If you have the Rhythm, this game may satisfy you for a while, but after a while, even the rhythmic will be bored

User Rating: 6 | Rhythm Tengoku Gold DS
By Ryguy4738 | Review Date:
This is definitely not worth the $30-$35. Maybe $20, but not what they want out of your precious wallet. Yes, check your bargain bin. This isn't there. But even with that being said, the highly musical and rhythmic people may find this game to be engaging for quite a while, but even them can discover the boredom hidden beneath this somewhat disappointing mini-game extravaganza. Most of the reason for the existence of this game starts with Warioware. That was quite a successful series. The mini-games were very satisfying. So Nintendo thought, well gee! Let's spice things up a bit! Maybe they spiced it up a bit too much. My reason is simply because, WarioWare is not Rhythm based. This game is. So there is a difference, and whatever formulas that worked for WarioWare just don't apply for Rhythm Heaven. Simply put, this is quite disappointing as a game, but not exactly a Nintendo type disappointment. This is just the kind of game they have been making since the Wii. A big, fat, but slightly fun, rip-off.

The gameplay is based on Rhythm. It starts out very slow, but also very challenging. Soon you get the hang of it. Then it really pressures you into trying to get gold medals on all mini-games. Some are a cakewalk, which I am sure is what made Nintendo so cocky. And then some are like Satan's grand idea of a video game, being almost ridiculously unresponsive, and therefore challenging. To top it off, after remix six, you get a easy end credits, and then you get some new mini-games. But don't get too excited. These are all just harder versions of already uninspired mini-games you previously played. Sure, the colors of things and the overall song may be slightly different, but the characters whom were once brimming with life are now dead to you. After a while of playing, your hands get sweaty, and they hurt from all the tapping. And you know what, you're not really accomplishing anything, so it hurts even more.
Some of the mini-games are quite fun sometimes. My personal favorite is Munchy Monk and Munchy Monk 2. Both are satisfying, as well as some other inventive games. Most mini-games are made at least partially fun with great and fun characters. They are compressed of cartoony(and one time 3D) graphics. They are both funny and entertaining, although their second coming may not be so great after all.

There is some good and catchy music in Rhythm Heaven. A lot of songs are annoying. But then again, some are really great. And the thing is, you make the song sound great. Munchy Monk sounds great, Fan Club sounds annoying, and the remixes are quite good a lot of times.

All together, this makes for a decent, but wildly disappointing game. But as I said, if you have been truly following Nintendo lately, you would have seen their lack of creativity or lack of innovation in their games. This is yet another victim of their heinous act to destroy their once great ideas and possibly, franchises. Although this is disappointing, Rhythm junkies should consider trying it out.

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