Rhythm Heaven
- Created for both Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DS
- Tap and slide the stylus on the touch screen in time to original music
- Music by the legendary Japanese pop-star producer TSUNKU?
Product Description
Rhythm Heaven is a simple and infectious rhythm game that anyone can play. If you can tap your finger in time to music, you’ll get the hang of Rhythm Heaven in no time! Rhythm Heaven features original music in dozens of rhythm-based minigames. The music, created by legendary Japanese pop-star producer TSUNKU, is addictive and catchy. Even though the controls are simple to grasp, each minigame challenges the player’s grasp of rhythm by throwing in interesting beats a… More >>
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Nintendo DS | ed2yp79 2009/11/14
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By Lisa Shea "LisaShea.com", 2009/11/14 @ 6:36 am
Rhythm Heaven is a great collection of mini-games for the Nintendo DS which builds up your skills in rhythm and accuracy. This is almost like a brain-train game for your fingers and ears!
The first thing I want to note here is that many reviewers have posted reviews of this game after playing only a game or two. It’s fairly obvious in their reviews!! Every game can be tough at first, Once you get the hang of it and get past that “training session” area you can truly evaluate a game based on whether it’s fun long term or not. It’s key in gaming in general to go with reviewers who actually play the full game before reporting on it!
So, the basics, Rhythm Nation is much like WarioWare in that it is a collection of generally short (under a minute) mini-games that are all different and all test different parts of your skill set. They are all related to clicking and “slashing” quickly. In one game for example fast cars are zooming around a race track. You have to click right in time to take their photo as they go past you.
In another game you are a fan for a singing group, clapping your hands in time to the song and doing other cheering moves.
They have a good selection of different activities to keep you interested. Each mini-game is short so you can play it in line without worrying about getting sucked in for more than 60 seconds or so. Each game has room for improvement so you can keep replaying it and trying to improve your score.
Sometimes you hit a game that you really don’t like. This is one of my complaints about the game – it is very linear. You have to unlock game #5 to go on to game #6. If you get stuck on a game you can go into the cafe and skip that game, but still, I would rather you get a “group” of games at a time. That way you aren’t stuck on just one game before you move onto the next one game.
Also, the instructions are often VERY vague. You can be stuck on the practice sessions for a game for 5 minutes or more before you finally figure out what they are trying to get you to do. I very much love the WarioWare “try it and see” method of playing, but those are with games that make sense. Some of these games just don’t make sense, and a more in depth “this is how you play” would really help.
Still, nothing beats the pure fun of their end-of-level mash-ups. Say you get 5 different random games in a given level that mix up all sorts of types of gameplay. Then you get to the level ending mash-up. The combine ALL of those games in a random order with a fun theme! All of the games now have a beach theme, or a samurai-western theme. I *love* that. It is hilarious and quite fun.
So it’s a mixed bag here. It can be frustrating at first. Accept that! Just plow through it and figure out how the game works (or post on a forum and get some help). Once you’ve figured out the games, it is a LOAD of fun – and very good for your brain. The quick reflexes and out-of-the-box thinking it encourages in your brain will serve you well in many other areas of life!
Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
By Linda Maxwell, 2009/11/14 @ 7:31 am
This is a lot of fun but have yet to pass any of the levels so am very thankful it lets you go on to the next level after you try and pass the previous one so many times. The different rhythm games are unique and not boring to do over and over again.
Rating: 4 / 5
By Christine Hutto "Christine Hutto", 2009/11/14 @ 7:49 am
It’s a great game and a little nerve racking too. I’m a little to slow for it so haven’t gotten to far yet. I like that it’s not easy so it’ll last a long time. It has about 50 levels and I’m only at 5 so I’ll be at it awhile. I recommend this game for us older people to test our reflexes. But it’s a good game for young and old.
Rating: 5 / 5
By P. Hildenbrand, 2009/11/14 @ 9:30 am
I gave this game about 20 minutes before making my decision. At first I was pretty intrigued by it and thought I might actually find it interesting enough to purchase for myself, but after about 10 minutes, I started to become bored and quickly losing my attention. It’s very interactive, but lacking in enough action for me.
Rating: 3 / 5
By Robert A. Bevill, 2009/11/14 @ 11:27 am
Rhythm heaven is different from DDR or Guitar Hero, Elite Beat Agents, etc, in a key factor I haven’t seen in a rhythm game before. Essentially, rather than visual cues that let you know when you hit a note, the player is supposed to listen carefully; some games could probably be beaten with your eyes closed. Anyway, the game is decent and funny enough; I managed to get it for 10 dollars, so that was definitely worth it. At full price, I dunno, but I enjoyed it.
Rating: 4 / 5