In addition to the usual assortment of Endless games, there are also a few songs to unlock from the older versions. There’s also a multiplayer mode similar to the arcade game, where you match your rhythm with a friend on two-player variations of certain games. There’s also an option for a demo so you can hear how the beats are supposed to sound, which is vital to at least one of the games. The setup is identical to the previous games. Many games also have a “goal”, by hitting certain segments of the song, which will grant you an extra congratulations on the ranking screen. It works much like the GBA game, where you tape the A button to most beats, except occasionally you’ll also have to press both A and B at the same time. And thankfully, having learned its lessons from the shiftiness of the stylus controls in the DS game, there are absolutely no motion controls at all. The series has never had a problem artistically, but now the graphics are much sharper, and the sound quality much clearer. Rhythm Heaven heads to the Wii with the third installment, and it’s nice to have it on a big screen, especially since the arcade game never saw release outside of Japan.
