Rhythm Tengoku

"『リズム天国』は流れる音楽に合わせてシンプルなアクションを繰り返すリズムゲーム。複雑なルールや操作は一切ありません。ノリとリズム感が生み出す"ノリ感"だけで、趣向を凝らした「リズムゲーム」に挑戦。"
"("Rhythm Tengoku" is a rhythm game in which simple actions are repeated in time with the music. There are no complicated rules or controls. Just a sense of "flow" created by the player's groove and sense of rhythm, and a challenge to the elaborate "Rhythm Game".)"
— リズムでゲーム！？ (A rhythm game!?) (excerpt)

Rhythm Tengoku (リズム天てん国ごく^?, Rizumu Tengoku) is the first game in the Rhythm Heaven Series released for the Game Boy Advance on August 3, 2006 in Japan, and also the last game developed for the system.

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

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.

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. Everything unlockable in this area can be obtained by earning Medals.

Rhythm-kan Sokutei

ステージ１

ようこそ！

STAGE 1

Welcome!

ステージ２

たのしんでチョ！

STAGE 2

Have fun!

ステージ３

ノッてますか？

STAGE 3

Keeping the beat?

ステージ４

ヘンテコゲームズ

STAGE 4

Weird Games

ステージ５

ガンバレー！！

STAGE 5

Do your best!!

リバイバル

リベンジャラス！！

REVIVAL

Revengers!

After Remix 6 is cleared, the Staff is shown.

テクニシャン

キミならできる！！

TECHNICIAN

You can do it!

ラストテクニシャン

これがさいご！！

LAST TECHNICIAN

It's the last one!

Endless Games

Ura Otoko
Medals required: 1

Baikin Hakase SP
Medals required: 10

Quiz Special
Medals required: 20

Mannequin Kojo
Medals required: 30

Toys

Neko Machine
Medals required: 1

Uma Machine
Medals required: 7

Kokuhaku Machine
Medals required: 15

Rap Machine
Medals required: 25

Drum Lessons

	Basic 1Medals required: 3	Basic 2Medals required: 6	Short 1Medals required: 9	Short 2Medals required: 12	Short 3Medals required: 15
Short 4Medals required: 18	Short 5Medals required: 21	Short 6Medals required: 24	Short 7Medals required: 27	Short 8Medals required: 30	Short 9Medals required: 32
Long 1Medals required: 34	Long 2Medals required: 36	Long 3Medals required: 38	Long 4Medals required: 40	Long 5Medals required: 42	Long 6Medals required: 44
High Tech 1Medals required: 46	High Tech 2Medals required: 48

Official Websites

リズム天国 (Rhythm Tengoku)

Logo

Rhythm Tengoku Taikenban

Rhythm Tengoku Taikenban (リズム天てん国ごく体験版^?, 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, the price being 3,800 yen (or 33.53$ in USD), in virtually all accessable parts of the game. It consists of a single Stage called Otameshi (おためし^?, Trial), which contains three games (Karateka, Rhythm Datsumo and Pachi Pachi Sanninshu) and a shortened version of Rhythm-kan Sokutei.

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

おためし

おそんでみてネ！

Otameshi

Try it out!

Trivia

A strategy guide for this game was released in Japan^{[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.
- This is the only game to not have any vocals in its Staff Credits theme, albeit the English version of Classmate is also instrumental.
Rhythm Tengoku Taikenban, 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 Taikenban, though they are inaccessable.
- Interestingly, although none of the games in Rhythm Tengoku Taikenban have a Rank by default, they are shown to have an OK rank after they are played, even if the player got a Try Again which normally wouldn't change the game's Rank.
- Although the Menu can be accessed through Sequence Test, the Stereo/Mono options are non-functional. The game is locked to Mono sound regardless of which option is chosen.

Development History

Main article: Rhythm Tengoku/Development

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リズム天てん国ごく	Rhythm Heaven
English^NOA	Rhythm Tengoku^[1]
English^NOE	Rhythm Tengoku^[2]
French	Rhythm Tengoku^[3]
Spanish	Rhythm Tengoku^[4]
German	Rhythm Tengoku^[5]
Italian	Rhythm Tengoku^[6]
Dutch	Rhythm Tengoku^[7]
Portuguese	Rhythm Tengoku^[8]

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