E308: Rhythm Heaven is the best musical microgame collection at the show
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jul 18th 2008 at 11:00AM }
Nintendo's E3 offerings included a three-minigame demo of the stealthily-announced U.S. version of Rhythm Tengoku Gold. The games featured are the ones seen in the trailer: - Assembly Line, in which two metal squares roll toward the middle of the screen in rhythm as scales play, and you flick upward on the screen to launch a rod through them when the holes in the middle of the squares meet
- Robot Gallery, in which a newly-assembled robot moves from right to left on a conveyer belt and you have to hold the stylus down at just the right moment to drop the fuel pump and fuel the robot, then release before you overfill it.
- Chorus involves holding the stylus down until you want the player-controlled singer to join in the chorus with two other singers. You release the stylus to fit with the pattern of the two singers before. Frequently, the chorus leader will instruct everyone to sing out in unison, which I missed every time!
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WarchildX @ Jul 18th 2008 12:42PM
Thank you for this! My PlayAsia preorder has just been cancelled!
Nuclear Chauffeur @ Jul 19th 2008 12:57PM
Wait a minute... Rhythm Tengoku... At E3... Announced for the US? Why haven't I been told this!?
Foodie_Monster @ Jul 24th 2008 11:28AM
Assembly line is very reminiscent of another one in the original, but afaik they are all original mini games for this sequel.