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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 5.75 inches | | Product Width: | 5.15 inches | | Product Height: | 0.64 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.21 pounds | | Package Length: | 5.35 inches | | Package Width: | 4.72 inches | | Package Height: | 0.87 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.22 pounds | | Release Date: | April 05, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 119 reviews |
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| | Game Information | | Platform: | Nintendo DS | | Media: | Video Game | | Item Quantity: | 1 |
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| | Features | Created for both Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSTap and slide the stylus on the touch screen in time to original musicMusic by the legendary Japanese pop-star producer TSUNKU♂
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 119 customer reviews )
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47 of 47 found the following review helpful:
 A Piano Teacher's Point of View Sep 23, 2009
By Kally Smith
As soon as I got this, I realized the potential of having music students enhance their rhythm skills through this game, even before they formally learn particular counting patterns in their music studies. Only, this is a uniquely FUN way of learning! I am literally demonstrating it to the families I teach to present it as something to purchase as an asset to their lessons. Of course the kids love me for that! Who'd a thought they would get a DS game because of their piano teacher?!
If you are a music student or the parent of one that struggles with keeping time or using a metronome, this game will install a solid, internal beat inside every gamer, whether they realize it is happening or not. I have passed many mini-games with my eyes closed while purely tuning into the music and the sound cues that are provided as you progress. The key to winning is in the beat! You cannot be successful at this game without "hearing" the songs assigned to each mini-game or without engaging with the music's rhythm.
The other thing I find myself doing with the taps and flicks is that I am actually "playing" the game as if it were an instrument. The games themselves become part of the music! Every interaction with the game becomes motion creating sound that completes the songs that the games are set to. It is like being a participant in a band, choir, or orchestra. But, because of the literal game you are playing, it is a unique experience.
It can be hilarious as you interact with the characters through the mistakes you make or the successes that allow you to pass each level. I have found myself full-out laughing at some of the antics or creative surprises that are thrown at you along the way.
I own about 50 DS games and this game is definitely in my top five. I recommend it to anyone that loves a challenge, fun, and music. Here's to Rhythm Heaven 2!
PS: If you are a music student who wants this game, feel free to show this review to your parents or other family members. Glad to help out!! :D
60 of 64 found the following review helpful:
Hardest little easy game ever! But it's awesome! Apr 08, 2009
By Shantel
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.
40 of 44 found the following review helpful:
Encourages Out-Of-The-Box Thinking Apr 09, 2009
By Lisa Shea
"medieval swordfighting enthusiast"
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.
21 of 25 found the following review helpful:
A fun, creative, unique game. Apr 08, 2009
By Susan Pigott
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.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Frustrating if all you have to play on is the old DS (phat) Dec 12, 2009
By nowann
Try playing this game on the original DS, and you will soon find clearing some stages is near impossible - leaving you ready to curse and throw the DS across the room (at least in my case). The "flick" movement necessary to perform tasks in the game constantly does not register. Since there is a very small window of mistakes allowed between passing and failing a stage, even one or two unregistered flicks messes you up. It seems playing on the DSi is the way to go, but I don't have the DSi. It would have been helpful if the manufacturer put out a notice saying the game might not perform the same across all DS systems.
What I liked: The characters and music are fun! Not annoying at all.
What could be improved: There really wasn't much escalation in terms of level of difficulty the further you progressed in the game. They just changed characters + music, and gave a different rhythm, but didn't make it harder/faster like in other rhythm games such as Elite Beat Agents. This made it not as fun for me as it got a bit redundant.
Helpful info: Play a game at least three times and if you haven't cleared the stage, you can talk to the bartender and he will let you move on to the next stage. This is the only way I got to see the different stages given my problems with the flick on the old DS.
This game might be fun if you have a DSi, but even if it worked perfectly, there are better rhythm games out there in my opinion.
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