Ouendan in: Elite Beat Agents

The rumor on the internets is that in this N-Philes chat with Morgan Webb, the edited portions in:

I'm a dork, but I also like, you know this game for the DS, it's called [oops!-ed]. It's the US version of [bad Morgan Webb! bad!].

are covering up that Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan is coming not only to Europe in English, but to the United States as well! The unconfirmed title is Elite Agent Force, which prompts the question: are they localizing away the cheerleader angle, or does that fit with how it's presented in the Japanese? (How would they explain the real American-ish cheerleaders in extra-hard mode, anyway?)

Given how Japanophilic (or at least Japan-friendly) the target demographic is, I wouldn't expect them to bother having new music. While a great new soundtrack would at least let them double-dip into the import market, it's probably for the best.

Update: As announced at E3, Ouendan will be published as Elite Beat Agents.

Comments

[Katrus]

Freakin' WIN. It looks like Elite Beat Agents has the potential to be good. I hope they retain Ready Steady Go for the last level, as you'd suggested.

[Harold B!]

That's awesome! I was thinking of getting the import, but I might just wait for it to come to us. I may just pick up the import anyways depending on if they change the music.