{"id":1874485,"date":"2026-04-09T15:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874485"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:57:15","slug":"rhythm-heaven-groove-comes-to-switch-on-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874485","title":{"rendered":"Rhythm Heaven Groove comes to Switch on July 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KAMZPlQZLL33ZTcDulk9Zg&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NjQ-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/18346100-342b-11f1-bf6f-131684888c0d&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"article-466a36af-5926-4d8b-bf72-077306c36f2a\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px]\">\n<nav class=\"prestige-breadcrumb relative mx-4 md:mx-0\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"no-scrollbar overflow-scroll whitespace-nowrap 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UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-0 mt-4 flex items-center lg:ml-3 lg:mt-0\">\n<div class=\"ml-0 mr-2\">\n<div class=\"relative flex\">Add Engadget on Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-09T15:57:15.000Z\">Thu, April 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-8 lg:gap-x-0 mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px] md:grid-cols-[[main-start]_1fr_[main-end_right-start]_min-content_[right-end]] lg:!gap-x-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-main\" data-i13n-boundary=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-[[fullbleed-start_body-start]_minmax(auto,750px)_[body-end_fullbleed-end]]\">\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden fig-image-round left-1\/2 w-screen -translate-x-1\/2 md:left-0 md:w-auto 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which officially arrives July 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Seemingly announced first on the Nintendo Today! app before making its way to the company\u2019s various social channels, the first new entry in the Rhythm Heaven series in more than a decade is technically launching on the original Switch, but should also be fully playable on Switch 2. Currently the game\u2019s Switch 2 compatibility status is listed as \u201cUntested\u201d on its official store page, but it\u2019s hard to imagine there being any issues there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">If you\u2019ve never played a Rhythm Heaven game before, the series is a bit like a (slightly) less wacky WarioWare, but all the minigames are based around rhythm and beat-matching. The challenges are rarely especially complex in terms of what&#8217;s required of you, leaving you free to enjoy the always excellent original pop and electronic music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_md9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_16d9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Rhythm Heaven is one of Nintendo\u2019s less prolific series\u2019, with the upcoming <em>Groove <\/em>being only the fifth entry in two decades. The series debuted on the Game Boy Advance in 2006 in Japan as <em>Rhythm Tengoku<\/em>, with <em>Rhythm Heaven <\/em>arriving on the DS two years later in the US. That was followed by Rhythm<em> Heaven Fever <\/em>on the Wii, and the most recent entry was 2015\u2019s <em>Rhythm Heaven Megamix <\/em>for the 3DS, which was something of a best-of collection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>Rhythm Heaven Groove <\/em>is notable not only for being the first Rhythm Heaven game of the Switch generation, but also likely one of the console\u2019s last games, as Nintendo prepares to shift its full focus to the Switch 2. Before then we\u2019re also getting the typically charming <em><ins>Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/ins><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(Switch 2-only) on May 21 and <em>Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/em>, which launches on both platforms next week, April 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>Rhythm Heaven Groove <\/em>is available to pre-order now for $40.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-main grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"no-scrollbar col-body mx-4 mb-8 mt-2.5 overflow-x-scroll whitespace-nowrap md:mx-0 md:max-w-[750px] md:overflow-x-visible\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto max-w-screen-sm\">\n<ul class=\"inline-flex text-xs md:text-sm\">\n<li class=\"mr-6\">About our ads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">A large chunk of Nintendo\u2019s 2026 plans remain a mystery (that is, unless you take the insiders and leakers at their <ins>word<\/ins>), but we have been waiting on release dates for a couple of previously announced first-party titles, including <em>Rhythm Heaven Groove<\/em>, which officially arrives July 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Seemingly announced first on the Nintendo Today! app before making its way to the company\u2019s various social channels, the first new entry in the Rhythm Heaven series in more than a decade is technically launching on the original Switch, but should also be fully playable on Switch 2. Currently the game\u2019s Switch 2 compatibility status is listed as \u201cUntested\u201d on its official store page, but it\u2019s hard to imagine there being any issues there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">If you\u2019ve never played a Rhythm Heaven game before, the series is a bit like a (slightly) less wacky WarioWare, but all the minigames are based around rhythm and beat-matching. The challenges are rarely especially complex in terms of what&#8217;s required of you, leaving you free to enjoy the always excellent original pop and electronic music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_md9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_16d9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Rhythm Heaven is one of Nintendo\u2019s less prolific series\u2019, with the upcoming <em>Groove <\/em>being only the fifth entry in two decades. The series debuted on the Game Boy Advance in 2006 in Japan as <em>Rhythm Tengoku<\/em>, with <em>Rhythm Heaven <\/em>arriving on the DS two years later in the US. That was followed by Rhythm<em> Heaven Fever <\/em>on the Wii, and the most recent entry was 2015\u2019s <em>Rhythm Heaven Megamix <\/em>for the 3DS, which was something of a best-of collection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>Rhythm Heaven Groove <\/em>is notable not only for being the first Rhythm Heaven game of the Switch generation, but also likely one of the console\u2019s last games, as Nintendo prepares to shift its full focus to the Switch 2. Before then we\u2019re also getting the typically charming <em><ins>Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/ins><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(Switch 2-only) on May 21 and <em>Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/em>, which launches on both platforms next week, April 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>Rhythm Heaven Groove <\/em>is available to pre-order now for $40.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/rhythm-heaven-groove-comes-to-switch-on-july-2-155715068.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KAMZPlQZLL33ZTcDulk9Zg&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NjQ-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/18346100-342b-11f1-bf6f-131684888c0d&#8221;] Gaming Nintendo Rhythm Heaven Groove comes to Switch on July 2 It\u2019s the first new entry in Nintendo\u2019s quirky rhythm game series since 2015. 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