Totally forgot to log this one

This is a simple but very fun rhythm game, style is off the charts and I got lots of genuine laughs while playing. Reminds me a lot of WarioWare in the best way. Song selection is definitely strange but I find it weirdly charming hearing songs like The Anthem crushed down to DS quality. My one big gripe with the game is the scoring system, for some of the later stages on higher difficulties it makes it nearly impossible to even clear songs without getting a practically perfect rank (looking at Jumping Jack Flash specifically here). And it’s just annoying bc I find the harder charts so much more engaging but I want to play them without constantly being on the brink of failing for the most minor mistake. Other than that, super fun time, definitely gonna check out one of the Japan only games some time

Elite Beat Agents is such a special game. I don't think I'd be able to conceptualize a more peculiar amalgam of story scenarios and song choices if I tried - but that's really its magic. EBA has a lot of fun with its own premise, and packs a lot of truly frantic energy into its fairly dynamic rhythm gameplay. As Yano has said, this game really does harmonize with its hardware incredibly well to best utilize the DS. The difficulty spike at the end doesn't play nicely with the sometimes overly-cluttered Touch Screen, but this game is as memorable as it is short (very)!

Stupidly fun game. Charming, hilarious, with a great visual direction, and some great songs chosen too. And the covers are pretty well done too.

I played this first as a kid, and yeah, I loved it just as much back then. Also it introduced me to just about every song in this game, which is cool.

I think my only real complaint is that some of the charting feels a little bit wrong in places, or at least, I couldn't tell what part of the song was being charted. But for the most part it was really solid. I guess it's also really short (~2 hours), but given the whole experience that this is, I'm more than happy with what we got. Really fun game, would highly recommend.

There are some strange rare design choices that cause minor moments of frustration, like one song constantly switching on and off between off-beat hits and another song that can overwhelm you with a flurry of notes right after an in-song cutscene, but in general, this game absolutely rules. It does a great job translating the song's lyrics and major beats into a firmly telegraphed form with the overlapping circles + lines that have to be traced as held notes, and they're all placed carefully in order to keep the chart and the player in-tune with the beat, perfect for the compact DS touchscreen. Admittingly it's not ideal relying on sheer score accrual over individual stage rankings to unlock the bonus stages, but it at least provides another incentive to master more difficult stages and the hardest settings when the thresholds are set that high. Either way, the game's charm is absolutely infectious and it never gets old watching three guys in suits and sunglasses dance away everyone's problems, no matter how minor they may be. Without a doubt, I can see myself coming back to push through the highest difficulty after clearing this on normal, so it's an easy recommendation despite some low points. I saw this advertised all over the place as a kid and can't believe it took me this long to finally try it out: hands down one of the best titles on the DS, and it's a real shame we don't see anything from iNiS anymore.

A very fun rhythm game on the DS, which nowadays is compared to another rhythm game, 'Osu!', that looks interesting to me. The plot is very humorous with the power of music that only the EBA can use to fix problems, but it's pushed as a side aspect. The music was all licensed music which was a breath of fresh air for all the rhythm games I have played so far, which was amazing. They had songs like 'Sk8er Boi', 'YMCA', 'I Was Born to Love You', 'September' and many more which is fun.

I don't understand why this is in the Touch! Generations lineup of games for the DS, maybe because of the music? Idk, but it's very replayable. Definitely wouldn't mind trying to play the game again in a higher difficulty, for sure.

Wife’s Reaction:
“So they lip sync to the hits and gyrate, and that somehow saves the day? Okay then.”

Agents are... TRY AGAIN!!:
I didn’t like Elite Beat Agents when I gave it a go back in 2019 so I tried again. The coreof it all—the comic scenes and the music—are why you should take the time to play. Yet the track list is small, and though it has variety it lacks cohesion. I also don’t find the gameplay itself particularly compelling.

One of my favorite games of all time, i played this SO much my lower screen had circle marks on it. The music is good, the presentation is charming, and playing it on a DS is the best way to experience it. Emulators don't do it justice, and playing OSU is just not the same at all, i will trade the unlimited songs it has for EBA (and the two DS Osu games) for it anytime without hesitation.

I used to play it and the osu games on a flashcard until my ds broke, luckly i managed to find an used copy years later and i can play it on my 3DS. I'm a little rusty but i can still beat hard rock.