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Ontamarama 
Developer(s) Noise Factory Publisher(s) Atlus Platform(s) Nintendo DS Release date(s) Genre(s) Music video game Mode(s) Single player Rating(s) ESRB: E (Everyone) Ontamarama (おんたま♪おんぷ島へん aka Ontama Onputouhen) is a rhythm game published by Atlus for the Nintendo DS. The game uses both of the DS's screens, touch functionality, and the microphone during gameplay.[1] The story revolves around spirits called Ontama, who live on a tropical island and can create music.
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Gameplay
Ontamarama's gameplay is a combination of games like Dance Dance Revolution and Elite Beat Agents.[2] The player must hit a D-pad direction as it passes through a circle, similar to DDR, but with the stylus. Each arrow has a color and will only register if enough colored energy is stored. To store energy, the player must touch colored Ontama that move across the touch screen. Black Ontama's may appear and block the colored ones, and some Ontama need to be touched twice.[2] Blowing into the microphone allows the player to clear the screen of all Ontama, but this can only be used a limited amount of times.
Story
Taking place on a tropical island, the focus of the story are the Ontama spirits. Someone steals the Ontama by hypnotizing the island's people. Beat and Rest, the main characters, are both "Ontamaestros" and they attempt to free the Ontama by battling the islanders in musical fights.
Reception
Ontamarama received fairly good scores, averaging a 71% at Metacritic.com.[1] IGN.com, who gave the game a 7.3, felt that the gameplay was too complicated, but that the game had plenty of charm.[2] Aaron Kaluszka, a reviewer from Nintendo World Report, gave the game a 70/100 and said that "Ontamarama is certainly no Elite Beat Agents, but its style of gameplay is definitely unique."[3]
References
- ^ a b "Ontamarama at Metacritic.com". 2008. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ds/ontamarama. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ a b c Michael Pereira (2008). "IGN review". http://ds.ign.com/articles/836/836934p1.html. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ Aaron Kaluszka (2007). "NintendoWorldReport.com review". http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/reviewArt.cfm?artid=14708. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
External links
Categories:- 2007 video games
- Atlus games
- Music video games
- Nintendo DS games
- Nintendo DS-only games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Music video game stubs
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