Blue Birds

"The captain might seem a little intense. He'll get mad if you mess up, but just let it roll off you like water off a duck's back."

- Blue Birds Description

Blue Birds (ブルーバーズ buru bazu) is the eighth rhythm game in Rhythm Heaven. It's about the swan soldiers that train everyday listening to their captain's orders which is a duck. There is a sequel for this game called Blue Birds 2. The gift "Blue Bird Diary" will be rewarded when getting a perfect on Blue Birds.

Gameplay
The object of this game is to be in time with the other two birds when the Captain says "peck your beak" or "stretch out your neck!" Tap stylus to make the blue bird peak his beak to the ground together with the other two blue birds. Hold stylus to make him hold his beak to the ground, and then realese stylus to stretch up his neck along with the other two.

Controls

 * Tap: Peck
 * Hold stylus and flick: Stretch neck

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The Captain looks pleased. On the neck stretches, the Captain will blush.
 * Barely: The blue bird will flip over if you release stylus too early making his neck sctreched. A "Doink" sound can be heard when you peak a beak too early. Barely counts as a miss.
 * Miss: The Captain gets angry and angrily huffs.

Header

 * "The capitain says..."

Try Again

 * "Where's your team spirit?"
 * "That last part didn't look too good."

Superb

 * "Those last three were good."
 * "Nice peaking, waaugh!"

Ending Screen

 * Try Again: "Waaaaaaugh!"
 * OK: "Work harder! Harder!!!"
 * Superb: "The sky's the limit!"

Rhythm Heaven Megamix
"The captain might seem a little intense. He'll get mad if you mess up, but just let it roll like water off a duck's back."

- Blue Birds Description

Blue Birds (ブルーバーズ buru bazu) is a minigame from Rhythm Heaven that returns in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay
The game has been redesigned to take advantage of the widescreen and 3D Effect of the Nintendo 3DS were added in this game to give more details. The controls and the entire game itself are changed to use either buttons or touch mode, and stretching neck is now done with holding and releasing Stylus instead of a flick.

Button Mode

 * A button: Peck
 * Hold A button and release: Stretch neck

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap: Peck
 * Hold and release Stylus: Stretch neck

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The Captain looks pleased. On the neck stretches, the Captain will blush.
 * Barely: None for this rhythm game. A barely counts as a hit.
 * Miss: The Captain gets angry and angrily huffs

Rating Notes

 * Try Again: "Waaaaaaugh!"
 * OK: "Work harder! Harder!!!"
 * Superb: "The sky's the limit!"

Trivia

 * This is the first game from DS version that ended with "The End" instead of "To be continued..." at the end of the minigame in the Megamix version. The original has one, but since the sequel does not appear in Megamix, the prequel is presented.
 * Ironically in Samurai Slice, it still says "To be continued..."
 * If you miss one those last three "Stretch out your neck!", you will get Try Again rate.