Elite Beat Agents
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The European box art for Elite Beat Agents, from left to right are characters Agent Morris, Agent J, and Agent Derek.
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| Developer(s) | iNiS |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Keiichi Yano |
| Designer(s) | Keiichi Yano |
| Engine | Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan engine |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Music video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 88% (52 reviews) |
| Metacritic | 87% (51 reviews) |
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| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A |
| AllGame |   |
| EGM | 8.5/10, 9/10, 9/10 |
| Eurogamer | 9 out of 10 |
| Game Informer | 6.75 out of 10 |
| GamePro | 4.25 out of 5 |
| Game Revolution | B |
| GameSpot | 8.9 out of 10 |
| GameSpy |  |
| GamesRadar | |
| GameTrailers | 8.8 out of 10 |
| GameZone | 9.4 out of 10 |
| IGN | 9.5 out of 10 |
| Nintendo Power | 9.5 out of 10 |
| ONM | 87% |
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Elite Beat Agents is a music video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It was first released in North America, and has since been released in Europe and South Korea. It is the spiritual sequel to Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, a Japanese rhythm game released in 2005, sharing many common elements with it. Similar to Ouendan, the player taps and drags on indicated locations on the touch screen of the DS in time to the rhythm of the music to score points, while the upper screen shows comic-style scenes of the fictional "Elite Beat Agents" cheering on others in tough situations through their dance moves. The improvements made in this game were implemented in the Japanese game's sequel, Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2.
Elite Beat Agents was released under Nintendo's Touch! Generations label in North America, which markets games to audiences outside of the traditional gaming community. Though sales were not as high as expected, the game was well received by critics and merited several 2006 gaming awards.
The main characters of Elite Beat Agents are members of a fictional government agency responsible for helping those in need. When someone facing a crisis reaches their breaking point and cries out for help, Commander Kahn dispatches the agents to help them succeed. The agents never assist the person directly, but encourage the person through their dancing, motivating the people they assist to overcome various obstacles. The person's degree of success depends on the accuracy of the Agents' dance moves, as demonstrated by multiple endings for each story.
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