Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! - Coming to Europe!

[Johelian]

Hey all,
I thought I would replicate the thread from CE, since I have really been getting into this game. Im really finding some of the levels tricky though; it took me forever to get past the stupid highschool one, just because I wasnt hitting enough perfects to keep the health bar up for the last section. Right now Im doing the one on the train, which is again tricky (but has cooler music).

Hows everyone else doing on this?
________
Smoking cessation forums (http://www.health-forums.org/smoking-cessation/)

[craig]

I am playing on hard mode now. Currently on the secretary stage.
The final stage (15) on normal mode was a bitch.

[Johelian]

Am I right in thinking that Hard Mode is the "other" character (the one with glasses)? Or is it an unlockable thing? I havent actually played as the other character yet (the red headed guy is so much hotter....)
________
Alaska medical marijuana dispensaries (http://alaska.dispensaries.org/)

[Owen]

It is quite a hard game actually. I completed about 4-5 levels and now i'm having trouble!

Still great though! :D

[craig]

You can only play hard mode after finishing normal mode. The old biddy is the character you get on easy. Playing on hard gives you the guy from the training bit.

I love this game, although it is killing my fingers doing the disco spinning bits.

[Hellfire]

I don't have the game, but people over at gaming age are absolutely loving it. I Intend to pick it later, it looks class.

[craig]

For those that have not bought it yet.
Here are eight reasons (http://www.geekonstun.com/mt/archives/osu_tatakae_ouendan_shut_up_081505.html) to get it.

[Aimless]

I've just got to stage 15 on Easy (the bottom option) and had my first attempts quashed. That's the major problem with this game: as soon as you make one mistake you're pretty much doomed to a restart.

I may just play through Normal now so at least I'll unlock something for making it through the dreaded final stage. Apparently there's an Insane mode to unlock, and I get the feeling it's no misnomer.

[craig]

I am more than half way through on hard now so I will see if it unlocks insane. I am looking forward to that.

Its even worse on hard mode with regards about getting your timming wrong, you have no chance of trying to pull it back as you need to hit your combos to keep your meter going. On normal you can keep going most the time except stage 15 of course.

[Owen]

This may sound really stupid of me, but how/when do you pick the different difficulty settings? I may have gone on a hard-mode without knowing.

I haven't had a chance to play it much, as i've been away so i haven't really gone into all menus and stuff.

:indeed: typical of me really. lol

[craig]

This may sound really stupid of me, but how/when do you pick the different difficulty settings? I may have gone on a hard-mode without knowing.

I haven't had a chance to play it much, as i've been away so i haven't really gone into all menus and stuff.

:indeed: typical of me really. lol

After you choose single player it shows two options. The old man with the glasses is easy. The guy from the box art is who you get on normal. Once you clear normal mode then you unlock hard which you have that guy from the training.

I have not tried multiplayer as none of my friends have this and there is no single cart option.

[dazzybee]

Just downloaded a video, it looks amazing :) Whats it like to play (as for Japanese)? Also, what are the chances of it coming to the west?!?!

[Johelian]

dazzybee, its very easy to get the hang of - in fact, I made a post about it here:
http://www.revo-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102

Its pretty much guaranteed not to come out in the West; I think someone emailed Nintendo about it and they said its not been announced, and I seriously doubt that that wont change. Still, I thought that about Band Bros as well and look what happened to that...

Im now on the Mouse level...I can get to the 3rd section but then I miss about 2 and its all over. Its weird, but I havent found any as hard as that school level yet...
________
SC2 REPLAY (http://screplays.com/)

[craig]

I mailed NOA and it I seriously doubt it will ever make it out of Japan.
I should have thought before I mailed them that they wouldnt know about NOE releases.

From: Nintendo <nintendo@noa.nintendo.com>
To: o0craig0o@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:40:23 --800
Subject: Re : Webform: Nintendo DS > None Selected


Message(#6851-000460-1409\4601409)

Hello,

At this time, there has been no announcement of the release of such a game title in North America, and we at Nintendo of America, do not have game release information for European markets. You never know what the future might hold, though, so keep checking our web site (www.nintendo.com) for the latest information.

For details on all new or upcoming games for our systems, go to www.nintendo.com and open the "Game List" (located in the upper-right corner of our main page). If you need to narrow your search for a specific type of game (based on release date, publisher, number of players, etc.), try using our Advanced Filtering option. When you bring up your desired listing of game titles, you can click on the name of a game to find out all the information that we currently have available on it. If the information you are looking for is not yet available, please keep checking back. When there is new information to share on announced games or other upcoming products, our web site is the best official source!

Please keep in mind that details on licensed software represents the most current information that we have available from our licensee companies. Also, any posted release dates for both Nintendo and licensee titles are estimates and subject to change. When it gets close to a product's estimated release date, you may want to check with your local retailers to see when it may be available in your area.

If you would like additional information on a particular licensee title, you may want to contact the company that is producing it. To find information on how to reach one of our licensed publishers, head to the Corporate section of our web site (www.nintendo.com/corp/index.jsp), and then click on Company Connections. Here, you'll find a list of all our current licensee companies.

Sincerely,

Nintendo of America Inc.
Pete Alan

Nintendo's home page: http://www.nintendo.com/
Power Line (Automated Product Info): (425) 885-7529

-----

Take our Survey! You have been chosen to participate in an e-mail quality survey. This should take less than 5 minutes. Please click here:
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manualsurvey.jsp

-----



ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
-----------------


From: o0craig0o@gmail.com
Posted At: 13:03:30.000 08/31/2005
Posted To: Nintendo <nintendo@noa.nintendo.com>
Subject: Webform: Nintendo DS > None Selected

Hi,
I would to know if Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! is going to be released in the US or Europe.
I would also like to say thanks for the DS, I have not had this much fun playing games in years.
Thanks

[craig]

Sorry to drag this thread back from the dead (I did not want to start another Ouendan thread).

Has anyone completed hard mode yet ? I just cant get the last section on the final stage.
I really want to find out what insane mode is like.

[dazzybee]

Thanks Joehelian, gonna order this when theres a gap in the games I want to buy (and need to play).

[Johelian]

Im glad you dragged it back craig - I finally finished normal the other night! Hurray for me :) Im finding Hard Mode ridiculously difficult at the moment, and I think Im only on about level 3, so still a long way to go for me to see Insane.
________
BUY NO2 (http://vaporizers.net/no2-vaporizer/)

[craig]

It is annoying me now, on the final stage you have to spin the turntables that fast that your wrist just keeps in that motion and its hard to get back into the rhythm again.

I tried easy and it goes that slow you can watch the animation on the top screen.

[Tiz]

Im stuck at the second last level on cheerleader mode :/ So that is 2 more levels to complete the whole game. The end is very, very hard. You can loose without missing any :O

[Johelian]

Im stuck at the second last level on cheerleader mode :/ So that is 2 more levels to complete the whole game. The end is very, very hard. You can loose without missing any :O

It is tough - luckily I have Band Brothers, which has Ready Steady Go! (the end song) on it, so it helped that I was pretty familiar with it ;)

I must admit though, the levels I found the hardest on Normal were the Gym Teacher one and the Giant Mouse one; the teacher one I would lose without missing any because I was only hitting 50/100s, and the mouse one just had a tricky beat. Now though I cant even last through the Dodgeball one for 3 seconds. Oh well.
________
Mercedes-Benz 560 History (http://www.mercedes-wiki.com/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_560)

[Sarka]

What is this game, it looks interesting from this thread...

[Johelian]

Heh :)

Its basically a music/rhythm game in which you control a squad of - lets call them - male cheerleaders that help people out of difficult situations by encouraging them to work hard and realise their potential. You have to tap numbered dots that appear onscreen in the right order and in time with the music; as well as this, you will have to drag the stylus across the screen at certain times on the beat and spin discs as fast as possible. Its all absolutely crazy, but one of the best games I have played in ages. The little anime comic strips that tell the story at the start and during the levels are wonderfully expressive, and make the game understandable to us non-Japanese speakers, so there is really no reason for anyone to reject this on the grounds that they wont be able to understand the text.

A must have for any owner of a DS IMO.

Read the Eight Reasons (http://www.geekonstun.com/mt/archives/osu_tatakae_ouendan_shut_up_081505.html) that craig posted to convince yourself that you want this game ;)
________
BUY EASY VAPE (http://vaporizers.net/easy-vape)

[Cheapshot]

I wonder if this will make it to Europe; Gitaroo Man did but male cheerleaders-- don't think it'll catch on...

Fingers crossed; I haven't played a decent rythm game since Um Jammer Lammy.

[craig]

I have to put my DS down now, I am seconds away from launching it across the room.
This stage is definitely an exercise of patience.

[Johelian]

I wonder if this will make it to Europe; Gitaroo Man did but male cheerleaders-- don't think it'll catch on...

Fingers crossed; I haven't played a decent rythm game since Um Jammer Lammy.

I doubt it - it has a lot of text in-game*, and is a concept that probably wont have widespread appeal outside of Japan. Also, all of the tracks are licensed Japanese songs; to replace them with Western songs would mean rewriting pretty much the entire game; I know Gitaroo Man was the same, but there are no instrumental-only tracks in this game. Unlikely to happen. But you never know.

Um Jammer Lammy is awesome - I have finished that game so many times. Its a game that makes me feel really good for some reason; just really happy. Plus the end song and the credit track are fantastic!

You should try Gitaroo Man if you havent already, and Band Brothers on the DS. Both are fantastic new(er) music games. Oh, and Amplitude on the PS2 is also wondrous.

*please note - in spite of the text, the game is perfectly easy to understand and get to grips with thanks to the comic strip layout. The writing could theoretically be gibberish and all races would be able to understand.
________
SUZUKI GRAND VITARA HISTORY (http://www.suzuki-tech.com/wiki/Suzuki_Grand_Vitara)

[Cheapshot]

Thanks. I have a thing for Rythm games--I had a go on Gitaroo Man once and it was absolutely mental! I have to track it down!

Same with Osu. ^_^

[Tiz]

It is tough - luckily I have Band Brothers, which has Ready Steady Go! (the end song) on it, so it helped that I was pretty familiar with it ;)

I must admit though, the levels I found the hardest on Normal were the Gym Teacher one and the Giant Mouse one; the teacher one I would lose without missing any because I was only hitting 50/100s, and the mouse one just had a tricky beat. Now though I cant even last through the Dodgeball one for 3 seconds. Oh well.

For some odd reason I passed the Giant Mouse one on cheerleader mode (the insane mode, after hard) with only one try :D After that its just impossible.

Edit: :D :D :D Finally at the last last stage of the game!

[Johelian]

I finished this on Hard yesterday, yippee! Now Im stuck on one of my favourite levels, the one with the race between the young bloke and the old man on Insane.

Its weird, but I found Hard easier than Normal, since the hits fall onto the actual words of the songs more often. That last level was tough though - miss like one or two and youre screwed!
________
Jaguar C-Type Specifications (http://www.ford-wiki.com/wiki/Jaguar_C-Type)

[Myke Greywolf]

Got this game yesterday - it's absolutely fabulous, surely one of the best yet for the DS. I'm still stick in the final stage in normal mode, though...

[craig]

Right, I have finished every stage on hard with an A rating but am still not able to clear the final stage 15. I need to know the secret of spinning the turn tables as this is what I keep failing to clear.

[Johelian]

Craig, Im on the last level on Insane, and I find that by doing very tight circles, almost so that youre just moving the stylus back and forth rather than around, work for me. I do feel like my wrist will break afterwards though :)
________
WEED NEWS (http://potwire.com)

[Sarka]

Well, sorry for bumping this, but it's better than making a new one!

I got it for Christmas yesterday and I've gotten to the 15th stage on normal mode and completed easy. I can't stop playing it. Some of the stories are hilarious, my fav is the horse one. I can't get Ready Steady Go done on normal mode, I'm sure I'll get it after an hour of playing it or so...

[Miharu]

I got this for christmas and it's really great, it's really funny, great music, great characters, great gameplay... ergo: must-buy for everyone ;)

[arnold]

I want this game so bloody much but Yesasisa's Checkout isn't working ;_; was hoping toorder it today, i'll keep trying it looks a bloody brilliant game

[Sarka]

You must get it now! I've been playing pretty much solid for the last 3 days.. all that consumes my mind are the beats... those circles haunt me.

I completed it on hard mode, only cheerleading mode to do now... but boy is that difficult! I#ve got e first stage done, it's gonna be a long night...

[Locky]

It's only £15.50 (not including postage) at JAPANPA (http://www.japanpa.com/ms2fr/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4465). Has anyone ordered from these before?

[dazzybee]

Locky, you are the bargain hunter on these boards!!! Do you scour the net looking for th ebest deals :)

[skarmachild]

Done 5 stages, the 4 starter ones (or 3) and the 2nd one of the 2nd set. That took be bout 6 attempts.

It's hard ;_;

[xernobyl]

It's only £15.50 (not including postage) at JAPANPA (http://www.japanpa.com/ms2fr/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4465). Has anyone ordered from these before?
Answer the man! The shop has cheap thing! And xmas has been good to me :)

[Sarka]

I've been playing insane mode for awhile now, just finihsed 7 stages now, halfway through! Locky, you should ask someone at GameFAQ's, you'd get a quicker response, although they may be lieing or somehting, you never know at GFAQ's!

[Dr Kong]

Best game on the DS.

[arnold]

Finally got it in the post and it l ives up to the hype, it's so fucking brilliant. I need to get used to it (done the Homework guy, Falling inlove guy and the Officve irl level) The horse one is annoying me, just need to get a hang of it, but the C omics, I havent got a clue whats being said but the pictures just make me XD and for some reason the last bit when they call out Ouedan and they just apear out of nowhere is just brilliant. The best game on the DS at the minute.

[Sarka]

Horse level spoilers



I loved when the horses face just kinda went WTF! I burst out laughing, it was great! Only 3 more stages on insane then I'm done. Might have to try and finish them up tonight.

[arnold]

After playing more of it (Only on the second set of people) >> This is indeed one damn Good game still, but eith my eyes are screwy or my handco-ordination is crap but I can't do trhe second set of People fotr the life of me, the Dodgeball one I can get Cirrcles on the first 3-4 then It just goes to crap >> the pottery one just annoys me, but I just keep going for it because it's bloody addictive ^^;

[Towers]

It's only £15.50 (not including postage) at JAPANPA (http://www.japanpa.com/ms2fr/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4465). Has anyone ordered from these before?


It's currently the best seller on that site and priced at £25. Only problem is that it's sold out completely on that site and it won't let you order it unless it's in stock.. Very annoyed. Where have others bought it from. After seeing IGN vids I'm very interested

[Locky]

I got my copy from YesAsia.com (http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1004028136/code-j/section-games/). It's £24.29 with free P&P. You won't get charged customs either because YesAsia pay this - see here (http://global.yesasia.com/help/topic.aspx?topicId=886&lang=en).

[Towers]

Sorry to bring this thread back up but wow... i love this game.
I got it today and have played it for an hour or two and I can already tell it's going to be one of my favs. It does up the difficulty level pretty steeply when you first get playing but other than that it's well good.
When my brother comes home I'm going to try multiplayer
I urge everyone to get this game, it's really really fun and a little mad

[Daenerys]

The game is deceptively hard... I have a good sense of ruthm and so on, but this just eludes me! Still, I'll keep trying. It's too much funf to stop trying.

Last night I took turns playing it with my boyfriend. We both are not very good at it, but at least he hist the marks most of the time. I have this problem that once I mess up, I keep missing. I predict I will be able to sing along to the tunes in no time. I also predict I will have english and dutch versions of the lyrics done shortly after that. Not that I understand Japanese... But I will try!

Anyway, I will try again tonight and this time.. I will be better! (My boyfriend completed about 6 stages, so I will have to complete a few as well..)

[Funktion]

Finally, I'm officially a member of the Ouendan club! :yay:
The game arrived today from Yesasia. It's quite fun, it certainly deserves all the great feedback it has been receiving, and visually it's quite "bizarre" and totally awesome (screenshots don't really show how good the game looks like).

[Locky]

Just read this on the Eurogamer forums:

"Kotaku are reporting that Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan is getting a european localisation sometime in the near future!"

From Kotaku:

"Nintendo DS import favorite Ouendan [Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan] will be getting a Euro release. A Nintendo of Europe team member slipped word to game journos that the game will be heading to the UK sometime in the future. No word on a U.S. release, but it should be in the cards.

The rhythm game follows a troupe of cheerleader like helper dudes that go around encouraging people who are stuck in difficult situations. Weekend Editor Mike McWhertor picked this game as a best of 2005."

Kotaku link (http://gonintendo.com/?p=1013)

[DiemetriX]

cool :) i realy like this game

[skarmachild]

Romantic Spiriti level is great. I can only hope Franz Fredinands stuff, Blink 182 "All the Small Things", "the Impression that i get" by mightymighty bosstones (yes, i heard em first on DKONGA). Dunno what else, god knows what they'll put in for the ghost love level.Better be good.

Insane mode level 8?

I'm on hard mode: Ready Steady Go!

[monkeyDluffy]

from DS-X2

"JeuxVideo.fr got a chance to talk to a representetive at Nintendo UK, and the release of Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! is scheduled to hit Europe in May."

If it is true this is really strange. They are willing to bring over something like this but not band brothers? why?

[Chanser]

I hope they keep the Japanese music for the euro release.

[Eenuh]

All you people talking about this game make me want it really bad. I do hope they keep the original music, since people seem to love it so much (and I pretty much probably wouldn't like anything else they replace it with I think). And I guess if they change it and the picks are bad, that maybe I'll have to import anyway... which would be a first.