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Rhythm Heaven is rhythm game series with several wacky mini-games developed by Nintendo SPD1 and published by Nintendo. Tsunku composes all the music and originally proposed the concept to Nintendo.
Games[]
| Games | Systems | Year of Release(s) | Tidbits |
| Rhythm Tengoku | GBA | 2006 | Only released in Japan |
| Rhythm Tengoku Arcade | Arcade | 2007 | |
| Rhythm Heaven | DS | 2008JP/2009 | First Rhythm Heaven localized |
| Rhythm Heaven Fever | Wii | 2011JP/2012 | |
| Rhythm Heaven Megamix | 3DS | 2015JP/2016 | Fittingly mixes minigames from previous titles with new ones |
Regular Mini-games[]
In every Rhythm Heaven game, a few games theme around the same character and often feature a matching title.
- Karate Man
- Polyrhythm*/ Built to Scale
- Samurai Slice*
*May feature the same character as other minigames with the same name, but are from Tengoku and do not have official English titles
References in other games and media[]
WarioWare[]
Characters regularly appear in mini-games and cinematics of the games.
Game & Wario[]
The Chorus Kids appears in the opening cinematic. The Samurai from Samurai Slice appears in a mini-game in Gamer where he slices fish.
Super Smash Bros.[]
Sneaky Spirit appears as an enemy in Smash Run. There are also trophies of Chorus Kids, Sneaky Spirit and Karate Joe in the 3DS version as well as the Wrestler and Marshal, Cam, and Miss Ribbon from Fever in the Wii U version. On the Miiverse stage, there are a couple songs, being Blue Birds and Monkey Watch. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Rhythm Heaven has the most Spirits out of any series with no fighters. The Spirits are Karate Joe, The Wandering Samurai, The Wandering Samurai (Rhythm Heaven Fever), Sick Beats Doctor, The Chorus Kids, Munchy Monk, Wrestler and Reporter, Baxter and Forthington, and the Sumo Bros.
Trivia[]
- This one of the Nintendo game series to support fans.
- Fan games have been made. Such as Rhythm Heaven Remix Editor, Heaven Studio, and Polyrhythm Mania.
- There is a fanmade animation called "Rhythm Hell" that features two seals clapping to polyrhythms while the first one fails to clap. It has gone viral and has been put into games such as A Dance of Fire and Ice.
- There is also a colab called Rhythm Heaven Reanimated.
External links[]
- Rhythm Heaven (series) at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia