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The game is meant to be played by holding the Nintendo DS sideways. Left-handers have an option to change the position of the visual gameplay to allow easier playing. The game primarily uses the touch screen.

The Flick action took the staff a "little getting used to" as they had to make it feel "fair" to the player until they realised that if flicking was combined with the music it would give the players a "good sense of timing". The Flick action took them about "two to three months" to research and "six months" to eventually adapt the control into ''Rhythm Heaven''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104808/http://www.rhythmheaven.com/iwata3.html</ref>

The controls for ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'', just like every other game in the series, are very basic. There are four main mechanics used, both for all of the mini games available to play and just getting around the game itself. These controls are tapping, holding, sliding and flicking, in addition to the L/R buttons that are used in exclusively [[Rockers 2]]. The start button is used to pause during a mini game.

==List of Rhythm Games==

''Rhythm Heaven'' received fairly positive reviews. ''Official Nintendo Magazine'' gave this game 82% for it's "hilarious games" and "superb soundtrack" but it was marred of it's length.<ref>|http://web.archive.org/web/20090502010320/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=8139</ref> Jeremy Parish of ''1UP.com'' gave this game a B+ as a "must-play experience" but felt forced to make use of the touch screen.<ref>http://www.1up.com/reviews/rhythm-heaven</ref> Craig Harris of ''IGN'' gave the game an "Amazing" rating of 9.0 for being "off-the-wall" and "incredibly fun and addictive" but criticized the "awful lyrics" in songs.<ref>http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/03/31/rhythm-heaven-review</ref>

This game is known to be favorable on Metacritic, with an average score of 84.<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/game/ds/rhythm-heaven</ref>

{{Nihongo|''Rhythm Heaven Demo Version''|リズム天国ゴールド体験版<ref>[https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm35627014 NicoVideo]</ref>|Rhythm Tengoku Gold Taikenhan}}, also known as {{Nihongo|''Rhythm Paradise Demo Version''}} in Europe, is a stripped down version of the game for demo purposes. One version of the demo was playable at kiosks, while the other version could be downloaded through the [[wikipedia:Nintendo Channel|Nintendo Channel]]'s DS Download Service and through the [[wikipedia:Nintendo Zone#DS Download Station|DS Download Station]].

Curiously, clearing [[Built to Scale (DS)|Built to Scale]] unlocks both [[Glee Club 2|Glee Club]] and [[Fillbots 2|Fillbots]] at once, after which both must be cleared to unlock [[Fan Club]]. The Game Select also has a padlock for [[Remix 1 (DS)|Remix 1]], which is inaccessible.

After completing all the [[Rhythm Games]], [[The Bandleader]] shows up to say that this is all the demo includes, and the game returns to the title screen.

[[File:RHdemoDSDownload.png|thumb]]When starting up the DS Download version, the game asks the player if they are "Left or Right?"-handed. After the choice is made, the player meets [[The Bandleader]] who first thanks the player for downloading the demo, after which they are taken to [[Practice Flicking]] (which can be skipped), and then they are taken directly to the first [[Rhythm Game]]. After each game, [[The Bandleader]] shows up to comment on the rating. If the player got [[OK]] or higher, they move on to the next game, without the Game Select.

After completing all the [[Rhythm Games]], [[The Bandleader]] shows up to say that this is all the demo includes, and it returns to the "Left or Right?" question.

Although the player can obtain [[Medal]]s in both versions, the [[Medal Corner]] is never unlocked.

*This is the only ''[[Rhythm Heaven (series)|Rhythm Heaven]]'' game to ''not'' have the following:

* This is the first ''[[Rhythm Heaven Series|Rhythm Heaven]]'' game to use [[Rhythm Games]] with 3D models—them being [[Built to Scale (DS)|Built to Scale]], [[Rhythm Rally 2|Rhythm Rally]] and [[Airboarder]].

*There are certain [[Rhythm Games]] which do not end a [[Perfect]] run if the player goes only slightly off. They include [[Shoot-'em-up 2|Shoot-'Em-Up]], [[Frog Hop]], [[Lockstep]], as well as their arrange versions and in [[Remix]]es. These misses still impact the player's score outside of the [[Perfect Campaign]], however.

*This is the game with the most [[Rhythm Toys]], with seven; and the most non-multiplayer [[Endless Games]], with six.

*Before accessing to the save files, a circle with a picture must be flicked out of the top of the screen. The picture can be: two flowers, [[Barista]], three [[Note]]s, [[Dog Ninja!]] or the [[DJ Yellow and Student|Student]] from [[DJ School]].