Samurai Slice (Wii)

An army of evil spirits has invaded a peaceful village. Only a lone samurai can stop them. What dastardly deeds are they up to?

— Samurai Slice Description (Rhythm Heaven Fever)

An army of evil spirits descended on the peaceful village. Only a lone samurai can stop them and restore peace to the land.

— Samurai Slice Description (Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise)

An army of evil spirits has invaded a peaceful village. Only a lone samurai can stop them.

— Samurai Slice Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Template:Game-Nav Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Samurai Slice (悪霊退散^?, Akuryou Taisan) is the 19th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 105th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It features the wandering samurai. In this game, you are slicing up demons who are spawning from a dark portal, in order to save the Lost Pinwheel of a little boy/girl. This game has a sequel, called Samurai Slice 2.

Gameplay

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File:Samurai Slice M gameplay.png

In this game, the player must slice a horde of demons, or evil spirits, as they appear, in order to protect the peaceful village. Dark demons will appear and the player must slice them with the sword at the correct time to vanquish them, by pressing A. Occasionally, a vortex of demons will swarm at once and the player has to perform a whirlwind slice, by pressing A and B at the same time, which will make the samurai thrash his sword rapidly.

You use the normal slice for the red demons, but the green ones come out faster, so you have to use the whirlwind slice. The Red demons can also vary in size, but this is just a distraction. There is also a story, which pops up on to the screen mid-game to obstruct the game's visuals.

Gameplay Features

Our Story So Far...

Various elements during the story segment can be affected negatively if the player's timing is off. When a barely occurs, the characters and texts will tilt slightly. When a miss occurs, the characters and text tilt drastically, reaching the edges of the screen. During the evil spirit's story segment, additional spirits alongside it appear if either a barely or miss occurs.

Wandering Samurai Dialogue

At the end of the story segment during the rhythm game, the Wandering Samurai will either say "I will see justice done." or "Don't worry."

To Be Continued...

At the end of the rhythm game, the words "To be continued..." appear. If the player slices at them four to five times, the words will be cut in half.

From Superb to OK

Like some other rhythm games, missing the last hit will result in an OK regardless of how well the player performed.

Controls

Rhythm Heaven Fever

• A: Slice
• A+B: Whirlwind slice

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Button Mode

• A: Slice
• B: Whirlwind slice

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Slice
• Hold and release Stylus: Whirlwind slice

Timing Notes

• Hit: The samurai slices the evil spirit in two. When facing a horde of spirits, they are easily cut up by his whirlwind slice.
• Barely: The samurai's blade grazes the evil spirit and it flies away. A barely counts as a miss. When facing a horde of spirits, the samurai cuts them up as normal though this will count as a miss if the initial hit was a barely.
• Miss: The evil spirit attacks the samurai and knocks him over. When facing a horde, each latch onto the samurai and bite him.

Rating Notes

Rhythm Heaven Fever

Header

• "Pinwheel Boy's Gratitude"

Try Again

• "Your sword technique seemed lacking."
• "You had trouble when they ganged up on you."

OK

• "Eh. Good enough."

Superb

• "You sliced a LOT of monsters!"
• "Your sword moved so fast!"
• "You got the pinwheel back!"

Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise

Header

• "The girl says..."

Try Again

• "You should learn the basics first."
• "Your whirlwind slice needs work."

OK

• "Eh. Good enough."

Superb

• "You handled your sword so well."
• "Your whirlwind slice was impressive."
• "You got the windmill back!"

Header

• "Pinwheel Girl's Gratitude"

Try Again

• "Your sword technique seemed lacking."
• "You had trouble when they ganged up on you."

OK

• "Eh. Passable."

Superb

• "You sliced a LOT of monsters!"
• "Your sword moved so fast!"

Epilogue

Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Samurai Slice Wii Try Again.png

  "Mister... Mister!
  Are you all right?"

• Samurai Slice Wii OK.png

  "I hear he's an OK samurai..."

• Samurai Slice Wii Superb.png

  "Thanks, mister!
  You're the best!"

Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise

• Samurai Slice EU Try Again.png

  "Hey, mister! Do you need a break?"

• Samurai Slice EU OK.png

  "Are you sure he's a samurai?"

• Samurai Slice EU Superb.png

  "Thank you, mister!"

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Samurai Slice Wii 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "Mister... Mister!
  Are you all right?"

• Samurai Slice Wii 3DS OK.PNG

  "I hear he's an OK samurai..."

• Samurai Slice Wii 3DS Superb.PNG

  "Thanks, mister! You're the best!"

Rhythm Item

Pinwheel

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Skill Star

There is a second horde of green demons before the story starts, you have to use the whirlwind slice to slice them out and perfect on the last one in right time to collect the star.

Challenge Train

• Soul Of Japan
• Demon Slayer

Appearances

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  Samurai Slice (Practice)

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  Samurai Slice
  Remix 10

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  Remix 4

• Samurai Slice 2 Gamaplay.png

  Samurai Slice 2

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  Remix 8

• Samurai Slice Megamix Practice.PNG

  Samurai Slice (Practice)

• Samurai Slice M gameplay.png

  Samurai Slice

Trivia

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  In the Korean version of Rhythm Heaven Fever, the three characters featured in this rhythm game have their traditional Japanese clothing altered to resemble Korean traditional clothing.
  • Also, in the Superb epilogue screen, the colors of the background were changed from red and yellow to blue and cyan, to cover up the Rising Sun colors.
• This is the only minigame from the Samurai Slice series that returns in Megamix. The only minigames that didn't return is Samurai Slice for GBA and DS.
• This is the only minigame that keeps "To be continued..." sign, though its sequel does not appear so it would have "The End" instead, but it is possible that it is the prequel of Super Samurai Slice in Megamix.
• In Rhythm Heaven Fever, the child in blue clothing is referred to as Pinwheel Boy in the rating notes screen. In Megamix, his name was changed to Pinwheel Girl. This was also reflected in European version of Fever.

Video

Rhythm Heaven Fever	Rhythm Heaven Megamix
File:Rhythm Heaven Fever ~ Samurai Slice (Perfect)-0	File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Samurai Slice (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	悪霊退散 Dispelling Evil Spirits
French	Rythme tranchant
Spanish	El samurái rebanador
Italian	Spirito samurai
Korean	악령퇴치 Evil Spirit Eradication