Marching Orders

行進をするのだ。 かってな行動はチーム をダメにする！ がんばりたまえ。" "(It's time to march. Wrong moves will hurt the team! Do your best.)

— 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

File:Marching Orders Arcade.png

File:Marcher gameplay 3DS.PNG

The player controls a Cadet at the end of the line, and must follow the Sarge’s orders. There are four commands that the Sarge will yell.

• ”Attention, March!”
• ”Attention, Halt!”
• ”Left Face, Here!”
• ”Right Face, Here!”

The player must perform these with proper timing along with the other Cadets. Around a few seconds before the game is over, the Cadets will be moved offscreen, and the player must continue marching. When all of the Cadets have disappeared, the game will end.

Controls

Button Mode

• A: March
• B: Halt
• Left: Look Left
• Right: Look Right

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Appropriate Action

Timing Notes

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

Rating Notes

Rhythm Tengoku

Header

• "隊長の判断" (Captain's Judgement)

Try Again

• "きほんが　できてないな。" (The basics are not set.)

OK

• "う~ん．．．" (Yeah...)
• "まぁまぁ、　かな。" (OK, I guess?)
• "とりあえず．．．" (Anyway...)
• "よしと　します。" (You did your best.)

Superb

• "なかなか　よろしい！" (That was pretty good!)
• "すばらしい判断力だ！" (You have fantastic judgement!)

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Header

• "Sarge Says"

Try Again

• "Mushy marching!"
• "Do you hate halting?"
• "Your turns need more tuning."

OK

• "Eh. Passable."
• "That was pretty good!"

Superb

• "Stone-solid stepping!"
• "You stopped like a pro!"
• "Fair turnabout!"

Epilogue

Rhythm Tengoku

• Marcher Try Again.PNG

  "わぁっ！おいてけぼりされた！" (Aaah! We got left behind!)

• Marcher OK.PNG

  "今日の任務は、おそうじでーす♪" (Today's duty is cleaning~♪)

• Marcher Superb.PNG

  "宇宙人の救出、大成功！！" (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. (The fourth halt is delayed)

Appearances

• Marcher gameplay.png

  Marching Orders
  Remix 1
  Remix 6
  Remix 7
  Remix 8

• Marcherrrrrs.PNG

  Marching Orders 2

• Marching Orders Arcade Remix 7.png

  Remix 7
  Remix 8

• Marcher Tempo Up gameplay.png

  Marching Orders Tempo Up!
  Remix 1 Tempo Up!

• Marcher gameplay 3DS.PNG

  Marching Orders
  Final Remix

Marching Orders 2P

行進をするのだ。 かってな行動はチームをダメにする！ がんばりたまえ。" "(It's time to march. Wrong moves will hurt the team! Do your best.)

— - Marching Orders 2P Description

Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Marching Orders also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Marching Orders 2P (マーチャ 2P^?, Marcher 2P). It plays the same as the 1P version, but with a second player controlling the second cadet in the lineup.

Trivia

• In Rhythm Heaven's game Shoot-'Em-Up 2, the Shoot-'Em-Up Radio Lady is dressed like a cadet.
• 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 - this one has 4 commands.
• This is one of a few games to have different rating screens in both versions, except for the Superb rating screen which keeps the same style.
• This is the one of a few games in Megamix to use every button (the D-Pad, the "B" button and the "A" button). The others are Super Samurai Slice & its sequel.
• According to a picture in Tengoku's credits, the cadet's hair colors are red, yellow, blue, and orange.
• In the files for all 3 versions of Marching Orders in Rhythm Tengoku, there are unused sprites of:
  • The Cadets, Sarges, & Alien Bunnies clapping. It seems like Megamix has the clapping sprites too.
    File:MarchingOrdersUnused.jpeg
  • The Cadets & Alien Bunnies pointing like they did in Marching Orders 2. Megamix also has these sprites for the former, but lacks the Tickflow cue to activate it.
  • The Alien Bunnies marching like the humans in the normal game & sequel; them swaying their arms around & curving their bodies like the Lumbercats; & them looking upwards with their mouths open.

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