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 and off-beats. Some mini-games involve slapping a man's arm, flicking animals out of a garden, and zapping spaceships!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #706 in Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: 045496740238
• Released on: 2009-04-05
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: .70" h x 4.90" w x 5.50" l, .20 pounds

Features

• 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♂

Amazon.com Product Description
If you've ever found yourself tapping your foot or fingers to an infectious beat, then this game is for you. Get ready to show off your instinctive sense of rhythm as the music of Rhythm Heaven challenges you to demonstrate your percussive prowess. Prove you have what it takes to keep the beat alive in this fun and engaging experience.

Fun Mini Games View larger. Music Composed by Tsunku View larger. Tap to the beat View larger. Synopsis In Rhythm Heaven, you'll use your stylus to capture the beat of the music in a variety of mini games. Turn your DS system sideways to hold it like a book, and tap, slide or flick the stylus in time with the rhythm. The game's catchy tunes and charming characters make Rhythm Heaven a blast to play, and the array of rhythm games will test your musical abilities in a variety of ways as you do all you can to show that you've got the beat. Key Game Features: Hold your DS system sideways like a book to follow along with the music as you tap out the beat with your stylus just like you would with your feet or fingers Tap, slide or flick your stylus to keep the rhythm of the game's music Demonstrate your rhythmic abilities in a variety of mini games Features music composed by Japanese music producer Tsunku For 1 player Easy-to-play action features catchy tunes and charming characters Exclusive to the Nintendo DS If you can tap your finger in time to music, you’ll get the hang of Rhythm Heaven in no time. Rhythm Heaven is a simple and infectious rhythm game that anyone can play. Players hold the Nintendo DS system sideways like a book and tap their stylus on the touch screen to the rhythm of the music. Players tap, slide or flick the stylus to hit the right beat. Rhythm Heaven features catchy tunes, charming characters, and a wide variety of rhythm games. Well-known Japanese music producer TSUNKU♂ helped direct Rhythm Heaven and composed the music for it.

Customer Reviews

Hardest little easy game ever! But it's awesome!
This game is like no other. It looks like such a little kids game, it fools you. The graphics are simple, as are the controls. The concept hard to explain in words but easy to understand once you play the game. Basically, this game is composed of many mini games in which you tap and flick the touch screen along with the rhythm of the music to do all kinds of activities, from singing to picking crops.

The mini-games are very unique and very challenging, and despite its appearance, this is a game for people of all ages. No other music game out there right now is like this one. I can't say that enough! This game is very well thought out. It is a wonder how they could think up so many activities to do with just a flick and a tap. It's addicting and a whole lot of fun. You won't be disappointed. I highly recommend it.

Encourages Out-Of-The-Box Thinking
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.

A fun, creative, unique game.
I fell in love with Rhythm Heaven immediately. The characters are engaging and fun. The games are truly unique and creative. There's just nothing quite like it, and it's hard to explain why flicking your stylus to the rhythm is so much fun, but it is.

Some games are harder than others, and it does take a little patience to keep playing until you score high enough to move to the next level. On the first game, for example, you think you're done with the level because the screen turns black, but then there's a little circle that shows just a portion of the screen, and you're supposed to keep playing. I got pretty frustrated until I figured this out because I couldn't understand why I wasn't passing the level.

Once you get through each set of games, then you do a "remix" which requires you to do all the moves you learned in the previous games. The remix is really challenging because it goes quite fast and you have to remember how to stay with the rhythm.

I highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys music and quirky, unusual fun.