was SSAY?

[EXStrike]

SSA looks better than SSAY? Three letters better than four? SSA flows better than SSAY. :-P

[maigoyume]

bah, RSG owns both SSA and SSAY

[EXStrike]

YES I BEAT IT!!

Although, I would've had a Perfect, but I missed one of the ones before the last spinner. :bomb:

Edit: Looked at the replay I saved; FOUR circles before the spinner :bomb:

[maigoyume]

sounds like one of these times

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060919.jpg

[Cao Cao]

A few weeks ago, over at GameFAQs, Asho posted some interesting things that he found while rummaging through the sound files of the game: Voices for Agent J and the Cat, as playable multiplayer characters. At the time, everyone just wrote it off as an intended feature that was axed during development.

Well, recently, Nintendo confirmed the purpose of these strange voice clips by updating the official Ouendan 2 web site with a new link:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ao2j/omake/index.html (Translation (http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nintendo.co.jp%2Fds%2 Fao2j%2Fomake%2Findex.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8))

Yes, with the touch of an icon at the character select screen or the multiplayer screen, the Elite Beat Agents and the Cat are playable characters. The EBA in Ouendan 2 can be played in any difficulty, and they are effectively new skins for the characters they are replacing, so they use the Ouendan/Cheerleader dance moves.

But...
It's Japan-only. Yes, as the official web site says, the EBA and the Cat can only be attained by downloading them from a DS Station. In Japan. Between June 26th and July 11th. So until someone comes up with a solution for importers, you'll need either a good travel agent or a generous deity.

[maigoyume]

blaaaaaast it all, why can't i live in japan ><, btw thanks for the info cao cao

[EXStrike]

Wow. Goddammit. :bomb:

[ratzombie]

Thanks for getting us all excited until the very last part, Cao Cao you're a jackass.

[yayece]

Bleah. I remember reading about some guy who was able to turn his PC + Nintendo USB dongle into a DS download station. (Someone doing genuine, legit homebrew!) It was pretty involved, so I never bothered doing it. This might be a good reason to go and figure it out though.

Granted, you'd have to find the right file* to upload to your DS, but that's what teh internetz is for.


*Yes, I suppose this could be considered a ROM, per se, but anything that ought to be readily available at a DS download station should be fair game.

[pygmy carnotaur]

Maybe it's not that bad... I mean, if nothing else, this should mean that once we get EBA2, we should be able to unlock the Ouendan as playable characters right?

EDIT:
Another thought, since this would mean the EBA are in a Japanese game(and presumably, the Ouendan will be in a game released outside of Japan), then there would be no issues including any EBA or Ouendan member in the new Smash Bros. game. :D

[maigoyume]

Maybe it's not that bad... I mean, if nothing else, this should mean that once we get EBA2, we should be able to unlock the Ouendan as playable characters right?

EDIT:
Another thought, since this would mean the EBA are in a Japanese game(and presumably, the Ouendan will be in a game released outside of Japan), then there would be no issues including any EBA or Ouendan member in the new Smash Bros. game. :Dwishful thinking at best my friend, though it'd be so awesome

[Droogs]

So i finally unlocked insane mode tonight and am having fun with that.

I read on the first post that there is download play, but i can't figure out how to get to it within the menus...can anyone help me out with that?

[Cao Cao]

Well, I'll make it up to you yukine... By telling you how us importers can access this EBA Mode via an Action Replay.

You see, I was doing research on potential methods to unlock this mode, my interest piqued by the point made on other forums that this EBA mode was already on the DS Cart, with the Download Station acting as the key to unlock it, similar to the Animal Crossing and Nintendogs items. Anyways, I was doing research when I stumbled upon this code topic over at the ever-useful 2chan:
http://game12.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/gameurawaza/1179399284/

I was scrolling down when I hit it, post #98, the answer to our problem:

98 ：23：2007/06/21(木) 20:57:17 ID:hIHvkfHo
EBAのキャラクターが使用可能になるコードできました。

@EBAモード解禁(ARDS用)
220D7397 00000001
or perhaps this would be better translated:
The EBA characters can be enabled with this code:
@EBA MODE (Action Replay DS)
220D7397 00000001

I have done some limited testing with this code on a clean save, and even now, I'm surprised. I started up the game, and found the EBA Badge icon on the single player difficulty select menu. As expected, I went into normal mode, went into the first song, and found that the EBA are in fact just new dancing skins for the Ouendan; they don't appear in any cutscenes, they still use the Ouendan voice clips, and even the cutaways are still feature the Ouendan leader. Oh, and it looks like Agents J, Derek, and Morris replace both teams. As for the Cat, it looks like he might only be available in multiplayer.

But that's not all... Curious, I went into easy mode, where the leader was, instead of J, Agent Spin. This means that Agent J may just be the tip of the iceberg. Theoretically, Agent Chieftain and the Divas should be available in their respective difficulties.

How to help: I don't have an actual Action Replay. I tested this out using the AR cheat function of the R4 on a clean ROM. Thus, I consider this code is largely untested, and I will need some volunteers to test out this code on an actual Action Replay. It should work, since it looks like this code just sets off the correct flag for the EBA mode. Right now I'm interested in finding out about the new multiplayer characters and if my theories about Chieftain and the Divas are correct.

[maigoyume]

I'd like to help, but I don't have an actual AR, i'd just use the R4 like you did

[Phoenix_Cypher_K1]

I've done some testing with the code. It works both with R4 and the actual Action Replay :D

I'll repost what I have stated over at GameFAQs.

Regarding the part where Chieftain and Divas replacing their respective counterparts in the Hard and Cheer Girl difficulty, it is confirmed. Again, they replace BOTH red and blue teams.

However, in SSAY (the final song), where both team leaders are on screen, this changes. On the Red team, it will be the EBA (the leader of that difficulty). On the blue team, it is the Cat. What's rather hilarious is the cat comes with some of the features of that difficulty's Blue Ouendan. Which means in Hard mode, it has the Bluendan leader's hair, and in Insane, it has Rin (cheergirl leader for Bluendan)'s hairstyle.

Multiplayer

I tested multiplayer (I have both original and the ROM). Agent J takes up the final slot of the Red team, and the Cat takes up the final slot of the blue team. There appears to be no way to choose any of the other Agents unfortunately as far as I know.

That's my report for now.

[Wheeliedude]

Do you have a usrcheat.dat file you could share?

[Phoenix_Cypher_K1]

Here's mine:

http://download.yousendit.com/F811299271C325BA

[pygmy carnotaur]

Well, I've held off on getting an action replay, but I guess I'll be getting one now for this. A stupid question maybe, but then I haven't used an AR-type thing in years, does this code mess your save up at all, or does it just add EBA-mode to the game? I'm good enough at this one that I'm sure I've have my current high scores met or exceeded again in no time anyway, but I'd prefer to not have my save messed with.

[Cao Cao]

Thanks for the confirmation Phoenix, I'll add this new info to the OP.

[maigoyume]

looks like i gotta get me one too, damn you NoJ and your promotions ><

[Phoenix_Cypher_K1]

Well, I've held off on getting an action replay, but I guess I'll be getting one now for this. A stupid question maybe, but then I haven't used an AR-type thing in years, does this code mess your save up at all, or does it just add EBA-mode to the game? I'm good enough at this one that I'm sure I've have my current high scores met or exceeded again in no time anyway, but I'd prefer to not have my save messed with.
It just adds the EBA mode to the game. I have not noticed any odd things in my game since activating it.

You will need to trigger the game to save for you to keep it (EBA mode) permanently.

Go to the Options, hit the top-middle tab (L/R hand + rumble pack option), and go out. The game will save.

I highly suggest you do not use any other codes with this unlock code. Play it safe. I've tested on my own carts and the codes are fine.

EDIT: Okay, I went over to check at GameFAQs, someone over there used the code, unlocking the mode but apparently lost all his songs. I don't know why it happens since it did NOT happen to me. But if you are very precautious about your save (especially if it's on an original cart), I recommend holding off for now unless you are willing to take risks (I did.)

[maigoyume]

uhhhhhh..........i'm not so eager to mess with this just yet, btw by lost all his songs, do you mean ranks?

[pygmy carnotaur]

I'm ready to try it, and I went out and bought an Action Replay.... and I have no idea how to use it. I feel really stupid now, but how do you add codes to it?


EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot, and I think I have it now.

[ratzombie]

Well, I'll make it up to you yukine... By telling you how us importers can access this EBA Mode via an Action Replay.


Haha, thank you. I wasn't being serious, as I knew it would only be a matter of time before a code/patch was released to unlock them. ;)

[pygmy carnotaur]

Ok, now that I'm done being stupid for the day, I can confirm that the AR code works and doesn't effect anything in the game other than opening EBA mode(at least that's all it did for me).

The cat is pretty funny, but we all know that should've been Commander Khan instead. Also I'm disappointed they didn't at least carry over the EBA 'pop up images'(I don't know what you call them, the picture of the leader that pops up on the left side when you're doing well). I know the EBA are just swaps, but so was Khan in EBA and they gave him his own pop up image.

[Phoenix_Cypher_K1]

uhhhhhh..........i'm not so eager to mess with this just yet, btw by lost all his songs, do you mean ranks?

By the looks of it, that dude has to unlock the songs again, and his replays were intact.

I've tried it on several other original carts belonging to my friends. None had any problems.

[maigoyume]

hmm...........how much do AR's usually run for?

[Cao Cao]

hmm...........how much do AR's usually run for?
$20-$25, but it seems to be tough to find right now, at least until the new shipment comes in.

$20: Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, Buy.com
YMMV: Wal-Mart ($20-$22)
$25: GameStop

[maigoyume]

time to hunt me down an AR

[Droogs]

I keep unlocking stuff, but i don't know what it is. I unlocked two bonus songs so far, but other things "unlocked" as well.

Is there a list somewhere?

[maigoyume]

you probably just received higher ranks, when it does that scrolling thing and goes "ching!" with a number of points and japanese at the bottom

[Rocko]

Why are you paying $20 for an AR just to unlock... a different cheerleader skin?

[maigoyume]

i love my ouendan that much :cry:

[Droogs]

I finally got an S rank on an insane song...Pop Star.

It's probobly the easiest song, but it was an accomplishment for me.

[maigoyume]

i found Believe to be the easiest, but i'm a sucker for the slow songs

[maigoyume]

am i the only person still playing this?

[blandstalker]

am i the only person still playing this?

Nope.

But I still have yet to get to Insane. The beats were not with me today.

[maigoyume]

Nope.

But I still have yet to get to Insane. The beats were not with me today.i'm just trying to S rank everything right now, 4 songs left on hard before i jump over to insane, gonna try and do AT LEAST 2 hidden circle S rank insane mode songs

[Rei no Otaku]

I actually just got the game last week. So I'm still playing!

[pygmy carnotaur]

I still play this game every day. At the moment I've only got the last two songs on Hard left to S rank, and about 7 or so left to S rank on Insane.

Also, I noticed this game has somehow made me even better at the original and EBA. I went back and finally S ranked Canned Heat on Sweatin' after trying to get that one for months.

[ep2011]

I just got Ouendan 2 today in the mail. I have a question about the menus. Can anyone translate them? I liked how for Jump Ultimate stars they had full menu translations. Example: http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/933199/45856 - Search "Menu" and you will see.

Can anyone do something similar to this for me?

Also, you may want to add ncsxshop.com to your list of places to buy it. It was $45 for me and it came in 3 days after ordering. It comes from New York.

[maigoyume]

if you'd like i can do a translation of the hiragana and katakana, just don't ask me to translate kanji, still working on that

[ep2011]

if you'd like i can do a translation of the hiragana and katakana, just don't ask me to translate kanji, still working on that

That's fine. I just want to be able to have the menus translated so if I want to play multiplayer with someone, or change settings, I know. Do you have the game cart to translate it? (I can probably take pictures of the menus and give it to you?)

[maigoyume]

That's fine. I just want to be able to have the menus translated so if I want to play multiplayer with someone, or change settings, I know. Do you have the game cart to translate it? (I can probably take pictures of the menus and give it to you?)that works just fine, just pm me a link to the pics or something

[ep2011]

that works just fine, just pm me a link to the pics or something

I acually found it translated, sorry. Thanks though.

http://www.platformers.net/index/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=237&Itemid=1

if anyone wants to know...

[maigoyume]

down to the final 2 songs on hard, then i'm gonna punch through insane as fast as possible

[pygmy carnotaur]

Good luck with that. I've almost got it down for the last song, but I don't think I'm even close to getting an S on Countdown. Every time I end up with around 30 100's, when you need around half that to S rank it.

[maigoyume]

the last section of SSA keeps gimping me, i can hold out perfectly up until then ><

Edit: well i just spent a good hour trying to S rank Countdown, i SHOULD'VE gotten S rank, but for some reason 153 300's, 12 100's, and 4 50's does NOT count as S rank, and i just kinda gave up after another half hour of that, oh and get this, i was gripping the stylus so hard that it got bent ><

[ep2011]

Can anyone explain to me about how the rankings work, and how to get more 300's, 100's, etc and what those mean? My highest was C but this is the first time ive playing Ouendan or EBA. I must be doing something wrong.

[Rei no Otaku]

100s, 300s, etc. depend on how on the beat you are. If you hit it perfectly it's a 300. Basically the better your score, the higher your rank.

[pygmy carnotaur]

Yep, with perfect timing you get a 300, if you're off just a bit you get 100, if you almost miss completely you get 50, and if you miss you get an X(and lose the combo multiplyer you had going).

The best rank you can get is S, which you get for having roughly 90% 300s and 10% 100s. You can also get maybe 1 or 2 50s at most, as long as you have enough 300s to make up for it.

The first time through one of these games you should expect mostly Bs & Cs. Replaying it to get higher ranks & better high scores is a big part of the game after all. :)

[maigoyume]

yea, thats where most of the replay value comes from anyways

[Rei no Otaku]

the last section of SSA keeps gimping me, i can hold out perfectly up until then ><

Yeah, the last section of SSA is ridiculous.

[ZForce]

I just got the game used from a fellow CAG'er, is there anyway to reset the data? I'd like to start from the beginning and be able to set my own high scores, etc.

[ZForce]

Never mind, I figured it out, by referring to the EBA manual :) If anyone actually wants to know, you hold down L+R+A+B+X+Y at the Nintendo logo screen.

[ep2011]

Thanks everyone, makes sense now!

[maigoyume]

Yeah, the last section of SSA is ridiculous.manage to S countdown yet? i'm still pissed off from my previous attempt :bomb:

[Rei no Otaku]

I have gotten a S on Countdown. It's just the last section of SSA I can't do well at all. I pretty much snapped my extendable stylus in half trying to do it perfectly.

[maigoyume]

I have gotten a S on Countdown. It's just the last section of SSA I can't do well at all. I pretty much snapped my extendable stylus in half trying to do it perfectly.sounds about right, except my stylus is a tad more long and rigid, still using the phat after all, the last 2 chains of Countdown messes me up, where you have to about 16 in EXTREMELY quick succession

[youruglyclone]

finally tested the EBA code on a cart, for the folks who need it for theirs feel free to contact me, I'm willing to set it up for those who need it.

[botticus]

Crap, I need to order this before the YesAsia coupon expires. $35 shipped (less than I spent on the original) makes me happy.

[maigoyume]

its worth $50 to me and most definitely $35

[pygmy carnotaur]

I definitely got my $50 worth out of this game, especially when I compare it to other games I have that were $30 and don't get anywhere near this much play time.


Still no new S's here. I'm getting closer on Countdown now, I've gotten it down to around 20 100's, so a little more and I'll have it down. No closer on SSA, what always seems to happen is that I'll have a good run going, and then just miss one random beat somewhere in one of the middle sections.
The last section doesn't bother me anymore, I have it down, the trouble is just making it through without missing a random beat somewhere.

I'm sure I'll get it eventually, the last songs are always a pain to finish. Jumpin' Jack Flash on Sweatin' took me months to even get a perfect on, since I'd almost always miss one random beat in one of the last two sections.

[maigoyume]

i feel your pain my friend, i'm at that point too, trying to finish my other games first before going back

[pygmy carnotaur]

I got an S on Countdown finally! Just that last song to finish before moving on to trying to S all the girls' songs(which honestly I doubt I'll ever do, I just prefer playing on the third level over the fourth one, on every game in this series).

[maigoyume]

congrats, i haven't been able to touch my ds in the past week just because full time school + 3 days work takes a good chunk of time ><

[yayece]

I just picked this up a little while ago, and now I'm stuck. What the heck is the timing for "Music Hour" in hard mode? The weird off-beats are confusing me. (It's the stage with the middle aged fangirls saving the pop star)

[pygmy carnotaur]

In the first section of Music Hour? I didn't find it too hard... if you've played Elite Beat Agents, it's a similar idea to the opening of Canned Heat. You tap on the off beats.

Personally I thought that Music Hour's opening was a little weird on hard, being that it was very different(with less beats) than the same song on normal.

EDIT:
Tried it today just to see if I had any more advice, and I still had no trouble(got an S on my first try). Make sure you're using headphones, it'll help a lot. Also I found a couple videos on youtube that show the correct timing pretty well if that will help.

[Teeheehee]

After playing a bit of some insane, I went back to hard and saw the Samurai song. I decided to give it a try, since it was only hard mode. DAMN, I kept missing 300s and just lost.

And is it me or does the insane blue team's levels have the gauge drop a lot faster than the red team? I couldn't get all circles on the blue levels, but easily did it on the red levels. These are early levels too(around Monkey Magic).

Anyone know if there is an unofficial Ouendan 2 OST floating around like there was Ouendan 1?

[Rocko]

I grabbed the Ouendan 2 OST like a week after the game came out. It's definitely out there.

[maigoyume]

FINALLY finished off the S ranks on hard, 5 songs left on insane then i can put the game to rest and punch through EBA

[Rei no Otaku]

EBA is so much easier than Ouendan 2. I went back to play EBA again after finishing insane in Ouendan 2, and just aced it.

[maigoyume]

EBA is so much easier than Ouendan 2. I went back to play EBA again after finishing insane in Ouendan 2, and just aced it.only issue i have with EBA is you can't skip the ending sections of the songs

[TokyoDusty]

Okay, I have a real copy of the game and not just a Rom of it. But I used the action replay code for the EBA mode and none of my saved data was lost and nothing seems weird with the game so I think if someone used it on a Rom version of it that it is likely to cause that problem. Or mabye could have been caused by an old version of action replay ds...

[ep2011]

Have the real copy of the game as well, the only way to enable EBA mode in the US with action replay? :( Sucks...

Also, if right now I get The most B's, some C's and Some A's, is the only way to get better to practice, or do I just suck? :P Should I try EBA since it is easier and get good at that and then come back to Ouendan 2?
Edit: This is on the second game mode... The one after the one with one flame.

[bigl523]

practice practice practice, you'll get it eventually. you'll basically learn the beat of the songs and be whipping through them in no time.

[maigoyume]

i have the soundtrack for both games on my comp and i just listen to the ones i have problems with repeatedly, it'll help you get a feel for the song, and of course tons of practice :)