Thursday, March 8, 2007

Elite Beat Agents - A Christmas Gift

Elite Beat Agents is a rhythm game developed by iNiS for the Nintendo DS. The main characters of Elite Beat Agents are members of a fictional government agency responsible for helping those in need. When someone facing a crisis reaches the end of their rope and cries out for help, the agents arrive on the scene to help them succeed. Through the dancing of the agents, thepeople they assist are instilled with motivation that helps them overcome various obstacles. (Info from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Beat_Agents.)

I don't own a DS or Elite Beat Agents, but a friend showed me this one stage, "A Christmas Gift," in which the agents assist a young girl in reuniting with the spirit of her deceased father (<-- that description was from Wiki too):

I just felt like posting it. There was a better video of it, but I can't seem to find it... And so this doesn't seem like a completely random post, I'll state now that this does relate to the "Who am I?" question in the fact that family is a part of who you are.

This stage in EBA shows how losing someone can affect you and how even when that person is 'gone' they still watch over you and have a part in your life. Maybe not in the sense that they actually control the wind to blow out their birthday candles or come back from the dead to give a really late Christmas present, but like how what they've done for you reflects in your future actions and choices.

1 comment:

Jenn said...

I actually played that stage in Elite Beat Agents. But I didn't realize the full story line because I was too busy trying to beat the stage. Awesome!