Second Contact

Second Contact

Fellow Martians, I've encountered an Earthling! I'm going to attempt to translate what it says.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Second Contact

Image

File:Return of Interpreter.png

Number

46

Gift

Flow Ball

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Second Contact (かえってきた 通訳者 Kaettekita Tsuyakusha "Return of Interpreter") is the 46th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix and the sequel to First Contact. The goal 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 human) and then give the Martian a cue to repeat that same rhythm, translating the symbols to words. The gameplay is the same as its prequel, but with faster and more complex rhythms.

Dialogue

Good dialogue

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 dialogue

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

• Ⓐ or ✚/Tap: Translate

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!: The correct translation of Farmer Bob's words appears. He then nods.

• Early!/Late!: 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 dialogue" section appears instead, making Farmer Bob look sad. Bob then shakes his head.

Results

	Mars Control to Farmer Bob
	What was that? We wait with bated breath! Didn't quite catch that--not sure we wanted to. Yikes?
	Eh. Passable.
	Yup, definitely heard you loud and clear... Even when things got awkward, you nailed it. We were feeling the love...unfortunately.

	Tell me again what a "verb" is...?	Friendship.	Welcome to Mars!

Rhythm Item

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 appears on the line "...Ladies!"

Challenge Land

Second Contact appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• Game Gamble: Intermediate
• Copycats

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.

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	Earthling-martian interpreter
Spanish	Segundo contacto	Second contact
Italian	Secondo Contatto	Second Contact
Korean	돌아온 통역사	Return of Interpreter