First Contact

Mission control, we encountered a Martian! I'm going to attempt to translate what it says.

— First Contact Description

Template:Minigame infoboxFirst Contact (通訳者 Interpreter) is the 13th minigame introduced in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this game, the player controls Translator Tom, whose mission is to translate what the Martian is saying.

A sequel later appears in Citrus Tower under the title Second Contact.

Gameplay

As is expected, the gameplay is around translating what the Martian says. This is done by hitting the button in the same way that the Martian shows, as the alien will say something in a beat, and you must match said beat to translate him properly.

File:Story interpreter gameplay.png

Dialog

Good dialog

People of Earth,

how do you do?

I live on Mars.

...Right?

We're glad you made it.

You want to meet

my leader?

...Gotcha.

Last time...

Earthings visited...

You left...

behind PORK RICE BOWLS!!

Mars will never...

be the same.

Kidding!

Don't be a stranger!

...Gotcha.

Bad dialog

Hey, carbon blobs!

You are weird looking!

I am your ruler now.

Moohoohaha!

Hoping for...

mercy?

Not a chance.

Bow, worms!

Now I am...

hungry!

Are you done?

Hurry up and leave!

I care not for...

your species.

But I hunger.

So hungry.

Begone, insects!

Controls

Button Mode

• A or D-Pad: Translate

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Translate

Timing Notes

• Hit: Proper translation of the Martian's words occured.

• Barely: Translator Tom will translate the Martian's words in a high-pitched voice. A barely counts as a miss.

• Miss: A question-mark is displayed over the failed section and fails to translate the rest of the sentence. If it is a fail from the first word then a different sentence will pop up in blue, this text says something that will make the Martian look bad.

Rating Notes

Header

• "Ground Control to Translator Tom"

Try Again

• "Our new friend looks...dissatisfied."
• "Who what now?"
• "Erm, we couldn't quite make that out..."

OK

• "Eh. Passable."

Superb

• "You've bridged the gap between Earth and Mars!"
• "We even caught the mumbly bits."
• "They like pork rice bowls? Hey, WE like those too!"

Epilogue

• Interpreter Story Try Again.PNG

  "Was it something you said?"

• Interpreter Story OK.PNG

  "Fun is the universal language."

• Interpreter Story Superb.PNG

  "Welcome to Earth!"

Rhythm Item

Pork Rice Bowl

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Skill Star

When you translate the phrase "...Gotcha." at the perfect time, you will get the star.

Challenge Train

• Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!
• Copycats (Super Hard!)

Appearances

• Story interpreter gameplay.png

  First Contact

• Second Contact Left-Hand.png

  Second Contact
  Left-Hand Remix

• Second Contact Citrus.png

  Citrus Remix

Trivia

• If one listens closely during the crowd amusement, they can hear the "call" command from Nintendogs, which is another game from the Nintendo Series.
• The Space Umpire makes a cameo in the OK epilogue screen.
• The Superb Rating Notes say "You built the bridge between Earth and Mars.", as well as the notes being sent from "Ground Control to Translator Tom", which makes a reference to a song called Space Oddity by the late David Bowie.
• There are unused sprites of some glasses in the sprites for both this game & the Citrus Remix variant.

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - First Contact (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	通訳者 Interpreter
French	Interpréte martien-terrien
Spanish	Primer contacto
Italian	Primo Contatto
Korean	통역사 Interpreter