

Although unlike the original Japanese version, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan with its J-Pop soundtrack, Elite Beat Agents features a diverse Western based soundtrack with covers ranging from David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, Jamiroquai’s Canned Heat to the Village People’s Y.M.C.A.

In addition to my strange attachment to the portable versions of Guitar Hero I also thoroughly enjoy Elite Beat Agents which is a more typical rhythm game as it relies on different interactions based on the music rather than just pressing a different coloured button to match what is on the screen. However I do still on occasion get out a version Guitar Hero On Tour for the DS, of which I have all three versions of, a guitar game that instead of a guitar uses a four (not the standard five) buttoned add-on that uses the GBA port. Then again new release are few and far between and most of those are almost exclusively coming from Japan.

Despite the rhythm genre imploding following the umpteenth release of Guitar Hero, the genre isn’t dead. Here’s something I don’t say very often, I like music games.
