Rat Race

こっそりラット あなたはネズミ。 大スキなチーズを めざして ストップ＆ゴー！！ Rhythm Tengoku	Kossori Rat You are a mouse. To reach your beloved cheese, Stop & Go!! (Translation)

こっそりラット あなたはネズミ。 大スキなチーズをめざして ストップ＆ゴー！！ Rhythm Tengoku	Kossori Rat You are a mouse. To reach your beloved cheese, Stop & Go!! (Translation)

Rat Race

You are a rat. She is a cat. You love cheese. We have all the ingredients of a tense encounter.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Rat Race

Image

File:Rat Race GBA Prologue.PNG

File:Cheesey Heist.PNG

File:Cheese Heist title 3DS.PNG

Number

9
48

Gift

"タップなドラム" (Tap Drum)
Flow Ball

Rat Race (こっそりラット^?, Kossori Rat) is the 9th Rhythm Game in Rhythm Tengoku and the 48th Rhythm Game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It's about the Rats trying to find cheese while running and hiding from Ms. Whiskers.

Gameplay

File:Stealthy Rat.PNG

File:Cheese Heist gameplay 3DS.PNG

The three rats will be running across a very, very long kitchen table. During the Practice and Remixes (and in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the first half of the game), the frontmost rat uses a stoplight to give signals. Ms. Whiskers repeatedly pops up to try to catch the rats, and when she appears, they need to stop behind a stack of plates. The music goes quiet for a few bit before it starts building up, and the rats prepare to run off.

Controls

• Ⓐ (Hold)/Tap (Hold): Stop
• Ⓐ (Release)/Tap (Release): Go

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?:
• Early!/Late!^?:
• Miss...^?:

Results

	なかまから　ひとこと (A word from your friends)	なかまから　ひとこと (A word from your friends)
	キレが　ないよ。(Your stops were bad.) でだしが　ぐだぐだ・・・(Your starts were delayed...) もう！　ジャマしないでよ！(Hey! Don't get in the way!)	キレが　ないよ。(Your stops were bad.) でだしが　ぐだぐだ・・・(Your starts were delayed...) もう！　ジャマしないでよ！(Hey! Don't get in the way!)
	う～ん．．． まぁまぁ、　かな。 とりあえず．．． よしと　します。	(Hmm...) (Well, I wonder.) (For now...) (All right.)
	きっちり　とまってる！(Your stops were tight!) でだしが　バッチリ！(Your starts were great!)	きっちり　とまってる！(Your stops were tight!) でだしが　バッチリ！(Your starts were great!)

	Hushed Whispers
	Work on those stops! You need to practice your starts.
	Eh. Passable.
	Your stops were perfect! Great starts!

Epilogue

Rhythm Tengoku

• Try again rate cheese.PNG

  "チーズ 食べたいよ~…" (I wanna eat some cheese...)

• OK rate Cheese.PNG

  "チーズ おいしいね。" (Cheese is yummy.)

• Superb rate Cheese.PNG

  "みんな、 よかったネ！" (Everyone, it was good!)

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Cheese Heist 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "I guess we could try to eat the plate..."

• Cheese Heist 3DS OK.PNG

  "You know, I really like cheese. Like, a LOT."

• Cheese Heist 3DS Superb.PNG

  "We'll have to start a family to eat all this!"

Rhythm Item

Stoplight	Yellow Means Cheese
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Stoplight.png.png	This antique traffic signal has been used to train young rats for many generations. They train hard every night, since they know their survival (and cheese consumption) depends on it.

Skill Star

Near the end, when the brown rat throws away the traffic light, stop at the second stack of plates perfectly to collect the star.

Appearances

• Stealthy Rat.PNG

  Kossori Rat

• Rat Race Arcade Remix 2.png

  Remix 2
  Remix 6
  Remix 8

• Cheese Heist gameplay 3DS.PNG

  Rat Race
  Final Remix

• Rat Race Donut.png

  Donut Remix

Kossori Rat 2P

こっそりラット 2P あなたはネズミ。 大スキなチーズをめざして ストップ＆ゴー！！ Rhythm Tengoku	Kossori Rat 2P You are a mouse. To reach your beloved cheese, Stop & Go!! (Translation)

カラテ家 2P

Image

File:Cheesey Heist.PNG

Number

6

Gift

N/A

This game also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Kossori Rat 2P (こっそりラット 2P^?, Kossori Rat 2P). It plays the same as the 1P version, but there are twice as many rats, with both players controlling the white rats.

• Rat Race Arcade2-P.PNG

Trivia

• The Rats make a cameo in Freeze Frame, where they sometimes appear in the pictures the player takes.
• Ms. Whiskers makes a cameo in Wake-Up Caller, sometimes appearing at the window.
• Bunny Hop, Fan Club 2, and this game are the only games to receive remixed music in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
• In Rhythm Tengoku, the mice in the OK and Superb epilogues have visible mouthes, which in Rhythm Heaven Megamix were removed.

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Rat Race (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	こっそりラット	Sneaky Rat
EnglishNOA	Rat Race
EnglishNOE	Rat Race
French	Rats cache-cache	Rats hide and seek
Spanish	Ratas a la carrera	Rats on the run
Italian	La corsa dei topi	The racing rats
Korean	생쥐 레이스	Rat Race