Between the advent of smartphones and the Nintendo 3DS, gamers are spoiled for choice when it comes to rhythm games. But since a successful first episode in 2008 on Nintendo DS, the Rhythm Paradise franchise has established itself as one of the mainstays of the genre. Here, no fabulous graphics or ultra-fast sequence of different notes like Guitar Hero. In Rhythm Paradise Megamix, your only ally (and enemy) will be the tempo. Indeed, the game is based on very simplistic commands and for most mini-games, you will only need to press the A key on your console. Some games will ask you to press A and B but nothing really crazy. Until then, everything seems easy but very quickly players will realize the difficulty behind this title. Once the concept of the mini-game has been acquired, it is necessary to count the beats and measures to succeed in pressing the keys at the right time. And between the eighth notes and the sixteenth notes, you might as well say that you have to be able to understand the rhythm to grasp the timing and remember the different sequences. In fact, in addition to pressing a key at the right time, some tests will require you to hold down the key to make the note last, while others will require you to alternate between the A and B keys which correspond to different musical instruments. music. As you will have understood, Rhythm Paradise Megamix is a real rhythm game and if the visuals of certain games can help those who have the most reflexes, having the right tempo remains the key word of this title.
"MUSIC IN THE SKIN"
Regarding mini-games, players will be spoiled for choice with more than 100 games at their disposal. Players of the first episode released on Nintendo DS will not be out of place, with some challenges already present in 2008, but the multitude of choices should keep them busy for quite some time. Without forgetting that not all the games will be available from the start of the adventure since they will have to be unlocked as you go along. Accompanied by little Tibby, you will have to go to the top of the Tree of Abundance in order to bring him home to Paradise. A journey that will be strewn with pitfalls since each new world you set foot in, a character will ask you to complete several challenges in order to repair the world in question but also to access the next level. Clearly, do not expect a story full of twists and turns (although "the end" may irritate more than one) this one simply intended to make your progress as homogeneous as possible. And therein lies the strength of this episode of Rhythm Paradise. With events such as "Karateka" or even "Inflation" (inflating a robot or the right moment for it to hit a punching bag), the first worlds of the game are there to help you acquire the basics of rhythm. But as you progress, the games become more and more difficult and some games like "The stilt-walker's parade" or "the ron-ron logs" will ask you to place yourself on the beats and counter-beats of the game. 'a music. From then on, the rhythms become much more provided and the level of concentration required to successfully complete a game will also be exponential. On the last games, the slightest error could put you at a bad time and hello the galley to succeed in recalibrating without losing too many points.
Of course, Nintendo hasn't been too sadistic and if you're really having trouble passing a game, you'll be offered to upgrade to the next game for a few coins. A positive point for the title which, despite its difficulty, does not forget the children (but also adults) who do not have the rhythm in their skin. Finally, be aware that every two worlds you will have to pass a special challenge from the Adagio brothers, Moderato and Presto. These challenges are intended to test you on an essential notion of rhythm and which was at the heart of the previous mini-games you have played. For example, the first challenge will ask you to flip a coin and catch it at the right time. Here, the goal is to check your ability to count the beats of a measure to catch up with the piece in the right timing. A good way to check your sense of rhythm in a clear and precise way. For this challenge, you will also have the choice between three difficulty levels. So the first level will be the easiest but will require a lot more coins than the most difficult level. So it's up to you to choose between saving coins or making it easy. A tough choice when you know that it will take a lot of coins to be able to unlock the exclusive mini-games that are present in the store. Content hunters will be delighted and this should motivate more than one to complete all mini-games at 100%. A very difficult task and which should easily occupy you about thirty hours while the story ends in a good ten hours.
"THIS IS THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT"
Visually, players should quickly find their marks. Indeed Rhythm Paradise Megamix has kept these childish graphics that made the success of its big brother and this for our greatest happiness. Very colorful, the drawings will snatch a few smiles from the older ones and should easily make the little ones laugh, like the onion with a human face that will have to be depilated in a mini-game. But if the drawings remain very pleasing to the eye, they can quickly become your worst enemy. Indeed, always in a desire to put the rhythm forward, the developers have thought of everything to disturb you. In the first levels of the game, you can use the images to help you know when to press the button to be in rhythm. But as the game progresses, the animations will be filled with disruptive elements. Thus, it very quickly becomes difficult to place oneself in rhythm thanks to the images and only your ear will allow you to be in the right tempo of the current piece. Finally, we can only be conquered by the music and we feel the work provided on this side. All styles mix without degrading the quality of the soundtrack. Positive points to which are added the arrival of a local multiplayer mode but also online for those who would like to test their sense of rhythm against real opponents.
