But before we do, it’s worth noting Yoshio Sakamoto, best known for WarioWare, Tomodachi Life, and Metroid, is a key part of Rhythm Heaven, but Sakamoto’s legacy is worth a full article in the future.
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But how close do those ties go? What’s the story behind the chief creatives behind this decade-old franchise? In this edition of Know Your Developers, we’re going to dive into three of the main brains behind Rhythm Heaven: Kazuyoshi Osawa, Ko Takeuchi, and Masami Yone. Clearly inspired by the WarioWare series, the Rhythm Heaven series has, in some ways, supplanted WarioWare as time has gone by. Rhythm Heaven Megamix came out in a flurry at E3 2016 and by now, most folks in America and Japan have had a chance to try out the latest zany rhythm game from Nintendo.