Sick Beats

助手からの知らせ 「大変です！ バイキン発生です！！ 先生、たすけて~」" "(Notice from assistant ”It's terrible! It's a virus outbreak! Help, professor~”)

— Sick Beats Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

バイキン発生して 大ピンチ！ たすけて！バイキンはかせ！" "(It's a big virus outbreak! Help! Dr. Virus!)

— Sick Beats Description (Rhythm Tengoku Arcade)

We've got an outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!

— Sick Beats Description Second Gate Saffron Trial (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

We've got a big outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!

— Sick Beats Description Second Gate Saltwater Trial (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

We've got a massive outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!

— Sick Beats Description Second Gate Paprika Trial (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Sick Beats (バイキンはかせ^?, Baikin Hakase) is the 10th game in Rhythm Tengoku and the 18th game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this rhythm game, you are a doctor protecting a yellow micro-organism by stabbing viruses with forks. This minigame appears in Gate 2 in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay

File:Bacteria doc.PNG

File:Doctor bacteria 3ds gameplay.png

The player uses the D-Pad (+) to shoot at the viruses from one of four directions, depending on their placement on the map. If even one virus gets to the end, the organism will pop.

Controls

Button Mode

• Left: Shoot left
• Right: Shoot right
• Up: Shoot up
• Down: Shoot down

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Shoot either way

Timing Notes

• Hit: The viruses will be stabbed by one of the 4 forks. The doctor will turn to the camera and blush.
• Barely: The viruses will be stabbed, but barely touched, by the fork. A barely counts as a hit in the endless game, but it counts as a miss in Final Remix & (apparently) the main game.
• Miss: The doctor turns blue & the virus will continue on its way. The player has multiple chances to vanquish the virus; however, when it reaches the organism, the latter will make a worried noise, then pop. In the main game & Megamix's practice, it respawns, but it's impossible to get a Superb rating afterwards. In the endless game, one miss will end the game.

Rating Notes

Header

• "助手から　ひとこと" (A word from the assistant)

Try Again

• "当たりそこねが　多かったですね。" (There were a lot you just missed.)
• "けっこう　にがしちゃいましたねぇ…" (You let a lot go...)

OK

• "う~ん．．．" (Yeah...)
• "まぁまぁ、　かな。" (OK, I guess?)
• "とりあえず．．．" (Anyway...)
• "よしと　します。" (You did your best.)

Superb

• "とても　あざやかな退治でした！" (It was a brilliant extermination!)

Epilogue

• DR. Bacteria Try again.PNG

  "研究は失敗だ。" (The research was a failure.)

• DR. Bacteria OK.PNG

  "失敗は成功のもとカモ！" (Failure might be the origin of success!)

• Dr. Bacteria.png

  "ものすごいクスリができた！！" (A fantastic medicine was produced!!)

Appearences

• Bacteria doc.PNG

  Sick Beats
  Remix 2
  Remix 6
  Remix 7

• Doctor bacteria 3ds gameplay.png

  Sick Beats
  Final Remix

Sick Beats SP

たたかって、 たたかって。" "(Fight, fight.)

— Sick Beats SP Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

We've got an outbreak of an unknown virus! You're gonna need a LOT of forks for this one! (No practice)

— Sick Beats Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Template:Game-Nav Template:Game-Nav Template:Endless game infobox Sick Beats SP (バイキンはかせSP^?, Baikin Hakase SP), known as Sick Beats (バイキンはかせ^?, Baikin Hakase) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix is the second Endless Game in Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It can be unlocked by obtaining 10 Medals in Rhythm Tengoku or beating all three Trials in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. The game is an endless version of the original, ending once a single virus gets through to the end without being stabbed. The game gets faster as you continue, and new variations of viruses are introduced. Pink viruses will take two hits, and will continue to a different direction, meaning a player can't use the same side of the D-pad twice when vanquishing a pink one. A black virus has three hits, and follows the same properties as the pink.

Difficulty

The player has the option to select which difficulty they want in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. Saffron Trial: Only blue viruses are in this version. There are 3 organisms. Saltwater Trial: The blue may skip a section. Pink viruses are added. There are 2 organisms. Paprika Trial: The blue ones may skip 1-3 sections. Pink ones may skip 1-2 sections. Black viruses are added. There are 2 organisms.

Rhythm Items

Radio	Offbeat Prescription
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Radio.png.png	This item is surprisingly important to the doctor's work. You just can't cure diseases as well without some groovy tunes.

(High Score: 120)

Boom Box	Who Could Guess?
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Boombox.png.png	Turns out that louder music allows for healthier patients. Can't say I would have guessed.

Trivia

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• This is the first game not use the A button in Rhythm Tengoku.
• This game is unique for being set up like a tower defense game.
• While stabbing a virus, followed by an off-beat virus, a star will appear next to the doctor.
• Although only blue viruses appear in the normal version of the game, a black virus appears in Remix 7.
• The music used in Sick Beats SP in Rhythm Tengoku is a slightly remixed version of the normal music. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the music is the same as the original, except for the addition of an ending note in the Gatekeeper Trio's Trials.
• This is one of the few games that doesn't feature a practice session in Tengoku.
  • This was changed in the arcade version and in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
• This is the only rhythm game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix to be an Endless game instead of the original.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バイキンはかせ	Dr. Virus
EnglishNOA	Sick Beats
EnglishNOE	Sick Beats
French	Tempo labo	Lab tempo
Spanish	Ritmo contagioso	Contagious rhythm
Italian	Ritmo virale	Viral rhythm
Korean	세균 박사	Dr. Virus