music-mix.ew.com - 3/18/2009
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about music and videogames Beyoncegames_l Beyonce is already famous around the world as a singer-actress, but maybe it's time to add another word to her hyphenated title: gamer. I caught up with Beyonce recently on the set of a TV ad she was taping for the new Nintendo DSi game Rhythm Heaven ...
kotaku.com - 3/16/2009
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kotaku.com —
What Stan Bush wants , Stan Bush gets.
His motivational power jam "The Touch," featured so prominently...
in the animated Transformers: The Movie , is coming to Guitar Hero , according to the man behind the song. Wait... it gets even better. Mr. ...
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Rumor: You Got "The Touch" In Guitar Hero [Stan Bush]
joystiq.com - 3/19/2009
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joystiq.com —
How do you market a very cute, but
weird , musical microgame collection to the DS's "expanded"...
audience? For Rhythm Heaven ' s ad campaign, Nintendo has resorted immediately to plan B ... yonce. The singer is starring in a new TV commercial for ...
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Beyonce is in Rhythm Heaven (ads), loves Guitar Hero
joystiq.com - 3/25/2009
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joystiq.com —
These days, it's impossible to talk about rhythm
games without bringing up Guitar Hero and/or Rock Band....
Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven , to use the nomenclature, could be described as Soccer Ball Bounce Hero, Love Potion Mixing Hero, Race Car Photography ...
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Joystiq Review: Rhythm Heaven
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Beyonce Shills For Rhythm Heaven, Loves Guitar Hero [Nintendo]
Kotaku —
... tells Entertainment Weekly that she's an old-school Nintendo fan, raised on Super Mario Bros. and the NES. Beyonce even claims to have a non-contractual interest in video games, with tastes ranging from Guitar Hero on the Wii to Brickbreaker on the Blackberry to the Shin Megami Tensei series. Yes, I did make that last one up. Learn more handy Beyonce facts at EW, then impress your friends with useless trivia about celebrities! Beyonce talks 'Rhythm Heaven,' 'Guitar Hero,' and more: An exclusive Q&A; about music and ...
Beyonce becomes celebrity frontwoman for Rhythm Heaven TV commercial, says she likes ‘all the Wii games’
GoNintendo —
... for my [upcoming] tour in stilettos and uncomfortable corsets, learning all these arrangements. Today I was playing the game with my socks on, on the couch, and it was very relaxing! EW : What are some of your other favorite videogames? Beyonce : I like all the Wii games. Love Guitar Hero. This reminds me a little bit of a portable Guitar Hero, which is great, because I don’t want to carry around a big guitar! Growing up, I liked Tetris. I even like BrickBreaker on the BlackBerry. Full interview here ...
Beyonce Joins Nintendo's Army of Celebrity Spokespeople
The Escapist : Latest News —
... both pleasing to look at and enjoy making synchronized movements to music. Beyonce elaborated on her enjoyment of videogames in a very mouthpiece fashion saying she "loved" Super Mario Bros., which is akin to saying bread is your favorite food. Beyonce joins, among many others, Nicole Kidman, America Fererra and Captain Picard himself in Nintendo's relentless advertising push to get every living human being on earth to go out and buy a DS Lite, DSi, or preferably, both. Source: Entertainment Weekly (via Kotaku)
How should we market Rhythm Heaven in the US? Oh yeah, Beyonce!
Destructoid —
... the fact that Beyonce is working on an ad for Rhythm Heaven for the DS. It's official -- all indie cred surrounding Rhythm Tengoku as a series is utterly destroyed. Beyonce chats in an interview with EW.com about what games she likes (Guitar Hero and Tetris gets mentions). My favorite part is where she mentions she has played her own songs in kareoke games and gotten a poor score. Ah-hah! Proof that Singstar is totally full of sh*t after all! [Via Entertainment Weekly -- Thanks, Brian]
Beyonce is in Rhythm Heaven (ads), loves Guitar Hero
Joystiq —
How do you market a very cute, but weird, musical microgame collection to the DS's "expanded" audience? For Rhythm Heaven's ad campaign, Nintendo has resorted immediately to plan B ... yonce. The singer is starring in a new TV commercial for the WarioWare team's upcoming game, and spoke to Entertainment Weekly's The Music Mix blog about the game, although the interview got away from Rhythm Heaven and into general gaming fairly quickly. "I have been having a great time," she said about playing ...
Beyoncé promotes Rhythm Heaven, talks gaming habits
That VideoGame Blog —
... ) and Europe May 1. While filming the commercial Entertainment Weekly scored an exclusive interview with the superstar about her gaming habits and amidst her busy schedule she always makes time to unwind. ...
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Beyonce Shills For Rhythm Heaven, Loves Guitar Hero [Nintendo]
kotaku.com 3/18/2009 — Nintendo's latest spokesceleb? Beyonce! She's hopefully going to sell millions of copies of the extremely bootylicious Rhythm Heaven when it comes stateside by kicking back with her Nintendo DSi and having fun on-screen. Beyonce's celebrity ...
Beyoncé promotes Rhythm Heaven, talks gaming habits
thatvideogameblog.com 3/21/2009 —
We already knew that Beyoncé Knowles loves her some videogames and we know that we loves us some Beyoncé, so when we read that she is doing a new commercial for Nintendo we just have to write about it.
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blog.wired.com 4/10/2009 — Rhythm Heaven , one of Japan's hottest videogames, came from an unlikely collaboration between Nintendo and a high-profile Japanese music producer who set out on a quest to create a truly musical game.
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blog.wired.com 3/26/2009 —
The latest celebrity hired by Nintendo to push its wares on the mainstream market is Grammy award-winning singer Beyonce Knowles, who, based on behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming spot, adores the upcoming DSi handheld and quirky music ...
Review: Rhythm Heaven
gaygamer.net 4/7/2009 —
There are good games and then there are the types of games that can only be described as infectious. These are the games that crawl their way into your subconscious and force you to look at the things around you a little bit differently, even if ...
Rhythm Heaven Review for the Nintendo DS from 1UP.com
1up.com 4/5/2009 — That Rhythm Heaven is the work of the minds behind the WarioWare series should come as no surprise to anyone. Both exhibit the same gleeful sense of dementia, the same surreal audio design, the same dissonant art direction, the same deft blend of ...
Rhythm Heaven - Nintendo DS
bestbuy.com 2/10/2009 — Synopsis If you've ever found yourself tapping your foot or fingers to an infectious beat, then this game is for you. Get ready to show off your instinctive sense of rhythm as the music of Rhythm Heaven challenges you to demonstrate your percussive ...
Rhythm Heaven - hands-on (Rhythm Heaven)
gamesradar.com 3/25/2009 — Many devoted gamers, for very good reasons, hate casual games. These simple titles are seen as the end of the medium, aimed at the lowest common denominator and sucking development times and money away from "real" games. But now we have Rhythm ...
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GamePro.com 3/19/2009
Nintendo's put the "celebrity endorsement" approach to selling its games to good use in TV spots in just about every major territory where it sells games. Now it's putting perhaps its biggest celebrity endorsement push ever for a North American title ...
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