Flipper-Flop 2

Flipper-Flop We may look like cute, fluffy lumps of joy, but we're a grizzled expedition team! We train hard and always follow our captain's orders! 　Rhythm Heaven Fever	Flipper-Flop We may look like cute, fluffy lumps of joy, but this expedition team trains hard and always follows our captain's orders! Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise

Flipper-Flop 2

Yeah, we're still cute, but we're also HARDCORE! We'll follow our captain's orders to the end!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Flipper-Flop 2

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Number

22
55

Version^?

Long

Gift

Expedition Journal
Flow Ball

STAGE 5
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Flipper-Flop 2 (かえってきた コロコロたんけん隊^?, Kaettekita Korokoro Tanken-tai), known in Rhythm Heaven Fever as Flipper-Flop (コロコロたんけん隊^?, Korokoro Tanken-tai), is the 2nd Rhythm Game of Stage 5 (22nd overall) inRhythm Heaven Fever and the 3rd of Barbershop Tower (55th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The short version, Flipper-Flop, appears in Barbershop Land in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay

In this game, the expedition team, Captain Tuck and the Flippers, drills hard exploring the icy landscape. The player must flip to the beat of the song. When three consecutive eighth notes played are heard in the song, the player must do a faster flip, three times quickly. Captain Tuck occasionally asks the seals to perform up to ten flipper-rolls.

Controls

Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Ⓐ: Flip
• Ⓐ+Ⓑ: Flipper-Roll

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Ⓐ/Tap: Flip
• Ⓑ/Tap: Flipper-Roll

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?: The player flips on the beat. After a successful flipper-roll, Captain Tuck compliments the team.
• Early!/Late!^?: The player flips off the beat, causing a "tick" sound. The player's seal has a worried look on its face.
• Miss...^?: The player bumps into the other seals, causing it to get a silly look on its face while the other seals look annoyed. If the mess-up happens during a flipper-roll, Captain Tuck gets disappointed, counting the remaining flipper-rolls in an upset voice.

Results

	Seals of Approval()	Seals of Approval()
	We got bumped into a lot. We were sort of rolling all over.	We got bumped into a lot. We were sort of rolling all over.
	Eh. Good enough.	Good try.
	We had fun rolling! We coordinated our rolling well!	We had fun rolling! We coordinated our rolling well!

	Seals of Approval
	We got bumped into a lot. You were rolling all over the place.
	Eh. Passable.
	We had fun rolling! Our rolls were well coordinated.

	Seals of Approval
	We looked sad bumping each other. We need to drill on our fast rolls. Our flipper-rolls flopped.
	Eh. Passable.
	We looked adorable rolling! Our fast rolls were nice and sharp! Our flipper-rolls were super impressive.

Epilogue

	You can't be tired already!	Give me two more!	Let's roll!
	What are you blubbering for?	Give me two more!	Let's roll!

	Come on! Are you sea lions or river otters?	Flop and give me 20!	Top of the world!

Rhythm Item

Blubber Latte	Sweetness
	After our drills, the captain brews a cup of coffee in his special mug. He never puts sugar in it, saying that our picture on the mug is all the sweetness he needs. *sniff*

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears on the triple flip after the eight flipper rolls.

Challenge Land

Flipper-Flop 2 appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• Round-Object Fan Club
• Game Gamble: Intermediate

Appearances

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  Flipper-Flop
  Remix 10

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  Remix 5

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  Flipper-Flop

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  Flipper-Flop 2
  Right-Hand Remix

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  Barbershop Remix

Two Player

Flipper-Flop We may look like cute, fluffy lumps of joy, but we're a grizzled expedition team! We train hard and always follow our captain's orders! 　Rhythm Heaven Fever	Flipper-Flop We may look like cute, fluffy lumps of joy, but this expedition team trains hard and always follows our captain's orders! Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise

Flipper-Flop

Image

Number

5

Version^?

Two-Player

Two-Player Menu

Flipper-Flop (コロコロたんけん隊^?, Korokoro Tanken-tai) is the 5th Rhythm Game in the Two-Player Menu in Rhythm Heaven Fever. It is unlocked after completing the One Player version.

The two players control two seals on two rows each, with Player 1 controlling a cyan seal, third in a line of four, while Player 2 controls an orange seal, the middle in a line of three in the foreground. The game is otherwise unchanged.

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Video

Rhythm Heaven Fever	Rhythm Heaven Megamix
File:Rhythm Heaven Fever ~ Flipper-Flop (Perfect)	File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Flipper-Flop 2 (Perfect) (English)

Trivia

• The premise of this game is similar to both Marching Orders and Blue Birds, as the games involve characters performing military-esque training, among other similarities in the characters.
• In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the background in the epilogue was changed to a pink color, better matching the environment of the game.

In Other Languages

Rhythm Heaven Fever

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	コロコロたんけん隊	Rolling Exploration Corps
EnglishNOA	Flipper-Flop	From flipper, and flop, forming an alliteration.
EnglishNOE	Flipper-Flop
French	Exploroulades	Explorolls [pun on "Explorateur" (Explorer) + "Roulades" (Rolls)]
Spanish	Focas rodantes	Rolling seals
Italian	Rotola rotola	Roll roll
Korean	뒹굴뒹굴 탐험대	Rolling Expedition

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	かえってきた コロコロたんけん隊	Return of Rolling Exploration Corps
EnglishNOA	Flipper-Flop 2
EnglishNOE	Flipper-Flop 2
French	Exploroulades extrêmes	Extreme explorolls [pun on "Explorateur" (Explorer) + "Roulades" (Rolls)]
Spanish	Focas rodantes 2	Rolling seals 2
Italian	Rotola rotola 2	Roll roll 2
Korean	돌아온 뒹굴뒹굴 탐험대	Return of Rolling Expedition