Freeze Frame

"Capture the excitement of car racing on film! There's a fortune to be made on the racing circuit!"

- Freeze Frame Description

Freeze Frame (カメラマン kamera man "Camera Man")is the 13th minigame in Rhythm Heaven & the 64th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. You are a photographer named T.J Snapper who must take pictures of racers passing by you in Rhythm Kart.

Gameplay
In this game, you're a camera man taking photos of various race cars. Most of the time, they will be small yellow cars, and will give an audio cue with an obvious engine sound. Snap a pic of one of the racers that passes by you. There are two or three racers in a row. There's also a faster, carrot-shaped vehicle, where the audio cue for that will come as it's passing on the other side of the track. To get the picture, react as fast as possible.

Button Mode

 * A: Take picture

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap: Take picture

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The photographer will lower the camera and smile at his success. All pictures show the racers in the middle. A "Ding" like noise will sound and depending on the version you are playing, either a green thumbs up will appear or a circle will appear.
 * Barely: The photographer will lower the camera and tilt his head to the side and a tear will well up in one eye. At least one picture, while the others are "Spot on!", will show only the front half or the back half of the racer. A "DEE-DOO-DOP" like noise will sound and depending on what version you are playing, either a yellow thumbs up pointing right will appear or a triangle will appear. A barely counts as a miss.
 * Miss: The photographer will lower the camera and streams of tears will pour from his face. At least one picture will show up as the race track only. A buzzer noise will sound and depending on what version you are playing, either a red thumbs down will appear or a cross will appear.

Header

 * "Editor's feedback:"

Try Again

 * "Your timing is off!"
 * "You got distracted by the crowd."

OK

 * "Hm..."
 * "I don't know..."
 * "Good enough..."
 * "I guess that was all right."

Superb

 * "You've got a great eye!"
 * "You kept a cool hear with the crowd."

Header

 * "Editor's Feedback"

Try Again

 * "Your timing is off!"
 * "Three cars were tough for you."
 * "You had trouble catching two at once."

OK

 * "Eh. Passable."

Superb

 * "You've got a great eye!"
 * "Three cars! You're on a roll!"
 * "Nice shots of two cars!"

Skill Star
When you are at the three racers passing the crowd, snap the photo of the third one perfectly to collect the star.

Trivia

 * Sometimes, when taking a good picture of the racers, characters from Rhythm Tengoku will be seen in the pictures such as Sneaky Rats, Sneaky Spirits, and ninjas. Additionally, the drivers occasionally flash a peace sign at the camera.
 * If you take a picture of a racer when the lady passes by, she can be seen on the right side of the photo. She smiles with joy when hitting perfectly. When you barely shoot a photo, she will be annoyed.
 * In addition, some characters from Rhythm Tengoku are part of the crowd in the background such as The Rap Men, The Clappy Trio, the Space Dancers, and the Monkeys. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, there are multiple monkeys and box-headed dancers with different colors.
 * The game starts with a text "Rhythm Kart" sliding down. This could be a reference to Mario Kart.
 * In the European version of Rhythm Heaven, the symbols were changed to hand signals; the cross was replaced by a red “thumbs down” gesture, the triangle was replaced by a yellow "fist" gesture and the circle was replaced by a green "thumbs up” gesture.
 * This change is also present in all English versions of Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
 * In the practice section, you practice taking a picture of a single yellow car. In the real game, there are no single yellow cars.
 * This is one of a few games to keep the same controls for tapping from Rhythm Heaven to Rhythm Heaven Megamix when playing in Simple Tap Mode.
 * The others being Fillbots, Shoot-'em-up, Munchy Monk and Lockstep.
 * This game appears in the "Wario...Where? 2: The Sequel" Challenge Train. In this version, you play as Dr. Crygor, who takes pictures of Tiny Warios riding race cars, and Dribble and Spitz in their taxi. The ninjas who appear sometimes in the photos are replaced by Orbulon. In the crowd, Mona can be seen alongside the other characters.