In a recent podcast, we talked about games that had made a dramatic emotional impression on us. We each picked a game and talked about how it really made us feel something serious. I mentioned Final Fantasy IV’s scene where the young twins Palom and Porom sacrifice their lives without an instant’s hesitation to save the rest of the party. Fourhman talked about how the three games in iNis’ Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents series each have a very sad episode in them. Ouendan has a story about a man whose girlfriend is mourning his death in a motorcycle accident. Ouendan 2 has one where a figure skater is killed by a car and her friend has to go on to compete without her. Elite Beat Agents has the one mentioned above in this comic from Three Panel Soul, called “On the Perfect Gift.” A man goes out on Christmas Eve and dies in a car accident, leaving his wife and small daughter to pick up the pieces as the anniversary of his death, and Christmas, approaches a year later.

The comic, which was published a year ago last February, shows the three agents in Elite Beat Agents taking up their issue with the assignment after the fact with their commanding officer. So, it’s contemporary to the game’s release, but this is the first time I’ve seen it.

Source: Three Panel Soul