Sick Beats

バイキンはかせ 助手からの知らせ 「大変です！ バイキン発生です！！ 先生、たすけて〜」 Rhythm Tengoku	Baikin Hakase Memo from assistant: "It's terrible! It's a virus outbreak!! Help, professor~" (Translation)

バイキンはかせ バイキン発生して 大ピンチ！ たすけて！バイキンはかせ！ Rhythm Tengoku	Baikin Hakase We've got a virus outbreak and we're in trouble! Help! Dr. Virus! (Translation)

バイキンはかせ

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Number

10

Version^?

Long

Gift

"リズム感タイプ診断" (Sense of Rhythm Type Diagnosis)

STAGE 2
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Baikin Hakase (バイキンはかせ^?, Dr. Virus) is the 4th Rhythm Game of Stage 2 (10th overall) in Rhythm Tengoku.

Gameplay

This game is uniquely set up like a tower defense game. The player controls a doctor protecting a yellow micro-organism by stabbing viruses with forks. They use ✚ to shoot the viruses from one of four directions, depending on their placement on the map.

Controls

• ✚/Tap: Shoot left, right, up, and/or down

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?: The virus is stabbed by a fork. The doctor gives a V sign and blushes. If done in succession, a star appears next to the doctor as he blushes.
• Early!/Late!^?: The virus is stabbed at its edge.
• Miss...^?: The virus gets through and kills the yellow organism, causing the doctor to turn blue in shock. In the Trials and the Endless Game, losing all organisms causes the game to be over, otherwise they respawn. Missing the virus is only counted if it gets through the last tube, giving the player multiple chances to vanquish it.

Results

	助手から　ひとこと	(A Word from the Assistant)
	当たりそこねが　多かったですね。 けっこう　にがしちゃいましたねぇ…	(You missed a lot of them.) (We lost quite a few...)
	う～ん．．． まぁまぁ、　かな。 とりあえず．．． よしと　します。	(Hmm...) (Well, I wonder.) (For now...) (All right.)
	とても　あざやかな退治でした！	(That was a brilliant extermination!)

Epilogue

	研究は失敗だ。	失敗は成功のもとカモ！	ものすごいクスリができた！！
	(The research was a failure.)	(Failure might be the origin of success!)	(A fantastic medicine was produced!!)

	研究は失敗だ。	失敗は成功のもとカモ！	ものすごいクスリができた！！
	(The research was a failure.)	(Failure might be the origin of success!)	(A fantastic medicine was produced!!)

Endless Game

Saffron Trial

We've got an outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Saltwater Trial

We've got a big outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Paprika Trial

We've got a massive outbreak of an unknown virus! The only treatment it responds to is tiny forks in rhythm!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Sick Beats

We've got an outbreak of an unknown virus! You're gonna need a LOT of forks for this one!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Sick Beats

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Number

2
18

Needed

10

Version^?

Endless

High Score

010000
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Endless Games

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Sick Beats (バイキンはかせ^?, Baikin Hakase), also known as Baikin Hakase SP (バイキンはかせSP^?, Baikin Hakase SP) in Rhythm Tengoku, is the 2nd Endless Game in Rhythm Tengoku, unlocked with 10 Medals, and the 18th Rhythm Game seen at The Second Gate and can be unlocked as an Endless Game by beating the Gatekeeper Trio's trials in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The game is an endless version of the original, ending once a single virus gets through to the end without being stabbed. The game gets faster as it progresses, and new variations of viruses are introduced. Pink viruses take two hits, and black virus take three hits. Each time a virus is hit, the yellow organism releases a variety of objects, with a larger quantity and variety of objects as the game goes on. In Rhythm Tengoku, each successful stab awards the player with 200 points while each mistimed stab awards 100 points, with the maximum possible score being 999900. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, each stab awards 1 point, up to a maximum of 999 points.

Trials

The player has the option to select which difficulty they want in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

• Saffron Trial: Only blue viruses are in this version. There are 3 organisms.
• Saltwater Trial: The blue viruses may skip a section. Pink viruses are added. There are 2 organisms.
• Paprika Trial: The blue viruses may skip 1-3 sections. Pink viruses may skip 1-2 sections. Black viruses are added. There are 2 organisms.

Rhythm Item

Radio	Offbeat Prescription
	This item is surprisingly important to the doctor's work. You just can't cure diseases as well without some groovy tunes.

(High Score: 120)

Boom Box	Who Could Guess?
	Turns out that louder music allows for healthier patients. Can't say I would have guessed.

Appearances

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  Baikin Hakase
  Remix 2
  Remix 6
  Remix 7

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  Baikin Hakase SP

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  Sick Beats
  Final Remix

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Commentary

The following is commentary given on the STAFF'S VOICE section of the booklet included in Rhythm Tengoku Zen Kyoku-shu.

Japanese	Translation
つんく♂　GBA版でいちばん八マったのはこのゲームです。３匹のバイキンをほぼぽ同時というか、連続で倒してしまったときの快感は…もう鳥肌ものですね。これはリズムゲームの基本なんですけど、しゅぽーん、しゅぽーんとバイキンを倒していくときの気持ちよさ、アドレナリン率は僕にとってはナンバーワンです。でも、どうしてカプセルのなかにバイキンを走らせたのか、僕にはまったくわからないんですけど（笑）。	Tsunku♂: The game that I enjoyed the most on the GBA version is this one...the feeling I get when I beat three viruses almost simultaneously, or rather, in succession... it gives me goosebumps. This is a basic rhythm game, but the adrenaline rush I get when I beat the three viruses in rapid succession is the best for me. But I have no idea why they let the viruses run through the capsule (laughs).
米　とある研究者が、音楽を聴くとノリノリになる諸玉菌を発見したというストーリーなんです。その菌の効果もあって、研究者はノリノりなんですが、そんなところに悪玉菌が現れて、研究のジャマをしようとするので、研究者は顕微鏡をのぞきながら退治しようとするのが、このゲームの目的なんですね。	Yone: The story is that a certain researcher discovered bacteria that get into the flow when they listen to music. The researcher is in the groove, partly due to the effects of the bacteria, but bad bacteria appear and try to interfere with the research, so the purpose of this game is for the researcher to look through the microscope and try to get rid of them.
小黒　そんなストーリーがあったとは！（笑）だから音楽を聴くためのラジオが、机の上に置かれてたりするんですね。	Oguro: I didn't know there was such a story! (Laughs) That's why there's a radio for listening to music on the desk.

Trivia

• This is the first game to not use Ⓐ in Rhythm Tengoku.
• Although only blue viruses appear in the normal version of the game, a black virus appears in Remix 7.
• The music used in the Endless Game in Rhythm Tengoku is a slightly remixed version of the normal music. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the music is an arrangement in the same style as the original, except for the addition of an ending note in the Gatekeeper Trio's Trials.
• This is the only Endless Game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix whose Trial goal isn't to reach a certain score, but rather to reach the end. The trials last two loops of the game's music, just as long as the Rhythm Game from Rhythm Tengoku. However, the arrangement of the viruses doesn't match it in any of the trials.
• This is one of the few games that doesn't feature a Practice in Rhythm Tengoku.
  • It was given a How to Play demonstration in the arcade version and a Practice in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
• This is the only Rhythm Game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix to return as its Endless Game instead of the normal Rhythm Game. Quiz Show, Shoot'-Em-Up and Bossa Nova also have Endless Games, none of which appear in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Development History

Main article: Sick Beats/Development

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バイキンはかせ	Dr. Virus
EnglishNOA	Sick Beats	Pun on "sick" (slang for awesome, very cool, amazing) and the literal definition of "sick"
EnglishNOE	Sick Beats
French	Tempo labo	Lab tempo
Spanish	Ritmo contagioso	Contagious rhythm
German	Kranke Beats	Sick Beats
Italian	Ritmo virale	Viral rhythm
Korean	세균 박사	Dr. Virus

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バイキンはかせSP	Dr. Virus SP