List of Scrapped Rhythm Games: Difference between revisions

While the ''[[Rhythm Heaven (series)|Rhythm Heaven]]'' series boasts a large number of [[Rhythm Games]], there also also many that did not make the cut. Below is a list of these scrapped games.

Several ideas for [[Rhythm Games]] that were not implemented in the final version of ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' are known to exist. It is mentioned that there are over 20 games cut from the game, which are listed below<ref>[https://www.1101.com/nintendo/rythm_heaven2/07.html ほぼ日刊イトイ新聞 - 樹の上の秘密基地。] (Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun - A secret base on a tree.)</ref>. These games were rejected because regardless of how well-made they are, if the rhythm doesn't feel right, they had to go<ref>"When we made Rhythm Tengoku for the Game Boy Advance, a large number of the individual rhythm games got rejected. Even if one was well-made, the theme was rhythm, so if it didn't feel right, the whole thing had to go." [[niwanetwork:Satoru Iwata|Satoru Iwata]] ~ [https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/rhythm-heaven/0/4/ Iwata Asks - Rhythm Heaven - Page 5]</ref>. Some games have remnants in the final game, while others were removed completely.

*{{Nihongo|Shibaku|「しばく」|Smack}}: The player would press a button to swing a stick to smack things, then release it to return the stick back. However, the act of releasing the button to the rhythm was found to be unexpectedly difficult to understand, leading to the game being cut<ref>"ボタンを押すとキャラクターが棒を振って、さらにボタンを離すとその振った棒を戻す。その棒の動きで、ものを「しばく」というリズムゲームがあったんです。 しかし、リズムに合わせてボタンを離すという行為が意外とシビアでわかりにくかったんですよね。「これは遊んでいても気持ちよくないだろう」ということで、製品版には入れずにボツにしたんです。ネタとしてはおもしろかったんですけど（笑）。 ちなみにボツになったリズムゲームは全部で20個以上もあるのですが、そのなかには、このようなタイトルの作品がありました。" (When the button is pressed, the character swings a stick, and when you release the button, the stick returns to its original position. There was a rhythm game in which you "smack" objects by moving the stick. However, the act of releasing the button in time with the rhythm was surprisingly strict and hard to understand. We thought, "This won't be very satisfying to play," so we scrapped it from the final version. It was a fun idea, though. (laughs) Incidentally, there were more than 20 rhythm games that were scrapped in total, and among those there were names like these.) ~ [[niwanetwork:Kazuyoshi Osawa|Kazuyoshi Osawa]], [https://www.1101.com/nintendo/rythm_heaven2/07.html ほぼ日刊イトイ新聞 - 樹の上の秘密基地。] (Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun - A secret base on a tree.)</ref>. [[Ninja Bodyguard]] in [[Remix 5 (GBA)|Remix 5]] and [[Ninja no Shison]] show [[Tanaka|a character]] that slices rocks with a stick, which may have been inspired by this idea.

*{{Nihongo|Block|『ブロック』|Burokku}}: This game has leftover sound effects, labeled "s_block_gotin", "s_block_hit" and "s_block_walk". The second of these was repurposed for [[Showtime]] and [[Sick Beats]].

*{{Nihongo|Key Toy|『キートイ』|Kī Toi}}: This game has leftover sound effects, labeled "s_keytoy_count1" and "s_keytoy_count2". These sound similar to the timer sound effects used in [[Quiz Show]].

*{{Nihongo|Don to Tan no Kankei|『ドンとタンの関係』|Releationship Between Don and Tan}}: This game has leftover sound effects, labeled "s_dontan_count" and "s_dontan_water". The former was repurposed as the cowbell noise used in [[Night Walk]], which has since been used as a counting sound in various other games.

The following games are found within the [[Sequence Test]], and are not mentioned by the developers.

*{{Nihongo|[[Dance Lesson 1]]|ダンスレッスン　１|Dansu Ressun 1}}: This game is an earlier version of [[Remix 1 (GBA)|Remix 1]], where [[Tap Trial]] replaces [[Rhythm Tweezers 2|Rhythm Datsumō]] and the [[remix]] itself is much longer<ref>[https://youtu.be/vDzPQmM6gP4 Dance Lesson 1, Perfect Play]</ref>.

*{{Nihongo|[[Rhythm o Shūji 2]]|リズムお習字 ２|Rhythm Calligraphy 2}}: This game is mentioned in an unused gameplay history screen in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'', found in the [[Sequence Test]], though it does not have an entry of its own. From the name, it would have been the arrange version of [[Power Calligraphy]]. The save file does keep track of the player's score on this game, and there is a description for the Game Select, reusing the description from [[Power Calligraphy]] as a placeholder, however no playable content exists.

*{{Nihongo|[[Rap Women/Development|Rap Women (by KAZU)]]|ラップ　ウィメン（ｂｙ　ＫＡＺＵ）|Rap Women (by KAZU)}}<ref>[https://youtu.be/teYI6ElBuPs Rap Women (by KAZU) Perfect Play]</ref>: This game is a different version of [[Rap Women]] which contains many more offbeats. The used version in contrast is named {{Nihongo|Rap Women (by YONE)|ラップ　ウィメン（ｂｙ　ＹＯＮＥ）|Rap Women (by YONE)}} in [[Sequence Test]].

*{{Nihongo|[[Live/Development|Drum Girls]]|ドラムガールズ|Doramu Gāruzu}}: An unused version of [[Live]], in which the [[Drum Girls]] play the song from [[Bunny Hop]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMRKNPGV7Yw Drum Girls: Bunny Hop (Unused) - Rhythm Tengoku]</ref>{{better source}}. It also contains a graphic not used anywhere else, reading {{Nihongo|"BUSY"}}, used during the eight-beat rests in the latter half of the song.

*{{Nihongo|[[Metronome]]|メトロノーム|Metoronōmu}}<ref>[https://youtu.be/MchKxgANz-A Metronome]</ref>: Here, the player must press  as the needle passes over the bird on the top, playing basically the same as the first test in [[Rhythm-kan Check]]. It was reworked into [[Mr. Upbeat]] in the final game.

*{{Nihongo|SEQARC_SKA|Ska}}: Presumably this game would've been based around playing a brass instrument.

*{{Nihongo|SEQARC_TAP1|Tap 1}}: Some of the voice clips here where repurposed for [[Space Soccer]], and later [[Board Meeting]]. There is a BGM track as well as an accompanying voice track, "BGM_TAP" and "VOICE_TAP" respectively. "VOICE_TAP" makes use of some of the voice clips found here, giving an idea of what kind of cues may have been used.

*{{Nihongo|SEQARC_TAP2|Tap 2}}: Additional voice clips for the above game. Some of the voice clips here where later repurposed for [[The Dazzles]], [[Munchy Monk]] in [[Remix 4 (DS)|Remix 4]], and [[Tunnel]], as well as [[Karate Man 2 (Wii)|Karate Man 2]] in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' and [[Pajama Party]] in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.

*{{Nihongo|SEQARC_PAPET|Puppet}}

*{{Nihongo|SEQARC_NAWA_TOBI|Jump Rope}}: Presumable this game would be about playing [[wikipedia:Skipping rope|jump rope]], possibly with a CPU controlled character alongside the player.

*{{Nihongo|SEQARC_VOLLEY|Volley}}: Presumably a game based on volleyball.

*There is an unused sprite (the one meant to be seen on the [[Endless Games]] menu) internally named "demo_game_passboys". The sprite itself is blank.

*The three games seen exclusively in [[Endless Remix]] ({{Nihongo|Basket|バスケット|Basuketto}}, {{Nihongo|Kaeru Tobi|カエル跳び|Frog Jump}} and {{Nihongo|Chameleon|カメレオン|Kamereon}}) all have unused "standalone" versions in the [[Debug Menu#Rhythm Heaven Fever|debug menu]]. They use a standard drum beat as music (also heard in [[Seika Relay]]) and are also very simple, implying they were only made for testing. Notably, Basket has a feature where it zooms in on the basket, and then zooms out, which does not occur in [[Endless Remix]].

*There is unused text suggesting [[Endless Remix#Chameleon|Chameleon]] was intended as an "+ Test" of sorts for ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]''<ref>"との使い方を練習しよう。" (Practice how to use  and .) ~ Unused text, ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]''</ref><ref>"飛んできたハエを、でつかまえてみて。" (Try using  to catch the flies.) ~ Unused text, ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]''</ref><ref>"tutorial" ~ directory filename for [[Endless Remix#Chameleon|Chameleon]]'s textures</ref>, similar to "[[Practice Flicking]]". The final version instead has a modified version of [[Rhythm-kan Check]] (with the third test dummied out) while [[Endless Remix#Chameleon|Chameleon]] was made part of [[Endless Remix]].

For reference, the names internally use a system of categorizing games, using [[Rhythm Tengoku|AGB]], [[Rhythm Heaven|NTR]], [[Rhythm Heaven Fever|RVL]] and [[Rhythm Heaven Megamix|CTR]] for which installment they originate from, and S, L, A for {{Nihongo|Short}}, {{Nihongo|Long}} and {{Nihongo|Arrange}} [[Rhythm Game#Versions|version]] games. For example, [[The Clappy Trio]] is {{Nihongo|AGBパチパチ三人衆S}} (agb_clap_S), [[The Clappy Trio 2]] is {{Nihongo|AGBパチパチ三人衆L}} (agb_clap_L) and [[The Snappy Trio]] is {{Nihongo|AGBパチパチ三人衆A}} (agb_clap_A). Note that, with the exception of [[Micro-Row 2/Development|Micro-Row]] (Arrange), none of these games have icons, so this list will use the equivalent long version's icon if available.

Additionally, there are graphics for a [[TCRF:Rhythm Heaven Megamix/Unused Graphics#Test Game|test]] game found in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+]]'', which appears to star a trio of characters (who bear a resemblance to the [[Toss Boys (characters)|Toss Boys]]), fighting off faceless enemies possibly commandiered by a boss, at what looks like a temple. Presumably, the first two characters would do a pattern of punches, kicks, and uppercuts, and the player would have to repeat it.