Elite Beat Agents

Elite Beat Agents
The European box art for Elite Beat Agents, from left to right are characters Agent Morris, Agent J, and Agent Derek.
Developer(s)	iNiS
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Keiichi Yano
Producer(s)	Masako Harada Shinya Saito
Designer(s)	Keiichi Yano
Artist(s)	Risako Watanabe
Writer(s)	Koji Ito Kishiko Miyagi
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	NA: November 8, 2006[1][2] AU: May 3, 2007 EU: July 13, 2007
Genre(s)	Rhythm
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Elite Beat Agents is a rhythm video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in North America, Europe and South Korea. As the second of three rhythm games developed by iNiS specifically for the DS, it is the spiritual sequel and international counterpart 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.