


Nonetheless, developers Nintendo SPD have a natural penchant for creating unique, interesting scenarios and after cheering along to idol singers, dancing with frogs and interviewing professional wrestlers over the DS and Wii entries, I was perfectly hooked with this package that pulls them all together. Despite three phenomenal titles on multiple platforms, music composed by J-pop legend Tsunku and even an ad campaign with Beyonce, Rhythm Heaven still hasn’t quite made its way into Nintendo’s heaviest hitting franchises. It’s a series every fan of rhythm games should be acquainted with, taking the WarioWare formula of quirky and charming microgames and pairing it with a deviously challenging rhythmic element. I first fell in love with Rhythm Heaven in 2010, one year after its worldwide DS release, after everyone had written it off as “probably shovelware” at the end of the DS’s cycle.
