Munchy Monk/Development

Rhythm Heaven

Munchy Monk consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
snack		Munchy Monk Remix 8 Remix 10
snack/ver2		Remix 4
snack/ver3		Munchy Monk 2

Early Builds

During development, this game was known as Oyatsu (おやつ^?, Snack), as the player was eating candy snacks, which was replaced with manju in the final game (referred to as "dumplings" in the English version).

Unused Content

Most sprites of the Munchy Monk have an extra sprite to render the mustache, which remain offscreen. Presumably this second sprite is needed for the turn at the end of Munchy Monk 2, and is required to exist in all other animations, even if it goes unseen.

The Munchy Monk's sprite is a little larger than what is visible onscreen, with the monk's eyebrow and ear not being visible. In Remix 4, this also includes orange hair.

Rhythm Heaven Fever

Munchy Monk consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven Fever:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
eatmen/ver0		Munchy Monk Endless Remix

Unused Content

The girl is capable of giving any arbitrary number of food, ranging from the integer limits of -2'147'483'648 to 2'147'483'647 (inclusive). Any negative amount, as well as 0, has the girl simply give nothing, using 1 has the girl give an egg, and using any other number has the girl give that many peas. The voice cue matches that of giving 13 peas for any values besides the used 5 and 9 peas. A total of 47 peas is the maximum that can be safely used, as the crashes if one attempts to give the monk more than that.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Munchy Monk consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven Megamix:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
ver_long		Munchy Monk Final Remix
ver_wario		Munchy Monk (Wario...Where?)

Unused Content

There are unused animations, using early designs for the mustauche that the Munchy Monk grows during the game, which match the slimmer design it has in Rhythm Heaven.

There is an animation referenced for this game, "face_turn", which does not appear in the game's .bccad file. It is possible to call this animation in-game, but as it doesn't exist normally, the game defaults to playing "face_beat" instead. This animation is a leftover from the end of Munchy Monk 2 in Rhythm Heaven, where the Munchy Monk turns to face the player. There is no second mustache sprite, as it was presumably repurposed for the eyebrows.

Young Cricket, who appears during the Wario...Where? version of the game replacing the monkey in a cloud from Final Remix, has additional functionality to move the cloud vertically. In both instances, it only ever moves horizontally.

References

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