Marching Orders

Time to march! ...But I wish the commander wouldn't speak in Japanese.

— Marching Orders Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

Ready, march! Following orders as a unit builds a sense of camaraderie. Also, rhythm.

— Marching Orders Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Template:Game-Nav Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infoboxMarching Orders (マーチャ^?, Marcher), is the 3rd minigame in Rhythm Tengoku and the 67th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this game, the player controls a Cadet, who is undergoing marching training with three other cadets while following their Sarge's orders. The game's sequel, Marching Orders 2, is unlocked later on in Rhythm Tengoku.

Gameplay

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The player controls a cadet on at the end of the line, and must follow the general's orders. There are four commands: March, Halt, Left Face Turn, and Right Face Turn. The player must perform these with proper timing. After a while, the cadets will be dragged offscreen, ending the game.

Controls

Button Mode

• A: March
• B: Halt
• Left: Left Face Turn
• Right: Right Face Turn

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Appropriate action

Timing Notes

• Hit: The player does the action at the proper time as the other cadets.
• Barely: The General will angrily frown. A barely counts as a miss.
• Miss: The General will turn red with rage while steam puffs out of him.

Rating Notes

• Try Again: "Back to basic training..."
• OK: "This is what we trained for!"
• Superb: "Mission success! I'm glad we drilled so hard!"

Rating Screens

Rhythm Tengoku

• Marcher Try Again.PNG

  "Aaah! We got left behind!"

• Marcher OK.PNG

  "Today's duty is cleaning~ ♪"

• Marcher Superb.PNG

  "The alien rescue was a huge success!"

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Marcher 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "Back to basic training..."

• Marcher 3DS OK.PNG

  "This is what we trained for!"

• Marcher 3DS Superb.PNG

  "Mission success! I'm glad we drilled so hard!"

Rhythm Item

Marching Helmet

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Skill Star

The Skill Star can be collected when you halt the fourth time.

Trivia

• In Rhythm Heaven's game Shoot-'Em-Up 2 , the Shoot-'Em-Up Radio Lady who appears on the communicator is wearing a marching helmet.
• A Barely counts as a miss only towards perfect and superb. It qualifies as a hit towards an OK rating.
• Along with the rest of Stage 1, this game has a counterpart in the arcade version at 150% speed, with a more vibrant synth for orchestration and different graphics.
• This is one of the few games in Rhythm Tengoku that has more than or equal to 3 commands while this one has 4 commands.
• This is one of a few games to have different rating screens of both versions, except to the Superb rating screen that keeps the same style as it did in the original.
• This is the only game in Megamix to use every button (the D-Pad, the "B" button and the "A" button).

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マーチャ Marcher
French	En avant, marche!
Spanish	Marcha marchosa
Italian	Marcia ritmata
Korean	행진 March