Second Contact

Fellow Martians, I've encountered an Earthling! I'm going to attempt to translate what it says. (No practice)

— Second Contact Description

Second Contact (かえってきた 通訳者 Kaettekita Tsuyakusha "Return of Interpreter") is the 46th minigame and it's a sequel to First Contact in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. The point of the game is to translate what is being said to the rhythm. It is similar to First Contact. In this game, the player controls a Martian translating a human named Farmer Bob.

Gameplay

File:Second Contact gameplay.png

Second Contact's gameplay focuses on repeating a pattern by hitting the A button or directional pad. Farmer Bob will start by speaking to a rhythm represented by a symbol (a picture of a person) and then give the Martian a cue to repeat that same rhythm, translating the symbols to words. It is also played the same way like in prequel, but this time it's more complex and a bit tricky having symbols appearing really fast to hit.

Dialog

Good dialog

Hi, people of Mars!

How do you do?

I am an Earthling.

...And single!

Don't get your hopes up...

Not all humans...

look as good as me!

...Ladies!

Let's get some tea...

and talk planets.

I'm going to...

work up my courage to say...

to [A different three-syllable name may appear here each time.]...

for oh...

so, so...

long I have been...

very much in love with...

yummy PORK RICE BOWLS!

Ummm...yeah.

I should head back soon...

for my tentacle graft.

...Kidding!

Bad dialog

Blah, blah...

Garble, snarble.

Guess who I am?

Hahahaha!

Watermelon, watermelon.

Rutabaga, rutabaga...

You guys look like octopuses!

Ahahaha!

I want a taco.

Where are the donuts?

Niagara Falls.

Are you gonna eat that?

Did I say something wrong?

(unintelligible)

(unintelligible)

(unintelligible)

(unintelligible)

(boring stuff)

Blah, blah...

Turnip.

Achoo!

Ahahaha!

Controls

Button Mode

• A or D-Pad: Translate

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Translate

Timing Notes

• Hit: Proper translation of Bob's words occurs.

• Barely: The Martian translates Farmer Bob's words in a high-pitched voice.

• Miss: A question-mark is displayed over the failed section, and the rest of the sentence is not translated. If a sentence is missed from the beginning, dialogue from the "Bad dialog" section appears instead, making Farmer Bob look sad.

Rating Notes

Header

• "Mars Control to Farmer Bob"

Try Again

• "What was that? We wait with bated breath!"
• "Didn't quite catch that--not sure we wanted to."
• "Yikes?"

OK

• "Eh. Passable."

Superb

• "Yup, definitely heard you loud and clear..."
• "Even when things got awkward, you nailed it."
• "We were feeling the love...unfortunately."

Epilogue

• Interpreter Try Again.PNG

  "Tell me again what a "verb" is...?"

• Interpreter OK.PNG

  "Friendship."

• Interpreter Superb.PNG

  "Welcome to Mars!"

Rhythm Item

Mars

Mars	Foreign Food
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Mars.png.png	Everyone was surprised at how quickly we started a culinary exchange with Mars, but they shouldn't have been. Look at it! It's basically a space meatball!

Skill Star

The Skill Star for this game can be collected when the human says "...Ladies!"

Challenge Train

• 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

• When the Martian scientists are shown, the alien from Spaceball can be seen.
• When the Martian badly translates the Earthling's language, his high-pitched voice is a sped up version of the Wrestler when he does poses to the fans in Ringside.
• This game, unlike the other three sequels to the original games, actually seems to be a true sequel, even having a call-back to the "PORK RICE BOWLS!" gag in First Contact. Due to this, some fans call First Contact the "real" game, despite Second Contact having the "Return of" title in the Japanese name (which refers to the "true" games in The Best Plus) & being in Left-Hand Remix.
  • Even more so, it's appearance in Citrus Remix has a reporter translating a orange alien, similarly to First Contact.

Video

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

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	かえってきた通訳者	Return of Interpreter
French	Interprète terrien-martien
Spanish	Segundo contacto
Italian	Secondo Contatto
Korean	돌아온 통역사	Return of Interpreter