Rhythm Heaven Groove demo released on Nintendo eShop
Rhythm Heaven Groove's Starter Demo is live on the Nintendo eShop, letting players sample several minigames ahead of the full July 2 release. Players are posting gameplay clips, first-impression write-ups, and livestream snippets that focus on the demo's increased difficulty and timing quirks. Most attention centers on the Dinosaur feeding minigame with its intact Japanese vocals, the Disc Dog/hoop trundling sequence, and 'Brolly Good Show' umbrella characters, with creators sharing quick challenge runs and clips. Responses mix praise for the series' music and charm with notes about a stripped-down interface and TV mode input delay versus handheld play.
man i really hope a lot of that rhythm heaven groove demo stuff is placeholder and not reflective of the final game because it kinda pissed me off i cant even lie
the ui is horrible looking (im not counting the startup menu but everything else looks like placeholder ui its so basic) and there’s a song in it that’s just in japanese and now i’m like Really worried that the songs might not even be dubbed like why would they not use the dubbed version..
im a longtime RH fan (played DS, Wii, and 3ds) and have def noticed everything I saw of groove felt a little... off? the UI like you mentioned looks extremely cheap like it was made in powerpoint or something. even 3ds for all its flaws still cared about presentation. def shows a lack of care/polish
most of the rough edges did seem stapled on to cordon off the demo bits, that menu screen especially smelled of a 1 week project to get this ready
it just feels really weird imo between the art style the ui and the scoring system just being different for some reason it kinda feels like a game thats trying to be rhythm heaven but cant because of copyright or something i hope the full game is different because i can see myself having fun with it