Somewhere in the announcement of the North American launch of the Nintendo DSi today was lost the announcement of it’s first launch game, Rhythm Heaven. Hitting retail stores on April 5 along with the DSi hardware, Rhythm Heaven gives players the task of keeping their rhythm within a number of musical mini-games, then eventually combining all the mini-games into one melody, hopefully in rhythm.

Developed by the creators of the WarioWare series, Rhythm Heaven has been very popular since it’s launch in Japan last July for the DS, selling around 1.6 million copies. Looks like Nintendo is banking on a very strange game to cash in on with the DSi hardware. Kind of surprising seeing that they didn’t even release the Game Boy Advance predecessor, Rhythm Tengoku, in North America. We’ll see how things go in early April, but I’m sure Nintendo knows what they’re doing.

Source: Shacknews.com

Tags: DSi, first DSi launch game, Rhythm Heaven

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1 Comment » Sam Naylor on February 18, 2009 10:57 am This is truly one of the best games on the DS; if you don’t have the Japanese version already, get it! RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.