I totally forgot that we are also getting new Switch games! Considering that this is a 2026 game I wonder if it will also get a Switch 2 version by the time it releases.

@Zero
A Switch 2 version with twice the fps and twice the bpm.

As much as I loved the DS and Wii games, I didn't much care for Rhythm Heaven Megamix. Some of that was Megamix being kinda bloated, but also I think the novelty of these games doesn't strike me like it used to. I'm sure this new one will be pretty, catchy, surprisingly sweaty fun like the others, but I'm not sure I'll bother picking it up.

Coincidentally, I sold all my old games last week, and Rhythm Heaven and RH Fever fetched a pretty penny, well more than I paid for either of them when they were new. Fever was the most valuable game I sold, by quite a margin, which was not at all what I'd expected.

Also coincidentally, I played through Rift of the Necrodancer last week, and it has a handful of minigames that are, uh, heavily inspired by Rhythm Heaven. They're delightful as a side dish to the more traditional Guitar Hero-like experience of the main game.

@nate38 I've been selling games and pricing them first and yeah, was a bit surprised at Rhythm Heaven Fever. But it did come out near the very end so maybe they didn't produce many copies.

@nate38

Agreed on Megamix feeling bloated, but Fever is still one of my all-time favorite games ever. I went back and re-rated a bunch of games in the database a few weeks ago, and it's one of the only non-Mario/Zelda/Metroid games I gave a 9.5.

If they go a little harder on the remixes and presentation value, I'll adore this one too. I hope we get the original on GBA Nintendo Classics soon.

This was a pretty exciting announcement. Ouendan Switch next?

Seriously, though, where's Culdcept? I can only conclude that they've moved it to Switch 2 for Gameshare.

@Secret_Tunnel
Yeah, the original would be a great addition to NSO. So would the Bit Generations games!

@Anand

I went to a local arcade a couple years ago and was shocked to find one of these, which I had no idea existed:

@Secret_Tunnel
Oh, yeah! I totally forgot about that. Must've been some crazy arcade!

I still need to try Luigi's Mansion Arcade.

@Anand It's really bizarre, lol. I had mixed thoughts on it when I played it. It was novel and everything but at some point I found myself kind of just wanting to go do something else.

@PogueSquadron
Sounds like my experience with the whip-based Castlevania arcade game!

July 2!

MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

And it's only 40 bucks? I see we got Nice Nintendo today, always a pleasant surprise!

Day one for this Bun.

Rhythm Heaven Fever is in my top ten games of all time. Just give me more of that! Megamix was fine, but it was mostly a compilation and watered down its new stuff with all the story elements.

More than ten Remix stages would be great. They're really what elevates these games to the next level.

Secret_Tunnel said:

Rhythm Heaven Fever is in my top ten games of all time. Just give me more of that!

They did it! This is just Rhythm Heaven Fever 2! I love it!

And Beatspell is fun. I think needing super-perfect timing to get critical hits in it is incompatible with Groove's overall paranoia about input lag, and they should have been more lenient there since people will be switching between TV mode and handheld mode. Missing criticals affects your score, your damage output, and the music! A bit lame, but not too hard to ignore. I wonder how much mileage they can get out of Beatspell, because it's an awesome concept.

The bunny rhythm toy is cute. The main game stages I've played so far are great. Yes.

Rhythm Haven Fever 2, you say? That's good to hear, it was my fave as well. I'm already in the middle of some other games so I won't be picking this up right now, but I'm glad it's available. Though, I may not want to wait too long, as I can't shake this sneaking suspicion that it'll have a short physical print run...

I made it through the first three sets of songs and I've been having a blast.

Loving it so far. Some things about it that I think Fever did better (or much better) but also some things I think this game actually does better so I guess it’s a trade off.

Generally it seems like themed remixes are either gone or heavily reduced, which is a bummer. Also I’d have to agree that the art in this game just isn’t as robust and the game feels a little more bland in that regard.

That being said , so far themusic has still been great and they have really great ways of messing with your vision. I also appreciate more usage of several buttons, where I feel like Fever relied more heavily on one button games. Also even if this game recycles some ideas throughout, it looks like it has a lot more content, which is interesting. Can’t wait to play more.

Edit: (Just some observations about the amount of content in the game, so if you’re blindly going through the game, check back until after you’ve seen the credits). Apparently in regards to content and number of main songs, while there are 16 total rounds, everything after round 6 is a sequel song, kind of like how something like Built to Scale 2 worked. So that’s pretty a little disappointing. I guess it’s only 4 songs less than in Fever, though you could argue these games all seems bit more bland in terms of the art and animation. I’d love to hope they’ll do DLC, but I would probably doubt it with something like this. [/quote]

Okay, this game is 50% Rhythm Heaven Fever 2 and 50% Beatspell.

Beatspell, man. Holy crap. This weird little side mode is the most innovative game I've played in ages. It's like they invented a new genre. My brain is not used to this, and it's amazing. I've probably played it more than the main game! I wasn't expecting there being so much here! There's some nuts, nuts, nuts stuff in this game.

I guess I shouldn't overhype it too much—I don't really know how long you could replay it for—but it's right up my alley.