In what month and year was Rhythm Heaven Groove first announced?

Rhythm Heaven Groove was first announced in March 2025.

Nintendo revealed the game during a Nintendo Direct presentation on March 27, 2025. The announcement confirmed a new entry in the Rhythm Heaven series for Nintendo Switch and showed its distinctive rhythm-based minigames.

The reveal was significant because the series had been quiet for years. Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the previous installment, originally launched in Japan in 2015, while the last entirely new main entry, Rhythm Heaven Fever, dated from 2011. Groove therefore arrived after a lengthy absence rather than as a routine annual sequel.

The announcement also introduced the game’s broad visual variety and its return to simple, timing-focused gameplay. A common mix-up is confusing the announcement date with later news about its release, demonstrations, or additional minigames. Those later updates do not change the original reveal month: March 2025.