Fillbots/Development

Rhythm Heaven

Fillbots consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
robot		Fillbots Remix 8 Remix 10
robot/ver2		Fillbots 2
robot/ver3		Remix 1

Early Builds

In the Summit Fall 2008 Build of Rhythm Heaven, this game was known as Robot Factory.

Robot Factory This factory builds robots. (What did you expect?) It's your job to fuel 'em up once they're built. 　Rhythm Heaven (Media Summit Fall 2008)	Fillbots This factory builds robots. (What did you expect?) It's your job to fuel 'em up once they're built. 　Rhythm Heaven

The quote for the OK epilogue seems to be reused from Built to Scale rather than having its own.

	()[unknown]	Sometimes, being OK is good enough.	[unknown]
	()A job half done is hardly done at all.	You did good out there.	Looks like you've made some new friends!

Miscellaneous

Despite technically having three versions in the game's data, they are all identical.

The filling sound heard when filling up a robot was originally a test sound that was later duplicated and reused for Fillbots.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Fillbots consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven Megamix:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
ver_short		Fillbots
ver_long		Fillbots 2 Left-Hand Remix
ver_remix00		Honeybee Remix
ver_wario		Fillbots 2 (Wario...Where?)

Unused Content

There is an empty group file labeled "GROUP_WSD_TUTORIAL_NTR_ROBOT.bcgrp", the filename indicating it is intended as the Practice theme for Fillbots 2. Oddly enough, there is another file labeled "GROUP_WSD_TUTORIAL_NTR_ROBOT_SHORT.bcgrp", which does sound like the music for Fillbots 2. The used Practice theme for Fillbots is instead labeled "GROUP_WSD_TUTORIAL_NTR_ROBBOT_SHORT.bcgrp".

There is an unused image in Fillbots 2 showing a factory with a strawberry and the number 2. This, alongside the information from Robo Juice, implies the red oil in Fillbots 2 is actually strawberry juice.

The ROBO S model from Fillbots 2 in Rhythm Heaven still exists in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. Its functionality is almost entirely identical, with the exception of one bug causing the filling sound effect to not play if the player starts pumping a little late. The short version of Fillbots has it appropriately colored purple like the other models, and Honeybee Remix sees it colored yellow, along with being decorated with bee wings and antennae. The blackout also exists, however it is buggy in appearance:

• It causes the robots to be recolored black, which unintentionally hides their eyes in the dark, and causes them to turn invisible once fully filled. The robots have unused sprites with a white background around them, which is a leftover from Rhythm Heaven where this white background was used to hide the excess oil while fueling. The recoloring function of the blackout appears to be intended to hide this white background, however the final game uses a mask to hide the excess oil, making this function completely unnecessary.
• It causes the pump to be recolored black, rendering it invisible. The pump has a white rectangle to hide the actual pump when it goes above the white square, however in practice this would be all offscreen anyway.
• The gears added in Rhythm Heaven Megamix remain visible during the blackout, as there is no function to recolor them black. This causes the robots to be partially visible as they assemble.

Regional Differences

The intro sequence has the "Factory No. 1", "Factory No. 2" and "Get working!" text typed out in Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+, and simply blink on in other regions. This also affects the sound effect played, with the Japanese voice setting also being keeping the new sound effect to match the animation still.

References

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