Rhythm Heaven Fever has a few two player mini-games, which are actually just multiplayer versions of the single player games. To mix things up, there’s also a mandrill who lobs golf balls at a different rhythm count.
Hit the ball on beat and you’ll send it flying right into the hole. I learned how to do that from a monkey caddy in the first game, Hole in One, where a chimp throws a golf ball and you swing at it by pressing A. With few visual cues and no notes to follow, the key to Rhythm Heaven is tapping to the beat. The game begins with a rhythm test that introduces the idea of following the rhythm in your mind. Simple controls, but in some ways Rhythm Heaven Fever is more difficult than Rock Band or Guitar Freaks. All of the 50+ games are played with the 'A' button and the Trauma Center 'A + B' tweezer pinch. This game uses buttons just like the original Rhythm Heaven.
The main difference is you don’t flick a touch screen in Rhythm Heaven Fever. If you played Rhythm Heaven on the Nintendo DS you have a good idea of what to expect – catchy tunes and wacky scenes. What started out as a Game Boy Advance game, Rhythm Heaven is finally on consoles (and TVs sans Game Boy Player) with Rhythm Heaven Fever for Wii.
