Samurai Slice (Wii)

Samurai Slice An army of evil spirits has invaded a peaceful village. Only a lone samurai can stop them. What dastardly deeds are they up to? 　Rhythm Heaven Fever	Samurai Slice An army of evil spirits descended on the peaceful village. Only a lone samurai can stop them and restore peace to the land. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise

Samurai Slice

An army of evil spirits has invaded a peaceful village. Only a lone samurai can stop them.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Template:Game-Nav Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Samurai Slice (悪霊退散^?, Akuryou Taisan) is the 19th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 105th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It features the wandering samurai. In this game, you are slicing up demons who are spawning from a dark portal, in order to save the Lost Pinwheel of a child. This game has a sequel, called Samurai Slice 2.

Gameplay

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File:Samurai Slice M gameplay.png

In this game, the player must slice a horde of demons, or evil spirits, as they appear, in order to protect the peaceful village. Evil spirits will appear and the player must slice them with their sword at the correct time to vanquish them, by pressing the A button. Occasionally, a vortex of demons will swarm at once and the player has to perform a whirlwind slice, which will make the samurai thrash his sword rapidly.

You use the normal slice for the red demons, but the green ones come out faster, so you have to use the whirlwind slice. The Red demons can also vary in size, but this is just a distraction. There is also a story, which covers the screen mid-game to obstruct the game's visuals.

Gameplay Features

Our Story So Far...

Various elements during the story segment can be affected negatively if the player's timing is off. When a barely occurs, the characters and texts will tilt slightly. When a miss occurs, the characters and text tilt drastically, reaching the edges of the screen. During the evil spirit's story segment, additional spirits alongside it appear if either a barely or miss occurs.

Wandering Samurai Dialogue

At the end of the story segment during the rhythm game, the Wandering Samurai will either say "I will see justice done." or "Don't worry."

To Be Continued...

At the end of the rhythm game, the words "To be continued..." appear. If the player slices at them four to five times, the words will be cut in half.

Controls

Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Ⓐ: Slice
• Ⓐ+Ⓑ (Hold): Whirlwind Slice
• Ⓐ+Ⓑ (Release): End Whirlwind Slice

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Ⓐ/Tap: Slice
• Ⓑ (Hold)/Tap (Hold): Whirlwind Slice
• Ⓑ (Release)/Tap (Release): End Whirlwind Slice

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!: The samurai slices the evil spirit in two. When facing a horde of spirits, they are easily cut up by his whirlwind slice.
• Early!/Late!: The samurai's blade grazes the evil spirit and it flies away. When facing a horde of spirits, the samurai cuts them up as normal but will not shout at the very end.
• Miss...: The evil spirit attacks the samurai and knocks him over. When facing a horde, any missed spirits will latch onto the samurai and bite him.

Results

	Pinwheel Boy's Gratitude()	Pinwheel Boy's Gratitude()
	Your sword technique seemed lacking. You had trouble when they ganged up on you.	Your sword technique seemed lacking. You had trouble when they ganged up on you.
	Eh. Good enough.	Good try.
	You sliced a LOT of monsters! Your sword moved so fast! You got the pinwheel back!	You sliced a LOT of monsters! Your sword moved so fast! You got the pinwheel back!

	The girl says...
	You should learn the basics first. Your whirlwind slice needs work.
	Eh. Passable.
	You handled your sword so well. Your whirlwind slice was impressive. You got the windmill back!

	Pinwheel Girl's Gratitude
	Your sword technique seemed lacking. You had trouble when they ganged up on you.
	Eh. Passable.
	You sliced a LOT of monsters! Your sword moved so fast!

Epilogue

Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Samurai Slice Wii Try Again.png

  "Mister... Mister!
  Are you all right?"

• Samurai Slice Wii OK.png

  "I hear he's an OK samurai..."

• Samurai Slice Wii Superb.png

  "Thanks, mister!
  You're the best!"

Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise

• Samurai Slice EU Try Again.png

  "Hey, mister! Do you need a break?"

• Samurai Slice EU OK.png

  "Are you sure he's a samurai?"

• Samurai Slice EU Superb.png

  "Thank you, mister!"

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Samurai Slice Wii 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "Mister... Mister!
  Are you all right?"

• Samurai Slice Wii 3DS OK.PNG

  "I hear he's an OK samurai..."

• Samurai Slice Wii 3DS Superb.PNG

  "Thanks, mister! You're the best!"

Rhythm Item

Pinwheel	Public-Service Announcement
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Pinwheel.png.png	What makes a ghost steal a pinwheel? Malice? Greed? Loneliness? Did the ghost just want to play? Well, stealing is ALWAYS wrong, kids.

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears on the group of demons just before the story is told.

Challenge Land

Samurai Slice appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• The Soul of Japan
• Game Gamble: Intermediate
• Demon Slayer

Appearances

• Samurai Slice Practice.png

  Samurai Slice (Practice)

• SS fever gameplay.png

  Samurai Slice
  Remix 10

• Samurai Slice Remix 4.png

  Remix 4

• Samurai Slice 2 Gamaplay.png

  Samurai Slice 2

• Samurai Slice Remix 8.png

  Remix 8

• Samurai Slice Megamix Practice.PNG

  Samurai Slice (Practice)

• Samurai Slice M gameplay.png

  Samurai Slice

Trivia

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  In the Korean version of Rhythm Heaven Fever, the three characters featured in this rhythm game have their traditional Japanese clothing altered to resemble Korean traditional clothing, called "Hanbok".
  • Also, in the Superb epilogue screen, the colors of the background were changed from red and yellow to blue and cyan, to cover up the Rising Sun colors.
  • The clothing of the Pinwheel Boy and girl are also altered.
• This is the only minigame from the Samurai Slice series that returns in Megamix. The ones minigames that didn't return are Iai Giri and the DS/Endless version of Samurai Slice.
• Due to the "To be continued..." line being kept, despite the sequel being unplayable, it is possible that this version of Samurai Slice is the prequel of Super Samurai Slice in Megamix.
• In Rhythm Heaven Fever, the child in blue clothing is referred to as Pinwheel Boy in the rating notes screen. In Megamix, his name was changed to Pinwheel Girl. This was also reflected in European version of Fever.
• In Megamix, letting go of the B button after a whirlwind slice will always indicate a perfect hit. Due to this, the Skill Star can almost always be collected in every run.
• After practice, A demon holding a pinwheel can be shown. This will know when the game starts.

Video

Rhythm Heaven Fever	Rhythm Heaven Megamix
File:Rhythm Heaven Fever ~ Samurai Slice (Perfect)-0	File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Samurai Slice (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	悪霊退散	Dispelling Evil Spirits
French	Rythme tranchant
Spanish	El samurái rebanador
Italian	Spirito samurai	Samurai Spirit
Korean	악령퇴치	Evil Spirit Eradication