Rhythm Tengoku

Rhythm Tengoku (リズム天国^?, Rhythm Heaven) is a rhythm game developed by Nintendo SPD. It was only released in Japan on August 3, 2006, and also the last game Nintendo had developed for the Game Boy Advance. This is the first installment of the Rhythm Heaven Series.

An arcade version was co-developed by Sega.

Rhythm Games (リズムゲーム^?, Rizumu Gēmu) goes to the Game Select menu, where all of the unlocked Stages and the Omaku Corner are accessed.
Rhythm-kan Check (リズム感チェック^?, Sense of Rhythm Check) is a replay of the test given at the start of the game. The player can Pause and Quit this time.
Rhythm Shiryo Shitsu (リズム資料室^?, Rhythm Data Room/Rhythm Library) is where the player can read various things, received as a Gift from the Perfect Camapaign on certain games.
Studio (スタジオ^?, Sutajio) meanwhile allows the player to listen to the music they've received also as Gifts, as well as drum to them.
Options (オプション^?, Opushon) is where the player can change their sound preference to "stereo" (for headphones or DS speakers) or "mono" (for GBA speakers), or delete all of their saved game data.

Rhythm Games

Gameplay of Polyrhythm

Rhythm Games are the main core of Rhythm Tengoku. The core gameplay of all of the Rhythm Games is based on rhythm, with every minigame having its own set of rules. The object here is to clear all the games by achieving a decent score. After every five games, a Remix appears that combines those games into one. Clearing the Remix unlocks the next Stage.

After Stage 5, the "Revival" stage is played, where each of the games are arranged versions of the last game in each Stage before it. After that, there are two more Stages ("Technician" and "Last Technician") with harder versions of other games.

Once a "Superb" rank is achieved on a game, a chance to go for a Perfect appears at random times. Other things can also be accessed through the Omake Corner such as the Café, Drum Lessons and Rhythm Toys. Everything unlockable in these areas can be obtained by earning Medals.

List of Rhythm Games

Shiroi Obake
Iai Giri
Kossori Rat
Baikin Hakase
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The☆Bon Odori
Remix 2

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Mahou Tsukai
Showtime
Usagi Tobi
Tram to Poline
Space Dance
Remix 3

After Remix 6 is cleared, the Staff is shown.

Rhythm Tengoku Taikenhan

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Rhythm Tengoku Taikenhan (リズム天国体験版^?, Rhythm Tengoku Trial Version) is a demo version of the game, which was playable in kiosks up until the game's release^{[citation needed]}. It reminds the player of the price of the final game in all 3 available games (Karateka, Rhythm Datsumo and Pachi Pachi Sanninshu), the price being 3,800 yen, or 33.53$ in USD. It also includes a shortened version of Rhythm-kan Sokutei directly in the Game Select.

Although the player can obtain Medals, there is no Omake Corner, and therefore nothing to unlock with them.

Gallery

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Gameplay of the trial version of Karateka
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The end of the trial version of Rhythm Datsumo
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The end of the trial version of Pachi Pachi Sanninshu

Trivia

A strategy guide for this game was released in Japan only^{[citation needed]}.
This is the only Rhythm Heaven game to have 5 Rhythm Games and a Remix in each Stage.
- This game has only 8 Stages, unlike the 10 in Rhythm Heaven and Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- This is the only game to not have a variant of Munchy Monk.
Rhythm Tengoku Taikenhan, unsurprisingly, has the data for everything else from the final version. There are however, some things that go unused exclusively in this version.
- Marcher has the "リズム天国おねだん ¥３,８００" text appear on the conveyer belt at the end, while in Air Batter, it appears on the last zoom-out. Marcher 2 has glitchy sprites instead of the actual text. Karateka 2 has the text in the background the same way the original does.
- Marcher and Air Batter are also set to unlocked in Rhythm Tengoku Taikenhan, though they are inaccessable.
- Although the Menu can be accessed through the debug menu, the Stereo/Mono options are non-functional. The game is locked to Mono sound regardless of which option is chosen.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リズム天国	Rhythm Heaven
English^NOA	Rhythm Tengoku^[1]
English^NOE	Rhythm Tengoku^[2]
French	Rhythm Tengoku^[3]
Spanish	Rhythm Tengoku^[4]
Italian	Rhythm Tengoku^[5]
Dutch	Rhythm Tengoku^[6]
Portuguese	Rhythm Tengoku^[7]

External Links

Rhythm Tengoku Official Site (Japanese)

References

Rhythm Tengoku (GBA/Arcade)
Rhythm Games	Omake Corner	• • • • •
	STAGE 1	• • • • •
	STAGE 2	• • • • •
	STAGE 3	• • • • •
	STAGE 4	• • • • •
	STAGE 5	• • • • •
	Revival	• • • • •
	Technician	• • • • •
	Last Technician	• • • • •
Arcade Only (1P)	Extra	• • • • •
Arcade Only (2P)	STAGE 1	• • •
	STAGE 2	• • •
	STAGE 3	• • •
	STAGE 4	• • •
	STAGE 5	• • •
	Extra	• • •
Rhythm Omocha		• • •
Endless Games		• • •
Miscellaneous		• Rhythm Shiryo Shitsu • Studio • Perfect Campaign • Characters • The Rhythm League Development History • Sequence Test • Dance Lesson 1 • Tanuki & Monkey