Flock Step

Flock Step It's amazing to see so many birds migrating together. Of course, to avoid stepping on each others' toes, they'll need good rhythm... 　Rhythm Heaven Fever	Flock Step The migration of so many birds is a wonderful event. Just don't step on any other bird's toes. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise

Flock Step

So many birds migrating together! Of course, to avoid stepping on each others' toes, they'll need rhythm...

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Flock Step (鳥の大群^?, Tori no Taigun) is the 24th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 25th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It features a large flock of migrating Huebirds of Happiness stepping in rhythm.

Flock Step

Image

File:Prologue 3DS Flock Step.PNG

Number

24
25

Version^?

Long

Gift

Birds of the Universe
Flow Ball

STAGE 5
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Gameplay

File:Flock Step Wii gameplay.png

File:Flock Step 3DS Gameplay.PNG

The player controls a pink Huebird located in the center of the screen as it has to march in step along with the other Huebirds. When one of the birds squawks, this is a cue for all the Huebirds to squat and jump in time with each other.

Controls

Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Ⓐ: March
• Ⓐ+Ⓑ (Hold): Squat
• Ⓐ+Ⓑ (Release): Jump

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Ⓐ/Tap: March
• Ⓑ (Hold)/Tap (Hold): Squat
• Ⓑ (Release)/Tap (Release): Jump

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!: The Huebird will step and jump in time with the others.
• Early!/Late!: The Huebird will go offbeat while stepping or jumping depending on if the player was too early or late.
• Miss...: The Huebird bumps into the bird in front of or behind him, looking surprised while the other bird looks annoyed. This may switch the footing pattern if the player continues without anymore breaks.

Results

	Words of the Feathered()	Words of the Feathered()
	Your footwork needs work. Are you ethically opposed to jumping? Did you get tired at the end?	Your footwork needs work. Are you ethically opposed to jumping? Did you get tired at the end?
	Eh. Good enough.	Good try.
	Great synchronized footwork! Nice jump flaps! You really stuck it out to the end.	Great synchronized footwork! Nice jump flaps! You really stuck it out to the end.

	The flock says...
	Your footwork needs more work. Did you have your wings clipped? Did you get tired at the end?
	Eh. Passable.
	You matched in time well. You flapped well! You did well right at the end.

	Words of the Feathered
	Your footwork needs work. Are you ethically opposed to jumping?
	Eh. Passable.
	Great synchronized footwork! Nice jump flaps!

Epilogue

	Where'd everybody go?	Long road ahead...	It feels good to belong.
	Where'd everybody go?	You've got a long walk ahead.	The flock has really grown!

	Where'd everybody go?	Long road ahead...	It feels good to belong.

Rhythm Item

Colorful Feathers	Love Spell
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Colorful feathers.png.png	"Apparently if you collect one feather of each color, you will be irresistible to anyone you talk to." "Sorry, what did you say? I was...distracted."

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears on the three consecutive jumps in the middle of the game.

Challenge Land

Flock Step appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• Group Activity
• Game Gamble: Beginner
• Rhythm Safari

Appearances

• Flock Step Wii gameplay.png

  Flock Step
  Remix 10

• Flock Step Remix 5.png

  Remix 5

• Flock Step 3DS Gameplay.PNG

  Flock Step

• Flock Step Final.png

  Final Remix

Video

Rhythm Heaven Fever	Rhythm Heaven Megamix
File:Rhythm Heaven Fever ~ Flock Step (Perfect)-0	File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Flock Step (Perfect) (English)

Trivia

• The name "Flock Step" is a possible reference to Rhythm Heaven’s Lockstep.
  • Further examined, both games objective's are to step in rhythm in a group. The only difference is the offbeat part that was in Lockstep, but not in Flock Step.
• The Huebirds later appear in the Night Walk credits game, flying by in a huge flock partway through it.
• In Rhythm Heaven Fever, both this minigame and Tap Trial have the same Superb message: "It feels good to belong". However, Flock Step's Superb message has a full stop at the end while Tap Trial's has an exclamation point.
• This is one of the few games in the franchise to require player input after the music finishes. Other games like this are Remix 4 (GBA), Remix 5 (GBA), Air Batter 2, Lockstep, Fan Club 2, Lockstep 2, and Air Rally.
• According to debug notes found in the files of Rhythm Heaven Megamix, this game, Board Meeting, Fork Lifter, Double Date, Cheer Readers and Packing Pests would have short variants added in that game, but they got cut for unknown reasons.
• In Fever, when the player jumps along with the rest of the flock, the Wiimote will vibrate.
• The large sphere with a smiley face from the DS version of Rhythm Rally 2 makes a cameo during the zoom-out segment.
  • Despite the sphere in Cosmic Rhythm Rally being redesigned to resemble the Cosmo Dancers in Megamix, this change was not reflected in Flock Step.
• The zoom-out might be a pun on “bird’s-eye view”.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	鳥の大群	Bird's Flock
EnglishNOA	Flock Step	A pun on flock, and lock step. Also possibly references Lockstep.
EnglishNOE	Flock Step
French	Défilé d'échassiers	Parade of Waders
Spanish	La bandada	The Flock
Italian	La marcia degli uccelli	The March of the Birds
Dutch	Flock Step
Portuguese	Flock Step
Russian	В ритме стаи	In The rhythm of the pack
Korean	새 무리	A Group of Birds