We’ve pretty much gotten used to the fact that the Wii doesn’t get great games pretty often. Actually, we’ve been spoiled the last few months. You know, what with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny, Rayman Origins and the forthcoming Fortune Street. I mean, what will we do in January 2012 when no Wii games are being released. The answer is simple – we’ll catch up on our backlogs and wait for Rhythm Heaven Fever.

Because in January, we’ll always know that Rhythm Heaven Fever is only a month away…

The North American, Wii release of Rhythm Heaven may not have a release date yet, but fans of Nintendo’s music mini-game collection can start preparing themselves with a handy little import. See, in Japan the game is known as Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Everybody’s Rhythm Heaven) and was released on July 21, 2011 and, as is common with major Japanese game releases, an official soundtrack is going to be released.

On August 24, 2011, Everybody’s Rhythm Heaven Complete Music Collection will be in stores…

Nintendo’s E3 2011 website is up and it is quite glorious. The games the company announced at its E3 2011 press conference didn’t even begin to cover what gamers can expect from the company in 2011 and 2012. If you take the time to peek over there, you can see there are 11 3DS, 4 DS and 8 Wii games to look forward to. It’s going to be a very good time for Nintendo fans.

If you stop by the site, you can treat yourself to E3 2011 trailers, initial screenshots and a snippet of information available on all 23 games made or published by Nintendo that will be at the show. Or, if you just want the basics, you can keep reading. I’ll separate the games into sections based on platform. You could even copy and paste to use it as a wishlist, so you know what to watch for over the next year.

It’s always great to see Nintendo take a chance on translating and localizing established series, which is why it was both a shock and pleasure to hear the company was releasing Rhythm Heaven, also known as Rhythm Tengoku Gold, outside of Japan. Quirky games have found great success on the DS, and it is likely that Nintendo is looking to tap into the casual audience with the game.

Rhythm Heaven is a series of around 50 music-based mini-games. You unlock them one at a time, tapping and flicking along to the music and audio clues. In this combination music/casual game, players will have to be a cheerleader, work in a factory, bang a drum, do a lizard mating dance and more. All this is done to incredibly catchy original songs…

We often hear “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and it is a nice philosophy to have, but often times, we can’t do it – even if we know its right. Human beings can be incredibly superficial creatures, and this superficiality gives items and people with beautiful appearances an edge. After all, are you going to buy a game that doesn’t look good? Probably not.

Nintendo’s smart – the company didn’t get to be one of the top three video game players by ignoring its potential consumers. The result of this is the company developing and producing incredibly adorable games. Now, the adorability isn’t the main selling point, but some titles just end up being cuter than others.

So Gamertell has decided to look back over Nintendo’s extensive video game release history to pick out the 10 sweetest titles Nintendo’s ever had a hand in. I’d recommend not eating candy while reading – you don’t want to go into diabetic shock or something…

I bet all those North Americans who preordered Rhythm Tengoku Gold at Play-Asia or a similar site feel sorry now – Nintendo announced at E3 2008 that the music game similar to WarioWare will be released in North America as Rhythm Heaven. Like its GBA predecessor Rhythm Tengoku (which was never released stateside), Rhythm Heaven involves going through assorted mini-games, tapping their stylus or finger on the touch screen to the beat.

The fun part about Rhythm Heaven is that you won’t be prompted to tap by some flashing icon on the screen. Instead you have to pay attention to the music, created by Tsunku, and keep up the beat on the touch screen.