Rhythm Heaven Series.

[Klinsy]

Rhythm Heaven is a rhythm game series published and developed by Nintendo, specifically the same team responsible for the WarioWare games, in fact the two series reference each other every now and then.  

 

The game provides different scenarios that provide a rhythm based gameplay, such as shooting ghosts with arrows,  being a dog ninja who is cutting up various vegetables and  being three tuning forks piloting a rocket fueled by their own movements while a green octopus accompanies them on their journey trough a sea of pink clouds.

 

There is standalone scenarios and remixes which mix up previous scenarios and their gameplay but with different music and a visual theme to tie them all together.

 

The game gives you more audio cues than visual ones, such as characters saying things at certain times or various noises appearing in the background, most of the scenarios allow you to practice and get familiar with these cues before playing through it but you can skip the practice if you want to.

 

There is currently three games in the series:

Rhythm Tengoku : The first game in the series, released in 2006 for the Gameboy Advance, it wasn't released out of Japan,  probably due to being released very late in the GBA's lifetime, in fact it was the last game for the GBA that was developed by Nintendo themselves.

This game establishes the overall gameplay and a few returning elements such as the character of Karate Joe but there was a few difference between later installments such as a couple of games having an instant fail option.

An arcade version was made by Sega, this version included mutiplayer while the GBA version didn't.

Rhythm Heaven/Rhythm Paradise/Rhythm Tengoku Gold: The second game in the series  and the first to released out of Japan, it was released for the Nintendo DS. The player holds the DS vertically and uses the touchscreen to react to the rhythm cues.

Rhythm Heaven Fever/Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise/Minna no Rhythm Tengoku: The latest game in the series at the moment and the first to be released on a home console, the Wii to be exact. The player used the buttons opposed to the Wii's motion controls for the most part.

 

I think the games can be kinda frustrating sometimes but I do enjoy seeing all the various scenarios that games comes up with and how they implement rhythm into it.

I also think it improved my own rhythm a bit by playing it and the music is absolutely excellent.

 

What is your thoughts on Rhythm Heaven?

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[KrazyBean]

I remember playing Rhythm Paradise quite a long time ago. It was a pretty fun game.

[Gabz Girl]

I've only played Rhythm Paradise on the DS but I loved it, not only for its adorable visuals and catchy tunes but also because it's so. Much. Fun! I like some of the vocal songs too, yes, even in English. The only one I'm not so keen on though is I Suppose (the one with the idol and monkeys), which sounds bloody awful in English. Other than that, the translations are good with Rock and Roll being my personal favourite.

I really want them to release a 3DS or Wii U version soon, preferably the former since I feel that Rhythm Paradise works better on the handheld. Mind you, I haven't played the Wii version so I could be wrong. ^^;

[SuperLink]

I adore the Rhythm Heaven (or Rhythm Paradise as it's called in Europe) games, I actually prefer them to WarioWare for the most part simply because they're so unique and ingeni- nevermind those things could be said about WarioWare too, but the music aspect is something that can only really be described by trying it. I would honestly recommend that everyone try these games at least once, even if you don't like music, and especially if you've ever enjoyed WarioWare. I really super seriously hope we get a 3DS entry, I think the series is perfectly suited to handhelds and while I love both, I'd recommend the DS one over the Wii one.

 

Though.. if you only play the DS one, you won't get to see this beauty of a game.

 

Oh, and also, while I'm here..

SOON.

[Octarine]

Though.. if you only play the DS one, you won't get to see this beauty of a game.

 

I think I was just sold on this whole franchise. 'Scuse me while I scoot on over to Amazon...

[WhoWhatMan]

I think the fact that it got a mini interactive concert already proved the game awesomeness:

 

 

but man, Rhythm Heaven is one of those games that make me rage so much but I keep on coming back to it due to how charming the game actually is! (But those monkey related mini games need to drop off the face of the earth tho).

 

 

Though.. if you only play the DS one, you won't get to see this beauty of a game.

 

Oh god, I played the multiplayer of this with one of my friend and let say she both got a laughed out of it and became mortified.