{"id":43341,"date":"2026-04-10T18:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43341"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:27:39","slug":"nintendo-reveals-switch-game-rhythm-heaven-groove-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43341","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo reveals Switch game Rhythm Heaven Groove release date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"w-heading-options\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>\n    <span>Link copied to clipboard<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"article-header-data\">\n<div class=\"w-article-header-author-img\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header-author-img\">\n<p>                                            <img src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fauthors%2F685c4d7dc4454-Michael-McWhertor-Green-Purple-2.jpg?fit=crop&amp;w=90&amp;h=90\" alt=\"4\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>\n                                                                        <time datetime=\"2026-04-09T15:05:22Z\"><span class=\"is-mobile-hidden\">Published<\/span> Apr 9, 2026, 11:05\u202fAM EDT<\/time>\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rhythm Heaven Groove may be one of Nintendo&#8217;s last original Switch games<\/p>\n<div class=\"heading_image responsive-img img-size-heading-image-full-width   expandable \" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/switch_rhythmheavengroove_scrn_08.jpeg\" data-img-desc=\"&quot;Rhythm Heaven Groove screenshots&quot;\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Image: Nintendo&quot;\" data-is-feature-img=\"true\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/switch_rhythmheavengroove_scrn_08.jpeg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=600&amp;h=338&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/switch_rhythmheavengroove_scrn_08.jpeg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=600&amp;h=338&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/switch_rhythmheavengroove_scrn_08.jpeg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/switch_rhythmheavengroove_scrn_08.jpeg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;dpr=1\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Switch_RhythmHeavenGroove_SCRN_08\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/switch_rhythmheavengroove_scrn_08.jpeg?&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/switch_rhythmheavengroove_scrn_08.jpeg?&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption>Rhythm Heaven Groove screenshots<\/figcaption><small class=\"item-img-caption\">Image: Nintendo<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"content-block-regular\">\n<p>Get ready for a groovy summer. Nintendo announced Thursday that the newest entry in its Rhythm Heaven game series, <em>Rhythm Heaven Groove<\/em>, will come to the original Nintendo Switch on July 2. Nintendo announced the game more than a year ago, before the company launched the Switch 2 and tried to reassure its customers that it still had original Switch games in the works.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>To wit, Nintendo is still positioning <em>Rhythm Heaven Groove<\/em> as a Switch game, not a dual release. Of course, Switch 2 owners will be able to play <em>Rhythm Heaven Groove<\/em> on Nintendo&#8217;s current-gen system through backward compatibility.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rhythm Heaven Groove<\/em> promises &#8220;a wealth of eclectic rhythm games along with music produced by the renowned Japanese musician Tsunku\u2642,&#8221; according to Nintendo&#8217;s original announcement. If you&#8217;ve ever played a Rhythm Heaven game, you probably know what to expect: absurd scenarios with increasingly complex but satisfying beat-matching gameplay. If you haven&#8217;t played a Rhythm Heaven game yet \u2014 understandable, since the most recent one came out a decade ago for Nintendo 3DS \u2014 they&#8217;re a delightful mix of simple button-pushing games that will challenge your ability to keep the beat and react on the fly.<\/p>\n<p>The Rhythm Heaven series, also known as Rhythm Paradise and Rhythm Tengoku, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026. The original game, <em>Rhythm Tengoku<\/em> for Game Boy Advance, was released in Japan in 2006, and was ported to arcades the following year. <em>Rhythm Heaven<\/em> went global in 2008, with a Nintendo DS sequel that focused on touchscreen play. <\/p>\n<p><em>Rhythm Heaven Groove<\/em> is the only original Switch game that Nintendo has on its upcoming lineup, following the release of next week&#8217;s <em>Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/rhythm-heaven-groove-nintendo-switch-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link copied to clipboard Published Apr 9, 2026, 11:05\u202fAM EDT Rhythm Heaven Groove may be one of Nintendo&#8217;s last original Switch games Rhythm Heaven Groove&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[752,258,20172,1647,2830,563,535,3320,255],"class_list":["post-43341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-date","tag-game","tag-groove","tag-heaven","tag-nintendo","tag-release","tag-reveals","tag-rhythm","tag-switch","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}