We Played Rhythm Heaven Groove - NVC Clips

[00:01] Yeah. Well, let's move on and talk about

[00:03] uh Rhythm Heaven Groove, which was also

[00:05] in the direct, but I got to play Rhythm

[00:06] Heaven at the same event I played Star

[00:08] Fox a few weeks ago. I played Rhythm

[00:09] Heaven for about 45 minutes. And man,

[00:12] this game's so good. It is going to be

[00:13] really, really awesome when it comes

[00:15] out. I love Rhythm Heaven. Mega Mix on

[00:17] 3DS is one of my favorite games on that

[00:19] system. And one of my favorite parts

[00:21] about that game is the multiplayer,

[00:23] which you could do through download

[00:25] play. If you had two 3DS's, you only had

[00:27] to have one copy of the game and you

[00:28] could play it together. and my wife and

[00:30] I played that all the time together when

[00:31] we were dating in college. It's super

[00:33] fun. But now it's couch co-op. There's

[00:35] like 80 multiplayer, maybe not 80, but

[00:37] there's a bunch of multiplayer co-op and

[00:39] competitive mini games that you can just

[00:41] play with everyone have a Joy-Con on the

[00:43] couch cuz it's like a one button game.

[00:45] So, it really doesn't matter what

[00:46] controller you're using. And it's just

[00:48] that like wacky Nintendo Waroware

[00:50] infused just absurdity that you never

[00:53] know what's going to happen next. And

[00:55] like the one of the competitive games

[00:56] was you're seeing who can grab the cake

[00:59] off the table closest to the alarm going

[01:01] off. So the alarm will start counting

[01:03] down from like 15 seconds and then

[01:05] eventually it will disappear. So then

[01:07] you're just counting in your head like

[01:08] here it is like 5 4 3 2 1 and then you

[01:11] all grab the cake and whoever is the

[01:13] closest on either side over or under

[01:15] gets the cake and then their their

[01:17] little Elvis hairdo grows to be longer

[01:19] like after they grab the cake. It's like

[01:21] why is that happening? But it's just so

[01:23] great that it does and everyone else

[01:24] falls out of their chair onto the

[01:25] ground. Just really really entertaining.

[01:28] Or there's one where you're these four

[01:30] ninjas protecting the emperor from these

[01:33] these villains who are shooting arrows

[01:34] at you and then you have to like slice

[01:36] through their arrows with your katana on

[01:38] the exact beat. That's great. There's

[01:40] one where you're like a turnip with an

[01:43] umbrella and you're like dancing in the

[01:45] rain, but you don't want to get rained

[01:46] on, so you have to open your umbrella at

[01:48] the exact right moments, which is it's

[01:50] just it's rhythm heaven. Like it's

[01:51] exactly what you want out of the first

[01:53] Rhythm Heaven in 10 years. And one of

[01:56] the coolest parts is I got to play like

[01:58] a full world of levels, which is like

[02:00] five five games. And it's like the

[02:02] turnup one. It's the one we saw in the

[02:04] initial reveal trailer where it's just

[02:05] all these little circle guys jumping

[02:07] through hoops. There's a dog catching a

[02:09] Frisbee. And there's a dinosaur who's

[02:11] like eating flowers. And all four of

[02:13] these games play to their own beat. Like

[02:15] you're doing it on like two and four in

[02:17] a lot of them. You're doing them on like

[02:18] offbeats on another. And then there's

[02:20] this remix which mixes all of them

[02:22] together and it plays this like J-pop

[02:25] song and it's just constantly like

[02:26] flipping between all five games and you

[02:28] have to like remember the individual

[02:30] rhythm for each one and it's just super

[02:32] satisfying. The music is I think the

[02:35] best rhythm heaven's ever seen. It's

[02:37] just awesome. Like this game's out in on

[02:39] July 2nd in just a few weeks and it's on

[02:40] Switch One. It's the last Switch One

[02:42] game we know about. I think it's just

[02:43] going to be really really fantastic.

[02:46] >> Hell yeah. I'm so excited. it. Yeah, it

[02:48] looks so stupid and amazing. Stupid in a

[02:51] good way.

[02:52] >> Oh, yeah. In a very good way.

[02:54] >> I I think like looking at some of these

[02:56] mini games uh again because I this this

[02:58] sort of just like this is one of those

[03:00] things where when I saw the trailer for

[03:01] this I was like, "Oh, awesome. Yeah, I'm

[03:02] in. I'm in day one." Um but I didn't

[03:04] really stop to actually look at what is

[03:07] happening specifically. And it is

[03:09] amazing. That that cake that cake thing

[03:11] is going to be a huge hit in my

[03:13] household. I cannot wait for this. This

[03:15] looks This is like I mean I'm I'm a

[03:17] massive uh Warriorware fan. So and

[03:19] anything that sort of scratches that

[03:21] itch is always is always going to have a

[03:23] place in my heart.

[03:24] >> Yeah, it's it's exactly that. It's

[03:26] Rhythm Warrior. If you haven't played

[03:27] it, I think it's 40 bucks. This is not a

[03:30] full price Nintendo title. So

[03:32] >> yeah, you you got to dip into this one.

[03:34] It's going to be one of my favorite

[03:35] games of this year, I think.

[03:37] >> Um it also it has like the same text to

[03:40] speech sort of voice as Tomodachi Life.

[03:43] They're just really into that weird

[03:45] uncanny vibe right now. Like the

[03:46] narrator of all the story and stuff is

[03:48] has that same robotic rhythm as as the

[03:50] Miis do in Tomodachi, which I thought

[03:52] was interesting. But

[03:54] >> sweet. Yeah, it's it's going to be

[03:56] great. And there's so many games I've

[03:57] not seen yet. I also saw the RPG mode,

[03:59] which is called Beat Spell. They showed

[04:00] this off a little in the direct. Uh it's

[04:02] it's I think not really a full RPG like

[04:06] it's maybe being built as. It's just

[04:07] another mini game that plays out like

[04:09] turn-based RPG battles where you're

[04:11] learning spells and it's like XXY is

[04:14] like your fire and then XY is to heal

[04:17] and then you're hitting these to the

[04:18] beat as you're fighting these very basic

[04:21] like RPG slime dragon quest level

[04:23] enemies. It's cool. It's just another

[04:25] miniame. Um but it kind of seems to me

[04:27] the progression is going to be you play

[04:29] all the normal games to rank up and

[04:31] unlock stars to eventually earn your way

[04:34] to the next RPG level. And I think

[04:35] that's going to be like beating the game

[04:37] is when you reach the end of the RPG.

[04:39] But who really cares about that? It's

[04:40] all about the stupid mini games and and

[04:42] playing with your friends and family.

[04:44] >> Yep. So that's Rhythm Hem Groove out in

[04:46] just a few weeks. We're going to talk

[04:47] about Star Fox, which is out next week.

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