Rhythm Tengoku fuels my GBA Micro satisfaction

(tags game, GameBoy Advance, rhythm, demo)

They had a GBA Micro kiosk with the newly-released Rhythm Tengoku (リズム天国) and I tried it out. How could anybody resist playing a karate-type dude punching flying pots and bowling balls to a beat?!? I had a lot of fun just trying to go through the tutorial. The price of the game kept on showing up in the background while playing, har har. It was a noisy environment, though, and to the store's credit they added external speakers. I'd like to get this game so I'm going to put it on my todo list.

I was intent on ignoring Chris Kohler's buy recomendation on Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! (押忍! 闘え! 応援団, going to America as Elite Beat Agents). But playing this demo made me remember that I sometimes irrepressibly tap in time to music. I must like rhythm games. I suppose Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan is also going on my todo list, huh.

Rhythm Tengoku also has the added bonus of improving your rhythm skill, according to his review. As someone who messes up clapping in an audience, I need all the help I can get.

I can say I forgotten how much fun a GBA Micro can be. It's so portable and light. After that intense gaming with the DS for a couple of months, I'm having a ball of a time, despite the small screen. I've even started looking for that Pokemon Pikachu version of the GBA Micro. It's no longer available new, so I'm searching for it used.