Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise Coming to Wii U eShop in Europe

Have it but never played it. I'll await the eshop launch as a reason to have my first go with it.

Fantastic game.

No I'm not excited, never liked this. If Nintendo try to charge €20 for this, they need their head examined. It's a very minimalistic game and Argos were still selling this new and sealed only a couple of years ago for €5. And I still wouldn't buy it then. I think I should've bought a few copies.

Are we talking about what's known in America as Rhythm Heaven Fever? Because that never had motion control, it would be a travesty if it did.

@whitemaskedhero Yeah, it's the same game, and you're right, it doesn't use motion controls. Makes me wonder if the author of this article ever played the game...?

Motion controls? What the heck are you on about? This game is controlled with nothing but the A and B buttons.

And it's amazing. Getting all Perfects is truly a momentous task. Love the Rhythm Heaven series,

Haha had fun with this title during the end of the Wii days!

Got this for £3 out of Argos a few years ago. Fun, but not worth the £18 Nintendo will inevitably charge. Also, yeah, no motion controls.

@RainbowGazelle lol. They wouldn't would they.

Was an incredibly fun game, well worth it for anyone for likes rhythm games.

@EarthboundBenjy Can't wait to play this on the Gamepad!

Will get if/when on discount

@UK-Nintendo @RainbowGazelle

I got mine from Argos too.

This at £18 would be funny in light of the original Metroid Prime Trilogy eshop discount.

A good game. They should not charge full price for it though.

I love the series, although I do think it suits handheld a little better.

Fab, loving the discless Wii U. Be nice if Capcom graced us with the RE light gun games and I'm still holding out hope for Pikmin 2 and Wii Sports Resort and Wii Play Motion from Nintendo.

@gcunit @RainbowGazelle
I just feel sorry for the people that would pay full price.

@Sean_Aaron yes the Wii library on Wii u is really impressive now, just a shame prices are a bit high on some of them.

Hoping for more third party games including okami.

I got this a few years ago quite cheap.

Instantly fell in love with hole in one.

So simple but fun.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Agreed, eshop pricing in general is a farce.

How does this not worth full price? It's seriously one of the most fun, and most well-made games ever. Yes, it looks simplistic, but it's extremely challenging, varied, fun, and overall great. Got it on launch day, and it was worth every penny. Whenever I go on a holiday with friends, and bring a Wii, this game is always a fan favourite, everybody loves it.

It's sad that people think it doesn't worth a full price because... it's not an RPG is guess?

I loved Megamix, so I'm quite inclined to pick this up to see what earlier entries were like. Perhaps DS will come to VC, if it hasn't already?

A game? On Wii U?! Lies!!

@buildz I'm glad you liked Megamix, Rhythm Paradise is a wonderful series.

You will probably like the Wii version, but I have to warn you: there are only 4+1 unique normal mini-games in it that weren't in Megamix in any form (as you could buy most of them from the shop), but there are still new remixes, second versions of songs that didn't have one in Megamix, and some endless games and rhythm toys. The Wii version also has the best vocal songs in the series in my opinion, Remixes 8 and 9 as well as the ending credits are among my favorites.

The three games before Megamix didn't really have any storyline, though, so don't expect something like that, and some might say they are harder as well, because Megamix included an easier version of an older game at the beginning to ease players into the whole thing. For example, Megamix's Micro Row wasn't in the Wii game, but its Micro Row 2 was just called Micro Row in the Wii version. It did have a Micro Row 2, but it was harder than that game's own Micro Row, so it's essentially like if Megamix had a Micro Row 3. That's why many games on the 3DS have 3 versions, something that has never happened in the series before.

Anyway, I would highly recommend tracking down all the previous games in the series, as they are all fantastic. Yes, even the Japan-exclusive GBA game, even if you can't read Japanese at all, as all the minigames are pretty much playable without any knowledge of the language, but I guess you already guessed that. Plus you already know how to play many stages from that one as well, so it shouldn't be a problem.

@Krisi I was already very much aware that Megamix recycled a lot of content from Fever (1 level per land/tower, plus three-quarters of the shop), thus I chose Megamix over Fever, but I was never quite aware as to quite how much then remained unique to Fever afterwards.

The lack of any story I prefer since Megamix is too easy for too long, in my opinion. I'm already aware as to the structure of previous titles too, though I was always curious as to why Megamix decided to make new arrangements for some returning games and then use the original for when the game returns, though I do prefer some new arrangements, like Micro Row.

Still, I'll probably eventually pick this up, even though I've gotten really used to the guide on the bottom screen for timing.