Launch Party

Count down to launch! Or rather, count down to launches. Quite a few of them, in fact.

— Launch Party Description (Rhythm Heaven Fever and Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Countdown initiated. The Rhythm Rockets are ready to launch. It's time to see the world from a new angle.

— Launch Party Description (Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise)

Template:Game-NavTemplate:Minigame infoboxLaunch Party (ロケットゼロ Roketo zero "Rocket Zero") is the 26th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 65th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. This game is about launching miniature size rockets into outer space.

Gameplay

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File:Launch Party 3DS gameplay.PNG

In the game, the player controls a square-shaped "launchpad" as it flies into space. As the launchpad flies, multiple kinds of rockets will pop up onto it. When a rocket appears on the launchpad, a countdown will appear on the launchpad's screen. The player needs to launch the rocket when the countdown reaches 0, launching it into space.

The are four different types of rockets, each with their own type of countdown.

-Red "Ship" Rocket: Counts down from 3, at the rate of one number per beat.

-Blue "Party Hat" Rocket: Counts down from 5, at a fast pace.

-Green "Bell" Rocket: Counts down from 7, at a very fast pace.

Grey "Bowling Pin" Rocket: Counts down from 1, at a very slow pace.

The countdowns are used to help judge the time to launch, but are also to confuse; the timing for each rocket other than the red ones is roughly the same.

Controls

Button Mode

• A: Launch Rocket

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Launch Rocket

Timing Notes

• Hit: The rocket is launched into space, accompanied by a sound.
• Barely: The rocket flies up a little bit, but can't get far and falls quickly. A barely counts as a miss.
• Miss: The rocket doesn't even get launched, and is bumped off by the next rocket.

Rating Notes

Header

• "From Mission Control"

Try Again

• "Your launch timing was...off."
• "Those stars messed you up, huh?"

OK

• "Eh. Good enough." (Only in Rhythm Heaven Fever)
• "Eh. Passable." (Only in Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Superb

• "Congrats on your successful launches..."
• "You stayed focused amid distraction."

Header

• "From Mission Control:"

Try Again

• "Your launch timing was often out."
• "The shooting stars really put you off."

OK

• "Good try."

Superb

• "Your launches were a success."
• "You coped with distractions. "

Epilogue

Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Launch Party Try Again.png

  "Um...where are we?"

• Launch Party OK.png

  "One giant leap..."

• Launch Party Superb.png

  "We've made contact!"

Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise

• Launch Party EU Try Again.png

  "Where are we?"

• Launch Party EU OK.png

  "It's a giant leap for lion-kind!"

• Launch Party EU Superb.png

  "We're having a close encounter!"

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Launch Party 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "Um... where are we?"

• Launch Party 3DS OK.PNG

  "One giant leap..."

• Launch Party 3DS Superb.PNG

  "We've made contact!"

Rhythm Item

Launchpad

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Skill Star

When you are at the high speed part of the song after launching the green bell rocket, launch the red ship rocket perfectly to collect the star.

Appearances

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  Launch Party
  Remix 10

• Launch Party Remix 6.png

  Remix 6

• Launch Party Remix 8.png

  Remix 8

• Launch Party 3DS gameplay.PNG

  Launch Party
  Right-Hand Remix

Two Player Mode

Template:Game-NavTemplate:Minigame infobox A version of the game can be unlocked in the two-player mode, requiring the completion of the original game and the previous two-player game, Flipper-Flop, to unlock.

The game has two launchers, with the first player's being blue, and the second's orange. Both launchers have rockets pop up on them to be launched. The rockets and timing for the players are the same, requiring them to launch at the same time. However, partway through the game, each player will end up moving far into the background; they still need to launch rockets, so they need to contend with both the other player and stars obscuring their view.

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Trivia

• Getting either a Try Again or OK rating has a member of The Clappy Trio appearing on the rating screen. A Superb rating lets you see the UFO from Airboarder in the rating screen.
• During the game, voices can be heard during certain points, though the voices are obscured by the music. This video lets you hear the voices without the music.
• This game has slightly been updated in Megamix to have more stars appearing in the background when you reach the outer space.
• The opening font looks similar to the "Superb" screen.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ロケットゼロ Rocket Zero
French	Fusées
Spanish	Cuenta atrás	Countdown
Italian	Rocket Zero
Korean	제로 로켓 Zero Rocket