It would be few years before Nintendo gave Rhythm Heaven another chance in either Japan or the U.S. And even though many newer songs have joined the tracklist for later entries, classics from the first Rhythm Tengoku still pop up in even the most recent entries, a full decade after the first game’s release. Though released when the GBA was on its last legs, the game was a modest success, and its catchy tunes garnered some interest in the game outside of its native country. Nintendo hired prolific musician/composer Tsunku to supply the catchy tunes, as well as art designer Ko Takeuchi to create the quirky character designs for the Japan-only Rhythm Tengoku. After creating a couple of those comedic minigame collections that amounted to a series of brief gags, the team experimented with slightly longer minigames and taking the natural rhythm of WarioWare challenges and adding some music to it. 1, a smaller development team within Nintendo, made a name for itself via increasingly quirky titles like the WarioWare franchise it began on the Game Boy Advance. The series came to life a decade ago in Japan, though Rhythm Heaven’s origins stretch back even further.
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