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Rhythm Paradise (known in the US as Rhythm Heaven) has the player tap, flick, and hold the stylus on the touch screen to make a beat to go with the background music for the level. The Nintendo DS is held on its side like a book with the top screen on the left and the touch screen on the right (vice versa in left-handed mode). There are ten sets of stages with five stages per set - four original levels, and a final remix level that uses scenes from the first four levels. After the sixth set of stages, the game has second versions of most of the earlier levels with a higher difficulty level. When trying to make a beat properly, the player has three things that can happen - the beat can either be correct, it can be a half-miss, or he or she may miss altogether. At the end of the stage, the player is judged on his or her rhythm with four ranks - Superb, OK, Just OK, and Try Again. If the player gets Superb, OK or Just OK rank, he or she gets to go to the next level up. If he or she gets Try Again rank, the level has to be redone. Getting a OK or Just OK puts a silver border on the stage's icon and unlocks the next level, while getting a Superb puts a gold border on it and awards a medal. Accumulating these medals unlocks additional mini-games, including endless games, rhythm toys and guitar lessons. After getting a gold border, the game may pick this stage out for the player to try to get a Perfect Heart. If the player gets it, the stage gets "Perfect" written below it, and can unlock songs, lyric sheets and character info, viewable in the coffee shop. When the player returns to the stage select screen after completing a level, the level of 'Flow' starts to change, and depending on how well the player did, it may go up, down, or stay the same.
ICC_06 said: They seem to be marketing towards a casualish audience though, I think they'll find it too hard.
K-Man said: It's a actually pretty fun game. Recommend it for those who are really into music type of games.