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{{Quote|If you're curious, you can look at the Touch Screen...<br>to see how you did on your timing.<br>Use that to practice.|[[Introduction]]}}

{{CQuote|You can check out the touch screen to get instant feedback on your timing. The indicator will show whether you’re tapping too early, too late, or just right!|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210921051106/https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/rhythm-heaven-megamix-tips-tricks/ Rhythm Heaven Megamix Tips & Tricks - Play Nintendo]}}

The {{Nihongo|Timing Display|タイミング表示|Taimingu Hyōji}}, also called the {{Nihongo|input-timing display|入力タイミング表示|Nyūryoku Taimingu Hyōji}}, is a feature introduced in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'' meant to help the player practice their timing. It displays the player's accuracy using a set of stars as a visualization on the Touch Screen. It can be turned on or off from the {{Nihongo|Settings|せってい|Settei}} at the [[Café]].

==Timing Names==

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During the explanation in the [[Introduction]], the words (from left to right) {{Nihongo|Early!|はやい|Hayai}}, {{Nihongo|Perfect!|ジャスト|Just}}  and {{Nihongo|Late!|おそい|Osoi}} are used to describe the timing. The [[Challenge Train]] uses {{Nihongo|Ace!|ジャスト！|Just!}} to indicate a perfect input, and {{Nihongo|Miss|ミス…|Miss...}} for when the player goes too early, too late, or misses completely. Being a little early or a little late is not indicated. Internally throughout the series, the names {{Nihongo|just|ジャスト|jusato}}/{{Nihongo|success|成功|seikō}}, {{Nihongo|miss|ミス|misu}} and {{Nihongo|through|スルー|surū}} can also be found.

Missing during a [[Perfect Campaign]] will end the run, forcing the player to restart for another try. Missing in a game with a lives counter (as in certain [[Endless Games]] or during a Lives Goal in [[Challenge Land]]) reduces the amount of lives by one.

==Skill Star==

Although most Skill Stars are given for a perfect input during a certain part of the game, due to [[Quiz Show]]'s unique gameplay, its Skill Star is awarded for having "great flow with the rhythm", which is when the [[Contestant]] follows [[The Host]]'s pattern and scores 90 points or more. Additionally, the [[Introduction]] gives the player a go at collecting a Skill Star, but it doesn't count towards anything.

Skill Stars don't appear during the [[Perfect Campaign]] nor while riding the [[Challenge Train]].

==Bonuses==

When the player completes a [[Rhythm Game]] and sees the Results in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'', they can get a {{Nihongo|Skill Star}} bonus and a {{Nihongo|No Miss}} bonus through self-explanatory means. These bonuses give the player more [[coins]].

If the Skill Star is collected for the first time, it is acknowledged with the message {{Nihongo|First Skill Star!}}

==Trivia==

[[File:Screenshot GBA Drum Lesson Timing Lamp.png|thumb|[[Anata]] getting the perfect indication in [[Drum Lesson]].]]

*In ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'' only, the games [[Shoot-'em-up 2|Shoot-'Em-Up]], [[Frog Hop]], and [[Lockstep]] (as well as their arrange versions and in [[Remix]]es) do not end a [[Perfect Campaign]] if the player inputs too early or too late, but it does negatively affect the rating while not going for a [[Perfect Campaign|Perfect]], still counting as a miss. These exceptions, along with ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'' not explicitly defining how timing works, led to a popular misconception that early/late mistimed inputs are counted as a successful input, despite that they are misses by definition.

*Although the timings can be applied to the [[Rhythm Games]] in all installments of the ''[[Rhythm Heaven (series)|Rhythm Heaven]]'' series, this display only appears in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.

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