Pure Genius
if you own a DS and you have not played this game...buy today and experience one of the best gaming moments of your life...this will be in your DS so often,you may need another DS for your other games...sheer brilliance..wacky Japanese,fun fun fun and the music is amazing....one of the best games that i have played in 20 years of gaming....MUST OWN....5/5

Probably the best DS game I've played; it encapsulates everything that's great about portable, music, and rhythm gaming in general. While only an incremental derivation of the original title, it blows the first one out of the water by fixing certain nags (unskippable intros, non-coherent beat patterns).

A must buy for every DS owner.

Oendan
The game has a limited number of songs and levels. The graphics and actuall game are good though. It has verying levels, from very easy to hard. Very fun game.

great!!
quite fun and much better then the first game

OOOOOOUUUUUUEEEEEEEENDAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This game is real nice.
The thing they did with 2 cheerleading groups from different schools is nice and refreshing.
Love it when i saw some old characters come back for more of there support.
The tracklist was good enjoyed every minute.

As a fan of Rhythm Games I can't get enough of it.
Had fun but i'm always sad when it comes to an end.

For the people who haven't got this game yet your really need to order this if you like games like Pinky street kira kira music hour or Osu Tatekae! Ouendan.

I can say 100% sure that you won't be disappointed

A Great Follow Up
I am a huge fan of the Ouendan series. The music is incredibly addictive, the characters are fantastic and the game is highly challenging. Definitely in my top ten DS games.

awesome
great game! its my favorite!

i played this game
it awsome it has great songs i like this game its soo fun it ouendan is a good and easy rhythm game

OUS!!!
What could I say about this game its absolutely amazing really fun and addicting buy it you won't be disappointed.

Incredible
Howly this game is awesome!
Extremely fun and addictive concept, very well worked mechanics and smooth gameplay.
The song selection is quite good, the same quality as Ouendan 1 (so the only difference is your songs preferences), with well-know japanese modern artist, remakes and even anisongs (songs from anime openings or endings). The gameplay is smoother than in Ouendan 1 (a new "skip" button is added in the start and ending of the song, making your retries smoother). and the stories are funnier than before.

It's perfectly and 100% playable without knowing a word of japanese, but you'll loose some laughts and good moments with the comic-style stories on each stage. Hey, but it won't be released in english, so it can't be helped. Either way, you can say a lot of the stories by the context and the pictures.

It's more difficult than Ouendan 1, that's good if you're looking for a real challenge.

If you liked Ouendan 1, then there's no doubt, you'll love this game. If you don't know the previous game, but you like japanese music and rhythm games, you'll definitively love it too!

One of the DS's Best
Plays much like the original, except the difficulty has been kicked up a notch. The ability to skip the intro of the song and get straight to the tapping is a HUGE plus. Overall it shows much more polish, refining a already great formula.

Song selection leans more towards J-pop than J-rock this time, but each song grows on just like the original. You may go into it thinking the songs are not as good as the first game, but by the time you finish you will be divided over which game had the better tracklist.

EBA to Ouendan 2 = Good Transition
I recently received Ouendan 2 in the mail and beat the first level of difficulty, but when I moved on to the second level the songs got surprisingly hard. I owned EBA and even it didn't have such a difficulty curve, so watch out. This is probably because this is the second in a series so they bumped up the difficulty but still. Also, by going from tapping to English songs to Japanese songs one looses a LOT of skill. The lyrics are very hard to decipher with the beat so be wary and ready to be listening and doing some songs over. But overall, this is one kick ass and hilarious game. Buy it if you have a DS.

super addicting
I bought this game a week ago and I can't get off of it. the songs are much better than in EBA and I love the stories... they're kinda more realistic and cuter, lol :D

go get it! you won't regret it!

such a cool game
i have Elite beat agents(that was reasonable) but this game is so much better in every way!

My faveourite!
I cant get these awesome songs out of my head! I want to dress up as them and join in right now!

Very addictive
it's very addictive! if you buy this game, you better have a screen protector lol. Multiplayer mode is also very cool, it's a very fun game especially if you like this kind of rhythm game.

Addictivly fun
With more Japanese songs than the previous installment, Ouendan 2 is a must have for any fan of the music tapping franchise.

Better than EBA
Definitely better than Elite Beat Agents. I couldn't stand EBA's lame characters. The agents looks so lame and dance really lame too! I couldn't stand it so I sold it once I completed it and bought this. The gameplay is the same but the characters in this are definitely cooler and dance better. The gameplay and story in Ouendan has that Japanese anime feel and since EBA is set in America I don't think it translated well which is why I prefer Ouendan even if they gameplay really is the same.

perfect
One of the must have on Nintendo ds. Great songs goods gameplay : a great game.

Great game
This game is Awesome, the track list is a bit lacking though. The Track List in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!! is A LOT better. This game has better mechanics though like skipping intros.

fun and VERY import friendly
If you liked Ouendan or EBA you'll really like Ouendan 2. They are almost the same except a few differences

1) better songs
2) more songs
3) harder levels
4) more save files
5) no ring challenge mode

Bigger, better and more challenging!
I'ved lobed both the first Ouendan game and EBA, and I preordered this one so I could get it as fast as possible. The gameplay is as fun as in the first one, there are even more songs with a total of 19 different songs by different artists. The stories are just as zany as in the original game, but there are so many improvements:
- You can skip the opening and ending sequences of the songs, which can be quite a relief when you're trying har to finish a stage and have to start over.
- Once you've attained a certain number of points, you unlock hidden mode where the timer circles can be turned off. Extremely challenging, but you can get a higher score in this mode.
- The option to save your replays, up to 19 can be saved.
- Multiplayer. It needs to be played, 'nuff said.

An excellent choice for a person who loves their DS and good rhythm games. Because this is one of the best games out there. At least until they release Ouendan 3.

Is it good?
Well, if you loved everything about the first game, then it's all here, including more features. Now, there's 2 Ouendan teams, more songs (16, plus 3 extra), and the option to turn off those rhythm circles, so there's an even greater challenge.

Not only that, the difficulty is totally revamped, so Easy is actually easy, and Hard is actually Hard. So newbies can just pick up and play and, should they lose, they have the ability (for the first few songs in Easy) to resume right where they were with the meter filled 75%.

Excellent
Easy and addictive as the first. With lots of new features. Don't worry about Japanese. You'll be able to play it in few seconds!

Fantastic game!!!
This is a must-buy for lovers of the first Ouendan - Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! - and Elite Beat Agents!!! The songs are perhaps, different from some of the better known ones featured in Ouedan 1, but the gameplay is still the same.

There are however, some new features that really improve the playability and replayability of the game. As mentioned in previous reviews, there is now the option to skip the introduction of the song, which is really fantastic given how long the intro for Countdown is. You can also have the opportunity to review the part of the song that you have failed the level, as well as save the entire song in the instance that you've done exceptionally well in the level ;)

My only complaint (and it's the same with the first Ouendan), is that it gets incredibly tricky and difficult, epecially for Countdown :(
At least there is the Monkey Magic and other bonus stages, which make it worthwhile ;D

Ouendan 2 is great!
If you loved Ouendan or Elite Beat Agents, then you will definately love this sequel to Ouendan. It features 19 new songs, as well as a new rival team of Ouendan in blue. This game will definately please fans of the first game, and includes features from EBA such as Saving a Replay of the song as well as being able to skip the story, the opening scene, and the ending scene for the impatient people or for people like me who don't want to sit through the same thing several times.

Ouendan 2 is definately one of the must-have DS games, if you don't get it, you are missing out on one of the best DS games of all time! Ouendan 2 gets 9.7/10! (It would be nice to see some Online play if there is ever an Ouendan 3!)

Ouendan AGAIN! And its still as great as it was before.
Ouendan 2, the sequel to the 2005 hit, takes the original game, adds in the improvements that were brought in by Elite Beat Agents, and improve on those even more.
Adding in a new and wonderful soundtrack into the mix.

The result is a very fine cut game that is sure to have you addicted for quite some time.
If you enjoyed the first Ouendan, or its spiritual sequel released for an english speaking audience, Elite Beat Agents, there is no reason not to get this as well.
It takes what was already great, and adds to it even more.
5/5 Stars, and my highest recommendations.

Just as good as the first
This game just like the first rocks. Great songs, amazing replay value, awesome multiplayer. And I love the new blue ouendan.

New tracks, new characters - that's it?
Ouendan 2 is simply just like Ouendan 1 or Elite Beat Agents, the gameplay is exactly the same, nothing has changed, except for one thing: you can (FINALLY!) skip the stage introductions within the songs, which means that you don't have to wait for ages when the song starts playing in the background and your "life bar" appears on screen. This is a VERY nice improvement, since it caused a lot of frustration in the last 2 games, especially when you played on HARD-Mode and was stuck in one of the stages so that you had to play it again and again and again. But there are still a few seconds before you can start in which you have to listen to the all known and famous "OUENDAN" help-cry (or whatever). Anyway, as mentioned above, the game plays like the other games of the series, there's no control-improvement or something. Of course there are some new songs which (in my opinion) are far better than the songs in Ouendan 1, although there are still a few ones in which it is VERY hard to figure out the rhythm (especially on HARD-Mode, remember Jumpin Jack Flash on EBA for instance..) since there's nearly no music but a LOT of numbers jumping at you..

If you want a second Ouendan which play exactly the same way like the first one - but with some new songs - this game is your choice! But if you thought that already Ouendan and EBA got quite boring after some time, you should better avoid this one.

And for anyone who didn't play one of the other games: This game (depending on the difficulty level you choose) can be as much challenging as DAMN frustrating.

Another Ouendan, what more do you want?
You know what you're getting, great music and gameplay from Inis. Great service from playasia as well, thank you.

That last star sure is picky. :)
This game is absolutely awesome! It's everything you'd expect from Ouendan/EBA series of games. Tons of catchy J-Pop tunes that'll make you pick up and play the game just to hear the songs again.

The only real issue I have would be how iNiS handles the difficulty settings. You start out with the standard 2 difficulty levels, and can unlock two more. If you've played the other two games, the "normal" default difficulty is a bit too easy. Still, that in no way detracts from how great this game is.