Ringside/Development

Rhythm Heaven Fever

Ringside consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven Fever:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
interview/ver0		Ringside
interview/2play		Ringside (Two Player)
interview/remix04		Remix 4
interview/remix09		Remix 9
interview/remix10		Remix 10

Early Builds

The basis of this game stemmed from the idea of cutting a wedding cake, as while one would be trying to concentrate on the cutting of the cake, wedding guests would take pictures and request the person's attention. The developers thought that the idea of a cake-cutting rhythm game didn't seem too promising and came up with the Wrestler interview scenario instead. The music had not been composed at the time that the Wrestler character was drawn.

Unused Content

There are sprites of papers, toilet paper and a microphone in Ringside which go unused. The Remix 4 version specifically also has an unused silhouette of The Wandering Samurai.

Wrestler's texture contains sprites for a "1" meant to be placed on his mask. It looks different to the "1" used for Player 1 in the Two Player version. He also has an unused variant of the flexing animation where he puts his left hand over his bicep.

Regional Differences

In Minna no Rhythm Tengoku, the blue squares with stars have the word "YONE" below them; a reference to one of game's developers, Masami Yone. In all other versions, his name is omitted.

In Rhythm World Wii, the red and yellow stripes after a successful pose are replaced with orange and yellow stripes. The background in the Two Player version of Ringside has the same colors as the One Player version, rather than using the unique colors that all other versions use.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Ringside consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven Megamix:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
ver_long		Ringside
"ver_remix05		Songbird Remix
ver_remix06		Left-Hand Remix
ver_wario		Ringside (Wario...Where? 2: The Sequel)

Unused Content

The unused sprites of papers, toilet paper and a microphone in Ringside return, still being unused.

There is an unused animation of a single sweatdrop for Wrestler, leftover from Rhythm Heaven Fever. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, this is stored in Reporter's assets instead, in larger clumps of drops rather than several individual drops, presumably to save on resources. Wrestler's sweatdrop sprite is still used when he coughs while answering a question off the beat, however. Wrestler's alternate "1" and alternate flex animation are also leftover.

Regional Differences

In Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+, the blue squares with stars have the word "YONE" below them like in Minna no Rhythm Tengoku; the name is omitted in other versions accordingly. The stripes in a successful pose being orange and yellow in Rhythm World Wii is also retained in Rhythm Sesang: The Best+.

In Rhythm Heaven Fever, the background in the OK epilogue has blue and orange stripes. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, they are orange and yellow instead. In Rhythm Sesang: The Best+, they are changed to blue and cyan stripes instead.

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Miscellaneous

There is a separate version of Ringside for Left-Hand Remix, despite not changing appearance. The only difference is some background textures (such as the one showing the Rhythm Arena), which aren't seen during the Remix, are shrunken down and thus significantly lower in quality. This is presumably done to optimize how fast the assets are loaded due to limitations of the Nintendo 3DS hardware.

References

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