The North American release of Rhythm Heaven Fever has one of the most deliriously colourful box arts we've ever seen, but Nintendo of Europe has taken a very different approach with its cover, as you can see.
Art for the European version — known as Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise — tones down the golden theme of the Rhythm Paradise cover, preferring to load it up with images of the game's wacky cats and the biggest A button we've ever seen on a Wii Remote.
Europe gets the game in this packaging on 6th July, complete with the original Japanese soundtrack. As our Rhythm Heaven Fever review explains, it'll be worth the wait.
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Horrid compared to the US version (mostly beacuse of the logo.. It looks really generic and the name sounds wrong) How could they scrap the beautiful logo?? =(
It looks okay,but I do prefer the US version cover.
But at least we get the original Japanese soundtrack
I prefer the North American title and cover, but the box art shouldn't matter, since you lucky ducks are getting the Japanese and English audio.
Plus, the game itself is pretty great too.
I don't know. While i like how it puts more empasis on the action and on the player itself it could use some more colours and characters from the US boxart. And yeah, it also looks more generic and random, i especially miss the acceleration traces of the rocketship and the jumping characters.
But the most important thing of course is the small sentence on the bottom.
And as long as it sells the game it's fine really.
I didn't know I was playing Beat the Beat.
EDIT: Just to be clear, I understand that Rhythm Paradise is still in the title, but it's merely a shadow compared to the large Beat the Beat, purchasers who have played the DS version may not recognise this title.
NA boxarts are generally better i find and its the same in this case. Just want the game now.
Japanese cover is the best.
This looks incredibly bland and unprofessional.
I like the North American box art WAY better, happy its the one we got and not the europe one
I like it too, but at the end of the day, IT'S A BOX. What's inside is so much more important, and we get both languages so I couldn't care less.
Poor bastards.
I prefer the American boxart but the European boxart is still good unlike the stupid name the European version was given. Why not just use the American name and replace heaven with paradise and call it Rhythm paradise fever.
NA Box Art Seems to have a bit more favor , i love this game it really grew on me.
I actually prefer the PAL boxart. Especially the colours.
Wow, sick boxart. I like the girl's pose especially.
The American box-art is a lot better! Besides: Beat the beat just doesn't sound right. Just call it like it is called in America!
Nintendo Europe are doing a LOT of things differently at the moment, and have won back my respect. I don't see why anyone would quibble over box art, but if we are going to be 100% honest the UK and EU have just been given the best version of an already great game, original Japanese soundtrack and all. Peeking round on a few more 'unreasonable' forums, there seems to be a degree of 'Butt Hurt' going round. Certainly not here's though, and I must say it's refreshing.
There is nothing wrong with the box art or the name if you ask me. I even think that the name is better in europe.
I just don't get the decision to change it. The DS game used the 'normal' style logo in Europe, so why change it for the Wii game?
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