Rhythm Heaven is a Nintendo-made collection of rhythm based mini games. Every game has a certain rhythm that you must follow to win the game. Games themes may vary from ping pong to golf. A standard for the series is remixes which become available at points in the game. They combine past mini games you already played in one challenge.
Rhythm Heaven Megamix is the 4th game in the Rhythm Heaven series. This is also the 3rd game to make it to North America. This game, unlike other Rhythm Heaven games, has a story line. Also unlike other games in the series you will not always see a remix after every 4th game like you did in the past series. This game also combines games from the past 3 games in the series with new ones, with roughly a quarter of the games in the main story being new.
| Total | Rhythm Tengoku | Rhythm Heaven | Rhythm Heaven Fever |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game's Total Mini Game count | 40 (plus 8 remixes) | 47 (plus 10 remixes) | 52 (plus 10 remixes and 5 games from rhythm tengoku ( one of them appear as part of the credits) |
| Number of that games mini games that appear in Rhythm Heaven Megamix | 21 | 23 | 32 |
| Difference | 19 (plus 8 remixes for a total of 27) | 24 (plus 10 remixes for a total of 34) | 20 (plus 10 remixes for a total of 30 the 5 games that appeared in rhythm tengoku originally are not counted in this total) |
Endless games are included in the games total. Samurai Slice appeared in more than one past game in different ways. Sometimes it counted in the column for number of that games mini games that appear in Rhythm Heaven Megamix as part of the rhythm heaven fever column only because that was the version ported into Rhythm Heaven Megamix. Also endless games are included in the regular mini game total.
Along with that, there are 21 new games and 10 new remixes in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.