Interview:Iwata Asks in Writing - Rhythm Heaven Megamix: Difference between revisions

!style="width:40%; color:#047ED7" align="left" valign="top"|Dear Tsunku♂-san,<br><br>This is Iwata of Nintendo.<br><br>It’s been quite a while. The release date of Rhythm Heaven Megamix is finally upon us.<br><br>Today I’d like to ask you about this software.<br><br>Just the other day I saw you on TV giving your “silent speech” at the entrance ceremony of your alma mater. There is absolutely no way that a third party could possibly imagine what it was like for you, someone who has always made singing his profession, to make the choice to give up your voice, but I do pray that you have a speedy recovery.<br><br>Given that you aren’t able to meet and speak like we always had¹, I’d like to ask you about this software in a different format - “Iwata Asks in Writing.”

!style="width:40%" align="left" valign="top"|<small>1. Meet and speak: In the past Tsunku♂-san has appeared on “Iwata Asks” as the producer of the Rhythm Heaven series and chatted in person with Iwata-san. For more details please see [https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/rhythm-heaven/0/0/ Iwata Asks: Rhythm Heaven] and [https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/rhythmheavenfever/0/0/ Iwata Asks '''-''' Rhythm Heaven Fever]</small>

!style="width:40%; color:#047ED7" align="left" valign="top"|For starters, if there’s anything you’d like to update us on, please do.

!style="width:40%; color:#047ED7" align="left" valign="top"|Thank you for agreeing to talk in writing like this. Up until now, three separate Rhythm Heaven titles have each released on three different pieces of hardware², and I’m curious about what kind of perspective that’s given you?

!style="width:40%" align="left" valign="top"|<small>2. Three Separate Rhythm Heavens: Rhythm Tengoku (Released in 2006 for the Game Boy™ Advance), Rhythm Heaven™ (Released in 2008 for the Nintendo DS™), Rhythm Heaven Fever™ (2011 on the Wii™).</small>

!style="width:40%" align="left" valign="top"|Each time the hardware changed that particular piece of software changed the way you controlled the rhythm. First from simple button pushes, then with the touch pen, and finally with the Wii Remote.<br><br>But feeling that rhythm with your body was something that all of them shared. Each title had its special traits, and I definitely felt that each of them had its own unique value!

!style="width:40%; color:#047ED7" align="left" valign="top"|That’s great to hear. [[Interview:Iwata Asks: Rhythm Heaven/Vol. 2#Training your Sense of Rhythm|You have this pet theory that a person can “train their feeling of rhythm,”]] and I’m wondering whether you felt that the Rhythm Heaven series of games ended up doing that as intended?

!style="width:40%; color:#047ED7" align="left" valign="top"|I know exactly what you mean when you talk about one’s “body soaking up the rhythm” - that expression fits perfectly with the gameplay of this series. With that in mind, what did you hold the dearest when developing this title, Rhythm Heaven Megamix?

!style="width:40%" align="left" valign="top"|Just make it simple. Controls easy. Don’t lean on the characters. If the games themselves have rhythm and are fun that's all you need. Don’t think of it as a sequel, but as something that even people who are only aware of this title in the series can enjoy. Don’t make a hard game. I suppose that covers it all.<br><br>Also, for the very first {{tt|Rhythm Heaven|Rhythm Tengoku}} we made this habit of hiding "Produced by Tsunku♂" until the game was released, and how long were we supposed to wait with this one… We’ve had this weird habit.<br><br>Even though we should be able to march it around, "Tsunku♂ is OF COURSE producing this one too!" (laughs).

!style="width:40%; color:#047ED7" align="left" valign="top"|Ahhh, during that first title we did certainly ask about hiding the fact that you were producing it until release. Even though we didn’t need to do that for this one, maybe we were too quiet about it. To that point - how were you involved in this title? And if there’s anything that’s stayed the same, or that you’ve changed from the other titles in the series, I’d love to hear it.

!style="width:40%" align="left" valign="top"|Although the title has "Best" in it, there are plenty of new games as well, so even people thinking "I've never touched the Advance version!" will be able to play remixes from that game, enjoying a fresh new take, also, there’s plenty of fun to be had in cooperative multiplayer³.

!style="width:40%" align="left" valign="top"|<small>3. Cooperative Multiplayer: Rhythm Heaven Megamix features a game mode that can be enjoyed with up to four people with one copy of the game, where multiple people cooperate to clear a stage.</small>