Second Contact

Second Contact

Fellow Martians, I've encountered an Earthling! I'm going to attempt to translate what it says.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Second Contact

Image

Number

46

Version^?

Long

Gift

Flow Ball

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Second Contact (かえってきた 通訳者^?, Kaettekita Tsūyaku-sha) is the 4th Rhythm Game of Citrus Tower (46th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The short version, First Contact, appears in Citrus Land.

Gameplay

In this game, the player controls the Martian, whose mission is to translate what Farmer Bob is saying. This is done by repeating the pattern of Farmer Bob's speech. The patterns have more complex rhythms than First Contact.

Controls

• Ⓐ or ✚/Tap: Translate

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?: The Martian translates Farmer Bob's words properly. Farmer Bob nods. Mars Control is amazed.
• Early!/Late!^?: The Martian translates properly, but in a high-pitched voice.
• Miss...^?: The Martian fails to translate, and a red question-mark is displayed instead. If the player fails from the beginning, an alternate translation is given, which devolves into nonsense. The Martian then shakes their head in disaproval. Mars Control falls asleep.

Message

Correct Message	Correct Message (After Incorrect Message)	Incorrect Message
Hi, people of Mars!		Blah, blah...
How do you do?		Garble, snarble.
I am an Earthling.		Guess who I am?
...And single!	Gwahaha!♥	Hahahaha!
Don't get your hopes up...		Watermelon, watermelon.
Not all humans...		Rutabaga, rutabaga...
look as good as me!
...Ladies!	Gwahaha!♥	You guys look like octopuses!
Let's get some tea...		Ahahaha!
and talk planets.		I want a taco.
I'm going to...		Where are the donuts?
work up my courage to say...		Niagara Falls.
to Katherine...		Are you gonna eat that?
for oh...		Did I say something wrong?
so, so...		(unintelligible)
long I have been...		(unintelligible)
very much in love with...		(unintelligible)
yummy PORK RICE BOWLS!		(unintelligible)
There's nothing better!		(boring stuff)
Ummm...yeah.		Blah, blah...
I should head back soon...		Turnip.
for my tentacle graft.		Achoo!
...Kidding!	Gwahaha!♥	Ahahaha!

Results

	Mars Control to Farmer Bob
	What was that? We wait with bated breath! Didn't quite catch that--not sure we wanted to. Yikes?
	Eh. Passable.
	Yup, definitely heard you loud and clear... Even when things got awkward, you nailed it. We were feeling the love...unfortunately.

Epilogue

	Tell me again what a "verb" is...?	Friendship.	Welcome to Mars!

Rhythm Item

Mars	Foreign Food
	Everyone was surprised at how quickly we started a culinary exchange with Mars, but they shouldn't have been. Look at it! It's basically a space meatball!

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears on the line "...Ladies!"

Challenge Land

Second Contact appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• Game Gamble: Intermediate
• Copycats

Appearances

• 

  First Contact

• 

  Second Contact
  Left-Hand Remix

• 

  Citrus Remix

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Second Contact (Perfect) (English)

Trivia

• Space Umpire from Spaceball can be seen among Mars Control.
• One of Farmer Bob's lines has him mention a woman's name. There are ten variations randomly selected for this part, being:
  • "to Katherine..."
  • "to Dorothy..."
  • "to Jennifer..."
  • "to Julianne..."
  • "to Katrina..."
  • "to Lillian..."
  • "to Marianne..."
  • "to Marilyn..."
  • "to Mary Sue..."
  • "to Natalie..."

Unused

Main article: Second Contact/Unused

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	かえってきた 通訳者	Return of Interpreter
EnglishNOA	Second Contact
EnglishNOE	Second Contact
French	Interprète terrien-martien	Earthling-martian interpreter
Spanish	Segundo contacto	Second contact
Italian	Secondo contatto	Second contact
Korean	돌아온 통역사	Return of Interpreter