Rat Race

"You are a rat. She is a cat. You love cheese. We have all the ingredients of a tense encounter."

- Rat Race Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Rat Race (こっそりラット) is the 9th game in Rhythm Tengoku and the 48th game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It's about three rats trying to find cheese while running and hiding from Ms. Whiskers.

Gameplay
The three rats will be running across a very, very long kitchen table. In practice, they will give you signals when you stop behind a stack of plates, but in the real game, there are no signals (in the Megamix version, there are signals in the real game, but the brown rat will throw the stoplight away in the middle of the game). It's appearances in remixes have signals in them. There is a cat trying to catch you, and when the cat pops up, you hold A to stop behind a plate. The music will go quiet for a few seconds, and you will hear the music building up, and the rats are in a position that they're about to run. You let go of A at the right time to get a clean getaway.

Button Mode

 * Hold A: Stop
 * Release A: Go

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap and Hold: Stop
 * Release Stylus: Go

Timing Notes

 * Hit: Nothing goes wrong and you get away from the cat.
 * Barely: You jump a little when you hide, and when you run, there is a "boing" sound. A barely counts as a hit!
 * Miss: You bump into one of the other two mice. When hiding, the mouse you hit moves out of position, and when running, the mouse you hit does not run momentarily, but catches up fast.

Header

 * "Rap Sheet"

Try Again

 * "Even a dog knows when to stay."
 * "Your uneven starts cause collisions."
 * "Can we even call that “attempted" theft?"

OK

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

Superb

 * "You knew just when to stop!"
 * "Your starts were right on!"

Header

 * "Hushed Whispers"

Try Again

 * "Work on those stops!"
 * "You need to practice your starts."

OK

 * "Eh. Passable."

Superb

 * "Your stops were perfect!"
 * "Great starts!"

Skill Star
When the brown mouse throws traffic lights near the end telling the other two that they will go upwards without using them, stop at the second stock of plates perfectly to collect the star.

Remix Appearances

 * Remix 2
 * Remix 6
 * Remix 8
 * Donut Remix
 * Final Remix

Trivia

 * The Sneaky Rats make a cameo in Rhythm Heaven 's Freeze Frame where they sometimes appear in the pictures the player takes.
 * The Sneaky Rats make a cameo in Munchy Monk 2 in Rhythm Heaven where they're hanging from the lower elephants instruments in the background.
 * Ms. Whiskers makes a cameo in Wake-Up Caller in Rhythm Heaven Fever, sometimes appearing at the window when the player reaches 10-15 points.