If you're a fan of music games or quirky Japanese humour and own a Nintendo DS or 3DS (of any region), you need Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! in your collection. Maybe it's sequel too. And maybe it's spinoff, Elite Beat Agents, too.
Ouendan is a rhythm game where the player taps, drags and spins items on the screen along to the rhythm of a song, hoping to complete the song's associated story and maybe get a high score. The game's story centres around a group of male cheerleaders (or female cheerleaders if you unlock the game's extra hard difficulty) going around looking for people to motivate with their vigorous dance routines. If you're doing well in the game, you're rewarded with mid-song cut scenes showing the characters making progress with their given task. If you're doing poorly, you're rewarded with (much funnier) cut scenes of the characters botching whatever task they're getting your help with. All the stories are pretty lighthearted, save one that's a bit more on the serious side (helping a young woman come to terms with the death of her boyfriend).
The game may not be terribly politically correct (one level has you helping an office assistant being harassed by coworkers, and another one has you helping Cleopatra boss her slaves around to build a pyramid), but that quirky and humorous approach is part of the game's charm.
The game's soundtrack is made of licensed tracks from Japanese pop and rock groups. Most songs are pretty catchy.
Like the title says, this game is my favourite Japanese import for the DS. It's funny, challenging and full of memorable and funny stories. All-around great.
Un jeu qui assume son côté "Kitch" et est à mille lieux de sa version "Américano-Européenne" Élite Beat Agent, il faut le voir comme un défouloir et tant pis si on ne connaît pas les chansons. Ni les signes qui apparaissent. le fun l'emporte. Et il est plus dur que Élite Béat Agent. Donc pas casual du tout. Essayez de le finir ( !! ATTENTION SPOIL !! avec les PomPomGirl)