Rap Men/Development

Rhythm Tengoku

Rap Men consists of the following versions in Rhythm Tengoku:

No.	Image	Used in
00		Rap Men Remix 4 Remix 6
01		Rap Women Rap Women (by KAZU)
02		Unused

Unused Content

There is an unused sprite of what may be intended to be a shocked eye for the yellow rapper. The blue-haired rapper has this same sprite as well.

There is a unused version of Rap Women which can be accessed through Sequence Test. The used version is listed as Rap Women (by YONE) (ラップ　ウィメン（ｂｙ　ＹＯＮＥ）^?, Rap Women (by YONE)) while the unused version is Rap Women (by KAZU) (ラップ　ウィメン（ｂｙ　ＫＡＺＵ）^?, Rap Women (by KAZU)). This version contains several raps on even beats.

The "(by YONE)" version is most likely made by Masami Yone, one of the game's composers. The "(by KAZU)" version is likely made by Kazuyoshi Osawa, the game's chief director and one of the designers.

While version 02 of the game only creates a black screen when placed in Rap Men, placing it in Rap Women creates a rather bizzare appearance, as it does not load any graphics of its own, but instead retains whatever graphics were already loaded. The image provided above shows its appearance if this version is applied over Rap Women and accessed through the Game Select: The background remains from the prologue, and the sprite tiles remain from the prologue and Game Select. If the proper graphics for Rap Men or Rap Women were to be loaded, it is made clearer that the animations do not match their intended use, often "reversing the roles" of the two rappers. The player-controller rapper does not use any voice clips, and attempting to play certain voice clips may cause the music to cut out.

References

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