Rhythm Heaven Fever
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Rhythm Heaven Fever
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Developer
Nintendo SPD
Publisher
Platform
Wii
Wii U (Virtual Console)
Wii U (Virtual Console)
Release date(s)
Nintendo Wii:
July 21, 2011
February 13, 2012
July 6, 2012
September 13, 2012
September 12, 2013
July 21, 2011 February 13, 2012
July 6, 2012 September 13, 2012 September 12, 2013Ratings
- Everyone
- 7 years and up
- All ages
- All agesModes
One Player, Two Player
50 (+1 Credits, +8 Two Player)
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Rhythm Heaven Fever (みんなのリズム天国?, Minna no Rhythm Tengoku), known as Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise in Europe, and 리듬 세상 Wii (Lideum Sesang Wii?, Rhythm World Wii) in Korea, is the third game in the Rhythm Heaven Series, released for the Wii on July 21, 2011 in Japan, February 13, 2012 in North America, July 6, 2012 in Europe, September 13, 2012 in Australia and September 12, 2013 in South Korea.
The game was digitally rereleased for the Wii U's Virtual Console on July 27, 2016 in Japan, November 10, 2016 in North America, and November 24 in Europe.
Gameplay
Like previous titles, the game features various Rhythm Games each with their own rules, requiring the player to play in time to the rhythm in order to clear them. Unlike the previous game, Rhythm Heaven, which utilized the features of the Nintendo DS, Rhythm Heaven Fever for the Wii is limited to button controls. The game is played with the Wii Remote held vertically, with players required to either tap Ⓐ, or "squeeze" Ⓐ+Ⓑ together. At the end of each game, players are Ranked on their performance, with at least an "OK" rank required to clear it and progress onto the next. Each stage of four games culminates in a Remix, which combines all the gameplay elements of the previous games in one.
Clearing levels with a Superb earns Medals which unlock extra content in the Medal Corner, including Rhythm Toys, Endless Games and Extra Games from the original Rhythm Tengoku. Levels that have been cleared with a Superb may also be randomly selected for a Perfect Campaign, in which the player can try to clear the game without missing, with the maximum of 3 retries before it disappears. Clearing these rewards Gifts such as songs and Reading Material.
New to the series (bar the arcade version of Rhythm Tengoku) is the Two-Player Menu, in which two players can play simultaneously. Levels played in multiplayer require players to earn enough points in total to reach the desired Rank and clear each game, with bonus points awarded based on the harmony of the players. These can sometimes result in the rank going from OK to Superb. These games come with Duo Medals which unlock Two-Player Endless Games.
Development and Localization
Producer Yoshio Sakamoto and Nintendo SPD Group No.1 were responsible for the programming, graphic design, and some of the music in the game. Collaborator and musician Tsunku and his music studio TNX created several of the performed vocal songs found throughout the game. In the localized versions of the game, the Endless Game Manzai was removed due to the dialogue focused nature of the game and replaced with another from Rhythm Tengoku known as Mr. Upbeat[1]. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise exclusively allows players to switch between English and Japanese voices[2].
List of Rhythm Games
- Prologue Wii Karate Man.png
Extra Games
Reception
Rhythm Heaven Fever sold over 100,000 copies in its first week in Japan[3], while by the end of the year it sold a total of over 600,000 copies[4]. The game received a score of 32/40 in the Famitsu[5] magazine. It holds the title as the best selling game in the series.
Trivia
- Rhythm Heaven Fever was released in Japan during Rhythm Tengoku's five-year anniversary.
- To celebrate the release of Rhythm Heaven Fever in North America, Nintendo held a launch event at the iam8bit Gallery at Los Angeles. People could try out Rhythm Heaven Fever & get Flipper plush toys and other pieces of merchandise.
- All Textures are on a 3D plane, which helped in porting minigames to Rhythm Heaven Megamix
- The voice of the female announcer is provided by Marianna DeFazio.
- This game is the first in the series to get a PEGI rating of 7 for violence in Europe.
- This is the only game to:
- Have a game replaced for overseas releases.
- Have an Endless Remix.
- Not be dubbed in French, German, Italian or Spanish.
- In Rhythm Paradise Megamix, all the games from Rhythm Heaven Fever use the English dub. This even extends to the cues in Karate Man Kicks! and Big Rock Finish, which actually were dubbed in their original versions.
- Rhythm Sesang Wii, the game uses a mix between English* and Japanese* voices, English songs, and new Korean* voices.
Trailers
- Wii - Rhythm Heaven E3 Trailer
- Wii - Rhythm Heaven Fever Launch Event Time Lapse Video
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese |
みんなのリズム天国 | Everyone's Rhythm Heaven |
| EnglishNOA |
Rhythm Heaven Fever | |
 EnglishNOE |
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | |
 French |
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | |
 Spanish |
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | |
 Italian |
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | |
 Dutch |
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise[6] | |
 Portuguese |
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise[7] | |
| Korean |
리듬 세상 Wii | Rhythm World Wii |
References
- ↑ Iwata Asks - Rhythm Heaven Fever 4. Music Spinning in Your Head
- ↑ Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | Wii | Games | Nintendo
- ↑ http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/07/28/media_create_sales/
- ↑ http://gamerant.com/japan-best-selling-games-2011-jeff-125733/
- ↑ http://www.1up.com/news/japan-review-check-rhythm-heaven
- ↑ Iwata vraagt: Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
- ↑ Iwata Pergunta: Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
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| Miscellaneous | Music Corner • Reading Material • Rhythm Test • Perfect Campaign • Characters • The Rhythm League • Rhythm Heaven • Live House OGU • Development History • Seika Relay •  •  | |
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