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==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
''Rhythm Heaven'' received fairly positive reviews. ''Official Nintendo Magazine'' gave the game 82% for its "hilarious games" and "superb soundtrack" but marred it for its length<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090502010320/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=8139 Review: Rhythm Paradise - Official Nintendo Magazine]</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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160530092448/http://www.1up.com/reviews/rhythm-heaven Rhythm Heaven Review for DS from 1UP.com]</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 Rhythm Heaven Review - IGN]</ref>. This game is known to be favorable on [[wikipedia:Metacritic|Metacritic]], with an average score of 84<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ds/rhythm-heaven Rhythm Heaven for DS Reviews - Metacritic]</ref>. | ''Rhythm Heaven'' received fairly positive reviews. ''Official Nintendo Magazine'' gave the game 82% for its "hilarious games" and "superb soundtrack" but marred it for its length<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090502010320/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=8139 Review: Rhythm Paradise - Official Nintendo Magazine]</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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160530092448/http://www.1up.com/reviews/rhythm-heaven Rhythm Heaven Review for DS from 1UP.com]</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 Rhythm Heaven Review - IGN]</ref>. This game is known to be favorable on [[wikipedia:Metacritic|Metacritic]], with an average score of 84<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/ds/rhythm-heaven Rhythm Heaven for DS Reviews - Metacritic]</ref>. | ||
The game sold 211,958 copies within it's first week in Japan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080812020757/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19735 Gamasutra - Phantasy Star Portable Leads Surging Japanese Chart]</ref> By the end of 2008, it was the 6th best selling game in the country with around 1,350,671 copies sold<ref>[https://mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/japanese-2008-market-report/ "JAPANESE 2008 MARKET REPORT"]</ref>. As of December 2014, it has sold 3,040,000 copies worldwide.<ref>[https://www.vgchartz.com/game/25553/rhythm-heaven/sales Rhythm Heaven for DS]</ref>. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*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 their appearances in [[Remix]]es. These misses still impact the player's score outside of the [[Perfect Campaign]], however. | *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 their appearances in [[Remix]]es. These misses still impact the player's score outside of the [[Perfect Campaign]], however. | ||