Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Rhythm Heaven Megamix (リズム天国ザ・ベスト+ Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus+) also known as Rhythm Paradise Megamix in Europe, is the fourth game in the Rhythm Heaven Series. It was released on June 11th, 2015 in Japan, June 16, 2016 in the west during the E3 announcement, and is set to be released on October 21, 2016 in Europe, on October 22, 2016 in Australia, and on December 1, 2016 in South Korea.

This game includes 70 minigames from the previous three Rhythm Tengoku games, 20 new minigames and 10 updated versions of older games.

Story Mode
In the single player Story mode of the game, the player helps a character named Tibby get back to Heaven World 天の国 (Ten no Kuni, a pun on 天国 tengoku) (mispelled as "Hevven World" by Tibby) by completing various rhythm games and restoring the flow. On his way, he meets various characters, such as Boondog, Dieter, Shep, Donna, Hairold, Eglantine and Trey, who guide him through their various lands; as well as the Gatekeeper Trio, which consists of Saffron, Saltwater, and Paprika.

Challenge Land
Challenge Land is a new feature in Megamix. Here, the player may board the Challenge Train, where the player must beat a series of minigames, usually with modified rules and tempo. Additionally, if the Perfect Campaign is up, it can be challenged here. Challenge Land becomes playable once the player clears the Lush Tower.

List of Rhythm Games
Majority of the games appear in Story Mode, where they are grouped into places of four: one Rhythm Tengoku game, one Rhythm Heaven game, one Rhythm Heaven Fever game, and one new game.

(Games marked with "[Prequel]" are new versions of previous rhythm games, and are considerably easier than their predecessors. Games marked with "[Original]" are the original versions of the rhythm game from their respective Rhythm Heaven title. Games marked with "[Sequel]" are a sequel to the ORIGINAL game, not a prequel. Games not marked at all have no brand-new prequel.)

Lush Tower
After the Lush Tower is cleared, the credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World... Well, almost. But, new minigames get unlocked.

Songbird Tower
After the six rainbow towers are cleared, the credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World. Plus, new minigames get unlocked.

Cafe
In the cafe you can play with your Rhythm Toys, buy Rhythm Items, CD's and extra games with Flow Balls and visit the Museum.

Extra Games
Extra Games can be bought from the shop owned by Saffron with Flow Balls found by playing Challenge Land's Perfect Campaign and Challenge Train's challenges. All extra games are returning minigames from the previous games in the series which allow you to perfect them.

Endless Games
Endless Games return in the new Rhythm Heaven game, which will include past Endless Games from the previous games.


 * Sick Beats (from Rhythm Tengoku)
 * Coin Toss (from Rhythm Heaven)
 * Clap Trap (from Rhythm Heaven Fever)
 * Charging Chicken (New Endless Game)

Rhythm Toys
Rhythm Toys return, but in a slightly different format. Unlike with Rhythm Toys in past games, the Rhythm Toys that appear in this game are constantly checked on for various reasons throughout the playthrough of the game, and are not accessible until you clear the Lush Tower.

List of Rhythm Toys

 * Figure Fighter VS
 * Feed Goat

Streetpass
Whenever you got tagged by another player, the Cafe icon will display Barista, hinting that another player has tagged you. For each player you tagged, displays the player's Mii, number of Flow, and Favorite Rhythm Game, just like the rest of the characters. You also battle each of the players you tagged through Figure Fighter VS.

Missing Games
While most games returned in Megamix, 25 didn't make the cut. The following are the games from past incarnations of Rhythm Heaven that did not return for Megamix. (This does not include remixes or sequels)

From Rhythm Tengoku

 * Samurai Slice (GBA)
 * Sick Beats (Non-Endless Version)
 * The ★ Bon Odori
 * Wizard's Waltz
 * Showtime
 * Tram and Pauline
 * Built to Scale (GBA)
 * Rap Men
 * Toss Boys
 * Fireworks

From Rhythm Heaven

 * Built to Scale (DS)
 * Moai Doo-Wop
 * Love Lizards
 * Crop Stomp
 * DJ School
 * Drummer Duel
 * Love Lab
 * Splashdown
 * Space Soccer
 * Rockers

From Rhythm Heaven Fever

 * Tambourine
 * Donk-Donk
 * Tap Troupe
 * Shrimp Shuffle
 * Night Walk (Wii)

Reception
This game has received a review of 34/40 on Famitsu.

According to a report, this game sold over 500,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2015. .

As of February 2016, the total sales in Japan reached 650,000 copies.

Trivia

 * There is a challenge mode minigame called Wario...Where, where many of the minigames are replaced with WarioWare characters. This is due to both series being created by the same developers.
 * This is the first game to not include any of Tsunku's songs in the introduced Rhythm Games.
 * This game currently holds the record for the most Rhythm games in it, with Rhythm games from every game in the series.
 * When this game was talked about at the E3 2016, #RhythmHeaven quickly became a trending topic on the popular social networking website known as Twitter.
 * During the real credits the following things and characters from various games can be seen.
 * The tree from Lush Remix.
 * The Huebirds of Happiness from Flock Step.
 * The Star you can collect in every game.
 * The planet from Remix 7 of Rhythm Heaven Fever.
 * The Rhythm Rockets from Launch Party.
 * The Alien From Spaceball.
 * The huge machine from Working Dough, it also shines the color of the forest.
 * Play-Yan and the star from Night Walk.
 * The riceball from Spaceball.
 * All the colors for each Remix, red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, blue, purple.
 * The Moon Bunnies from Bunny Hop.
 * The outline for the star in Star Land.
 * Rhythm Heaven itself.
 * Ashley makes a cameo in the cafe as a doll.
 * The minigames at gates and towers are lined up by their game from oldest to newest (for example in Forest Tower: First is Spaceball from Rhythm Tengoku, then Dog Ninja from Rhythm Heaven, then Hole in One from Rhythm Heaven Fever and finally the new one - Sumo Brothers).
 * While using simple tap, it shows the character when tapping. This is a reference to Rhythm Heaven.
 * This the first game in the series to have threequels included.
 * It is notable that the title cards in the English version of the game all use the same font styles and are rather simplistic compared to the more artistic and unique title cards in the Japanese version and Rhythm Heaven Fever.
 * The only title card to be fully changed from the Japanese version is Karate Man Combos!.