Elite Beat Agents is a rhythm-based music video game developed by iNiS. Published by Nintendo, the game was released in North America on 6th November 2006 and in Europe on 13th July for the Nintendo DS gaming device. The game was first released as a Japanese rhythm game titled Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan in 2005. One year later it hits the rest of the world as “Elite Beat Agents”, but with contemporary audio-tracks, and in English. Elite Beat Agents was also released with the Touch! Generations label in North America. The label is a Nintendo brand, which is used to bring the game to more audience than the traditional gamers.

Like in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, Elite Beat Agents is a music game in which the player’s objective is to tap and drag the presented indicators on the Touch Screen in synchronization with the beat and rhythm from the corresponding audio track.

Rhythm Heaven is a rhythm video game for the Nintendo DS portable gaming console. It is also known as Rhythm Paradise and Rhythm Tengoku in Europe and Japan.

Published by Nintendo, the game was released on 5th of April 2009 in America and on 1st of May 2009 in Europe.

Rhythm Heaven is one of the weirdest additions to the rhythm games genre. Nowadays when someone speaks of music and rhythm games, the first thing that comes in mind is “Guitar Hero”, but Guitar Hero is not the only title in the world that deserves some praise.