Rhythm Heaven Megamix
Rhythm Heaven Fever
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Rhythm Heaven Megamix (リズム天国ザ・ベスト+ Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus+) also known as Rhythm Paradise Megamix in Europe, and Rhythm World: The Best Plus in Korea, is the fourth game in the Rhythm Heaven Series. It was released on June 11th, 2015 in Japan; June 16th, 2016 in the west during the E3 announcement; October 21st, 2016 in Europe; October 22nd, 2016 in Australia; and on December 1st, 2016 in South Korea.
This game includes 70 minigames from the previous three Rhythm Heaven games, 20 new minigames, and 10 remixes.
Story Mode
In the single player Story mode of the game, the player helps a character named Tibby get back to Heaven World 天の国 (Ten no Kuni, a pun on 天国 tengoku?) (mispelled as "Hevven World" by Tibby) by completing various rhythm games and restoring the flow. On his way, he meets various characters, such as Boondog, Dieter, Shep, Donna, Hairold, Eglantine, Trey, Bertram, Betty, & Phillip, who guide him through their various lands; as well as the Gatekeeper Trio, which consists of Saffron, Saltwater, and Paprika.
Challenge Land
Challenge Land is a new feature in Megamix. Here, the player may board the Challenge Train, where the player must beat a series of minigames, usually with modified rules and tempo. Additionally, if the Perfect Campaign is up, it can be challenged here. Challenge Land becomes playable once the player clears the Lush Tower.
List of Rhythm Games
The majority of games appear in Story Mode, where they are grouped into sets of four; one Rhythm Tengoku game, one Rhythm Heaven game, one Rhythm Heaven Fever game, and one new game.
(Games marked with "[Prequel]" are new versions of previous rhythm games, and are considerably easier than their predecessors. Games marked with "[Original]" are the original versions of the rhythm game from their respective Rhythm Heaven title. Games marked with "[Sequel]" are a sequel to the ORIGINAL game, not a prequel. Games not marked at all have no brand-new prequel, nor sequel.)
Honeybee Land
Karate Man [Prequel] | Fillbots [Prequel] | Air Rally [Prequel] | Catchy Tune |
File:Story karate man.png | File:Story fillbots.png | File:Story air rally.png | File:Story Jumping Road.png |
Machine Land
Rhythm Tweezers [Prequel] | Glee Club [Prequel] | Figure Fighter [Prequel] | Fruit Basket |
File:Story rhythm epilation.png | File:Story glee club.png | File:Story figure fighter.png | File:Story slam dunked.png |
First Gate
Coin Toss File:Coin toss 3ds.png |
Citrus Land
The Clappy Trio [Prequel] | Shoot-'em-up [Prequel] | Micro-Row [Prequel] | First Contact |
File:Story the clappy trio.png | File:Story shoot em up.png | File:Story micro row.png | File:Story interpreter.png |
Donut Land
Bunny Hop | Airboarder | Exhibition Match | Tongue Lashing |
File:Rabbit jump 3ds.png | File:Airboarder 3ds.png | File:Exhibition match 3ds.png | File:Chameleon Stick 3DS.PNG |
Second Gate
Sick Beats |
File:Doctor bacteria 3ds.png |
Barbershop Land
Songbird Land
Power Calligraphy | Blue Birds | Flock Step | Super Samurai Slice |
File:Power Calligraphy 3DS title.PNG | File:Blue Birds title 3DS.PNG | File:Flock Step 3DS.PNG | File:Samurai Slice 3DS.PNG |
Third Gate
Charging Chicken |
File:Chicken Race.PNG |
Lush Tower
Spaceball | Dog Ninja | Hole in One | Sumo Brothers | Lush Remix |
File:Air Batter Title.PNG | File:Dog Ninja title 3DS.PNG | File:Hole in One 3DS.PNG | File:Sumology title.png | File:Forest Remix Title.png |
After the Lush Tower is cleared, the credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World... Well, almost. But, new minigames get unlocked.
Honeybee Tower
Karate Man Returns! [Original] | Fillbots 2 [Original] | Air Rally 2 [Original] | Catchy Tune 2 [Sequel] | Honeybee Remix |
File:Return of karate man.png | File:Return of fillbots.png | File:Return of air rally.png | File:Return of jumping road.png | File:Bee Remix.png |
Machine Tower
Citrus Tower
Donut Tower
Rat Race | Fan Club | Working Dough | Animal Acrobat | Donut Remix |
File:Cheese Heist title 3DS.PNG | File:Fanclub title 3DS.PNG | File:Working Dough 3DS.PNG | File:Midair Trapeze.png | File:Donut Remix.png |
Barbershop Tower
Songbird Tower
Tap Trial | Frog Hop | Ringside | Tangotronic 3000 | Songbird Remix |
File:Tap Trial 3DS.PNG | File:Frog Hop Title 3DS.PNG | File:Ringside 3DS title.PNG | File:Waltz-a-Tron title.png | File:Bird Remix.png |
After the six rainbow towers are cleared, the credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World. Plus, new minigames get unlocked.
Star Land
Ninja Bodyguard | Freeze Frame | Launch Party | Pajama Party |
File:Ninja title 3DS.PNG | File:Freeze Frame title 3DS.PNG | File:Launch Party 3DS title.PNG | File:Pajamas title.png |
Comet Land
Marching Orders | Munchy Monk | See-Saw | Blue Bear |
File:Marcher title 3DS.PNG | File:Munchy Monk title 3DS.PNG | File:See-Saw 3DS title.PNG | File:Teddy Bear title.png |
Planet Land
Space Dance | Lockstep | Cheer Readers | Kitties! |
File:Space Dance title 3DS.PNG | File:Lockstep title.PNG | File:Cheer Readers 3DS title.PNG | File:Neko Clap Title.png |
Fourth Gate
Clap Trap |
File:Clap Trap title.PNG |
Left-Hand Tower
Right-Hand Tower
Tibby's Mom
Café
In the cafe you can play with your Rhythm Toys, buy Rhythm Items, CD's and extra games with Flow Balls and visit the Museum.
Shop Games
Shop games act like extra games from Fever, but instead of getting medals in each rhythm game to unlock them, they can be bought from the shop owned by Saffron with Flow Balls found by playing Challenge Land's Perfect Campaign and Challenge Train's challenges. All shop games are returning minigames from the previous games in the series which allow you to perfect them. Some of them can be found in Challenge Train's challenges depending on if the player hasn't bought them yet.
List of Shop Games
Shop No. 1
Bouncy Road | Night Walk | Quiz Show |
File:Hopping Road 3DS.PNG | File:Night Walk 3DS.PNG | File:Quiz 3DS.PNG |
Shop No. 2
The Dazzles | Big Rock Finish | Karate Man Kicks! |
File:Dazzles 3DS.PNG | File:Big Rock Finish title 3DS.PNG | File:Karate Man Kick.PNG |
Shop No. 3
Built to Scale | Double Date | Catch of the Day |
File:Built to Scale Wii 3DS.PNG | File:Double Date 3DS.PNG | File:Catch of the Day 3DS.PNG |
Shop No. 4
Fork Lifter | Love Rap | Bossa Nova |
File:Fork Lifter 3DS title.PNG | File:Love Rap 3DS.PNG | File:Bossa Nova 3DS.PNG |
Shop No. 5
Screwbot Factory | Board Meeting | Samurai Slice |
File:Screwbot Factory 3DS.PNG | File:Board Meeting 3DS.PNG | File:Samurai Slice Wii 3DS.PNG |
Shop No. 6
Packing Pests | Monkey Watch | Karate Man Combos! |
File:Packing Pests 3DS.PNG | File:Monkey Watch 3DS.PNG | File:Karate Man Combo.PNG |
Endless Games
Endless Games return in Megamix, which includes one game from each installment, and a new one of its own.
Sick Beats | Coin Toss | Clap Trap | Charging Chicken |
File:Doctor bacteria 3ds.png | File:Coin toss 3ds.png | File:Clap Trap title.PNG | File:Chicken Race.PNG |
Rhythm Toys
Rhythm Toys return, but in a slightly different format. Unlike with Rhythm Toys in past games, the Rhythm Toys that appear in this game are constantly checked on for various reasons throughout the playthrough of the game, and are not accessible until you clear the Lush Tower.
List of Rhythm Toys
Streetpass
Whenever you got tagged by another player, the Cafe icon will display Barista, hinting that another player has tagged you. For each player you tagged, displays the player's Mii, number of Flow, and Favorite Rhythm Game, just like the rest of the characters. You also battle each of the players you tagged through Figure Fighter VS.
Missing Games
While most games returned in Megamix, 25 didn't make the cut. The following are the games from past incarnations of Rhythm Heaven that did not return for Megamix. (Sequels whose prequel is in Megamix are written in bold. Remixes, Endless Games and Two-Player Games aren't listed.)
From Rhythm Tengoku
- File:Samurai Slice icon.png Samurai Slice
- File:The Bon Odori icon.png The ★ Bon Odori
- Wizard's Waltz Wizard's Waltz
- File:Showtime icon.png Showtime
- File:Tram and Pauline icon.png Tram & Pauline
- Built to Scale Polyrhythm
- File:RapMen icon.png Rap Men
- File:Toss Boys icon.png Toss Boys
- File:Fireworks icon.png Fireworks
- File:Bon Dance icon.png Bon Dance
- File:RapWomen icon.png Rap Women
- File:Karate Man 2 icon.png Karate Man Returns! 2
- Rhythm Tweezers 2 Rhythm Tweezers 3
- File:Ninja Reincarnate icon.png Ninja Reincarnate
- File:Night Walk 2 icon.png Night Walk 2
- File:Marcher 2 icon.png Marching Orders 2
- File:Hopping Road 2 icon.png Bouncy Road 2
- File:Toss Boys 2 icon.png Toss Boys 2
- Built to Scale 2 Polyrhythm 2
- File:Spaceball 2 icon.png Spaceball 2
- Sneaky Spirtis 2 Sneaky Spirits 3
From Rhythm Tengoku Arcade
- File:Karate Man Tempo icon.png Karate Man Returns! Tempo Up!
- File:Vegeta-Pull Tempo icon.png Rhythm Tweezers Tempo Up!
- File:Marcher Tempo icon.png Marching Orders Tempo Up!
- File:Spaceball Tempo icon.png Spaceball Tempo Up!
- File:The Clappy Trio Tempo icon.png The Clappy Trio Tempo Up!
From Rhythm Heaven
- Built to Scale Built to Scale
- File:Moai Doo-Wop icon.png Moai Doo-Wop
- File:Love Lizards icon.png Love Lizards
- File:Crop Stomp icon.png Crop Stomp
- File:DJ School icon.png DJ School
- File:Drummer Duel icon.png Drummer Duel
- File:Love Lab icon.png Love Lab
- File:Splashdown icon.png Splashdown
- File:Space Soccer icon.png Space Soccer
- File:Rockers icon.png Rockers
- Built to Scale 2 Built to Scale 2
- File:The Dazzles 2 icon.png The Dazzles 2
- Fillbots 2 Fillbots 3
- File:Blue Birds 2 icon.png Blue Birds 2
- File:Lockstep 2 icon.png Lockstep 2
- File:Moai Doo-Wop 2 icon.png Moai Doo-Wop 2
- Karate Man 2 Karate Man Kicks! 2
- Glee Club 2 Glee Club 3
- File:Space Soccer 2 icon.png Space Soccer 2
- Shoot-'Em-Up 2 Shoot-'em-up 3
- File:Splashdown 2 icon.png Splashdown 2
- File:Munchy Monk 2 icon.png Munchy Monk 2
- File:Rockers 2 icon.png Rockers 2
From Rhythm Heaven Fever
- File:Tambourine icon.png Tambourine
- File:Donk Donk icon.png Donk-Donk
- File:Tap Troupe icon.png Tap Troupe
- File:Shrimp Shuffle icon.png Shrimp Shuffle
- Night Walk Night Walk
- File:Samurai Slice 2 icon.png Samurai Slice 2
- Built to Scale 2 Built to Scale 2
- File:Double Date 2 icon.png Double Date 2
- File:Love Rap 2 icon.png Love Rap 2
- File:Cheer Readers 2 icon.png Cheer Readers 2
- File:Screwbot Factory 2 icon.png Screwbot Factory 2
- Micro-Row 2 Micro-Row 3 (Scrapped)[1]
- File:Packing Pests 2 icon.png Packing Pests 2
- Karate Man 2 Karate Man Combos! 2
Scrapped New Games
- File:Ninja 3DS icon.png Ninja Bodyguard [Prequel]
- File:Flock Step 3DS icon.png Flock Step [Prequel]
- File:Cheer Readers 3DS icon.png Cheer Readers [Prequel]
- File:Double Date 3DS icon.png Double Date [Prequel]
- File:Fork Lifter 3DS icon.png Fork Lifter [Prequel]
- File:Board Meeting 3DS icon.png Board Meeting [Prequel]
- File:Packing Pests 3DS icon.png Packing Pests [Prequel]
- File:Jumping Road 2 icon.png Catchy Tune 3 [Sequel]
Additionally, there are multiple completely new games listed in the debug menu, but are never seen in the game.[2]
- ザ・コマンダー ("The Commander")
- カニカニリズム ("Kanikani Rhythm", kani means "crab")
- ハチ ("Bee")
- パラパラパラダイス ("Para-Para-Paradise")
- モンスターテニス ("Monster Tennis")
- モンスターテニスマルチ ("Monster Tennis Multi")
- リミックスLED(旧バージョン) ("Remix LED (old version)")
- リミックス実験10 ("Remix Experiment 10")
- リミックス実験11 ("Remix Experiment 11")
- Quiz Show also has entries as a gate game in the debug menu, however there is no entry as an endless game, unlike the other gate games.
Reception
This game has received a review of 34/40 on Famitsu.
According to a report, this game sold over 500,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2015. [3].
As of February 2016, the total sales in Japan reached 650,000 copies.
This game is known to be favorable on MetaCritic with an avarage score of 83.
Trivia
- There is a challenge train set called "Wario...Where?", where many characters from the minigames are replaced with WarioWare characters. This is due to both series being created by the same developers.
- This is the first game to not include any of Tsunku's songs in the new Rhythm Games.
- This game currently holds the record for the most Rhythm games in it, due to the games being from every game in the series.
- When this game was talked about at the E3 2016, #RhythmHeaven quickly became a trending topic on Twitter.
- During the real credits the following things and characters from various games can be seen.
- The tree from Lush Remix.
- The Huebirds of Happiness from Flock Step.
- The Skill Star you can collect in every game.
- The planet from Remix 7 of Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- The Rhythm Rockets from Launch Party.
- The Alien From Spaceball.
- The huge machine from Working Dough, it also shines the color of the forest.
- Play-Yan and the star from Night Walk.
- The riceball from Spaceball.
- All the colors for each Remix: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.
- The Moon Bunnies from Bunny Hop.
- The outline for the star in Star Land.
- Rhythm Heaven itself.
- Ashley makes a cameo in the café as a doll.
- The minigames at gates and towers are lined up by their game from oldest to newest (for example in the Lush Tower: First is Spaceball from Rhythm Tengoku, then Dog Ninja from Rhythm Heaven, then Hole in One from Rhythm Heaven Fever and finally the new one - Sumo Brothers).
- While using simple tap, it shows a character when tapping. This is a reference to Rhythm Heaven.
- This the first game in the series to have threequels included.
- It is notable that the almost of the title cards in the English version of the game all use the same font styles, and are rather simplistic compared to the more artistic and unique title cards in the Japanese version and Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- The only title card to be fully changed from the Japanese version is Karate Man Combos!.
- This game has a few leftover/placeholder songs from Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- In the debug menu, there are several unused game and assets:
- A story-mode game for Ninja Bodyguard, Flock Step, Cheer Readers, Double Date, Micro-Row, Fork Lifter, Board Meeting & Packing Pests.
- A threequel for Catchy Tune.
- A few minigames known as "The Commander", "Crabby Rhythm", "Bee" & "Para Para Paradise".
Trailers
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2016
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2016
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Reveal Trailer
Rhythm Heaven Megamix | |||
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Rhythm Games | Earth World | Honeybee Land | |
Machine Land | |||
The First Gate | |||
Citrus Land | |||
Donut Land | |||
The Second Gate | |||
Barbershop Land | |||
Songbird Land | |||
The Third Gate | |||
Lush Woods | Lush Tower | ||
Honeybee Tower | |||
Machine Tower | |||
Citrus Tower | |||
Donut Tower | |||
Barbershop Tower | |||
Songbird Tower | |||
Heaven World | Star Land | ||
Comet Land | |||
Planet Land | |||
The Fourth Gate | |||
Mamarin Palace | Left-Hand Tower | ||
Right-Hand Tower | |||
Tibby's Mom | |||
Shop | Shop No. 1 | ||
Shop No. 2 | |||
Shop No. 3 | |||
Shop No. 4 | |||
Shop No. 5 | |||
Shop No. 6 | |||
Characters | • • • • • • • • • • • • | ||
Miscellaneous | Café • Figure Fighter VS • Stable • Shop • Coins • Flow Ball • Rhythm Item • Play Music • Museum • Badges • Mascots • Memories • Timing Display • Challenge Land • Perfect Campaign • The Rhythm League • Development History • Demo • Rhythm Tengoku The Best Plus Comic |
Rhythm Heaven Series | |||
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2006, GBA • 2007, Arcade | 2008-2009, DS | 2011-2012, Wii • 2016, Wii U | 2015-2016, 3DS |