Sick Beats

"助手からの知らせ 「大変です！ バイキン発生です！！ 先生、たすけて~」" "(Notice from assistant ”It's terrible! It's a germ outbreak! Help, professor~”)"

- Sick Beats Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

"We've got an outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!"

- Sick Beats Description Second Gate Saffron Trial (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

"We've got a big outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!"

- Sick Beats Description Second Gate Saltwater Trial (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

"We've got a massive outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!"

- Sick Beats Description Second Gate Paprika Trial (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Sick Beats (バイキンはかせ) is the 10th game in Rhythm Tengoku and the 18th game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this rhythm game, you are a doctor protecting the yellow micro-organism by stabbing all the viruses with forks. This minigame appears in Gate 2 in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay
The player uses the D-Pad (+) to shoot at the viruses from one of four directions, depending on their placement on the map.

Button Mode

 * Left: Shoot Left
 * Right: Shoot Right
 * Up: Shoot up
 * Down: Shoot down

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap: Shoot each way

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The viruses will be vanquished!
 * Barely: The viruses will be vanquished, but barely touched the fork. A barely counts as a miss.
 * Miss: The viruses will continue on its way. The player has multiple chances to vanquish the virus, however, when it makes it to the bottom right, it's done.

Header

 * "助手から　ひとこと" (A word from the assistant)

Try Again

 * "当たりそこねが　多かったですね. " (There were a lot you just missed.)
 * "けっこう　にがしちゃいましたねぇ…" (You let a lot go...)

OK

 * "う~ん．．．" (Yeah...)
 * "まぁまぁ、　かな. " (OK, I guess?)
 * "とりあえず．．．" (Anyway...)
 * "よしと　します. " (You did your best.)

Superb

 * "とても　あざやかな退治でした！" (It was a brilliant extermination!)

Sick Beats SP
"たたかって、 たたかって. " "(Fight, fight.)"

- Sick Beats SP Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

"We've got an outbreak of an unknown virus! You're gonna need a LOT of forks for this one! (No practice)"

- Sick Beats Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Sick Beats SP (バイキンはかせSP), known as Sick Beats (バイキンはかせ) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix is the second endless game in Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It can be unlocked by obtaining 10 Medals in Rhythm Tengoku  or beating all three challenges in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. The game is an endless version of the original, ending once a single virus gets through to the end without being forked. The game gets faster as you continue, and new variations of viruses are introduced. Pink ones will take two hits, and will continue to a different direction, meaning a player couldn't use the same side of the D-pad twice when vanquishing a pink one. A black one has three hits, and follows the same properties as the pink.

Difficulty
The player has the option to select which difficulty they want in the Megamix version of the game: Easy (Saffron), normal (Saltwater) or Hard (Paprika). Saffron's Challenge: There are blue viruses and 3 Blobs. (Matching the Tengoku version) Saltwater's Challenge: The blue may skip 1 way & pink viruses are added, there are 2 Blobs. Paprika's Challenge: The blue may skip 1-3 ways & pink may skip 1-2 ways & black viruses are added, there are 2 Blobs.

Trivia

 * This game is unique for being the only game set up like a tower defense.
 * When stabbing a virus followed by an off-beat virus, a star will appear next to Dr. Bacteria.
 * If a single virus gets to the end, it will result in a Just OK.
 * This is one of the few games that doesn't feature a practice session.
 * This was changed in the arcade version and in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.