Ringside

Ringside (レスラー会見) is the 1st Rhythm Game of the fourth stage (16th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 3rd of Songbird Tower (60th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay
In this game, you play as a wrestler being interviewed by a reporter after a match. When asked "Wubbadubbadubba, is that true?" (Japanese: ペケペケペケですか？ pekepekepeke desuka?, Korean: 그게 정말 사실인가요? geuge jeongmal sasil-ingayo?), the player must simply nod "yeah". When complimented with a "Woah, you go, big guy!" (Japanese: へえ～すごいですネ！ Hee sugoi desu ne!, Korean: 와!대단하네요! wa!daedanhaneyo! ), the player must flex their bicep. Finally, when the photographers call out "Pose for the fans!" (Japanese: こっち見て！ Kotchi mite!, Korean: 여기보세요! yeogiboseyo!), the player must strike a pose.

Near the end of the game, the "pose for the fans" may be followed by a newspaper of the event with a photo taken from the event.

Timing Display

 * Perfect!/Ace!: With the "Wubbadubbadubba, is that true?" or "Woah, you go, big guy!" command, a camera flash will happen afterward. With the "Pose for the fans!", multiple camera flashes will appear, as well as a radial background. On occasion, a newspaper will appear with the picture on it.
 * Early!/Late!: Messing up on a "Wubbadubbadubba, is that true?" will cause the wrestler to cough when answering. Messing up on a "Woah, you go, big guy!" will cause only one part of the showing off to be done. Messing up on the "Pose for the fans!" will make only one person take a photo, which will be grayed and scratchy.
 * Miss...: Missing any command will cause the reporter to frown and give you a look. Using a command when not told to will make the wrestler look sideways while using the respond command, and either make the reporter nervous (respond command) or make her flinch back in shock (pose command).

Skill Star
The Skill Star appears on the second pose for the fans with a newspaper.

Challenge Land
appears in the following Challenge Train courses:
 * Game Gamble: Intermediate
 * Hello, Ladies...
 * Wario...Where? 2: The Sequel

Two-Player Mode
Ringside (レスラー会見) is the 3rd Two-Player Rhythm Game in Rhythm Heaven Fever.

This game is identical to the original, but now with P1 is playing a wrestler with blue clothing on the left, and P2 is playing a wrestler with orange clothing on the right, both having the number of their player on their masks. Each command must be followed by both players.

Trivia

 * Parodies of Ringside has appeared all over the Internet, particularly YouTube, showcasing a character and an odd phrase or personality trait of said character. This is documented on its page on Know Your Meme.
 * The newspaper that can pop up after a successful "Pose for the fans!" command says "Nintendo Times" on it, referencing the Rhythm Heaven series' developer and publisher company, Nintendo.
 * The "Wubbadubbadubba" commands that are stated as "questions" appear to suggest that the wrestler is not actually listening to the reporter, and is just responding with the same thing each time. This is supported by the game's reading material, which has the wrestler saying "Eh" to all the questions, despite them being actual questions.
 * In the Japanese version, while reading the practice, the reporter will say 「〜〜〜ですか？」 ("〜〜〜desuka?"). The 〜 probably means the words that he isn't listening to
 * In the Japanese version, the blue squares with stars say "YONE"; a reference to one of game's developers, Masami Yone, whose notebook sketches resulted in the concept of Ringside. In the American, European and Korean versions of the game, his name is omitted.
 * In Nintendo's Iwata Asks, Masami Yone stated that the basis of the idea stemmed from the cutting of a wedding cake. He mentions that while one would be trying to concentrate on the cutting of the cake, wedding guests would take pictures and request the person's attention. He thought that the idea of a cake-cutting rhythm game didn't seem too promising and came up with the interview scenario instead.
 * Ringside is included in the Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo, but only its practice session is playable. Once practice is completed, the demo ends. This makes Ringside the only rhythm game included in the demo unavailable for play.
 * In Rhythm Heaven Fever, the background in the OK rate has blue and orange stripes in it, but in Megamix, it was fixed to have orange and yellow stripes instead, just like in the game when the Wrestler is doing poses. This happens in the Korean version of Fever, as well.
 * This game appears in the "Wario...Where? 2: The Sequel" Challenge Train. In this version, you play as Wrestler, dressed like Wario-Man. who is getting interviewed by Reporter, dressed like Mona. Mona herself can be seen outside the Rhythm Arena at the very beginning and at the end of the game.
 * In the Japanese version of this game, there are 2 variants for "Wubbadubbadubba, is that true?" and 2 variants for "Woah, you go big guy!". However, in the US version of this game, there are 3 variants for the 2 commands listed earlier.