It's like Rhythm Heaven, but with a lot of extra fat. Save for about ten minigames, there is not a single thing Megamix adds which improves the experience, and Megamix adds a lot. Challenge train, easier versions of already easy games, Perfect runs locking you out of the rest of the song upon failure, cutscenes, the thing where the bottom screen grades every individual input down to the frame (I know you can turn it off), and currency, only serve to detract from what was once minimal perfection. The remixes are okay, though, and more of them are pop songs this time around. Never quite reaches the high of Fever remix 8 and 9, but it's okay. Thanks for finally letting Americans play the Japanese audio, but I already imported this game from Japan when it came out a year before... I wouldn't mind if this is the last Rhythm Heaven game, because if a future title takes a single queue from Megamix, it will be mistaken.
This would be a 5/5...if this was the first rhythm heaven game I had played. Unfortunately, due to the nature of megamix (a LOT of old remixed content, and a LOT of repetition of this content), I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I would have. If this is your first rhythm heaven game, then everything about rhythm heaven fever applies to this game but multiplied by 10. Great music. Clean visuals and silly animations. Fun gameplay. If you like rhythm games, you'll love this game...again, if you haven't played the previous rhythm heaven games.
I have practically milked this game dry of content except for the goat. One of the most creative games ever, but slightly disappointing in that most of its games are compiled from previous entries. Regardless 4.5/5.
UPDATE 14 December 2023:
I finished the goat minigame after all this time, booting the game up again out of boredom these past few days. Holy shit do I still love this series so much.
Now here's random thoughts about the series because I'm nostalgic.
Megamix is a really really solid game. The prequel minigames feel soulless but they're unintrusive in existence. The challenge train adds so much longevity. The goat game is so freaking annoying and it makes my blood boil but also it's kinda super fun. Music is incredible across the board. In my opinion all the new games are pretty cool! Unless a forgettable one I forgot exists.
This is not a formal structured review but I have so many thoughts about this series. The fan community is absolutely amazing as well. Overall this series is by far my top rhythm game franchise.
UPDATE 14 December 2023:
I finished the goat minigame after all this time, booting the game up again out of boredom these past few days. Holy shit do I still love this series so much.
Now here's random thoughts about the series because I'm nostalgic.
Megamix is a really really solid game. The prequel minigames feel soulless but they're unintrusive in existence. The challenge train adds so much longevity. The goat game is so freaking annoying and it makes my blood boil but also it's kinda super fun. Music is incredible across the board. In my opinion all the new games are pretty cool! Unless a forgettable one I forgot exists.
This is not a formal structured review but I have so many thoughts about this series. The fan community is absolutely amazing as well. Overall this series is by far my top rhythm game franchise.
A "best-of" title that takes songs from all the previous rhythm heaven games with a few new ones thrown in for good measure. While not all of my personal favorites from the previous games return, they got like 90% of em back so it's good enough. Absolutely has the most content in the series though like there's a lot here. Absolutely worth a play, though the game was an eshop exclusive in america so better get importing.
I loved the DS and Wii installments of Rhythm Heaven, but for whatever reason this one just didn't do it for me. I'm not sure if it was because it had some recycled content, had some minigames I found uninteresting, or if I had just gotten too good at these types of games by then. Probably a combination.