Samurai Slice (Wii)

"An army of evil spirits has invaded a peaceful village. Only a lone samurai can stop them. What dastardly deeds are they up to?"

- Samurai Slice Description (US version) Samurai Slice (悪霊退散) is the nineteenth game in Rhythm Heaven Fever. Getting a perfect will unlock the song of the game, also called "Samurai Slice". In this game, you are slicing up demons who are spawning from a dark portal, in order to save the Lost Pinwheel of a little boy. This game has a sequel, called Samurai Slice 2. It's also an Extra Game unlocked in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay
In this game, the player must slice a horde of demons, or evil spirits, as they appear, in order to protect the peaceful village. Dark demons will appear and the player must slice them with the sword at the correct time to vanquish them, by pressing A. Occasionally, a vortex of demons will swarm at once and the player has to perform a whirlwind slice, by pressing A and B at the same time, which will make the samurai thrash his sword rapidly.

You use the normal slice for the red demons, but the green ones come out faster, so you have to use the whirlwind slice. The Red demons can also vary in size, but this is just a distraction. There is also a story, which pops up on to the screen mid-game. Again, it is just a distraction.

Controls

 * A: Slice sword
 * A+B: Whirlwind slice

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The samurai slices the evil spirit in two. The group of spirits are easily cut up by his whirlwind slice.
 * Barely: The samurai grazed the spirit. But grazed the first/last one with a "tick" sound as it just lazily falls down, off screen. The horde of spirits are easily vanquished but the last one escapes.
 * Miss: The spirit attacks the samurai with a bite. If pressed too early, the samurai will simply miss.

US Version

 * Try Again: "Mister... Mister! Are you all right?"
 * OK: "I hear he's an OK samurai..."
 * Superb: "Thanks, mister! You're the best!"

European Version

 * Try Again: "Hey, mister! Do you need a break?"
 * OK: "Are you sure he's a samurai?"
 * Superb: "Thank you, mister!"

Appearances

 * Samurai Slice
 * Samurai Slice 2
 * Remix 4
 * Remix 8
 * Remix 10

Rhythm Heaven Megamix
Samurai Slice (悪霊退散 Akuryou Taisan?, "Dispelling Evil Spirits") is identical to Samurai Slice from Rhythm Heaven Fever and it's an extra game bought from museum shop in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this game, you are controlling the Wandering Samurai who's slicing up demons who are spawning from a dark portal, in order to save the Lost Pinwheel of a little girl and her mother.

Gameplay
In this game, the player must slice a horde of demons, or evil spirits, as they appear, in order to protect the peaceful village. Dark demons will appear and the player must slice them with the sword at the correct time to vanquish them, by pressing A. Occasionally, a vortex of demons will swarm at once and the player has to perform a whirlwind slice, by pressing B at the same time, which will make the samurai thrash his sword rapidly.The dark demons can also vary in size, but this is just a distraction. Midway through the game the story is shown, which pops up on to the screen. This also serves as a distraction.

Controls

 * A: Slice sword
 * B: Whirlwind slice

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The samurai slices the evil spirit in two. The group of spirits are easily cut up by his whirlwind slice.
 * Barely: The samurai grazed the spirit. But grazed the first/last one with a "tick" sound as it just lazily falls down, off screen. The horde of spirits are easily vanquished but the last one escapes.
 * Miss: The spirit attacks the samurai with a bite. If pressed too early, the samurai will simply miss.

Rating Notes

 * Try Again: "Mister... Mister! Are you all right?"
 * OK: "I hear he's an OK samurai..."
 * Superb: "Thanks, mister! You're the best!"

Trivia

 * This is the only minigame from the Samurai Slice series that returns in Megamix. The minigames that didn't return are Samurai Slice for GBA and endless game Samurai Slice for DS.
 * This is the only minigame that keeps "To be continued..." sign, though it's sequel does not appear so it would have "The End" instead like Blue Birds did, but it is possible that it is prequel of Super Samurai Slice in Megamix.
 * Just like Packing Pests, if you fail the last dark creature who holds a pinwheel, you can't get a perfect, and you'll get OK rate, no matter how hard you do.
 * At the end of the song, The "To be continued" sign will appear. The player can actually slice it in half, making it to vanish if A is pressed couple times.
 * In Fever, Pinwheel Girl was named as Pinwheel Boy, but this was changed in Megamix version because she looks more girly rather than manly.
 * The samurai's apearance is changed in the Korean version as he has a hat, longer pants and has a blue spot added to his shirt.