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Ontamarama

Ontamarama (おんたま♪おんぷ島へん Ontama Onputouhen) is a rhythm game published by Atlus for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan in July 2007, and in North America on November 6, 2007. The game uses both of the…

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Ontamarama is a music, released 6 November 2007 on Nintendo DS.

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What Ontamarama is

Ontamarama was released in 2007. It was published by Atlus. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ontamarama (おんたま♪おんぷ島へん Ontama Onputouhen) is a rhythm game published by Atlus for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan in July 2007, and in North America on November 6, 2007. The game uses both of the DS's screens, touch functionality, and the microphone during game play.[1] The story revolves around colorful spirits called Ontama, who live on a tropical island and can create music. The player must quickly capture Ontama with the stylus while keeping up with the beat.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Ontamarama holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 36% of the 483 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Ontamarama launched on 6 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

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When did Ontamarama come out?
Ontamarama was released on 6 November 2007 for Nintendo DS.

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