When I first played Rhythm Heaven on the DS, I got stuck on the third mini game for years. I made it to Fillbots, could not for the life of me figure out what I was doing wrong, and so I simply stopped playing the game. A year later, I tried coming back to it and the exact same thing happened. I'm sure this happened a couple more times, and it wasn't until about two years ago (I bought that game only about a year or two after launch!) that I finally realized how to beat Fillbots, and then I proceeded to, through intense struggle and pain, finish Rhythm Heaven on the DS with a respectable amount of medals.

Obviously Rhythm Heaven Fever didn't take me several years to beat, but the pain and suffering I went through felt very familiar. Don't get me wrong, this game is incredibly delightful, endlessly creative, joyous, wonderful to look at and listen to, but playing it is basically my own personal version of the movie Whiplash, it is the most I've screamed at a game in a while. Trying to go for perfects only makes this feeling even stronger, and I only managed to get one (shout out to Built to Scale). I am glad I did this though, this is a great game, and an unforgettable experience. I haven't played much of the Wii but this feels like an incredibly essential part of the console's library.

Also fuck Tap Troupe, those square-head motherfuckers can die.