Shin doesn't lose hope, but his mikoshi group abandons him. However, Shizu's father, the leader of Shizu's group, taunts Shin, as he believes Shin will lose. It's Summertime! It's a Festival! The Mikoshi Race Makes the Man!Ī mikoshi rider named Shin tells his girlfriend Shizu, another mikoshi rider, that if he wins the mikoshi race, he will propose to her. The race announcer calls the Ouendan to help Biridon catch the thief. Suddenly, a thief speeds onto the track on his motorcycle. If he loses the race, he retires, as he has only won once out of 49 races. Will he Become a Dark Horse!? The Great Thief Chase!Ī racehorse named Biridon is in one of his races. Sachiko calls the Ouendan to help her finish her work before the party starts. Junior has many fans in the office, and three of them give all of their work to Sachiko. Junior, one of her co-workers, whom she has a crush on, will also be there. Kaoru Kubota, Fumio Kobayashi, Yūko Yajima, Mari Nabatame, and Akina OkabayashiĪn office worker named Sachiko Yamagata is planning to attend a party. Tsuyoshi calls the Ouendan to help him study. Other features include phrase markers, which will have you tracing a line on the set path, and spin markers which will have you drawing a circle on the touch screen.Īim For Examination Success! Escape the Life of a Ronin!Ī ronin named Tsuyoshi Hanada is studying to get into college, but he is unable to due to his loud family. The hit markers go inline with the beat of the music, and as the player progresses through the game the amount of hit markers at once will greatly rise, requiring you to tap one right after the other. The moment it hits the middle the player is required to tap it. They'll appear on screen and a circle will appear on the outsides and start to enclose on the middle. Hit markers are the most common feature in the game. The story unfolds on the top screen while the gameplay is reduced to the DS's touch screen.īeing a rhythm game, you are tasked with tapping and performing a variety of other actions at the right moment. When the cheer squad arrives, no questions are asked and the dancing starts automatically, which is accompanied by licensed music.
The cheer squad's main goal is to make everything better through the power of dance. In the game, a troubled character will call a cheer squad who'll arrive after the character shouts "Ouendan". A sequel to Ouendan, which was also only released in Japan, was made called Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2. While the game was never released in America or Europe, the developers (iNiS) recreated the game, changed the characters, songs, and situations, and released it in America and Europe under the name of Elite Beat Agents. Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan is a Nintendo DS video game released exclusively in Japan.