The first thing you notice is it's all in Japanese, while this means that you won't be able to understand any of it, it also means that you're OK to say you like the game. I was half expecting an English option after how successful the first one was overseas, but I can't find one.
The songs also appear to not have any English in them, which means that all the beats will be in the right place and nobody will have to complain about them or owt. And you won't have to pretend you hate all the songs, even though Popstar sounds like Cher.
But, all joking aside...
Obviously the game plays as Ouendan always played, so the main changes I can see from the original (though some were in EBA, and aside from the obvious) are
The 'world map' is sort of a cross between EBA and OTO, so it's a square city area, but it's all in some kind of 3D that's not quite 3D but is. It looks nice, and is easier to navigate than EBAs globe. It's not quite as easy as OTO though.
You can save a top three high scores per level - I've only played each level once but there's certainly three spaces!
Replay save, looks like there's just 20 slots to save replays, so I guess you can save the same level 20 times should you so wish
Intro skip!
Not played multiplayer, the menus confused me so I'm not really sure how that works...
And there's an option that is greyed out in the options screen, but from what I hear it may be good for the people who start to find the cheerleader levels too easy.
Musically, the game seems much poppier than OTO, which was pretty poppy anyway, but seemed slightly rockier than the new game - I've not unlocked everything yet so it may even out a bit more. At the moment, the songs aren't so memorable, but once I start pouring the kind of hours I did into the original that's subject to change!
The songs also appear to not have any English in them, which means that all the beats will be in the right place and nobody will have to complain about them or owt. And you won't have to pretend you hate all the songs, even though Popstar sounds like Cher.
But, all joking aside...
Obviously the game plays as Ouendan always played, so the main changes I can see from the original (though some were in EBA, and aside from the obvious) are
The 'world map' is sort of a cross between EBA and OTO, so it's a square city area, but it's all in some kind of 3D that's not quite 3D but is. It looks nice, and is easier to navigate than EBAs globe. It's not quite as easy as OTO though.
You can save a top three high scores per level - I've only played each level once but there's certainly three spaces!
Replay save, looks like there's just 20 slots to save replays, so I guess you can save the same level 20 times should you so wish
Intro skip!
Not played multiplayer, the menus confused me so I'm not really sure how that works...
And there's an option that is greyed out in the options screen, but from what I hear it may be good for the people who start to find the cheerleader levels too easy.
Musically, the game seems much poppier than OTO, which was pretty poppy anyway, but seemed slightly rockier than the new game - I've not unlocked everything yet so it may even out a bit more. At the moment, the songs aren't so memorable, but once I start pouring the kind of hours I did into the original that's subject to change!
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