Alt-pop princess Pinkpantheress snuck sound bites from Nintendo's cult Wii hit Rhythm Heaven Fever into her music ahead of its new Switch game: "It’s the game that got me through my teens"

Screenshot from Rhythm Heaven Fever, showing a macho wrestler tense his muscles while the shadows of paparazzi loom in the foreground.

We're in a Rhythm Heaven Renaissance and you don't need to look much further than alt-pop princess Pinkpantheress sampling the series' Wii game on live TV for proof.

That's not a sentence I ever thought I'd write on GamesRadar+, and Pinkpantheress might not be a name gamers are too familiar with, but the only context you need is that she's a frequently viral, grammy-nominated songwriter that went from making bedroom pop to headlining festivals and she's also a fan of cult Nintendo series Rhythm Heaven.