Elite beat agents is the western name for the Japanese hit rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. Fortunately the Japanese to western transition went by incredibly smoothly the game still features the crazy over the top storyboards found in each of the songs. The fresh and creative art style that you only see in a Japanese game remains intact.

The only change that this game has made to suit the western audience is the song choices so out go some Japanese synth pop and in comes music by Madonna, Jamariquai and Good Charlotte except that all the songs are infact covers a bit disappointing

This rhythm game works by tapping or dragging your stylus over various symbols on screen in time with the music playing. The game does start off very easy and you will burn through the first couple of levels but then the challenge does kick in and you will find yourself repeating levels or your scrapping through each level with a C or D grade

There are 20 levels for 20 songs which might seem a bit small but remember about the limits of the Nintendo DS. I mentioned before all the songs are covers so some of songs are a bit hit and miss but I guess there is little of everything so each genre has a song representing it in this game.

Storyline wise well each song/ level features someone in need of help and that is explained through a comic style story board which unfortunately you wont notice too much as your are concentrating on hitting the right part of the screen at the right time

For me this is the best rhythm game you can find on the Nintendo DS. Its affordable, replayable and most importantly fun