Rhythm Heaven Fever

Overview

Rhythm Heaven Fever is the Wii entry, and a lot of longtime fans call it the best place to start. It launched in Japan on July 21, 2011 as Minna no Rhythm Tengoku ("Everyone’s Rhythm Heaven"), then came West — North America on February 13, 2012, Europe on July 6, 2012. In PAL regions it is Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise, and in Korea it is Rhythm World Wii.

Gameplay

After the DS went stylus-only, Fever goes back to buttons — you play the entire game with just the Wii Remote’s A and B buttons, no motion controls. There are 40 minigames, some of them sequels to earlier ones, plus 10 remixes. There are also unlockable bonus games pulled from the original Rhythm Tengoku.

What's New

Fever brought the first multiplayer to a Rhythm Heaven console game: a two-player co-op mode where both players hit a select set of rhythm games at the same time. The two-button A/B scheme also made it about as pick-up-and-play as the series gets.

Reception

Reviews were generally favorable — Metacritic 83/100, Famitsu 32/40. It sold over 100,000 copies in Japan in its first week and topped the Japanese charts on debut. A lifetime worldwide total was never confirmed. In 2016 it was re-released on the Wii U eShop via Virtual Console.

Notable Minigames

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Trivia

• The whole game is played with only the A and B buttons — no motion controls.
• It was the first console Rhythm Heaven game with multiplayer co-op.
• The Japanese title means "Everyone’s Rhythm Heaven."
• It got a Wii U Virtual Console re-release in 2016.
• Fans frequently recommend it as the best entry point to the series.

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