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Elite Beat Agents 2 announced, fingers everywhere blister photo

Nintendo has just released its 2007 Japanese release schedule. Very obvious tickets like Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii make appearances, but the biggest surprise has to be the inclusion of Ouendan 2 for the DS. The original Ouendan (released as Elite Beat Agents here in the States) was nothing short of brilliant and easily one of my favorite games for the Nintendo handheld.

Although a sequel seemed inevitable, this news is still just as sweet as it is unexpected. Assuming that the follow-up is brought to America, Elite Beat Agents 2 has just become one of my most anticipated games of the coming year (wiping up drool). No specific release date was mentioned (other than 2007), but four-player multiplayer was confirmed. Hit the jump for the entire list.

Nintendo DS

-Yoshi's Island DS March 8th, One Player

-More Eigo Zuke March 29th, One Player

-Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 April 12th, One Player

-Worldwide Club House Games Wi-Fi April 19th, One~Eight Players

-Panel De Pon DS, April 26th, One~Four Players

-Ouendan 2 Sometime 2007, One~Four Players

-Archaic Sealed Heat, Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-DS Beautiful Characters (Letters) Training Release TBA, Players TBA

-The Legend of Zelda DS Release TBA, Players TBA

-Chibi Robo! DS, Release TBA, One Player

-PuraPura Donkey DS Release TBA, One~Four Players


Wii

-Fire Emblem February 22nd, One Player

-Eyeshield 21: Field no Saikyou Senshi Tachi March 8th, One~Two Players

-Super Paper Mario April 19th, One Player

-Wii Brain Softening Game April 26th, One~EIght Players

-Wii Health Pack Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Disaster, Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Mario Party 8, Sometime 2007, One~Four Players

-Project H.A.M.M.E.R. Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Wii Music Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Super Mario Galaxy Sometime 2007, One Player

-Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Totsugeki Famicom Wars W Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Forever Blue Sometime 2007, Players TBA

-Mario Strikers Charged Sometime 2007, One~Four Players

-Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Sometime 2007, One Player

-Animal Corssing Release TBA, Players TBA

-Hoshi no Kirby Release TBA, Players TBA








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Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:02
Toneman
HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!
robotplague's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:09
robotplague
Animal Crossing Wii is going to ruin lives, can't wait.
skAnarky's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:21
skAnarky
heh, Brain softening game, the preffered method of attack for the new age zombies out there.
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:21
atheistium
Animal Crossing Wii!? OH GAWD :S
Aetsen's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:24
Aetsen
Maybe EBA2 will have Kokomo.
CannibalCalvin 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:28
CannibalCalvin
I can not wait for Elite Beat Agents 2.

Great find Kokomo.
PetiePalo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:33
PetiePalo
Played that game for a week and got frustrated. Picked it up again this week and was amazing at it. Guess I just had to take some time off lol.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:51
Bob Muir
Why does the Wii list look rather robust? I thought everyone agreed that the Wii only had 3 good Nintendo-made games coming out this year.
dprime's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 10:55
dprime
The music in the first EBA was terrible. And it's less of a "North American release" of the Japanese game than a "North American re-make."
parrothead's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 11:02
parrothead
EBA 2 I cannot wait. I am about a million points away from attaining the top level in EBA!

Wii Music sounds interesting as well
TheBrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 11:30
TheBrain
Alright! "Sometime 2007" I'm glad we've finally got a solid date for Metroid and Mario. Nintendo makes me cry at night.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 11:55
Aaron Mxy Yost
The original Ouendan wasn't released as Elite Beat Agents over here, EBA was a totally new game made by the same developers for the US market. And unfortunately this doesn't confirm EBA 2 coming to the US either... yet. They so need to do that.
Lightthrower's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 11:58
Lightthrower
"Elite Beat Agents 2 has just become one of my most anticipated games of the coming year" Sorry to disappoint you, but that's the release date of Ouendan 2, not EB2. It will probably come in 2008 i guess.
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 12:04
velcroman
god damn it kokomo





MAKE IT HAPPEN!! i did the work for you!!



Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 12:16
Namelessted
Velcroman in teh win
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 13:17
Niero
This is really good news, especially since the first game didn't sell well. I was worried that it wouldn't get a sequel, hopefully the production value sticks because the first one was fucking amazing
Alpha eX's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 14:11
Alpha eX
Elite Beat Agents 2 wasn't annoucned, Ouendan 2 was.

EBA is a different franchise, get your facts right d'toid!
Lanae's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 14:17
Lanae
Yeah, I was going to comment that the article mentions EBA, but lists Ouendan. They are two diff games, and yes Ouendan was much more amusing. I say bag EBA and stick to Ouendan :)
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 14:25
velcroman
how was EBA worse than Ouendan? I've played both. EBA is basically Ouendan 2 already, a sequel with a some improvements and different songs.
Cyprus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2007 17:05
Cyprus
Once again, Ouendan is different from Elite Beat Agents. News sites need to understand this...

I've been waiting for an Ouendan continuation for quite a while. I shall import as soon as possible.
NuVanDibe's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/02/2008 09:04
NuVanDibe
Will we ever make it through to people that ouendan and eba are TWO DIFFERENT GAMES released on two sides of a language barrier? ouendan has japanese songs, eba has english ones. ouendan 2 has japanese songs (except for one song) and eba 2, if we ever get it, WILL HAVE ENGLISH SONGS. they can't just take the moves from the japanese songs and put an english song over it.
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