Elite Beat Agents; the first gameplay footage!

I'm not too familiar with the song for this level, it was also pretty tough to hear it at Nintendo's booth, even with the headphones they provided.

The other playable level, with the dog that needs to travel back home, was great. It uses Deep Purple's Highway Star, which fits really well.

...I think I'm sold on this game now.

Thanks, Angie!!!

bluefish wrote:

Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Ricky Martin - Livin' la Vida Loca
Savage Garden - Truly, Madly, Deeply
Weird Al Yankovic - Hardware Store
Linkin Park - In the End
The Offspring - Hit That
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow
Kylie Minogue - Locomotion
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Barenaked Ladies - One Week

Awesome!  Truly, Madly, Deeply must be the "Over The Distance" level for this game.  And wow, I can't imagine what One Week will be like on Hard mode.

I'm very pleased with this list.  So glad there isn't crap like Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, etc. on here.  Phew!

-Mike

Hmm, is this track listing official, I wonder?  Already it's being widely deemed as a hoax, believed to be a write-up to spark rumors after the official November 6th release date announcement. 

But never in a million years would I have imagined a Weird Al song in a music rhythm game.  That said, "Hardware Store" could be insanely brilliant to play, especially if the note structure followed the lyric, syllable by syllable. 

"Truly, Madly, Deeply" can most certainly be the new Over The Distance, and "Locomotion," "Hit That," and "Sweet Child O' Mine" all get instant approvals from me.

EDIT: And so it was.  Ah well.....  let the speculation continue!

Last edited by Angela (Jul 26, 2006)

Boxart are..... GO!!!

Angela wrote:

A new scenario is revealed with two gals stranded on a deserted island.  From the looks of it, it seems ripe with intrigue. >

Lemme guess..."Let's Get Lost"?

A few more nuggets of information from the Nintendo Fusion Tour, via Auzins from blogcritics.org.  Thanks to Asho for the heads-up, here's a few of the juicier excerpts: 

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Elite Beat Agents has received a complete stage selection map makeover versus Osu!, featuring a rotating world (rotated with the touch screen) as opposed to the city landscape featured in the import version. The map definitely has more of a "U.S. feel" to it and the rotation seemed a tad easier to navigate than in Osu!

I played the version as long as I could and while I didn't get the complete song list, I managed to gun down a good number of the recognizable U.S. tracks in the game (stage listed first, then song track):

Ahoy Mates! Sunken Delights and Adventure! - Y.M.C.A. (Village People)
A Pug's Life! 400 Miles from Home! - Highway Star (Deep Purple)
Magic Meets Madness! The Show Must Go On! - Rock This Town (Stray Cats)
Trio of Mayhem! Love and Boyfriends! - Walkie Talkie Man (Steriogram)
Red Carpet Premier! Smash Hit or Box Office Crash!! - Makes no Difference (Sum 41)
Cry Wolf! Meterology and Parenting! - September (Earth, Wind and Fire)
Hey Taxi! To the Hospital and Hurry! - Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne)
Art and Beauty! Love and Happiness!? - I Was Born to Love You (Queen)

So far the only other known, confirmed song in the game is Livin' La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin). If the U.S. song list is to be comparable to the import counterpart, stacking in at about 15 songs, then there is still a small chunk of songs to be uncovered.

If you can't make it to the Nintendo Fusion Tour, you can still give Elite Beat Agents a try at any retail location that features a Nintendo DS Download Station. While the demo only lets you play two sections of a stage, it should give players a taste of what to expect from one of the most-imported DS games the system has ever seen.

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The song selection is looking really nice now, and is suddenly feeling like a great counterpart to Ouendan.   Mixing older hits with the new, but clearly keeping with the high energy, rockin' mentality of Ouendan.

Last edited by Angela (Oct 06, 2006)

Angela wrote:

Nineteen songs, which is four more over Ouendan:

Can't say I'm really thrilled about this list, but I'll reserve judgment for how the songs acutally work in the game.  I'm also massively disappointed that "Louie Louie" isn't in the U.S. version.

~~ AGENT ANGIE'S WEEKLY EBA ANNUAL REPORT, SIR! ~~

-December's issue of Nintendo Power rated EBA with a 9.5 out of 10 score.  I've never been a score whore before, but in this case, a score whore be I.  Awesome.   

-Four difficulty levels confirmed, with the..... "Elite Beat Divas" being the equivalent to Ouendan's Cheergirls.

-This was somewhat known before, but there will be multiple endings for every scenario, depending on how well you did throughout the stage.

-VS mode allows you to record your opponent's best score session, and then lets you play it on your own game to try and beat it.

-Eight main characters in total: Agent Spin (Breezin' Mode - Easy), Agent J (Cruisin' Mode - Normal), Commander Kahn (the yet unnamed Hard mode), Agents Derek and Morris, and the Elite Beat Divas (again, the mode's name isn't known yet, but it'll be the equivalent to Insane).

SonicPanda wrote:

'Elite', I'm guessing.

Now see, I was thinking Commander Kahn was going to be designated to an "Elite Mode," while the Divas would be on a level that's even greater than Elite.  Like, maybe..... "Zealot Mode"? :)

As for "Believe," it's been said that the songs in EBA might be covers after all.  So for Jay (and other Cher detractors), this might be a blessing to ya.

-December's issue of Nintendo Power rated EBA with a 9.5 out of 10 score.  I've never been a score whore before, but in this case, a score whore be I.  Awesome.

IGN's verdict is in: another 9.5 out of ten.  Two for two, baby.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/743/743324p1.html

I have rarely seen Angela curse before here in these forums.  When she does this, she is definitely expressing a strong opinion. o_o