Sick Beats

"Memo from Assistant We have quite a germ outbreak on our hands. Help us! (No practice.)"

- 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 Easy mode (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 Normal mode (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 Hard mode (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

"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 Endless Game (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 virus will be vanquished.
 * Barely: The virus will be vanquished, but barely touch the fork. A barely counts as a miss? :(
 * Miss: The virus 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

 * "Scientific Findings"

Try Again

 * "There were a lot you just missed."
 * "You let a lot go..."

OK

 * "Yeah..."
 * "Eh. Good enough."
 * "For now, that'll do..."
 * "You barely made it."

Superb

 * "It was a brilliant extermination!"

Appearences

 * Remix 2
 * Remix 6
 * Remix 7
 * Final Remix

Sick Beats SP
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 the first endless game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It can be unlocked by obtining 10 Medals in Rhythm Tengoku  and 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 with 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. Beat.
 * If a single virus gets to the end, it will result in a Just OK.
 * If you press them quick enough together, you can shoot two blobs at once.
 * This is one of the few games that doesn't feature a practice session in the Rhythm Heaven Series.
 * This was changed in the arcade version and in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.