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*This is the first game where no new Prologue jingles were made, aside from remixed ones from previous games and for [[Remix]]es.
*This is the first game where no new Prologue jingles were made, aside from remixed ones from previous games and for [[Remix]]es.
*This is the second game in the series, after Rhythm Tengoku, to have Karate Man as the first playable rhythm game.
*This is the second game in the series, after Rhythm Tengoku, to have Karate Man as the first playable rhythm game.
*There are 48 "main" rhythms in the game (12 from each game and 12 new)


==Trailers==
==Trailers==

Revision as of 04:35, 24 September 2020

Epilogue Wii Screwbot Factory 2 NG.png
Rhythm Heaven Megamix
Image
Megamix EU Boxart.png
Rhythmtengokuthebestboxart.jpg
Developer
Nintendo SPD
Publisher
Nintendo
Platform
Nintendo 3DS
Release date(s)
Flag of Japan.svg June 11, 2015
Flag of the United States.svg June 16, 2016*
Flag of Europe.svg October 21, 2016
Flag of Australia.svg October 22, 2016
Flag of South Korea.svg December 1, 2016
Ratings
ESRB:ESRB E.png - Everyone
PEGI:PEGI 7.png - 7 years and up
CERO:CERO A.png - All ages
USK:USK 0.png - All ages
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Games
108 (plus challenges and co-op)
Navigation
Next
N/A


Rhythm Heaven Megamix (リズム天国 ザ・ベスト＋?, Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+), also known as Rhythm Paradise Megamix in Europe, and Rhythm World: The Best Plus (리듬 세상 더 베스트 플러스?) in Korea, is the 4th game in the Rhythm Heaven Series. It was released on June 11th, 2015 in Japan; June 16th, 2016 in the west during the E3 announcement; October 21st, 2016 in Europe; October 22nd, 2016 in Australia; and on December 1st, 2016 in South Korea.

This game includes 70 Rhythm Games from the previous three Rhythm Heaven games, 19 new ones, and 10 Remixes.

Main Game

Epilogue Wii Cheer Readers 2 OK.png

In the single player mode of the game, the player helps a character named Tibby get back to Heaven World 天の国 (Ten no Kuni, a pun on 天国 tengoku?) (mispelled as "Hevven World" by Tibby) by completing various rhythm games and restoring the flow. On his way, he meets various characters, such as Boondog, Dieter, Shep, Donna, Hairold, Eglantine, Trey, Bertram, Betty, & Philip, who guide him through their various lands; as well as the Gatekeeper Trio, which consists of Saffron, Saltwater, and Paprika.

Challenge Land

Challenge Land is a new feature in Megamix. It becomes playable once the player clears the Lush Tower. It also allows up to 4 players, either through Local Multiplayer or Download Play. When clearing the course for the first time, Flow Balls are rewarded to players to spend it at Café. Those playing through Download Play cannot receive rewards, and are instead encouraged to purchase the full game.

Perfect Campaign

Perfect Campaign returns in Rhythm Heaven Megamix and up to 3 attempts are allowed before receiving the perfect. However, unlike from previous games in the series, some minor changes were made. Needing to navigate to the Rhythm Game where the Campaign is at is no longer necessary, as it can be accessed directly through the booth at Challenge Land. If the player missed during the attempt, the game ends with the message "You Missed..." instead of continuing like a normal game. After a "perfect" is obtained, the player no longer receives music or Reading Material; instead, each Perfect Campaign awards one Flow Ball, which can used to purchase Rhythm Items, Music, or Rhythm Games at the Shop.

List of Rhythm Games

The majority of games appear over the course of the story, where they are grouped into Stages of four; one from Rhythm Tengoku, one from Rhythm Heaven, one from Rhythm Heaven Fever, and one new. All towers have a Remix at the end as well.

The games in Honeybee Land, Machine Land, Citrus Land and Barbershop Land are shorter variants of the original games with new music and visuals. They take the original name and description of the games, while the actual original games are given new names, which in English often coincide with the Arrange games in previous installments.

Honeybee Land

Karate Man Fillbots Air Rally Catchy Tune
File:Story karate man.png File:Story fillbots.png File:Story air rally.png File:Story Jumping Road.png

Machine Land

Rhythm Tweezers Glee Club Figure Fighter Fruit Basket
File:Story rhythm epilation.png File:Story glee club.png File:Story figure fighter.png File:Story slam dunked.png

The First Gate

Coin Toss File:Coin toss 3ds.png

Citrus Land

The Clappy Trio Shoot-'em-up Micro-Row First Contact
File:Story the clappy trio.png File:Story shoot em up.png File:Story micro row.png File:Story interpreter.png

Donut Land

Bunny Hop Airboarder Exhibition Match Tongue Lashing
File:Rabbit jump 3ds.png File:Airboarder 3ds.png File:Exhibition match 3ds.png File:Chameleon Stick 3DS.PNG

The Second Gate

Sick Beats
File:Doctor bacteria 3ds.png

Barbershop Land

Sneaky Spirits Rhythm Rally Flipper-Flop LumBEARjack
File:Story sneaky spirits.png File:Story Rhythm Rally title.PNG File:Story Flipper-Flop title.PNG File:Wild Woodwork title.PNG

Songbird Land

Power Calligraphy Blue Birds Flock Step Super Samurai Slice
File:Power Calligraphy 3DS title.PNG File:Blue Birds title 3DS.PNG File:Flock Step 3DS.PNG File:Samurai Slice 3DS.PNG

The Third Gate

Charging Chicken
File:Chicken Race.PNG

Lush Tower

Spaceball Dog Ninja Hole in One Sumo Brothers Lush Remix
File:Air Batter Title.PNG File:Dog Ninja title 3DS.PNG File:Hole in One 3DS.PNG File:Sumology title.png File:Forest Remix Title.png

After the Lush Tower is cleared, the credits roll and Tibby attempts to return to Heaven World, only to crash back down. Some "powered-up" Rhythm Games also become available. The games in Honeybee Tower, Machine Tower, Citrus Tower and Barbershop Tower are actually the original games, but were renamed as the short variants in the respective lands take on the original name.

Honeybee Tower

Karate Man Returns! Fillbots 2 Air Rally 2 Catchy Tune 2 Honeybee Remix
File:Return of karate man.png File:Return of fillbots.png File:Return of air rally.png File:Return of jumping road.png File:Bee Remix.png

Machine Tower

Rhythm Tweezers 2 Glee Club 2 Figure Fighter 2 Fruit Basket 2 Machine Remix
File:Return of rhythm epilation.png File:Return of Glee Club.png File:Return of figure fighter.png File:Return of Slam Dunked.PNG File:Machine Remix.png

Citrus Tower

The Clappy Trio 2 Shoot-'em-up 2 Micro-Row 2 Second Contact Citrus Remix
File:Return of the clappy trio.png File:Return of shoot-'em-up.png File:Return of micro-row.png File:Return of Interpreter.png File:Orange Remix.png

Donut Tower

Rat Race Fan Club Working Dough Animal Acrobat Donut Remix
File:Cheese Heist title 3DS.PNG File:Fanclub title 3DS.PNG File:Working Dough 3DS.PNG File:Midair Trapeze.png File:Donut Remix.png

Barbershop Tower

Sneaky Spirits 2 Rhythm Rally 2 Flipper-Flop 2 LumBEARjack 2 Barbershop Remix
File:Return of Sneaky Spirits.png File:Return of Rhythm Rally.png File:Return of Flipper-Flop.png File:Return of Wild Woodwork.PNG File:Fashion Remix.png

Songbird Tower

Tap Trial Frog Hop Ringside Tangotronic 3000 Songbird Remix
File:Tap Trial 3DS.PNG File:Frog Hop Title 3DS.PNG File:Ringside 3DS title.PNG File:Waltz-a-Tron title.png File:Bird Remix.png

After the six towers of Lush Woods are cleared, the true credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World, but something is wrong when he arrives. Even more Rhythm Games get unlocked.

Star Land

Ninja Bodyguard Freeze Frame Launch Party Pajama Party
File:Ninja title 3DS.PNG File:Freeze Frame title 3DS.PNG File:Launch Party 3DS title.PNG File:Pajamas title.png

Comet Land

Marching Orders Munchy Monk See-Saw Blue Bear
File:Marcher title 3DS.PNG File:Munchy Monk title 3DS.PNG File:See-Saw 3DS title.PNG File:Teddy Bear title.png

Planet Land

Space Dance Lockstep Cheer Readers Kitties!
File:Space Dance title 3DS.PNG File:Lockstep title.PNG File:Cheer Readers 3DS title.PNG File:Neko Clap Title.png

The Fourth Gate

Clap Trap
File:Clap Trap title.PNG

The games at Mamarin Palace are like the Arrange games from previous titles. Karate Man Senior notably doesn't fit into this category.

Left-Hand Tower

The Snappy Trio Fan Club 2 Figure Fighter 3 Jungle Gymnast Left-Hand Remix
File:Trio on Tour 3DS title.PNG File:Fan Club 2 3DS.png File:Figure Champion title.PNG File:Midair Trapeze 2 title.PNG File:Left Remix.png

Right-Hand Tower

Tap Trial 2 Jumpin' Jazz Hole in One 2 Super Samurai Slice 2 Right-Hand Remix
File:Turbo Tap Trial 3DS title.PNG File:Frog Night title.PNG File:Hole in One Lady title.PNG File:Samurai Slice 2 3DS title.PNG File:Right Remix.png

Tibby's Mom

Cosmic Dance Cosmic Rhythm Rally Working Dough 2 Karate Man Senior Final Remix
File:Cosmo Dance 3DS title.PNG File:Cosmo Rally title.PNG File:Working Dough Origins title.PNG File:Karate Man's Father title.PNG File:Final Remix.png

From the Shop

Saffron's Shop allows the player to purchase Rhythm Items, Music and Rhythm Games. All games in the Shop are returning from previous games in the series. Some of them can be played on the Challenge Train even before they are bought.

List of Shop Games

Shop No. 1

Bouncy Road Night Walk Quiz Show
File:Hopping Road 3DS.PNG File:Night Walk 3DS.PNG File:Quiz 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 2

The Dazzles Big Rock Finish Karate Man Kicks!
File:Dazzles 3DS.PNG File:Big Rock Finish title 3DS.PNG File:Karate Man Kick.PNG

Shop No. 3

Built to Scale Double Date Catch of the Day
File:Built to Scale Wii 3DS.PNG File:Double Date 3DS.PNG File:Catch of the Day 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 4

Fork Lifter Love Rap Bossa Nova
File:Fork Lifter 3DS title.PNG File:Love Rap 3DS.PNG File:Bossa Nova 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 5

Screwbot Factory Board Meeting Samurai Slice
File:Screwbot Factory 3DS.PNG File:Board Meeting 3DS.PNG File:Samurai Slice Wii 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 6

Packing Pests Monkey Watch Karate Man Combos!
File:Packing Pests 3DS.PNG File:Monkey Watch 3DS.PNG File:Karate Man Combo.PNG

Café

In the Café, the player can access (from left to right) StreetPass Terrace, Feed Goat, talk to the Barista and other characters, the Shop, Museum, Badges, Memories, and Mascots. The first two options are unlocked after clearing Lush Tower. The last three are available by talking to the Museum Curator.

Endless Games

Endless Games return in Megamix, which includes one game from each installment, and a new one of its own. They are unlocked by completing all three Trials set by the Gatekeeper Trio on that game's Gate, after which the endless version will be available in the Museum.

StreetPass Terrace

Whenever the player gets tagged by another player, the Cafe icon will display the Barista. For each player, the game displays their Mii, Flow, and Favorite Rhythm Game. Each player can be battled in Figure Fighter VS. This mode also has each character from the story to fight for those who can't use StreetPass.

Missing Games

While most games returned in Megamix, 24 didn't make the cut. The following are the games from past installments of Rhythm Heaven that did not return for Rhythm Heaven Megamix. (Arrange games whose normal variant is in Rhythm Heaven Megamix are written in bold. Remixes, Endless Games, TempoUpExtra1.png Games, and Two-Player Games aren't listed.) Many of these Arrange games have new patterns or new cues, which also exist in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, but are never used. It is debatable how many of these were actually intended to appear in the game or were simply leftover data from the porting process.

From Rhythm Tengoku

From Rhythm Heaven

From Rhythm Heaven Fever

Scrapped New Games

In the debug menu of the game and through other sources, we can see even more games were intended to be included, but for one reason or another were scrapped.[2] For reference, the names internally use a system of categorizing games, using AGB, NTR, RVL and CTR for which installment they originate from, and S, L, A for Short, Long and Arrange games. For example, The Clappy Trio is AGBパチパチ三人衆S (agb_clap_S), The Clappy Trio 2 is AGBパチパチ三人衆L (agb_clap_L) and The Snappy Trio is AGBパチパチ三人衆A (agb_clap_A).

A most curious case is Monster Tennis モンスターテニス (Monster Tennis?). Unused text strings (which also curiously only exist in the Japanese version of the Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo) show it would play differently to normal Rhythm Games, somehow requiring the player to use the Wii Remote[3], suggesting it was a scrapped project for the Wii (perhaps it was supposed to appear in Rhythm Heaven Fever) intended to be revived in this game. The player(s) have to use a tennis racket to fight monsters. Additionally, it would've featured four stages, several bosses and multiplayer.

In the debug menu, Remixes and Gate games are after all the others.

Four of these aren't available in the Japanese version's debug menu.

Oddly, Quiz Show has three trials in this list but no Endless Game.

Reception

This game has received a review of 34/40 on Famitsu and is known to be favorable on MetaCritic with an average score of 83.

Sales

According to a report, this game sold over 500,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2015. [4]. As of February 2016, the total sales in Japan reached 650,000 copies.

Trivia

  • There is a challenge train set called "Wario...Where?", where many characters from the minigames are replaced with WarioWare characters. This is due to both series being created by the same developers.
  • This is the first game to not include any of Tsunku's songs in the new Rhythm Games.
  • This is the first game to not introduce a whole new Build to Scale game.
  • This game currently holds the record for the most Rhythm games in it, due to the games being from every game in the series.
  • When this game was talked about at the E3 2016, #RhythmHeaven quickly became a trending topic on Twitter.
  • During the real credits, the following things and characters from various games can be seen.
  • Ashley makes a cameo in the café as a doll.
  • The minigames at lands, gates and towers are lined up by their game appearance, from oldest to newest (for example, in the Lush Tower: First is Spaceball from Rhythm Tengoku, then Dog Ninja from Rhythm Heaven, then Hole in One from Rhythm Heaven Fever and finally the new one - Sumo Brothers)
  • While using simple tap, it shows a character when tapping. This is a reference to Rhythm Heaven.
  • This the first game in the series to have threequels included.
  • It is notable that almost all of the title cards in most of the international versions of the game all use a small handful of font styles, and are rather simplistic compared to the more artistic and unique title cards in the Japanese version and Rhythm Heaven Fever.
    • This is noble in Rhythm Rally 1, 2, & Cosmic; Marching Orders; Catchy Tune 1 & 2; Super Samurai Slice 2; Built to Scale; Packing Pests; Micro-Row 1 & 2; Working Dough 1 & 2; Screwbot Factory; Monkey Watch; and various other minigames from Rhythm Heaven Fever.
    • The only title card to be fully changed from the Japanese version is Karate Man Combos!.
  • This game has a few leftover/placeholder songs from Rhythm Heaven Fever.
  • The announcer in this game is voiced by Marianna DeFazio, who also voiced the announcer in Rhythm Heaven Fever.
  • After getting all of the Badges, a button with an alien-like creature on it appears. Tapping it will show you a picture of some of the staff.[5]
  • This is the first game where no new Prologue jingles were made, aside from remixed ones from previous games and for Remixes.
  • This is the second game in the series, after Rhythm Tengoku, to have Karate Man as the first playable rhythm game.
  • There are 48 "main" rhythms in the game (12 from each game and 12 new)

Trailers

  • Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2016
  • Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2016
  • Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Reveal Trailer
Rhythm Heaven Megamix
Rhythm Games Earth World Honeybee Land
Karate Man • Game 3DS ntrRobot S.png • Game 3DS rvlBadminton S.png • Game 3DS ctrStep S.png
Machine Land
Game 3DS agbHair S.png • Game 3DS ntrChorus S.png • Game 3DS rvlMuscle S.png • Game 3DS ctrFruitbasket S.png
The First Gate
Game 3DS ntrCoinToss L.png
Citrus Land
Game 3DS agbClap S.png • Game 3DS ntrShooting S.png • Game 3DS rvlFlea S.png • Game 3DS ctrInterprerter S.png
Donut Land
Game 3DS agbRabbit L.png • Game 3DS ntrAirboard L.png • Game 3DS rvlBatting L.png • Game 3DS ctrChameleon L.png
The Second Gate
Sick Beats
Barbershop Land
Game 3DS agbGhost S.png • Game 3DS ntrPingpong S.png • Game 3DS rvlGoma S.png • Game 3DS ctrWoodCat S.png
Songbird Land
Game 3DS agbShuji L.png • Game 3DS ntrBlueBirds L.png • Game 3DS rvlBird L.png • Game 3DS ctrDotsamurai L.png
The Third Gate
Game 3DS ctrChicken L.png
Lush Woods Lush Tower
Game 3DS agbBatter L.png • Game 3DS ntrNinja L.png • Game 3DS rvlGolf L.png • Game 3DS ctrSumou L.png • Game 3DS remix LED.png
Honeybee Tower
Game 3DS rvlKarate 1.png • Game 3DS ntrRobot L.png • Game 3DS rvlBadminton L.png • Game 3DS ctrStep L.png • Game 3DS remix 00.png
Machine Tower
Game 3DS agbHair L.png • Game 3DS ntrChorus L.png • Game 3DS rvlMuscle L.png • Game 3DS ctrFruitbasket L.png • Game 3DS remix 01.png
Citrus Tower
Game 3DS agbClap L.png • Game 3DS ntrShooting L.png • Game 3DS rvlFlea L.png • Game 3DS ctrInterprerter L.png • Game 3DS remix 02.png
Donut Tower
Game 3DS agbRat L.png • Game 3DS ntrIdol L.png • Game 3DS rvlManju L.png • Game 3DS ctrBlanco L.png • Game 3DS remix 03.png
Barbershop Tower
Game 3DS agbGhost L.png • Game 3DS ntrPingpong L.png • Game 3DS rvlGoma L.png • Game 3DS ctrWoodCat L.png • Game 3DS remix 04.png
Songbird Tower
Game 3DS agbTap L.png • Game 3DS ntrFrog L.png • Game 3DS rvlInterview L.png • Game 3DS ctrTango L.png • Game 3DS remix 05.png
Heaven World Star Land
Game 3DS agbTono L.png • Game 3DS ntrCameraMan L.png • Game 3DS rvlRocket L.png • Game 3DS ctrPillow L.png
Comet Land
Game 3DS agbMarcher L.png • Game 3DS ntrShugyo L.png • Game 3DS rvlSeesaw L.png • Game 3DS ctrBear L.png
Planet Land
Game 3DS agbSpaceDance L.png • Game 3DS ntrBackbeat L.png • Game 3DS rvlBook L.png • Game 3DS ctrTeppan L.png
The Fourth Gate
Game 3DS rvlSword L.png
Mamarin Palace Left-Hand Tower
Game 3DS agbClap A.png • Game 3DS ntrIdol A.png • Game 3DS rvlMuscle A.png • Game 3DS ctrBlanco A.png • Game 3DS remix 06 2.png
Right-Hand Tower
Game 3DS agbTap A.png • Game 3DS ntrFrog A.png • Game 3DS rvlGolf A.png • Game 3DS ctrDotsamurai A.png • Game 3DS remix 07 2.png
Tibby's Mom
Game 3DS agbSpaceDance A.png • Game 3DS ntrPingpong A.png • Game 3DS rvlManju A.png • Game 3DS rvlKarate 4.png • Game 3DS remix TED 2.png
Shop Shop No. 1
Game 3DS agbHopping L.png • Game 3DS agbNightWalk L.png • Game 3DS agbQuiz L.png
Shop No. 2
Game 3DS ntrBoxShow L.png • Game 3DS ntrShortLive L.png • Game 3DS rvlKarate 2.png
Shop No. 3
Built to Scale • Game 3DS rvlDate L.png • Game 3DS rvlFishing L.png
Shop No. 4
Game 3DS rvlFork L.png • Game 3DS rvlRap L.png • Game 3DS rvlReceive L.png
Shop No. 5
Game 3DS rvlRobot L.png • Game 3DS rvlRotation L.png • Samurai Slice
Shop No. 6
Game 3DS rvlSort L.png • Game 3DS rvlWatch L.png • Game 3DS rvlKarate 3.png
Characters
Sprite 3DS Mascot Boondog.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Dieter.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Shep.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Donna.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Hairold.gif
Sprite 3DS Mascot Eglantine.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Trey.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Saffron.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Saltwater.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Paprika.gif
Sprite 3DS Mascot Bertram.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Betty.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Tibby.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Philip.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Colin.gif
Sprite 3DS Mascot Tibby's Mom.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Barista.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot The Goat.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Rupert.gif • Sprite 3DS Mascot Samurai Drummer.gif
Miscellaneous Title • Café • Figure Fighter VS • Stable • Shop • Coins • Flow Ball • Rhythm Item • Play Music • Museum • Badges • Mascots • Memories • Timing Display • Challenge Land • Perfect Campaign • The Rhythm League • Development History • Demo • Rhythm Tengoku The Best Plus Comic
Rhythm Heaven Series
Logo GBA Rhythm Tengoku.svg Logo DS Rhythm Heaven.svg Logo Wii Rhythm Heaven Fever.svg Logo 3DS Rhythm Heaven Megamix.svg
2006, GBA • 2007, Arcade 2008-2009, DS 2011-2012, Wii • 2016, Wii U 2015-2016, 3DS

References

  1. ↑ https://tcrf.net/Rhythm_Heaven_Megamix#Micro-Row_3
  2. ↑ https://tcrf.net/Rhythm_Heaven_Megamix#Debug_Menu
  3. ↑ "Wiiリモコンを振って、ボールを打ってネ。" (Shake the Wii Remote, and hit the ball.) ~ Unused Text
  4. ↑ http://www.gamnesia.com/news/nintendo-sold-more-games-in-japan-than-any-other-japanese-publisher-in-2015
  5. ↑ https://youtu.be/0CLIEf0yfc4
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