[0:01] Yeah. Well, let's move on and talk about
[0:03] uh Rhythm Heaven Groove, which was also
[0:05] in the direct, but I got to play Rhythm
[0:06] Heaven at the same event I played Star
[0:08] Fox a few weeks ago. I played Rhythm
[0:09] Heaven for about 45 minutes. And man,
[0:12] this game's so good. It is going to be
[0:13] really, really awesome when it comes
[0:15] out. I love Rhythm Heaven. Mega Mix on
[0:17] 3DS is one of my favorite games on that
[0:19] system. And one of my favorite parts
[0:21] about that game is the multiplayer,
[0:23] which you could do through download
[0:25] play. If you had two 3DS's, you only had
[0:27] to have one copy of the game and you
[0:28] could play it together. and my wife and
[0:30] I played that all the time together when
[0:31] we were dating in college. It's super
[0:33] fun. But now it's couch co-op. There's
[0:35] like 80 multiplayer, maybe not 80, but
[0:37] there's a bunch of multiplayer co-op and
[0:39] competitive mini games that you can just
[0:41] play with everyone have a Joy-Con on the
[0:43] couch cuz it's like a one button game.
[0:45] So, it really doesn't matter what
[0:46] controller you're using. And it's just
[0:48] that like wacky Nintendo Waroware
[0:50] infused just absurdity that you never
[0:53] know what's going to happen next. And
[0:55] like the one of the competitive games
[0:56] was you're seeing who can grab the cake
[0:59] off the table closest to the alarm going
[1:01] off. So the alarm will start counting
[1:03] down from like 15 seconds and then
[1:05] eventually it will disappear. So then
[1:07] you're just counting in your head like
[1:08] here it is like 5 4 3 2 1 and then you
[1:11] all grab the cake and whoever is the
[1:13] closest on either side over or under
[1:15] gets the cake and then their their
[1:17] little Elvis hairdo grows to be longer
[1:19] like after they grab the cake. It's like
[1:21] why is that happening? But it's just so
[1:23] great that it does and everyone else
[1:24] falls out of their chair onto the
[1:25] ground. Just really really entertaining.
[1:28] Or there's one where you're these four
[1:30] ninjas protecting the emperor from these
[1:33] these villains who are shooting arrows
[1:34] at you and then you have to like slice
[1:36] through their arrows with your katana on
[1:38] the exact beat. That's great. There's
[1:40] one where you're like a turnip with an
[1:43] umbrella and you're like dancing in the
[1:45] rain, but you don't want to get rained
[1:46] on, so you have to open your umbrella at
[1:48] the exact right moments, which is it's
[1:50] just it's rhythm heaven. Like it's
[1:51] exactly what you want out of the first
[1:53] Rhythm Heaven in 10 years. And one of
[1:56] the coolest parts is I got to play like
[1:58] a full world of levels, which is like
[2:00] five five games. And it's like the
[2:02] turnup one. It's the one we saw in the
[2:04] initial reveal trailer where it's just
[2:05] all these little circle guys jumping
[2:07] through hoops. There's a dog catching a
[2:09] Frisbee. And there's a dinosaur who's
[2:11] like eating flowers. And all four of
[2:13] these games play to their own beat. Like
[2:15] you're doing it on like two and four in
[2:17] a lot of them. You're doing them on like
[2:18] offbeats on another. And then there's
[2:20] this remix which mixes all of them
[2:22] together and it plays this like J-pop
[2:25] song and it's just constantly like
[2:26] flipping between all five games and you
[2:28] have to like remember the individual
[2:30] rhythm for each one and it's just super
[2:32] satisfying. The music is I think the
[2:35] best rhythm heaven's ever seen. It's
[2:37] just awesome. Like this game's out in on
[2:39] July 2nd in just a few weeks and it's on
[2:40] Switch One. It's the last Switch One
[2:42] game we know about. I think it's just
[2:43] going to be really really fantastic.
[2:46] >> Hell yeah. I'm so excited. it. Yeah, it
[2:48] looks so stupid and amazing. Stupid in a
[2:51] good way.
[2:52] >> Oh, yeah. In a very good way.
[2:54] >> I I think like looking at some of these
[2:56] mini games uh again because I this this
[2:58] sort of just like this is one of those
[3:00] things where when I saw the trailer for
[3:01] this I was like, "Oh, awesome. Yeah, I'm
[3:02] in. I'm in day one." Um but I didn't
[3:04] really stop to actually look at what is
[3:07] happening specifically. And it is
[3:09] amazing. That that cake that cake thing
[3:11] is going to be a huge hit in my
[3:13] household. I cannot wait for this. This
[3:15] looks This is like I mean I'm I'm a
[3:17] massive uh Warriorware fan. So and
[3:19] anything that sort of scratches that
[3:21] itch is always is always going to have a
[3:23] place in my heart.
[3:24] >> Yeah, it's it's exactly that. It's
[3:26] Rhythm Warrior. If you haven't played
[3:27] it, I think it's 40 bucks. This is not a
[3:30] full price Nintendo title. So
[3:32] >> yeah, you you got to dip into this one.
[3:34] It's going to be one of my favorite
[3:35] games of this year, I think.
[3:37] >> Um it also it has like the same text to
[3:40] speech sort of voice as Tomodachi Life.
[3:43] They're just really into that weird
[3:45] uncanny vibe right now. Like the
[3:46] narrator of all the story and stuff is
[3:48] has that same robotic rhythm as as the
[3:50] Miis do in Tomodachi, which I thought
[3:52] was interesting. But
[3:54] >> sweet. Yeah, it's it's going to be
[3:56] great. And there's so many games I've
[3:57] not seen yet. I also saw the RPG mode,
[3:59] which is called Beat Spell. They showed
[4:00] this off a little in the direct. Uh it's
[4:02] it's I think not really a full RPG like
[4:06] it's maybe being built as. It's just
[4:07] another mini game that plays out like
[4:09] turn-based RPG battles where you're
[4:11] learning spells and it's like XXY is
[4:14] like your fire and then XY is to heal
[4:17] and then you're hitting these to the
[4:18] beat as you're fighting these very basic
[4:21] like RPG slime dragon quest level
[4:23] enemies. It's cool. It's just another
[4:25] miniame. Um but it kind of seems to me
[4:27] the progression is going to be you play
[4:29] all the normal games to rank up and
[4:31] unlock stars to eventually earn your way
[4:34] to the next RPG level. And I think
[4:35] that's going to be like beating the game
[4:37] is when you reach the end of the RPG.
[4:39] But who really cares about that? It's
[4:40] all about the stupid mini games and and
[4:42] playing with your friends and family.
[4:44] >> Yep. So that's Rhythm Hem Groove out in
[4:46] just a few weeks. We're going to talk
[4:47] about Star Fox, which is out next week.
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