It can get hectic quickly, and relying on visual cues will only get you so far to encourage paying attention to the music and sometimes just to seemingly mess with your head, your vision can get obstructed or the camera will pan around just enough to throw you off if you're not careful. Early on the game is content to let you try to just follow the beat, with later songs switching up the tempo, going off-beat or juggling between rhythms. Considering its simplicity, it's amazing how much variety Nintendo squeezes out thanks to clever use of very catchy music. Sometimes you tap one button, other times two, or maybe you alternate between them - mechanically it's pretty straightforward, cheerfully disregarding potential motion controls altogether to keep your tools as simple as possible. So, no, it's not a terrible thing that Rhythm Heaven is out there being Rhythm Heaven - but you can't help but wonder just how much more it could have been on the big screen.įollowing the same structure as the DS and GBA games, Fever unravels its lunacy through songs that have you tap along to the beat while bizarre, often hilarious events unfold on the screen. It largely works well here, too, especially if this is your first experience with the series or just want to jam along to some monkeys teaching golf.
Is that such a terrible thing, though? After all, the series has never tried to be anything more than a funhouse of miniature musical vignettes and it's an act that has worked wonders on the Game Boy Advance and DS. Instead of taking advantage of its new venue, however, Fever is content with performing the same old act. With Rhythm Heaven Fever marking the series' home console debut, Rhythm Heaven pours out of the comically tiny hardware it usually performs on and takes centre stage on the big screen. You might even say that it's a lot like a not-terrifying clown at a kid's party, actually: colourful and light, uncomplicated and wacky yet determined in its mission to entertain the masses.
Rhythm Heaven games are the kind whose sole purpose is to make you smile.
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