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To be honest, we were worried that Nintendo had decided against bringing the decidedly quirky Rhythm Heaven series to Wii after all. But much like <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/02/xenoblade-chronicles-america-release-date/">the surprise announcement</a> of a North American release of <em>Xenoblade Chronicles</em>, Nintendo revealed a new name and release window for <em>Rhythm Heaven Fever</em> in <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/rhythm-heaven-fever-spreads-to-north-america-in-february/">the pages of this month's Nintendo Power</a>.<br />
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And now we know the specific date and price: Come February 13th, make your special Valentine (that's us!) happy with a fresh copy of <em>Rhythm Heaven Fever</em>, reasonably priced at $29.99. That's one way to overcome a perceived niche audience!<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven-fever-12-13/">Rhythm Heaven Fever (12/13)</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven-fever-12-13/#4676530"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/i32059_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven-fever-12-13/#4676532"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/i32060_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven-fever-12-13/#4676533"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/i32061_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven-fever-12-13/#4676534"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/i32062_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven-fever-12-13/#4676535"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/i32063_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/rhythm-heaven-fever-arrives-february-13-with-a-budget-price-tag/">Rhythm Heaven Fever arrives February 13, with a budget price tag</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/rhythm-heaven-fever-arrives-february-13-with-a-budget-price-tag/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20126836/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/rhythm-heaven-fever-arrives-february-13-with-a-budget-price-tag/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>nintendo</category><category>release-date</category><category>rhythm-heaven-fever</category><category>tsunku</category><category>wii</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Grant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhythm Heaven Fever spreads to North America in February]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/rhythm-heaven-fever-spreads-to-north-america-in-february/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/rhythm-heaven-fever-spreads-to-north-america-in-february/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/rhythm-heaven-fever-spreads-to-north-america-in-february/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center>
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Open the latest issue of Nintendo Power and you'll find yourself looking at four pages of heaven. <em>Rhythm Heaven</em>, specifically. The magazine drops the news we've been waiting for: an official release window for the Wii iteration of Nintendo and Tsunku's musical minigame series, titled <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/11/rhythm-heaven-preview/"><em>Rhythm Heaven Fever</em></a>. It's set for February 2012.<br />
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The article introduces several of the vibrantly cartoonish, inexplicable activities in which you'll engage, including seesaw inspection, tambourine practice with a monkey instructor, and protecting your date from an onslaught of soccer balls.<br />
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[Thanks, Aileen!]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/rhythm-heaven-fever-spreads-to-north-america-in-february/">Rhythm Heaven Fever spreads to North America in February</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/rhythm-heaven-fever-spreads-to-north-america-in-february/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20117039/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/rhythm-heaven-fever-spreads-to-north-america-in-february/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>nintendo</category><category>q1-2012</category><category>release-date</category><category>rhythm-heaven</category><category>rhythm-heaven-fever</category><category>tsunku</category><category>wii</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhythm Heaven (aka Rhythm Tengoku Gold) announced for North America]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/rhythm-heaven-aka-rhythm-tengoku-gold-announced-for-north-amer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/rhythm-heaven-aka-rhythm-tengoku-gold-announced-for-north-amer/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/rhythm-heaven-aka-rhythm-tengoku-gold-announced-for-north-amer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ds/" rel="tag">Nintendo DS</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rhythm/" rel="tag">Rhythm</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/weird-but-true/" rel="tag">Weird But True</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/opinions/" rel="tag">Opinions</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/new-in-pop-culture/" rel="tag">New In Pop Culture</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven/922581/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" alt="rhythm heaven" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/rhythm-heaven-ds490.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 7px;"> <iframe width="52" scrolling="no" height="80" frameborder="0" src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.php?u=http%3A//www.digg.com/gaming_news/Rhythm_Tengoku_sequel_coming_to_America"> </iframe></span>While apparently not worthy of mention among juggernauts like <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/english-version-of-ds-recipe-application-coming-to-america-in-no/"><em>Cooking <strike>Nanny</strike> Navi</em></a> and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/nintendo-announces-gta-chinatown-wars/"><em>Chinatown Wars</em></a> during <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/highlights-from-nintendos-e3-2008-press-conference/">Nintendo's E3 2008 keynote</a>, <em>Rhythm Heaven</em> was quietly announced on Nintendo's E3 press site today. <em>Rhythm Heaven</em> is, of course, the localized version of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/rhythm-tengoku-gold/"><em>Rhythm Tengoku Gold</em></a>, itself a sequel to one of Nintendo's last and greatest efforts on GBA, which was sadly never released outside of Japan. Today's confirmation (need not import!) included a fact sheet with these few tidbits:<br />
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    <li>Players hold the Nintendo DS system sideways like a book and tap their stylus on the touch screen to the rhythm of the music. Players tap, slide or flick the stylus to hit the right beat.</li>
    <li><em> Rhythm Heaven</em> features catchy tunes, charming characters and a wide variety of rhythm games.</li>
    <li>Well-known Japanese music producer TSUNKU? (pretentious, ain't he?) helped direct <em>Rhythm Heaven</em> and composed the music for it.</li>
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<em>Rhythm Heaven's</em> release date is currently TBA.<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven/">Rhythm Heaven</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven/#1452688"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/rhythmheavenscreen03250913_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven/#1452687"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/rhythmheavenscreen03250912_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven/#1452686"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/rhythmheavenscreen03250911_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven/#1452685"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/rhythmheavenscreen03250910_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rhythm-heaven/#1452684"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/rhythmheavenscreen03250909_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/rhythm-heaven-aka-rhythm-tengoku-gold-announced-for-north-amer/">Rhythm Heaven (aka Rhythm Tengoku Gold) announced for North America</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/rhythm-heaven-aka-rhythm-tengoku-gold-announced-for-north-amer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1256555/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/rhythm-heaven-aka-rhythm-tengoku-gold-announced-for-north-amer/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>breakingnews</category><category>DS</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>Nintendo SPD Group No.1</category><category>NintendoSpdGroupNo.1</category><category>rd1</category><category>Rhythm</category><category>rhythm-heaven</category><category>rhythm-tengoku</category><category>rhythm-tengoku-gold</category><category>tsunku</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Ransom-Wiley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[E308: Rhythm Tengoku brings heaven to the U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/e308-rhythm-tengoku-brings-heaven-to-the-u-s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/e308-rhythm-tengoku-brings-heaven-to-the-u-s/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/e308-rhythm-tengoku-brings-heaven-to-the-u-s/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><div align="center"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALUds1P19h8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALUds1P19h8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div>
<br />Forget the keynote! (Well, maybe not <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/gta-chinatown-wars-shooting-up-the-ds-in-winter/"><em>Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars</em></a>). Nintendo just announced on its press site that <a href="http://dsfanboy.com/tag/rhythm-tengoku"><em>Rhythm Tengoku</em></a> is coming to North America! Only, here it will be called <em>Rhythm Heaven </em>instead. As cheesy as the title is, it's only fitting.<br /><br />We suggest now that you <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/rhythm-tengoku-screenshots-boxart-are-gold/">hold on those imports</a>. Even though Nintendo didn't give us the satisfaction of a release date, we can't imagine the game taking all that long to head to our shores. <br /><br />To play, you hold the DS sideways and use the stylus to tap, flick, or slide. You can expect <em>Rhythm Heaven</em> to include quirky and charming characters, as well as music from the Japanese composer TSUNKU. Also, make sure to check out new screenshots in our gallery.<br /><br /><br />[Via press kit]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/e308-rhythm-tengoku-brings-heaven-to-the-u-s/">E308: Rhythm Tengoku brings heaven to the U.S.</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:34:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/e308-rhythm-tengoku-brings-heaven-to-the-u-s/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1256545/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/e308-rhythm-tengoku-brings-heaven-to-the-u-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>e3-2008</category><category>e308</category><category>music</category><category>rhythm</category><category>rhythm-heaven</category><category>rhythm-tengoku</category><category>rhythm-tengoku-gold</category><category>tsunku</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Candace Savino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:34:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>