Packing Pests

Packing Pests (しわけ) is the 2nd Rhythm Game of the fourth stage (17th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 1st of Shop No. 6 (106th overall), costing 8 Flow Balls, in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The arrange version, Packing Pests 2, appears in the tenth stage in Rhythm Heaven Fever.

Gameplay
The player takes control of Employee 333-4-591032 who works in a candy factory. Using both hands, the player must catch candy and then drop them into a cardboard box below when they're thrown to them. There are also Treat Spiders that want to jump into the cardboard box, and must be smacked away with only one hand. When the cue "Double up!" (Japanese: いくぜ!!! Ikuze!) is heard, the player must smack two treat spiders at the same time after catching a piece of candy.

Timing Display

 * Perfect!/Ace!: The candy will be grabbed and dropped in a box. Spiders are slapped forward to the ground, and walk back offscreen.
 * Early!/Late!: The candy is fumbled and does not make it into the box. Spiders will be only grazed, making them fall straight down.
 * Miss...: Candy and spiders will fly past you and into the employee's workspace, making him shudder (with a more visible shudder for spiders). Slapping candy instead of grabbing it cause it to be knocked down. Grabbing spiders instead of slapping them causes the employee to grab them, then drop them and shudder.

Skill Star
The Skill Star appears on the bonus thrown at the very end of the game.

Challenge Land
appears in the following Challenge Train courses:
 * On the Job
 * Game Gamble: Intermediate

Trivia

 * The employee played in this rhythm game bears a striking resemblance to Munchy Monk. He also slaps the spiders in a very similar manner as to when the Munchy Monk slaps his arm, and the aside glance he gives when his face is shown, is almost identical to the one at the end of Munchy Monk 2.
 * The word "Double up!" was localized in the other European languages, despite the lack of a dedicated dub.
 * The employee is only given an ID number exclusive to the North American release.
 * The employee' ID number, #333-4-591032, is a symbolic code for "EEE, a spider!"
 * In Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise, the sign says "Quality Control" instead of "Spider-Free Candy". This was reverted back in Rhythm Paradise Megamix.
 * According to debug notes found in the files of Rhythm Heaven Megamix this game, Fork Lifter, Cheer Readers, Flock Step, Double Date and Board Meeting would have its short mode variant added in that game but got cut for unknown reasons.
 * This game has a similar rhythm to Monkey Watch.
 * In the American and European release, the paycheck has a dollar symbol on it. This change is reflected on the rhythm item.