That was just the start of some pretty massive internal changes at Nintendo that followed his passing.Hibiki Sakai is a Japanese fifth-grader who loves drumming and Rhythm Heaven, Nintendo’s cult beloved series of quirky rhythm games. It’s also not a coincidence that Nintendo SPD was put together by Iwata shortly after he became president of Nintendo, and that it closed a few months after he passed away. The first Rhythm Tengoku was the first game they created on their own, without the help of Intelligent Systems, and Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+ was the last game they released before they were deconstructed. “The studio that created the Rhythm Heaven games, Nintendo SPD, closed in 2015, with its members absorbed into another in-house group with a different management structure. “Splatoon and Arms have shown Nintendo that they are capable of producing new IP that can go head to head with 3rd party AAA games on a global scale, and I think you’ll see them spending a lot more of their time and money on those sorts of projects moving forward, and not their Tier B franchises from the past.” Nintendo always hoped that all the heart and money poured into the series would eventually lead to worldwide hit, which is why they went as far as to hire Beyonce to promote the DS game a few years ago, but at this point, it looks to me like they’ve given up.” Each one has about 100 original songs, many of them fully voiced, all under the supervision of big money pop producer Tsunku. Rhythm Heaven games are also not as cheap to make as you may think.
It doesn’t appeal to fan of plastic instrument games, but it’s not quite ‘indie’ enough to draw in that crowd either. “Rhythm Heaven is in a similar place in Nintendo’s stockpile of old IP. Advance Wars had its time in the sun, but it’s a relatively niche war sim that is too cute to appeal to fans of Battlefield and Call of Duty, but still too militaristic for fans of colorful fantasy and lighthearted fair.” People still ask them about it all the time, and it’s really encouraging to them to hear those questions, but these days, they are tied up with games that have a bigger fan base or new projects that Nintendo higher ups are more hopeful about. It’s been almost ten years since the last game in the series. “This is why you’ll never hear Intelligent Systems say that Advance Wars is over.
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