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Cao Cao

03-09-2007, 12:41 AM

燃えろ！熱血リズム魂: 押忍！闘え！応援団２
Full Title: Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
Players: 1-4 (Local)
Rumble Pack Supported
Release Date: May 17
Official Website (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ao2j/index.html)
Official EBA Mode download station announcement (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))
Sleepmix's Fansite (http://www.geocities.jp/sleepmix/index.html) (Japanese)

6/22 Update 2: Phoenix Cypher confirmed that the Action Replay code works; it unlocks all of the the EBA in single player, and Agent J and Neko in multiplayer. Neko also makes a special appearance in the final song in single-player mode. I'll let Phoenix explain:
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.

6/22: I was doing research on AR codes 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.
Translated:
The EBA characters can be enabled with this code:
@EBA MODE (Action Replay DS)
220D7397 00000001
*Game ID: AO2J-B9A91626 (Might be needed to add an Ouendan 2 entry to the AR list.

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 animations, and even the cutaways still feature the Ouendan leader. Oh, and it looks like the Agents replace both teams. As for the Cat, it looks like he is selectable in multiplayer. [He also appears in the final song in each difficulty]

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. [CONFIRMED] Agent Chieftain and the Divas should be available in their respective difficulties.

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Song List
全力少年 (Zenryoku Shonen) - Sukima Switch - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Yi7WAplgk)
リルラリルハ (Rirura Riruha/Real Life, Real Heart) - Kaela Kimura - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFAeeqIJgPw)
POP STAR - Ken Hirai - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP-X6_Xk5qI)
贈る言葉 (Okuru Kotoba) - Flow - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTXs7BAybRw)
VISTA - Going Under Ground - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKvkFx8vo5E)
ジュリアに傷心 (Oh, My Julia) - checkers - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV4Gp-H6Sr0)
Go my way - Hitomi Yaida - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBFo96qY9ng)
気分上々↑↑ (Kibun Joujou) - mihimaru GT - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAe1ALnSPiI)
少年ハート (Shounen Heart) - Homemade Kazoku - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_eWDilLwRI)
BANG!BANG!バカンス (Bang! Bang! Vacance) - smap - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oROg4qi6m_o)
バンビーナ (Bambina) - Hotei Tomoyasu - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeNpBT8kPQs)
Believe - AI - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbP2FOcSaL8)
Music Hour - Porno Graffiti - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmqLTWwQ4Kg)
族 (Zoku) - Kishidan - MySpace (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=947013704)
COUNTDOWN - hyde - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCTrSL9i1EM)
世界はそれを愛と呼ぶんだぜ (Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to yobundaze) - Sambomaster - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfg31FTFdgA)
Monkey Magic - Orange Range - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPtXemuFuxc)
Glamorous Sky - NANA starring Mika Nakashima - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRuBZQeKMnM)
サムライブルー (Samurai Blue) - ZZ - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Byv56kFMJ8)

Ouendan Info
This time around, you are going to be able to play as two rival Ouendan teams, the team from the original game and a new team clad in blue/white outfits. You play as one team in some levels, and the other team in other levels.

[Official Name: 夕日町応援団 (Yuuhi-cho Ouendan/Evening Sun Town Ouendan)] Superior Ouendan/Red Team
[Mode: Name - New feature (If any)]
Backups:Saitou Atsushi- Different Sideburns; Suzuki Ittetsu- Small beard
Easy Mode: Tanaka Hajime - Sports a spiffy hat, now during cutscenes and dance sequences
Normal Mode: Ippongi Ryuuta - His hair is longer and spikier.
Hard Mode: Doumeki Kai - Hair now lethally spiky, wears wooden sandals instead of shoes
Insane Mode Cheer Girls: Kanda Aoi, Amemiya Sayaka (Leader), Anna Lindhearst

[Official Name: 朝日町応援団 (Asahi-cho Ouendan/Morning Sun Town Ouendan)] Noble Ouendan/Blue Team
[Mode: Name - Distinguishing feature]
Backups: Moriyama Tsuyoshi- Bald, Glasses; Sugita Kenshin- Orange hair with a long braided ponytail
Easy Mode: Kikuchi Shinta - Kid with the short brown hair
Normal Mode: Saionji Hayato - The guy with the long blond hair
Hard Mode: Kiryuuin Kaoru - White hair, wears a cape during cutscenes
Insane Mode Cheer Girls: Kawai Honoka, Shirosaki Rin (Leader), Minazuki Reika

[Others]
Elite Beat Agents
Backups, Agent Morris, Agent Derek
Easy: Agent Spin
Normal: Agent J
Hard: Agent Chieftain
Insane: Elite Beat Divas

Special: Neko (Cat) - Primarily used in multiplayer, but he makes a special appearance as the Blue team leader in the final song, with a hairstyle that changes depending on the difficulty level.

Interesting factoid about both teams: The Yuuhi-cho Ouendan logo uses the Kanji for "Ouen" (Cheer). The Asahi-cho Ouendan logo, upon closer examination, has a similar idea behind it. Instead of Kanji, it spells Ouen using English characters. Just put all of the letters in order by going from the top letter to the bottom letter.

Some Stage Info
I'll only go over a few things, and I'll probably only update the Returning Characters section.

- The first stage has the Zenryoku Shonen song. It features Hanada Tsuyoshi, the student from the first stage of the original game, and his family. Now out of college, Tsuyoshi is looking for a job, sending out 100 applications, but getting 99 rejection notices. It is the job of the Superior Ouendan to once again help Tsuyoshi, only this time, it is to cheer him through an interview, which he hopes would give him a job at the company's New York branch.
- The Ramen Stand Owner's Cat will have a mini scenario at the end of the Training sequence. In this short stage, which has the same Ouendan training song (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/aosj/bgm/ouen.swf) from the first game, you must help the Cat outrun a very angry looking dog.
- Returning characters: Hanada Tsuyoshi, The Hanada Family, the News Announcer,Neko (Cat), Shin and Shizu (Couple from the Matsuri stage), Meowzilla ("Nyaragon"), Joe and Dan, Kazebayashi Shizuyama (Pottery Master), and Tanaka Yasushi/"Tan Yao" (Ramen Shop owner).

Graphical Changes
- More detailed characters, better animation. For example, the Ouendan now run onto the lower screen when a stage begins, instead of just sliding into the scene. The Cheer Girls enter the scene by doing cartwheels.
- Spinner now has a flame design.

Gameplay Elements returning from EBA...
-Easier Spinners, DS Download Play, Ghost Vs., Replay Save (See Next Section), Intro Skip, Hidden Stages.
-Download Play songs: Rirura Riruha, Okuru Kotoba, VISTA, Shounen Heart, and Bambina
5 songs, one for each multiplayer stage, and you can only play in vs. mode.

New Gameplay Elements
-Replay Save has changed somewhat. Instead of having 1 replay for each stage like in EBA, you have 20 replay save slots. You can save multiple replays for one stage if you want to.
-You can skip the final song's ending after seeing it once (EBA fans should be happy about this one).
-The Map is in 3D, but unlike EBA, this is a 3D map of the town. It is split up into two sections: The Superior Ouendan have the left half of town, the Noble Ouendan have the right half of town.

Final Stage/Secret Stage
First, I'll go over the Final Stage Song
Much Like EBA, the final stage has two parts.
The first part of the stage uses the song COUNTDOWN by hyde. The second part uses Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to yobundaze by Sambomaster.

Now it's time for the secret stage information:

There are three secret stages, they use the songs (Along with the total points/rank required to unlock them):
1) Monkey Magic by Orange Range (6 million points/4th rank)
2) Glamorous Sky by NANA starring Mika Nakashima (10 million points/6th rank)
3) Samurai Blue by ZZ (25 million points/9th rank)

So, ya' gonna order this or what?
Play-Asia:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-49-en-15-Ouendan%2B2-70-1v6e.html

YesAsia:
Coupons (non-stacking): WGASIA5 to get $5 off, as long as you haven't used it before;
DSOTO2G to get $3 off, coupon is specifically for this game, so anyone can use it. (Thanks, Like A Breath! (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138489))
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-games/version-all/did-5/pid-1004713280/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Ouendan2.jpg

Judge Groovyman

03-10-2007, 10:27 AM

Gonna be great!

hootie

03-10-2007, 11:11 AM

.....the link to the scan brings me to a picture of some CSI type show :rofl:

Cao Cao

03-27-2007, 07:21 AM

6/22 Update 2: Phoenix Cypher confirmed that the Action Replay code works; it unlocks all of the the EBA in single player, and Agent J and Neko in multiplayer. Neko also makes a special appearance in the final song in single-player mode. I'll let Phoenix explain:
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.

6/22: I was doing research on potential methods to unlock EBA mode, my interest piqued by the point made on other forums that 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, 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.

Touch-DS: Official Gameplay Videos (http://touch-ds.jp/mfs/ouendan2/)
6/21: 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.

5/30: Just some minor housekeeping. I suggest checking out Sleepmix's Ouendan & EBA fansite above, even though it is entirely in Japanese, it still has useful info in the form of beat counts, rank prizes, 2chan thread archives, etc.
5/17: Today is the game's official release date, so any stores that did not break the release date should be shipping it out today. The Official Website was updated, some new sections were added for some of the single-player scenarios, and it also has some multiplayer information. Also, I updated the Ouendan info section with Nintendo's official names for the rival cheer teams.

I've decided to reorganize the topic post, now only the most recent update will be in this post, above the dotted line. The previous update messages will be stored in Post #4.
5/16: Some interesting info went up on GameFAQs recently. A user by the name of Asho posted a link to a 2Chan thread (http://game11.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/handygame/1179214005/). This discussion topic started with an Ouendan/EBA FAQ, and went into Ouendan 2 (Apparently, quite a few stores in Japan broke the release date). At the end of the FAQ, the user posted an Ouendan 2 song list, which seems to include the 3 remaining songs. If this topic is to be believed, then the only songs left to reveal are:
族 (Zoku) - Kishidan - MySpace (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=947013704)
Samurai Blue - ZZ - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Byv56kFMJ8)
COUNTDOWN - hyde - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCTrSL9i1EM)

Since the release date has been broken, some folks already have it. Over at GameFAQs, Magus12000 is answering questions, and it seems that these songs are in the game.

5/14: Over at GameFAQs, Yabun_no_Indou noticed that a new commercial was added at the TouchDS site: http://touch-ds.jp/mediagallery/st68.html (Just click その２ below the video to access the new commercial). In this commercial, four more songs were revealed:
Monkey Magic - Orange Range
Glamorous Sky - Mika Nakashima (NANA)
世界はそれを愛と呼ぶんだぜ (The Thing that the World Calls Love) - Sambomaster
Music Hour - Porno Graffiti

5/11: Website is above, and though it's under construction, it still features the character bios for both teams (Except for the cheer girls, who have been revealed in a scan from a few days ago). There are also some videos of OTO2's tutorial, which ends with a small scenario involving a returning character ;).

What also came out recently was the OTO2 demo at the DS Download Stations in Japan. Tankbeat has his play session up at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fdLZ_aykfI
It seems to be similar to the EBA demo in America; uses only the first two segments of a song, normal mode characters with the easy mode patterns. Unlike the EBA demo, it doesn't use the first stage, which is presumably the stage with the mangaka, using Sukima Switch's "Zenryoku Shonen." Instead, the demo uses checkers' "Oh, My Julia" as a song, and the level takes place inside a hair salon.

5/9: New gameplay videos have been added! The first box is the TV commercial, the second box is some gameplay info, and the links below the boxes are various game play clips of people playing different levels on different difficulty settings.
http://touch-ds.jp/mfs/ouendan2/

4/11: Minor update today. Famitsu posted their Ouendan 2 article online, which is the source of the song list. Also revealed was Doumeki Kai's return to being the hard mode red team leader , along with the corresponding hard mode Blue team leader, a tall guy with silver hair. A new scenario is also revealed in this article, you play as the blue team and help a struggling school chorus practice for an upcoming event. Finally, the article has some screens of Ouendan 2's multiplayer mode, with the hard mode cheerleaders helping rival soccer players. Check it out here:
http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/2007/04/11/104,1176292358,70012,0,0.html

4/10 UPDATE: First, the release date was finally announced. Mark your calendars, because it's pretty close.

Second:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150378

12 of the 19 songs have been confirmed in the neogaf topic:
VISTA - Going Under Ground
気分上々↑↑ (Kibun Joujou) - mihimaru GT
少年ハート (Shounen Heart) - Homemade Kazoku
BANG!BANG!バカンス (Bang! Bang! Vacation) - smap
Believe - AI
リルラリルハ (Rirura Riruha/Real Life, Real Heart) - Kaela Kimura
贈る言葉 (Okuru Kotoba) - Flow
バンビーナ (Bambina) - Hotei Tomoyasu
全力少年 (Zenryoku Shonen) - Sukima Switch
ジュリアに傷心 (Oh, My Julia) - checkers
Go my way - Hitomi Yaida
POP STAR - Ken Hirai

3/27:
New scans from the Japanese magazine "Nintendo Dream" were posted up at Kotaku.
Link: http://kotaku.com/gaming/gallery/snazzy-ouendan-2-scans-246982.php

Here's the info that I could glean from the scans:
- The Student from the first game is now an aspiring mangaka who is trying to find a publisher.

- Judging by the screenshots and the big headline reading "Rival Dojos!" on scan 2. Each team will have a unique dance style, which seem to be described by the titles that are next to the Squad Leaders.

- Here are the titles:
Red Ouendan (From the first game): Kokou no Ouendan - According to JWPCE's dictionary, kokou means aloofness. "Reserved Ouendan" might be appropriate, seeing as how their dance style is rather straightforward.
Blue Ouendan: Kouketsu no Ouendan - Kouketsu means Noble or Pure. "Noble Ouendan" would be an appropriate name considering their logo.

- The lead cheerleaders for easy mode will be:
Red Ouendan: Tanaka Hajime (Sporting a spiffy new hat)
Blue Ouendan: Kikuchi Shinta (The kid with the short brown hair)
- For normal mode:
Red Ouendan: Ippongi Ryuta
Blue Ouendan: Saionji Hayato

- "Zenryoku Shonen" and "VISTA" are once again confirmed to be songs in the game.

Also, there are plenty of new screenshots over at Jeux-France:
http://www.jeux-france.com/images_5672.html?Nbr_images_pages=128

3/08:
First up is a new scan appeared in Famitsu. The original scans were pretty blurry, but at NeoGAF, neo2046 uploaded a clean scan into imagevenue:
EDIT: The original link's dead, sorry.

Someone over at 2ch is translating the article, and it contains some interesting new details:
- The biggie: this time, there will be a rival Ouendan, which is the squad that's dressed in blue. Not much is known about them, except that their squad leader's name is Saionji, and he's the one with the long blonde hair.

- Two stages are confirmed so far:
1) A sequel to the first scenario of the original game, the one with "Loop & Loop." This time, it seems that the student has graduated and is either at a job or trying to find a job (I can't tell from the screenshots), and his family is distracting him.
2) A shoe salesman is trying to sell his surplus of shoes on an alien planet.

- Two songs have been confirmed in the article:
1) Former Student's stage: "ZENRYOKU-SHONEN" by SUKIMA-SWITCH
2) Shoe Salesman's stage: "VISTA" by Going Under Ground

- There will be some graphical changes:
1) The spinner has a flame design now.
2) It looks like the flames of encouragement have a new cel-shaded design.
3) Suzuki (The squad member with the Mohawk) now sports a small beard.

Another recent event was Keiichi Yano's "From "Ouendan!" to "Help!": Inside the Elite Beat Agents" presentation. He presented concept art from OTO and EBA, made a few jokes, took in a few questions, and showed some art and screenshots of Saionji's Squad.
1UP:
LiveBlog (http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=7936153&publicUserId=5844217)
Summary (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157852)
Famitsu:
Photos (http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2007/03/08/103,1173348520,68245,0,0.html)
DS Fanboy:
Photos (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2007/03/08/gdc-07-the-making-of-ouendan-and-elite-beat-agents/)
Kotaku:
Better view of Saionji's squad (http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/03/crap_ouendan_2.jpg)

Original NeoGAF thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145327)

Here are two posts over at the Neogaf forums by users who have compiled links to the music videos for the songs confirmed so far:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6054455&postcount=125
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6056978&postcount=226

So, ya' gonna pre-order or what?
Play-Asia:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-49-en-15-Ouendan%2B2-70-1v6e.html

YesAsia: (I think you can still use the coupon code WGASIA5 to get another $5 off, as long as you haven't used it before)
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-games/version-all/did-5/pid-1004713280/

hootie

03-27-2007, 03:33 PM

:drool: :hot:

Oh man, I can't wait :cry:

Rocko

03-27-2007, 03:55 PM

Sweet. Can't wait. Itching for more Ouendan fun.

imascrub

03-28-2007, 05:28 AM

will there be the insane cheerleader mode again?

Even though I can't get past the 3rd song or so in the original ouendan lol. The damn bright backgrounds don't help my ouendan'ing one bit :( I just wanted to see the cheerleaders in action..

pygmy carnotaur

03-28-2007, 02:47 PM

I hope the spinners are more like the EBA ones instead of the original Ouendan ones. Not that I can't do the spinners, but the ones in EBA seem to be just right, compared to the ones in Ouendan where 95%+ of my misses are the spinners, and I feel like I'm going to damage the screen or myself doing them half the time.
All I'm saying is, I prefer the music in Ouendan, but lately I find myself playing EBA more, mostly because the spinners in Ouendan annoy me too much. The worst one was when I missed the final spinner on hard on Ready Steady Go.... and if I hadn't, I would've S Ranked that level. :bomb:

michiyoyoshiku

03-28-2007, 11:26 PM

I just got Ouendan today
BEST GAME ON DS

and before it even came I preordered 2 on Play-asia question is.......shoudl I get EBA too?

daroga

04-11-2007, 12:57 AM

It's hitting May 17. :)

http://kotaku.com/gaming/inis/ouendan-2-coming-next-month-251288.php

Rocko

04-11-2007, 01:05 AM

Jesus, I was definitely not expecting this until Holiday '07.

Thanks for the news daroga. Looks like I'll be preordering from PlayAsia soon.

daroga

04-11-2007, 01:16 AM

Jesus, I was definitely not expecting this until Holiday '07.

Thanks for the news daroga. Looks like I'll be preordering from PlayAsia soon.I was shocked too. Can't wait to play it. Ouendan / EBA are two of my favorite games ever.

yukine

04-11-2007, 01:21 AM

Wow, May 17th? Count me in.

Purple Flames

04-11-2007, 01:22 AM

It's hitting May 17. :)

http://kotaku.com/gaming/inis/ouendan-2-coming-next-month-251288.php

Damn that made my day. Now I have to scramble and finish RSG with the Cheergirls.

Rocko

04-11-2007, 01:25 AM

I think I'll wait until PlayAsia puts a date up, then I'll preorder there, since I hear YesAsia sucks with preorders.

Huzzah for Ouendan 2!

maigoyume

04-11-2007, 01:26 AM

good stuff, I finally shelved ouendan after S rank on every song and difficulty, this will suck up most of my time once it ships :)

Cao Cao

04-11-2007, 04:11 AM

12 songs revealed, 7 more to go!

daroga

04-11-2007, 08:50 AM

Is there any place I can go and listen to at least clips of those songs? I'm barely familiar with any Japanese pop at all, but on the off chance I do recognize it, I'd like it know. ;)

Cao Cao

04-11-2007, 02:16 PM

Is there any place I can go and listen to at least clips of those songs? I'm barely familiar with any Japanese pop at all, but on the off chance I do recognize it, I'd like it know. ;)
From the NeoGAF topic:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6054455&postcount=125
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6056978&postcount=226

I was certainly surprised to learn that Homemade Kazoku's song was the second opening theme for Eureka Seven, that one was my favorite opening for the show.

SaraAB

04-11-2007, 03:02 PM

Oh I like some of those songs, hopefully there will be a deal similar to what yesasia had when I bought the original ouendan.

hootie

04-11-2007, 04:59 PM

May 17th? Holy crap thats soon! Only a month and 6 days left :)

judyjudyjudy

04-11-2007, 07:14 PM

Damn that made my day. Now I have to scramble and finish RSG with the Cheergirls.Awww, crap, I've still got to do that too.

I'm glad this is coming out so soon!

yukine

04-11-2007, 11:12 PM

good stuff, I finally shelved ouendan after S rank on every song and difficulty, this will suck up most of my time once it ships :)

You're a master! :applause:

I can't get an S rank even on the easiest setting.

maigoyume

04-12-2007, 01:28 AM

You're a master! :applause:

I can't get an S rank even on the easiest setting.i would have to say the HARDEST song to S was the very first one on EASY, simply because the there were only 50 beats and the beats themselves were so slow i almost ALWAYS got 100 instead of 300, that was when i wanted to throw my DS out the door, on another note i easily clocked in over 50 hours of my time on this game, rocking my friend on insane RSG was just uber fun :D

pygmy carnotaur

04-12-2007, 02:33 AM

All the S Ranks I have on both Elite Beat Agents & Ouendan are on the two hardest difficulties. I'm sure part of it is that those are really the only ones I play, but I've tried going back to the slower levels several times, and it's just too slow to get the timing right.

Anyway, May 17th is way earlier than I was expecting. The only import game I've bought before was Ouendan, and I got that after it had been out for awhile, so how's this work? Do I pretty much have to preorder to get it anywhere near the release date?

maigoyume

04-12-2007, 02:48 AM

spiwak

04-12-2007, 12:55 PM

Well now this looks like more of an expansion pack than a sequel... so few songs yet again.

maigoyume

04-12-2007, 01:22 PM

Well now this looks like more of an expansion pack than a sequel... so few songs yet again.well keep in mind the limitations with the storage medium, only 256 mbs if i'm remembering right, the average song is about 5mb, throw in the manga panels, sounds and animation and you've pretty much maxed out the cart, well at least thats what i think

Rocko

04-12-2007, 01:52 PM

Well now this looks like more of an expansion pack than a sequel... so few songs yet again.

Ouendan had 15 songs. 19 is an improvement.

pygmy carnotaur

04-12-2007, 02:44 PM

19 is actually what I was expecting, cosidering that's how many songs EBA has. More songs would be better of course, but considering how much time I've spent on the original with just 15 songs, it'll still be more than worth the price.

Rocko

04-13-2007, 01:42 PM

Just put my preorder in at Playasia. Cannot wait for this game.

hootie

04-13-2007, 02:02 PM

Just put my preorder in at Playasia. Cannot wait for this game.

I'm going to do that ASAP, but I need a tad bit more cash before I can :cry:

maigoyume

04-13-2007, 02:07 PM

I'm going to do that ASAP, but I need a tad bit more cash before I can :cry:me too :cry: what with pokemon coming out and i just got SPM, this is gonna be a rough month

hootie

04-13-2007, 02:55 PM

me too :cry: what with pokemon coming out and i just got SPM, this is gonna be a rough month

Yeah, I'm saving up for Sim City DS and Picross DS, as well as Ouendan 2 :cry:

Hollow Man

04-13-2007, 04:19 PM

Is Playasia good when it comes to preorders? I actually bought my Ouendan from YeAsia at $39.99 after $5 off.

-HM

Rocko

04-13-2007, 04:26 PM

Is Playasia good when it comes to preorders? I actually bought my Ouendan from YeAsia at $39.99 after $5 off.

-HM

I did the same, but I hear Yesasia blows for preorders.

Hollow Man

04-13-2007, 04:30 PM

I hear Yesasia blows for preorders.

Yeah, I saw that comment around here a bit ago. I guess I'll bite the bullet and order from Play-Asia even though it's a bit expensive. I used them for a couple of DS Lite Multi-Pouches a while ago and all went well.

Maybe I won't blow through Ouendan2 as fast as I did through EBA. It's been a while since I've played and I bet I suck now.

Great - this means I'll probably lose at least 2 weeks of my life, considering how last time I did pretty much nothing else after I bought those two games...

-HM

Hollow Man

04-13-2007, 05:31 PM

Well, I preordered. Had to use Paypal since my CC company doesn't allow payments to China (too many fraud complaints). Rather lousy since now I've paid and the game won't be shipped for a month. Hopefully Play-Asia will do me right.

Anyway, the damn game better be good...no sucky tunes please!

-HM

Rocko

04-13-2007, 06:02 PM

maigoyume

04-14-2007, 12:28 AM

Rocko

04-14-2007, 01:02 AM

I loved Over the Distance. Best song in the game for me. I'm very happy that there's more songs in this one, too.

maigoyume

04-14-2007, 01:07 AM

it was the first song i S ranked, best day EVER :)

Rocko

04-15-2007, 02:18 AM

This is listed at the top of the bestsellers section for the DS at Play Asia. Here's hoping they'll have enough product to meet demand!

Cao Cao

04-15-2007, 06:01 PM

32 days left until release, and it's already at the top of Play-Asia's best-seller list? Man, this game's more popular than I thought.

Hollow Man

04-15-2007, 06:03 PM

I went back to EBA today to remind myself why I like these games so much. An hour went by in a minute.

-HM

alongx

04-15-2007, 06:09 PM

Is it just me, or is the song list much, much weaker than the original?

Cao Cao

04-19-2007, 04:37 AM

Boxart added, along with the pre-order links.

maigoyume

04-19-2007, 12:23 PM

awesome, just preordered at yesasia, i don't mind waiting a little while for the game, if it saves me $10 its worth it

Hollow Man

04-19-2007, 12:24 PM

My fierce impatience is worth an extra $10, heh.

-HM

Rocko

04-19-2007, 03:37 PM

My fierce impatience is worth an extra $10, heh.

-HM
QFT.

Like the boxart. Cannot wait to play this.

maigoyume

04-19-2007, 03:40 PM

super swing golf and puzzlequest are stealing my soul right now, last thing i need is a fatality

Hollow Man

04-19-2007, 04:30 PM

Like the boxart.

Yep; it's l33t.

In preparation, I basically "finished" EBA this weekend (how can one ever truly be finished with these games?). I only had the last three songs to beat with the Divas, but I put it down for a few months. So I plowed through it. I'm fully ready now for Ouendan 2!

-HM

maigoyume

04-19-2007, 04:33 PM

Yep; it's l33t.

In preparation, I basically "finished" EBA this weekend (how can one ever truly be finished with these games?). I only had the last three songs to beat with the Divas, but I put it down for a few months. So I plowed through it. I'm fully ready now for Ouendan 2!

-HMget all 300's in every song on every difficulty :) i settled for all S's on every song + difficulty, and that stole away a good 50 hours

Hollow Man

04-19-2007, 04:36 PM

I'm just not one for getting S-ranks. As long as I get above B I call it a day. I probably should be going for A, but I've got enough other games on my plate.

-HM

Rocko

04-19-2007, 04:45 PM

pygmy carnotaur

04-19-2007, 05:42 PM

Well, the boxart is definitely great. I'm glad I preordered this, though I have a feeling the pile of DS games I have won't get finished for quite some time now. As it is, even though I've had them "finished" for awhile, I still have trouble putting down the first one or EBA. I'm not even really trying for all S ranks(though I do have around 4-5 S ranks on each game), the game's just that fun even now.

maigoyume

04-19-2007, 11:58 PM

I don't care about rank... as long as I beat it, I'm happy. :lol:

I'm stuck in the last difficulty in Ouendan, but I haven't played for so long, I'm really out of practice. I figure I'll try again once I play Ouendan 2, since that'll train me up.insane mode is just hard with reversed beats and smaller circles, other than that its pretty much the same, albeit a tad harder :)

ahou

04-20-2007, 12:18 AM

i've placed my pre-order at play asia last week getting giddy for this one lol

i've only got 2 S ranks and weird that its both on insane. Don't know names of the songs (and too lazy to google em haha) but they were the ones with the guy who turns into a giant to fight the giant rat and the other was the police guys vs robots. Those are probably my favorite songs in the game :)

I dunno why but when I play on the lower difficulties with the slower tempo, I suck at timing pretty badly but once it speeds up I'm good to go haha

all i ask for in this version is a cutscene skip button to go straight to the gameplay :bomb:

maigoyume

04-20-2007, 12:29 AM

yukine

04-20-2007, 06:58 AM

I'm just not one for getting S-ranks. As long as I get above B I call it a day. I probably should be going for A, but I've got enough other games on my plate.

-HM
Haha, that's funny the best I go for is a B-rank.

I'm terrible at Ouendan but I really enjoy it, but I am getting a little sick of maigoyume rubbing those S-ranks in our faces. :lol:

hootie

04-20-2007, 12:16 PM

B-Rankers for the win!

yukine

04-20-2007, 12:18 PM

YEAH!

S-rankers should be banned! Get a mod in here!

maigoyume

04-20-2007, 12:51 PM

Haha, that's funny the best I go for is a B-rank.

I'm terrible at Ouendan but I really enjoy it, but I am getting a little sick of maigoyume rubbing those S-ranks in our faces. :lol:

haha, oh well, i just loved the game that much :) besides you should've seen how many times i wanted to throw my ds at the wall trying to do RSG on insane

Hollow Man

04-20-2007, 07:50 PM

hootie

04-20-2007, 10:03 PM

Wir mussen die S-RANKERS ausrotten!

We must exterminate the Jews S-RANKERS :boxing:

daroga

04-20-2007, 10:22 PM

I often wanted to throw my DS into a wall. But I get a great feeling beating the game on insane on some of the tougher songs. You just get into this cool groove where you're at one with the game, and you can anticipate where you need to go. Like using The Force!

-HMIt's true. After playing "Material Girl" on EBA a ton on the harder difficulty to get it down I think the patterns are etched into my brain somewhere. I say that, because about 3 months after I last touched the game, I heard MG on the radio at a restraunt I was at. Instantly all the icons popped up on my eyes and I could see it all.

It was a little weird, actually.

hootie

04-20-2007, 11:36 PM

0_o

o_0

asianxcore

04-20-2007, 11:47 PM

just put down a pre-order at Play-Asia.

they won't charge my credit card until the game actually ships right?

Rocko

04-20-2007, 11:59 PM

just put down a pre-order at Play-Asia.

they won't charge my credit card until the game actually ships right?
Correct.

maigoyume

04-21-2007, 12:30 AM

hootie

05-09-2007, 08:25 PM

Just letting you all know I finally pre-ordered the game!

In other news, Famitsu gave Ouendan 2 a 9, 9, 8, 8 which is 34/40, not bad at all!

http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14938

Rocko

05-09-2007, 08:31 PM

Can't wait! It's getting close now. I hope mine ships when the game comes out.

hootie

05-09-2007, 08:33 PM

I hope mine ships when the game comes out.

....Why wouldn't it? :-s

Rocko

05-09-2007, 09:01 PM

....Why wouldn't it? :-s

It's been very high on bestsellers for a month. Who knows how many preorders they've gotten. I'm just wondering if they'll be able to fulfill all of them on day 1.

hootie

05-09-2007, 09:16 PM

Crap...I was thinking of that in the back of my head, but I hope its not true, because I definitely wouldn't be in the first shipment...

maigoyume

05-09-2007, 09:28 PM

i just put my order in yesterday, but its from yes-asia so i'm not really expecting it to get here anytime soon after its released

Cao Cao

05-11-2007, 07:28 AM

A bunch of new media has been added over the past few days. Check 'em out, if you want. Unfortunately, all of the song lists still only have the 12 songs confirmed so far. But, I'm confident that they'll add the next seven songs when they finish the official web site.

maigoyume

05-13-2007, 04:25 PM

imma just gonna wait till my copy gets here and enjoy it in all its uber cheerleading glory :applause:

hack

05-13-2007, 05:57 PM

Pre-ordered it from my local shop a few days ago.

I sooo cannot wait for this game. Its going to rock.

maigoyume

05-13-2007, 07:36 PM

Pre-ordered it from my local shop a few days ago.

I sooo cannot wait for this game. Its going to rock.lucky, we don't have many if any of those places here in Canada at all :cry:

Rocko

05-13-2007, 07:46 PM

Four more days until it ships, I assume.

asianxcore

05-13-2007, 10:23 PM

Is there a chance my pre-order at Play-Asia will ship before the 17th?

I got a "preparing order" status change, as well as my credit card being charged today.

Chacrana

05-13-2007, 10:33 PM

Shit, I forgot this was coming out so soon. Mandatory purchase for me.

Rocko

05-13-2007, 11:36 PM

Mine is also "preparing order" at Playasia, and I ordered it a month ago as of tomorrow. Wouldn't it be a nice surprise to see it ship tomorrow!

Warg

05-14-2007, 12:22 AM

Hmm. I also have a "Preparing Order" status -- though my card has yet to be charged. Though, I only got around to pre-ordering it about a week ago -- so if they received a lot of pre-orders, I might not actually be on this first shipment.

ahou

05-14-2007, 12:58 AM

same here with the preparing order and card charged, could they ship 3 days earlier than the release date?

maigoyume

05-14-2007, 01:03 AM

same here with the preparing order and card charged, could they ship 3 days earlier than the release date?i doubt they'll break street date in Japan, but you never know

Warg

05-14-2007, 01:03 AM

asianxcore

05-14-2007, 01:16 AM

Question to those who have had their cards charged already:

By the Ouendan 2 listing on your order number status, do you have a checkmark by the Qty. number? (The one that indicates that it's "Available/Reserved for your order/Ready for dispatch" ?)

Because I don't. Though, I'm not in any big rush to get it, either -- I'll have fun with it either way.

Not sure what you are talking about....under the "Play-Asia.com Order #"? at the top?

I do have a checkmark next to "Preparing Order". On the details (Product Name) it shows that I have a QTY of 1.

Warg

05-14-2007, 02:43 AM

Here's what I'm talking about. Under the "Order Value" section in the Order number page, you'll see something like this (except in columns):Product name
Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (Japan, No Region Protection)
Release date May 16, 2007

Qty.
1

Price/Unit
US$ 48.90

Price
US$ 48.90
For the folks who have already had their cards charged -- inbetween the Product name and Qty. columns, is there a circled checkmark there? (That's the checkmark that means "Available/Reserved for your order/Ready for dispatch.")

I have another product in my order (a Touch Pen Attachment DS Lite (white) ) that does. But Ouendan 2 doesn't yet.

hootie

05-14-2007, 10:00 PM

My order is officially being "prepared" :)

Rocko

05-14-2007, 10:17 PM

Warg, I do not have a check mark, but another item I ordered (an Animal Crossing figure) does have the checkmark. It's been like that for quite a while, and I preordered a month ago. It's still preparing.

hootie

05-14-2007, 10:56 PM

Yeah, I bought a little filler item with it, and it has the checkmark, but not Ouendan...strange...

botticus

05-14-2007, 11:00 PM

I think I'll wait till the preorder furor dies and it's in-stock for a quick and easy YesAsia order. Hopefully early importers will tell me it's better than the first.

maigoyume

05-15-2007, 02:32 AM

I think I'll wait till the preorder furor dies and it's in-stock for a quick and easy YesAsia order. Hopefully early importers will tell me it's better than the first.i just threw my order down before i forget about it, don't really care if it gets here anytime soon, i have such a backlog to slug through, besides its a pleasant surprise when a game you forgot about shows up at your doorstep :)

ahou

05-15-2007, 07:31 AM

well game is officially in stock at play-asia! shipments should happen real soon :D

yukine

05-15-2007, 07:53 AM

I hope there is a glitch in this game, where if you get an S-Rank on all of the songs the cart then self-destructs. :twisted:

Hollow Man

05-15-2007, 08:03 AM

Mine's shipped - yay!

-HM

maigoyume

05-15-2007, 09:49 AM

I hope there is a glitch in this game, where if you get an S-Rank on all of the songs the cart then self-destructs. :twisted:awww why you gotta hate yukine :cry:?

Rocko

05-15-2007, 10:38 AM

Hmm. Says it's in stock but mine is still preparing. I preordered a month ago. I hope it ships today.

asianxcore

05-15-2007, 02:55 PM

Woo! my copy shipped out today :)

I guess it paid off pre-ordering with Play-Asia over a month ago. It was my first time pre-ordering from them as well.

Rocko

05-15-2007, 03:08 PM

Still not shipped, preordered a month ago.

-_-

hootie

05-15-2007, 03:25 PM

Still prepping, although I ordered about a week and a half ago :D

Rocko

05-15-2007, 03:27 PM

At least preparing is better than nothing. I just hope it ships on or before release. :lol:

Damn I'm excited for this game.

maigoyume

05-15-2007, 05:13 PM

At least preparing is better than nothing. I just hope it ships on or before release. :lol:

Damn I'm excited for this game.i can tell from your avatar :applause: i loved the first game to death

Rocko

05-15-2007, 05:16 PM

i can tell from your avatar :applause: i loved the first game to death

Yeah. I've never been a big fan of Rhythm, and Ouendan was my first import since I was very worried about language barriers in imports. Ouendan definitely alleviated both of those fears (although of course I won't be stupid and import some JRPG).

I tried EBA and it just didn't hold the same charm for me... Ouendan is just a splendid game IMO.

maigoyume

05-15-2007, 05:18 PM

i've been trying to get EBA for some time, no luck though, $20 price point just won't work :bomb: well at least the canadian dollar is high right now

hootie

05-15-2007, 05:22 PM

I like Ouendan a LOT more than EBA, Ouendan certainly does have a special charm and atmosphere.

maigoyume

05-15-2007, 05:28 PM

I like Ouendan a LOT more than EBA, Ouendan certainly does have a special charm and atmosphere.i really liked "Over the Distance" - Hitomi Yaida :applause:

Rocko

05-15-2007, 05:37 PM

i really liked "Over the Distance" - Hitomi Yaida :applause:

Best song of the whole game for me.

spiwak

05-15-2007, 06:14 PM

How many times must anything about Ouendan or EBA fall into arguments for one being better than the other? Etc Etc OK we get it.

Rocko

05-15-2007, 06:42 PM

How many times must anything about Ouendan or EBA fall into arguments for one being better than the other? Etc Etc OK we get it.
I'm sorry, I forgot about the part of this board where I wasn't allowed to say I enjoy one iteration of a game more than another for the sake of conversation.

:roll:

From Playasia:

An initial shipment of Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-49-en-70-1v6e.html) (which translates to Burn! Hot Blooded Rhythm Soul! Ouendan 2) has arrived today and about one third of all preorders are shipping out today.

We will have plenty of more copies in stock tomorrow, shipping at US$ 48.90 only. Just like any other Nintendo DS™ game, this title is region free and can be played on any common Nintendo DS™ (Lite) console.

While it's annoying that a game I preordered a month ago today isn't in the top one third of preorders, I guess the rest will be fulfilled tomorrow.

maigoyume

05-15-2007, 06:59 PM

Best song of the whole game for me.great story behind it too :)

spiwak

05-15-2007, 07:08 PM

I'm sorry, I forgot about the part of this board where I wasn't allowed to say I enjoy one iteration of a game more than another for the sake of conversation.

:roll:

It's not about being able to express your opinion on the board, rather it's about this happening over and over again unnecessarily, whenever EBA or Ouendan are mentioned. There's already at least one thread dedicated entirely to the subject. No need to clutter other threads with more argument provocation, in my opinion.

Besides, I forgot the part of this board where I wasn't allowed to comment on another's post for the sake of conversation. We're all just expressing opinions, it seems.

hootie

05-15-2007, 07:47 PM

From Ouendan, I personally liked Shanghai Honey and the horse racing song (forgot the name ;))

Rocko

05-15-2007, 07:51 PM

It's not about being able to express your opinion on the board, rather it's about this happening over and over again unnecessarily, whenever EBA or Ouendan are mentioned. There's already at least one thread dedicated entirely to the subject. No need to clutter other threads with more argument provocation, in my opinion.

Besides, I forgot the part of this board where I wasn't allowed to comment on another's post for the sake of conversation. We're all just expressing opinions, it seems.
I'm sorry you took it as an argumentative comment, but it definitely wasn't. I just like Ouendan more. In fact, I didn't even say Ouendan was better, I say I enjoyed its charm more. It'd be different I had just right out declared Ouendan the better version as flame bait.

I better stop now, lest I get this thread too cluttered! :roll:

maigoyume

05-15-2007, 08:21 PM

From Ouendan, I personally liked Shanghai Honey and the horse racing song (forgot the name ;))guts da ze? something like that at least, RSG and Melody are awesome too 8-)

Rocko

05-15-2007, 08:41 PM

I cannot stand Guts Da Ze. Least favorite song from the game.

Cao Cao

05-16-2007, 01:29 AM

Some interesting info went up on GameFAQs recently. A user by the name of Asho posted a link to a 2Chan thread (http://game11.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/handygame/1179214005/). This discussion topic started with an Ouendan/EBA FAQ, and went into Ouendan 2 (Apparently, quite a few stores in Japan broke the release date). At the end of the FAQ, the user posted an Ouendan 2 song list, which seems to include the 3 remaining songs. If this topic is to be believed, then the only songs left to reveal are:
族 (Zoku) - Kishidan
Samurai Blue - ZZ - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Byv56kFMJ8)
COUNTDOWN - hyde - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCTrSL9i1EM)

But as Asho pointed out, these songs should still be under scrutiny since there's been no official confirmation.

As for the replies in the 2ch topic, they provide some interesting information about EBA features that are returning in this sequel:
-Easier to recover from mistakes
-Intro Skip
-Ghost Vs. (And I'm assuming that replay save is included with this)
-DS Download Play (Though not many details were given)

The topic also has quite a bit of fluff (Monkey Magic? Monkeys are cute!; Ouendan 3 should be a anime/tv show compilation!). Though, there's still something that bothers me... but I'll check it out later.

DJPUN

05-16-2007, 02:37 AM

Best song of the whole game for me.

I love the song also

I wished they had some m-flo songs

how's the music for ouendan 2 compared to the first one?

magiic

05-16-2007, 02:49 AM

I'd get it if it weren't retardedly expensive

Warg

05-16-2007, 10:58 AM

... huh... wow. I checked into Play-Asia this morning, out of curiosity -- and it says my order's shipped.

And again, I only pre-ordered about a week back. So, those of you who pre-ordered it earlier should (hopefully) have had it shipped by now, too.

Draekon

05-16-2007, 10:59 AM

Mine shipped and I ordered just two weekends ago, so others shouldof had theirs shipped by now in this thread.

EDIT: Beat by Warg. :o

Rocko

05-16-2007, 03:44 PM

Shipped, wahoo!

hootie

05-16-2007, 03:49 PM

Shipped, wahoo!

Same. What shipping option did you choose? I just picked the basic Economy box.

Many people over at GameFAQs choose the ~$20 shipping, which baffles me as to why they'd do that.

Rocko

05-16-2007, 04:15 PM

Same. What shipping option did you choose? I just picked the basic Economy box.

Many people over at GameFAQs choose the ~$20 shipping, which baffles me as to why they'd do that.

Yeah, I chose the cheapest- economy box. The past times I've dealt with Playasia, I get orders in about a week. For example, I just ordered a NSMB DS pouch that shipped May 9, and I just got it today, a week later. I'm fine with a week for shipping, and since I'm already paying a pretty penny for a DS game, I'm not about to hike it to $70.

I noticed something on their site, though. They call the original game "Ouendan", while this new game has the full name. Why wouldn't they list the original as "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan"? Just curious. :lol:

Hollow Man

05-16-2007, 04:24 PM

I'm fine with a week for shipping, and since I'm already paying a pretty penny for a DS game, I'm not about to hike it to $70.

Same here. I went for the box shipping too.

-HM

ahou

05-16-2007, 04:28 PM

real happy that the game has shipped but not so happy that 2 of the 3 candy fillers i ordered didn't ship along with it :bomb:

Rocko

05-16-2007, 04:46 PM

real happy that the game has shipped but not so happy that 2 of the 3 candy fillers i ordered didn't ship along with it :bomb:
Yeah, I ordered an Animal Crossing figure as filler for $50 to get $5 off and it didn't ship. I doubt it'll ever ship since they don't usually get capsule toy things back, so I hope they give me a credit for it.

judyjudyjudy

05-16-2007, 04:46 PM

Many people over at GameFAQs choose the ~$20 shipping, which baffles me as to why they'd do that.Yeah, that always baffled me also. Especially for console games that are like $65 to begin with.

I went the YesAsia route, which is still in "Preorder" status. Who knows how long it'll take (especially with YesAsia), but I'm patient and have plenty to play in the meanwhile.

Vegan

05-16-2007, 04:54 PM

I'd get it if it weren't retardedly expensive

It's worth $50 to a lot of people.

Rocko

05-16-2007, 05:04 PM

It's worth $50 to a lot of people.

:wave:

Seeing as how I get a lot more enjoyment out of my DS than my consoles these days, it's a no brainer. $15 isn't a very high price to pay to get a game months before anyone else can get the comparable US version, EBA 2.

maigoyume

05-16-2007, 06:01 PM

Yeah, that always baffled me also. Especially for console games that are like $65 to begin with.

I went the YesAsia route, which is still in "Preorder" status. Who knows how long it'll take (especially with YesAsia), but I'm patient and have plenty to play in the meanwhile.saving $15 and getting the game a tad later is best in my books, this is CAG after all, even if ouendan is one of my favourite games EVER

asianxcore

05-16-2007, 06:35 PM

I went with bubble mailer shipping. Play-Asia usually gets my stuff to me within a week or so anyway.

Rocko

05-16-2007, 06:53 PM

saving $15 and getting the game a tad later is best in my books, this is CAG after all, even if ouendan is one of my favourite games EVER

True, but you still preordered, did you not?

judyjudyjudy

05-16-2007, 07:01 PM

True, but you still preordered, did you not?Well, it's a lot easier to preorder when waiting a tad later will most likely save you $0.

pygmy carnotaur

05-16-2007, 07:05 PM

$50 is expensive of course. But it's definitely worth it. As far as I'm concerned, Ouendan/EBA are the best reasons to own a DS. I mean I paid $50 for the first one, and I definitely don't regret that for a second. And this one has more songs, and all the improvments that were added for EBA as well(I would assume it would anyway). And I know I'll get more time out of this than almost any DS game that would cost $30 or so.

I checked play-asia today, and it says my order shipped on the 15th! So now I guess it's a race to finish Pokemon before Ouendan 2 gets here, because once it does I know every other game I have here will get ignored for quite some time.

maigoyume

05-16-2007, 07:36 PM

True, but you still preordered, did you not?yeppers :) i can't wait for it to get here, still processing my order though, oh well

Radioactive_Man

05-16-2007, 08:29 PM

I just picked up my copy from a local import store *cough japanvideogames.com cough*. It has the rumble feature from EBA. I have only played the first song on normal so I can't comment on the difficulty.

If anyone has question's I will try my best to answer them.

Rocko

05-16-2007, 08:41 PM

daroga

05-16-2007, 10:37 PM

This one takes everything that made EBA better than Ouendan in my book (skipping the intros, rumble feature) and adds it to Ouendan. Now it truly is a total music preferences, EBA vs. O2.

asianxcore

05-16-2007, 11:40 PM

If anyone has question's I will try my best to answer them.

You probably haven't got there yet, but is the "Samurai Blue" song in the game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Byv56kFMJ8

Like A Breath

05-17-2007, 01:02 AM

Anyone know if Fry's is going to have this? They have a surprising amount of import games for the DS.

yukine

05-17-2007, 02:21 AM

Ouendan 2 is pretty fantastic, I can't say I like the music as much as the first game but they have made a lot of little improvements that make it that much better.

It seems like they made the "spinners" easier to do, which is a definite plus for me.

Cao Cao

05-17-2007, 07:59 AM

I also went the Yesasia route. Preordered the game on May 13th, and yesterday the status changed from "PreOrder" to "Searching for Suppliers." Today, the status changed to "Ready to be Shipped." Now, the e-mail they sent me shortly after I placed the order said that it would be shipped next Monday, the 22nd, so I'm not sure if they're going to stick to their schedule or just ship it on the official release date.

spiwak

05-17-2007, 08:59 AM

I played through 4 songs last night. It's alright, basically has everything that separated EBA from Ouendan.* Song choice is still whatever. It's obviously not much of a sequel but more of an expansion. The one thing is that it looks like at some point you might be doing some dancing duels against some Fabio-esqe pretty boy, which could be pretty cool.

*Yes, that means it's easier than Ouendan, and it seems the spinners in this are even easier than the ones in EBA.

Hollow Man

05-17-2007, 09:29 AM

Just as long as the menus are easy to navigate for those of us that are Japanese challenged.

-HM

trunks982

05-17-2007, 11:34 AM

This game is harder than the first Ouendan.

yukine

05-17-2007, 11:38 AM

Yeah, you must be a master Ouendan...er. The sequel feels a lot harder than the first game, besides the spinners.

spiwak

05-17-2007, 11:46 AM

Hmm, maybe in the later stages. I've been breezing through the first few songs on Normal much more easily than with the first Ouendan (which was also after EBA for me so I haven't gotten any better or anything).

daroga

05-17-2007, 12:14 PM

It's kinda hard for me to tell because it's been a long time since I played the normal songs, I think this game's "normal" mode was easier than either EBA's our Ouendan 1's. Even on a replay through the normal to unlock the again on another cart, I had more problems beating the songs on the first two than on this one. I failed the last song twice on O2 before beating it with a B rank. On normal it doesn't compare to RSG or JJF.

On to the "real" mode in hard now, though. :)

Vegan

05-17-2007, 01:03 PM

suko_32

05-17-2007, 01:59 PM

Yes, the spinners seem sooooo easy this time around.

pygmy carnotaur

05-17-2007, 02:20 PM

I don't think I'll mind the spinners being easy, since they're really just there to annoy me anyway it seems(and I'm still bitter about not having an S rank on Insane mode Ready Steady Go because I missed the very last spinner).

It seems to me that it's hard to rank these games in difficulty. Aside from the spinners, I thought EBA was just as hard if not harder than Ouendan. On Ouendan, I can just pick it up and play through RSG anytime, with only the spinners messing me up. On EBA, JJF always gives me trouble with the spinners & the long beat patterns in the third section.

From what I've seen though, Ouendan 2 looks like it'll be harder than either the first one or EBA, except for the spinners. Which is pretty much what I wanted them to do anyway.

Rocko

05-17-2007, 03:43 PM

I think I'm the only person who never had issues with Ouendan spinners. I don't remember EBA spinners being better from what little of it I played, so we'll see.

nmon3447

05-17-2007, 05:40 PM

I never had an issue with the spinners until you get to Ready Steady Go Cheerleader version and multiple spinner variation after dots made my hand numb and later on wouldnt be able to move to tap on the orbs cause my hand was so disoriented.

maigoyume

05-17-2007, 05:48 PM

only spinners i had problems with were RSG on insane, other than that the others were alright

daroga

05-17-2007, 06:18 PM

Help me remember, was the ability to skip the endo fa song (the part after you're done with the icons) in the first Ouendan or EBA? It's in O2 and is very nice :)

Vegan

05-17-2007, 08:40 PM

Help me remember, was the ability to skip the endo fa song (the part after you're done with the icons) in the first Ouendan or EBA? It's in O2 and is very nice :)

Not in Ouendan 1, but in EBA.

Rocko

05-17-2007, 08:47 PM

This can't get here soon enough!

I'll also probably buy EBA if I can ever find it for $15.

maigoyume

05-17-2007, 10:12 PM

This can't get here soon enough!

I'll also probably buy EBA if I can ever find it for $15.grab me a copy too if that ever happens and i'll pay you back :)

Edit: Also YesAsia order has been shipped

hootie

05-17-2007, 10:15 PM

I NEED my copy! I can't wait any longer!!

Rocko

05-17-2007, 10:18 PM

I NEED my copy! I can't wait any longer!!

x2

maigoyume

05-17-2007, 10:38 PM

x2x3

hack

05-17-2007, 11:04 PM

x3

x4

I just called my store, and they have Ouendan 2 in stock. Gonna go pick it up now. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!

maigoyume

05-17-2007, 11:30 PM

*wishes he was hack* :bomb:

judyjudyjudy

05-18-2007, 01:06 AM

Edit: Also YesAsia order has been shippedMine's been shipped, too. *glee*

maigoyume

05-18-2007, 01:17 AM

Mine's been shipped, too. *glee* *high five*

Cao Cao

05-18-2007, 03:54 AM

Mine's been shipped, too. *glee*
Mine too!

Glad to see that there isn't another Bleach-esque disaster with YesAsia this time.

hack

05-18-2007, 06:40 AM

Grabbed my copy (2 to be exact).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/503573234_71b70faa25_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/prjkthack/503573234/)

So far, its like all the great features (keyword there is features, not music) of EBA combined with the awesomeness that is the original Ouendan. I'm liking all the songs. Although some of the covers aren't nearly are good as the originals (where as the original Ouendan had pretty much good covers all around).

I don't see the point of the rival group. One side of the map is entirely the rivals (blue), while the other side is our favorite heroes (red). The map markers hold up colored flags of the group that completed them, but I don't see the point of that either since you can't choose which group to play with. Either the song belongs to red, or the song belongs to blue.

Is it better than the original Ouendan? I think so. Coupled with the EBA improvements, and a bunch of songs that I like right off the bat, I'm enjoying it much more so.

Also, the story for the 'sad song' isn't as good as the original, but the song used for the 'sad song' is much better than Over The Distance (imo).

Those are my impressions thus far.

EXStrike

05-18-2007, 01:10 PM

Reading the OP for what the last song is made me XD for fucking glee. Probably the perfect song to end the game with.

Need to go order...

maigoyume

05-18-2007, 05:17 PM

hack, i'm assuming the booklet on the right is the instructions?

NamErehWon

05-18-2007, 10:54 PM

I got my copy today. Spent the last few hours playing through on normal mode. Love the pipe scene in the Bed-Wetting scenario. When I played the first Ouendan, the spinners wouldn't catch so half the time I'd be spinning like mad, but the thing isn't going, haven't had that problem in the new game.

And here's what came to mind when I saw the new team.
Caution: ending spoiler (http://namerehwon.no-ip.info/funnehs/Metal%20Gear%20Ouendan%202.jpeg)

tekkenlaw

05-18-2007, 11:54 PM

It would have been cool if they had some Boris on there.

hack

05-19-2007, 05:31 AM

hack, i'm assuming the booklet on the right is the instructions?

Yes, it is.

And I also agree that the spinners are far easier to do than in the original. I don't know what they did but I love spinners now.

maigoyume

05-19-2007, 12:52 PM

Yes, it is.

And I also agree that the spinners are far easier to do than in the original. I don't know what they did but I love spinners now.well at the least that makes everyone elses life a lot easier, can't wait for my copy to get here ><

hack

05-19-2007, 04:59 PM

The last 2 songs on the hard difficulty is a b*tch. T_T

But they are tons of fun to play. :D

Lion Rocker

05-19-2007, 05:03 PM

It's nice to see some Ouendan love from CAG! <3

I got my copy on the 17th (yeah, I went with the FedEx shipping, I just had to have my Ouendan right away). Everything about this game is just so polished, and is better than both Ouendan and EBA. The song list is excellent (last song is the best so far, in my opinion), the scenarios are funny and interesting, the beat patterns are all around better, and you can now skip both the intro AND end of the songs, which is great for when you're trying to get high scores. I guess my only complaint is that you can't pick any squad member you want to play the difficulty with, because Ryuuta and Hayato are so awesome. Oh well.

This game makes me so excited for EBA2, because I just know they're going to take all of the great things from this (rival Agents!) and expand on it even more. I just hope the song list is better than EBA1's... I got Ouendan after EBA, and spent much more time playing it because of the songs.

Also (cool feature you may not want to know)

The mode where the timer circles around the beat markers disappear is going to drive hardcore Ouendan freaks nuts!

Rocko

05-19-2007, 05:06 PM

I'm afraid to see what they'll make rival EBA people look like.

Lion Rocker

05-19-2007, 05:51 PM

I'm afraid to see what they'll make rival EBA people look like.

White suits? ;)

Anyways, Magnificent Cheering mode in this game is nuts. I swear, every song uses the same recovery rate as RSG did in the first Ouendan.

Like A Breath

05-19-2007, 07:02 PM

Not sure if this has been posted, but you can get this for $39.99 shipped at YesAsia. I just ordered it today.

Check out my thread:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138489

maigoyume

05-19-2007, 09:49 PM

White suits? ;)

Anyways, Magnificent Cheering mode in this game is nuts. I swear, every song uses the same recovery rate as RSG did in the first Ouendan.oh sick...........well at least i'll spend lots of time trying to beat it when it gets here

Not sure if this has been posted, but you can get this for $39.99 shipped at YesAsia. I just ordered it today.

Check out my thread:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138489the first page of this thread already has this information, but thanks for sharing :)

Cao Cao

05-20-2007, 12:26 AM

the first page of this thread already has this information, but thanks for sharing :)
I already had the WGASIA5 code (I used it to buy JUS a few months ago), but I didn't know that they added the DSOTO2G code. I've added it to the OP, thanks Like A Breath!

judyjudyjudy

05-20-2007, 03:18 AM

I already had the WGASIA5 code (I used it to buy JUS a few months ago), but I didn't know that they added the DSOTO2G code. I've added it to the OP, thanks Like A Breath!
Damn, I missed out on saving $3. Guess I should have waited a little longer :\

ehwhoknows

05-20-2007, 03:29 AM

Just want to hear from other's experiences, between play-asia and yesasia who has quicker shipping? I've ordered stuff from play-asia before but it's been a while and I've never ordered anything from yesasia. So I just wanted to see if there was any substantial difference.

Thanks in advance.

evilmax17

05-20-2007, 11:03 AM

Looks like the best deal is $40 shipped (with coupons) at YesAsia, right?

trunks982

05-20-2007, 12:03 PM

Playasia ships from HK and Yesasia ships from California I believe. Yesasia is cheaper.

Rocko

05-20-2007, 01:02 PM

I'd imagine YesAsia would be quicker if they have it in stock, since they ship from Cali, as was said.

Playasia only takes a week, though, for me anyway.

maigoyume

05-20-2007, 02:09 PM

Looks like the best deal is $40 shipped (with coupons) at YesAsia, right?its $34.99 after the WGASIA5 coupon and free shipping

Rocko

05-20-2007, 02:21 PM

its $34.99 after the WGASIA5 coupon and free shipping

45-5=40, not 35. ;)

maigoyume

05-20-2007, 02:36 PM

45-5=40, not 35. ;)ah shoot, i must've been stoned when i typed that, and probably the reason why i don't do accounting right now ;)

Cao Cao

05-21-2007, 06:08 AM

There's an interesting topic concerning hidden voice files in this game's data over at GameFAQs:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=938402&topic=35499242

Apparently, at some point in development, Inis may have wanted to add Agent J and the Cat as playable multiplayer characters.

pygmy carnotaur

05-21-2007, 05:08 PM

Actually I had thought it would've been cool if this game would've had the Ouendan vs. Elite Beat Agents, instead of the rival blue ouendan. But then I guess they're saving that for later(we all know they'll go there eventually).

And yeah, Play-Asia is very fast at shipping. I wasn't expecting it, but my copy was in the mail today. I've already played through easy and most of normal, and unlocked the first bonus song(which is hilarious). So far, I think the game is definitely harder than the first one. It's easier to recover, but the beat patterns seem harder, which is what I like(that's one of the big things I preferred about EBA as well). Also the spinners are easy, which is a big plus. I don't like the soundtrack as much as the first one, but it's still good, and I know as I learn the beat patterns I'll like the songs better(since that's exactly what happened on both of the previous games).

Lion Rocker

05-21-2007, 06:45 PM

Just attained the highest rank. It was a little too easy to get, compared to EBA. The game literally throws points at you, especially with the thing I mentioned in my spoiler tag a few posts back. I was expecting a cooler reward, but whatever. Now to S Rank every song...

I WILL CONQUER YOU, BAMBINA

Hollow Man

05-21-2007, 07:25 PM

Got mine from Play-Asia today. The spinners do seem to behave differently.

-HM

Rocko

05-21-2007, 07:50 PM

I'm hoping I'll get mine tomorrow. It shipped Wednesday, though, so getting it on Wednesday is more likely.

asianxcore

05-22-2007, 12:38 AM

I'm jealous of the people who got their Play-Asia copies already.

they shipped my copy out last Tuesday, so hopefully I'll get it tomorrow. I'm sort of expecting to get it near the 10 day mark though.

I really want to see ZZ's "Samurai Blue" in action. Sounds like it would be a fun song to play.

pygmy carnotaur

05-22-2007, 02:25 AM

maigoyume

05-22-2007, 09:49 AM

Rocko

05-22-2007, 01:17 PM

Got mine today from Play Asia. It shipped Wednesday.

Yay!

hootie

05-22-2007, 04:34 PM

I got mine too!

Double yay!

Draekon

05-22-2007, 05:51 PM

I still haven't recieved mine yet, which means probably tomorrow since the mailman already came. Oh well not that it matters since I let my cousin borrow my DS a week and a half ago and he keeps forgetting to return it.

...Bastard better return it soon or I'm going to drive over to his house and slap him up.

hack

05-22-2007, 06:24 PM

I know I've read a lot of opinions that this game is too easy... yeah, I'm just not seeing it. I flew through the original Ouedan after finishing EBA. But this one... this one is giving me the kind of fight that EBA originally did. Some songs I'll get through on the first try, but others really mess me up.

In any case, I would say that this one is unquestionably the hardest one in the series so far.

I think that the difficulty depends on the person playing it. I've been playing Ouendan and EBA since the beginning of time, and because of that, I feel that Ouendan 2 was kinda easy. I think I'm quite good at the game.

Don't get me wrong though. Ouendan gameplay is priceless and absolute fun, and I love the soundtrack on this game more than the other ones. I did have trouble on more of the songs as the difficulty ramped up, but compared to Ouendan, I flew through this game fairly quickly.

Thankfully though, there is that new option where the enclosing circles disappear. That is absolutely hard, and I love it. :D

Great songs, with a similar difficulty, new options, and lots of improvements to the overall system, make this the absolute perfect Ouendan.

Now I have to work on getting S ranks.

Congrats to everyone who got their copies. Hope you guys are having as much fun as the rest of us, or more!

hootie

05-22-2007, 06:30 PM

Oh man, I don't even want to think about the Hidden Circle Mode :-(

ChibiJosh

05-22-2007, 06:45 PM

Mine shipped last Thursday, so I'm hoping it comes tomorrow.

I need something to pry me away from pokemon since I've already hit 120+ hours on that.

maigoyume

05-22-2007, 06:58 PM

Mine shipped last Thursday, so I'm hoping it comes tomorrow.

I need something to pry me away from pokemon since I've already hit 120+ hours on that.i just opened up castlevania: portrait of ruin, its been slowly eating my soul away since

trunks982

05-22-2007, 07:03 PM

Rocko

05-22-2007, 07:34 PM

I think I've almost beat easy mode. Loving it.

Edit: Damn. The song with the three people on the red side of the river, right before you unlock the song where you need to touch the arrow, has like no rhythm. Or I can't seem to get into it.

hootie

05-22-2007, 08:19 PM

Oh crap, its deja-vu....I'm stuck on the last level of Normal Mode (Part 1 of the end)

maigoyume

05-22-2007, 10:56 PM

i remember normal RSG messing me up everyday for about 3 weeks, i don't think i've ever felt so satisfied in finishing a song before though 8-)

suko_32

05-22-2007, 11:09 PM

I just beat it, yay! Oddly, I didn't have trouble in the final stage. However, I really enjoyed the cut scenes.

maigoyume

05-22-2007, 11:53 PM

*hates canadian customs* ><

spiwak

05-23-2007, 01:29 AM

Beat it on Normal Mode pretty quickly. Only had to retry a few of the songs at all (and I think a max of three tries was needed), made Bs or As on pretty much all of them. I dunno, I thought it was pretty easy, but I guess having EBA/Ouendan experience under my belt made the difference. One thing I will say is that I think the patterns are more creative and sometimes trickier.

asianxcore

05-23-2007, 01:46 AM

i have it up on youtube. I put it in a thread.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138635

Awesome, thanks. I really like that song and it seems to fit in the game really well.

Damn all you east coast CAG's who got your copies of the game already. Mine shipped last Tuesday and I haven't got it yet.

Does stuff from Play-Asia get to the East Coast faster then people who live in the West Coast?

pygmy carnotaur

05-23-2007, 01:48 AM

When I mentioned the difficulty, I didn't mean this one was particularly that difficult, just compared to the other 2 it is harder. I mean, I still basically flew through the game, given that I haven't even had it for 48 hours yet and I'm already on the last song on hard(or whatever it's called... the one with Kai & the guy with the blue dreadlocks).
But for someone who had never played one of these before, Ouendan 2 would be harder to start with than either of the previous two.

One thing I'm very happy about is the use of beats on top of slides. They used it once in EBA, and you could just tell that was where they wanted to go next.

Once you get to the higher difficulties, as usual the game gets a lot more fun. The last two levels in particular are crazy, and while I was originally not sold on the last song, playing it on hard really makes it shine.

After giving the game a bit of time, I'm liking the soundtrack a lot better also. Believe is way better than Over the Distance and You're the Inspiration(and I liked both of those anyway). I definitely like at least half the songs in here, and more importantly, I don't dislike any of them.

hack

05-23-2007, 04:17 AM

One thing I'm very happy about is the use of beats on top of slides. They used it once in EBA, and you could just tell that was where they wanted to go next.

Yes, those darn beats on top of slides caused me quite a bit of trouble in this game. Once I got used to them though, it just got more fun to play. :D

ChibiJosh

05-23-2007, 04:04 PM

It came today! Whoo!

I actually had very little hope of it being there when I went to check the mail, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Rocko

05-23-2007, 04:15 PM

Ouendan 2 wallpapers at Nintendo's site.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ao2j/download/index.html

I'm using the second one right now, m'self.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/aosj/wallpaper/index.html

Original Ouendan wallpapers... in case someone wants them.

I've beat Easy, and an working on Medium. It's okay, but I can't wait to unlock hard. Then it'll get fun. I've unlocked the first bonus song, too. I like the bonus song mechanic.

Once I get throguh hard I might go back and try to A-rank everything- S is too hard for me :P. I think I only have 2 S's thus far.

Through medium now, on to hard...

If anyone knows of a place to, uh, obtain the music from this game (originals, not covers, and preferrably all in one swoop) I'd appreciate it.

pygmy carnotaur

05-24-2007, 03:32 AM

I'm still working on the last song on hard. I can get through the first 3 sections easily now... but that last section is crazy. I love it though! :D

Also, I've unlocked all the bonus songs. Samurai Blue is definitely one of the best levels in the game. The song's good, the story is good, and the beat pattern is fun & tricky. I think that one, the werewolf level(I don't know the song's name), and Bambina(the bed-wetting kid level) are my favorites so far, but there are plenty of other good levels.

The weakest ones IMO are Pop Star(which is still ok) and the level with the giant robot fighting Meowzilla(which is a weird cameo anyway), mainly because I still don't really know what the beat of that song is(if it even has one) for the fast sections. I think I've only managed to make it through that one twice on hard so far, but then again that's also due to me not really playing that level very much.

Like A Breath

05-24-2007, 04:36 PM

Got mine today from YesAsia. Woohoo!!! Only 4 days since I ordered too, that's pretty nice for free shipping.

Draekon

05-24-2007, 04:43 PM

Got mine today from YesAsia. Woohoo!!! Only 4 days since I ordered too, that's pretty nice for free shipping.

That's a new record from YesAsia in my opinion. :P

Also finally got mine today from Play-Asia but I won't be getting my DS back until tomorrow. :cry:

maigoyume

05-24-2007, 06:09 PM

lucky guys >< i bet my copy is stuck in canadian customs

last time i bought rub rabbits off ebay, and it took a grand total of 4 weeks to get here, not to mention the parcel got gutted by customs

asianxcore

05-24-2007, 08:50 PM

finally got the copy I ordered from Play-Asia :)

Rocko

05-24-2007, 08:57 PM

If anyone knows of a place to, uh, obtain the music from this game (originals, not covers, and preferrably all in one swoop) I'd appreciate it.

;)

Also, I just got the second bonus song. Woo.

hootie

05-25-2007, 12:42 AM

Rocko

05-25-2007, 01:05 AM

Also unlocked the 2nd bonus song, and beat it on Hard, Normal, and Easy :)

But alas, I am stuck on the damn song where that little flamer pees in his pants. It seems like that song has given me trouble on all the difficulties I've played it on...

I just beat that on hard, I thought it was great. I had a few problems with the one where that crazy lady like falls in love and blogs about it or whatever the fuck it is, then I beat it and quit. I might see what's next in a bit.

ChibiJosh

05-25-2007, 01:38 AM

I just beat that on hard, I thought it was great. I had a few problems with the one where that crazy lady like falls in love and blogs about it or whatever the fuck it is, then I beat it and quit. I might see what's next in a bit.

She's writing a romance novel and apparently gets writer's block every 3 sentences. :roll:

I'm also having a bit of trouble with pee-boy on hard. Although, I've only unlocked the first bonus song. :cry:

Rocko

05-25-2007, 02:44 AM

Beat hard mode and unlocked the last bonus song. It was a bitch on normal, so I don't even want to try it on hard tonight. I'll save that and Insane mode for tomorrow.

judyjudyjudy

05-25-2007, 04:13 AM

I just got my copy today. According to the USPS tracking it was shipped from San Jose yesterday... to San Jose (where I live) today. I'm starting off with Easy mode because I know I won't be able to do it very well after Normal.

I've done the first four stages so far. I'm not digging the songs as much as the first Ouendan or EBA, but they're still alright, and it's still early. And I'm also finding the scenarios less obvious to understand this time, but that's probably just me.

hack

05-25-2007, 05:15 AM

If anyone knows of a place to, uh, obtain the music from this game (originals, not covers, and preferrably all in one swoop) I'd appreciate it.

Try here: http://www.mininova.org/tor/713769

I haven't checked it quite yet since its still downloading, but hopefully this is it. :D

I've done the first four stages so far. I'm not digging the songs as much as the first Ouendan or EBA, but they're still alright, and it's still early. And I'm also finding the scenarios less obvious to understand this time, but that's probably just me.

I very much agree with you. The stories either have way more text than previous games, or they are just sooo crazy, that it makes it that much harder to figure out what's going on. Kinda makes me want to play more just to figure it out though.

blandstalker

05-25-2007, 12:24 PM

I just got my copy today. According to the USPS tracking it was shipped from San Jose yesterday... to San Jose (where I live) today. I'm starting off with Easy mode because I know I won't be able to do it very well after Normal.

Received mine yesterday. Can't help but start with Normal Ippongi Ryuta is my fav :lol:

I've done the first four stages so far. I'm not digging the songs as much as the first Ouendan or EBA, but they're still alright, and it's still early. And I'm also finding the scenarios less obvious to understand this time, but that's probably just me.

I thought that too, and the same with the songs, but then I saw the Pottery Master again and was humming the song to that stage shortly after beating it. Only a matter of time before it owns me, body and soul.

Rocko

05-25-2007, 12:41 PM

Try here: http://www.mininova.org/tor/713769

I haven't checked it quite yet since its still downloading, but hopefully this is it. :D
Thanks, I'll get that in a sec. I appreciate it.

Got it to 70 percent and it fucking died on me. Fuck that.

blandstalker

05-25-2007, 10:13 PM

I thought that too, and the same with the songs, but then I saw the Pottery Master again and was humming the song to that stage shortly after beating it. Only a matter of time before it owns me, body and soul.

And it didn't take long. ;)

I'm about six stages further in, and I love the music for the Haircut Guy, Oni Land, Pee-boy, and the Skater level. Oh, and Werewolf-boy. I almost became Pee-boy myself when I figured out what was going on in that stage.

Rocko

05-25-2007, 10:20 PM

And it didn't take long. ;)

I'm about six stages further in, and I love the music for the Haircut Guy, Oni Land, Pee-boy, and the Skater level. Oh, and Werewolf-boy. I almost became Pee-boy myself when I figured out what was going on in that stage.

I didn't understand until after the sumo guy holds up the dam, when the water monster is in his thoughts. I started laughing out land.

pygmy carnotaur

05-26-2007, 01:12 AM

The only story that really confused me initially was the one with the old man, but then I read an explanation for it over at gamefaqs(it's a funny twist on a Japanese children's story).
It took a bit for the music to fell right for me as well. But after giving it some time, I like the songs in this one even better than the first one.

I beat hard today... and the girls' levels really are insane this time. I'm working on it, and I've finished about 5-6 songs on there so far, but I really don't want to even think about trying to get by Samurai Blue or the last two songs with the bar draining that fast.

Rocko

05-26-2007, 01:19 AM

I failed the first Insane song.

-_-

Samurai Blue was a bitch on hard. It'll suck on insane if I ever even reach it.

ahou

05-26-2007, 08:50 PM

I failed the first Insane song.

-_-

Samurai Blue was a bitch on hard. It'll suck on insane if I ever even reach it. I also failed several times on samurai blue, had a rough time figuring out the right beat.

I unlocked insane today and passed the first two songs but man that final stage on hard really had me yelling out Fuck! on several occasions, especially during the third part of the song :bomb:. I certainly don't look forward to it on insane

hootie

05-26-2007, 09:10 PM

I'm currently one song away from the last two songs on hard, its that damn robot vs. cat song...

Also, I CANNOT beat the Christmas Tree bonus song, its a bitch indeed.

Rocko

05-26-2007, 11:35 PM

I'm currently one song away from the last two songs on hard, its that damn robot vs. cat song...

Also, I CANNOT beat the Christmas Tree bonus song, its a bitch indeed.

Samurai Blue is fun as hell, IMO, once you get the beat down.

I've got it down, but one miss and you're pretty much screwed if you can't correct yourself immediately.

hootie

05-27-2007, 12:44 AM

Rocko

05-27-2007, 12:48 AM

Finally finished the torrent. Had some weird song tagged on the end, but other than that, all 19 songs. Huzzah.

ChibiJosh

05-27-2007, 01:17 AM

Ahh, finally beat it!

I'm on the 2nd to last song right now (Countdown, I think its called), and I can get through it easy right until the very last part, just before the final spinner, I've reached that point at least 12 times, and I've managed to mess up there every time, even when I had full health. One time I was THREE BEATS away from getting to the spinner :bomb:

I must have played this song 40 times tonight trying to beat it. Even when I don't miss any or get an 50s, I still slowly lose my life until it's over. It's killing me.

hootie

05-27-2007, 01:36 AM

I must have played this song 40 times tonight trying to beat it. Even when I don't miss any or get an 50s, I still slowly lose my life until it's over. It's killing me.

It's not the the health bar issue with Countdown for me, its just that final end part, I cannot time it right for the life of me :cry:

pygmy carnotaur

05-27-2007, 01:47 AM

Countdown is a tough one on hard, but you'll get it eventually. The end part is mostly hard because of beat markers on top of slides. They throw that at you because you need to be ready- the last song is filled with them, and they mix the pattern up a bunch of times to try to mess with you. :D

And yeah, I think Samurai Blue is my favorite level in the game. Several others are competing for that spot though. And actually, I kind of like Countdown- it's a much better song than Without a Fight in EBA at the least, and it's got a harder beat map as well- the only thing they really share is that they're both really fast and short.

I've got 2 S ranks on hard so far(the very first song, and the one with the sumo). I should have 3, but I was just a few points shy of an A rank I already have(this was on the second bonus song) so it didn't get saved as the top score. It's there in the top 3 if you look in options though of course, so does it count? Not to me it doesn't! :)

abilyk

05-27-2007, 01:47 PM

Hooray! I finally beat hard mode this morning. On normal, I thought the final 2 songs were easy compared to EBA and Ouendan 1. Because of this, I was expecting an easier ride on hard. Didn't happen, though. Countdown I got through relatively quickly, but the final song took 2 or 3 hours of replaying to get it, and I'd say it's the toughest hard mode final of all of them.

Rocko

05-27-2007, 02:08 PM

I'm stuck on insane, so for now I'm going to start replaying hard. I absolutely love Samurai Blue.

hootie

05-27-2007, 02:29 PM

*sigh* I'm about to try to tackle Countdown on Hard again...wish me luck...:-(

Like A Breath

05-27-2007, 03:30 PM

Just finished normal mode. I'm having a lot of fun with it, though nothing has challenged me yet. Hard mode should be great - Ouendan and EBA are the only games where it's a totally new experience playing on harder difficulties. My sister's liking it too; she doesn't play games but she picked it up and got through a good amount of stages.

hootie

05-27-2007, 07:53 PM

YES! I actually beat Countdown, finally.

Too bad the last song is owning me, hard.

I can get to the last part, but by that time I only have about 1/4 of my health left, so it's basically a lost cause everytime.

Purple Flames

05-28-2007, 09:47 PM

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.