Fan Club

"Pop stars can't make it on their own. They need the help of fans like you to get the audience worked up! Keep time with your friends!"

- Fan Club Description (Rhythm Heaven)

Fan Club (アイドル aidoru "idol") is the fourth game in Rhythm Heaven. This game is about a Pop Singer performing a song at the stage, and her fans are monkeys. Getting a perfect will unlock the soundtrack Thrilling! Is This Love?. The sequel, Fan Club 2, is unlocked later on.

Gameplay


Pop Singer stands in the center of the stage performing her song while her lively monkey fan club cheers her on. The player takes control of the monkey in the front row off to the far right. Certain phrases in Pop Singer's song indicate what action the player must take. When she sings "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" (Japanese: ハイ!ハイ!ハイ!Hai hai hai!) or any other phrase in that pattern, the Fan Club is expected to clap four times directly afterward, following the same rhythm. The other duty of her fanbase is to clap three times and then do a short jump when she recites the line "I suppose" (Japanese: かもね!). The audience echoes her, but stretches out the "I" and adds in a "yeah!" (this is also when they hop). For each syllable repeated by the primates, a clap is performed.

In Megamix, the background has been changed to a big performing stage with spotlights, the Pop Singer's design has been redesigned as well to have a long ponytail, while there are now eight monkeys cheering her up instead of seven to take advantage of the Nintendo 3DS' widescreen.

Rhythm Heaven

 * Tap: Clap
 * Flick: Jump

Button Mode

 * A Button: Clap
 * Hold A: Crouch
 * Release A: Jump

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap: Clap
 * Hold Stylus: Crouch
 * Release Stylus: Jump

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The concert continues as normal.
 * Barely: None for this rhythm game. A barely counts as a hit.
 * Miss: The other monkey fans will look at the player with irritated looks.

Rating Notes

 * Superb: "I couldn't ask for better fans!"
 * OK: "Thanks for your support!"
 * Try Again: "I thought you were suppose to be my biggest fan..."

Trivia

 * Pop Singer's new design in Megamix resembles a singer known as Ari~sa, as Erina had left the girl group she was in in 2009.
 * Soushi Tanaka makes a cameo in Try Again rating screen only in Megamix version.
 * This is one of a few games to have different rating screens of both versions.
 * It appears that missing a single cue will result in a Just OK. Touching the screen while there are no cues will not break a Superb.