Prologue

The Prologue (プロローグ^?, Purorōgu) is a short animation that plays when starting a Rhythm Game, acting like a title screen. It represents the game and prominently displays its title, accompanied by a short jingle.

In Rhythm Tengoku, Rhythm Heaven and Rhythm Heaven Fever, the prologue cannot be skipped. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the prologue can be skipped after the Rhythm Game has been cleared, by pressing Ⓐ to go the Practice if one is available, and/or Ⓧ to go directly to the game. This entry also gives prologues to Endless Games. When starting a Rhythm Game while riding the Challenge Train, the goal's rules are displayed on the Touch Screen during the prologue.

List of prologues

Below is a collection of all prologues in the Rhythm Heaven Series, sorted by the internal order of their respective jingles, many of which are shared across multiple games.

Rhythm Tengoku

Name (Internal)	Name (Translated)	Rhythm Games
s_jingle_rat	Rat	Kossori Rat Usagi Tobi
s_jingle_march	March	Marcher Marcher 2 Marcher
s_jingle_iai	Iai	Iai Giri* Rhythm o Shuji* Ninja Ninja no Shison
s_jingle_ghost	Ghost	Shiroi Obake Shiroi Obake 2 Baikin Hakase
s_jingle_poli	Poly	Polyrhythm Polyrhythm 2 Hopping Road Hopping Road 2
s_jingle_handclap	Hand Clap	Pachi Pachi Sanninshu Space Dance Night Walk* Night Walk 2* Bari Bari Sanninshu Cosmo Dance Pachi Pachi Sanninshu
s_jingle_tap	Tap	Tram to Poline Tap Dance Super Tap
s_jingle_baseball	Baseball	Air Batter Air Batter 2 Air Batter
s_jingle_toss	Toss	Toss Boys Toss Boys 2
s_jingle_karate	Karate	Karateka* Karateka 2* Karateka *
s_jingle_witch	Witch	Mahō Tsukai
s_jingle_datumo	脱毛 (Epilation?)	Rhythm Datsumo Rhythm Datsumo 2 Rhythm Datsumo
s_jingle_quiz	Quiz	Showtime Quiz
s_jingle_bon	Bon	The☆Bon Odori Hanabi Bon Dance
s_jingle_rap	Rap	Rap Men Rap Women
s_jingle_remix	Remix	Remix 1 Remix 2 Remix 3 Remix 4 Remix 5 Remix 6 Remix 7 Remix 8 Extra Remix

Rhythm Heaven

Name (Internal)	Name (Translated)	Rhythm Games
JINGLE_LIVE	Live	DJ School Big Rock Finish Rockers Rockers 2
JINGLE_OSHARE	お洒落 (Stylish?)	Glee Club Love Lab Glee Club 2
JINGLE_REMIX	Remix	Remix 1 Remix 2 Remix 3 Remix 4 Remix 5 Remix 6 Remix 7 Remix 8 Remix 9 Remix 10
JINGLE_ROBO	Robo	Built to Scale Fillbots Built to Scale 2 Fillbots 2
JINGLE_SPORTS	Sports	Freeze Frame Splashdown Splashdown 2
JINGLE_ANIME	Anime	Shoot-'Em-Up Airboarder Shoot-'Em-Up 2
JINGLE_ASOBI	遊び (Playing?)	Rhythm Rally Space Soccer Rhythm Rally 2 Space Soccer 2
JINGLE_BUKIYOU	不器用 (Awkward?)	Moai Doo-Wop Love Lizards Crop Stomp Moai Doo-Wop 2
JINGLE_IDOL	Idol	Fan Club The Dazzles The Dazzles 2 Fan Club 2
JINGLE_KOUHA	硬派 (Tough Guys?)	Blue Birds Drummer Duel Blue Birds 2
JINGLE_KYOIKU	教育 (Teaching?)	Frog Hop Lockstep Frog Hop 2 Lockstep 2
JINGLE_KARATE	Karate	Karate Man Karate Man 2
JINGLE_NINJA	Ninja	Dog Ninja
JINGLE_CHINA	China	Munchy Monk Munchy Monk 2

Rhythm Heaven Fever

The names and order given in Minna no Rhythm Tengoku Zen Kyoku-shu will be shown here first, followed by the internal names, which are all prefixed with "WSD_PROLOGUE_". The Extra Games, which are returning games from Rhythm Tengoku, have their prologue animations and jingles faithfully recreated.

Name (Soundtrack/Internal)	Name (Translated)	Rhythm Games
ほのぼの HONOBONO	Heartwarming	Hole in One Air Rally Catch of the Day Hole in One 2
勇ましく GUNTAI	Brave 軍隊 (Military?)	See-Saw Launch Party Launch Party (Two Player)
青春 SCHOOL	Youth School	Double Date Double Date 2
スタジアム BASE_BALL	Stadium Baseball	Exhibition Match
オシャレ TAP	Stylish Tap	Board Meeting Tap Troupe Tap Troupe (Two Player)
サムライ JAPAN	Samurai Japan	Samurai Slice Samurai Slice 2
シュール SURE	Surreal	Fork Lifter Fork Lifter (Two Player) Working Dough Packing Pests Working Dough 2 Packing Pests 2
ロック ROCK	Rock	Figure Fighter Ringside Ringside (Two Player) Figure Fighter 2
かわゆい CUTE	Cute	Tambourine Tambourine (Two Player) Flock Step
まぬけ MANUKE	Silly	Micro-Row Micro-Row (Two Player) Flipper-Flop Flipper-Flop (Two Player) Micro-Row 2
機械 ROBO	Machine Robo	Screwbot Factory Built to Scale Built to Scale 2 Screwbot Factory 2
ラッパー RAP	Rapper Rap	Love Rap Love Rap 2
カラテ家 KARATE	Karate Man Karate	Karate Man Karate Man (Two Player) Karate Man 2
ウキウキ UKIUKI	Ooki Ooki	Monkey Watch Donk-Donk
はまべ踊り ODORI	Beach Dance 踊り (Dance?)	Shrimp Shuffle
図書館 EUROPE	Library Europe	Cheer Readers Cheer Readers 2
ボサノヴァ BOSSA	Bossa Nova Bossa	Bossa Nova
リミックス REMIX	Prologue Remix	Remix 1 Remix 2 Remix 3 Remix 4 Remix 5 Remix 6 Remix 7 Remix 8 Remix 9 Remix 10
パチパチ三人衆 AGB_PACHI_PACHI	The Clappy Trio パチパチ (Clap Clap?)	The Clappy Trio Night Walk*
しろいおばけ AGB_SHIROI_OBAKE	Sneaky Spirits	Sneaky Spirits
タップダンズ AGB_TAP_DANCE	Tap Trial	Tap Trial
リズムお習字 AGB_RHYTHM_OSHUJI	Power Calligraphy	Power Calligraphy*

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Prologue animations for games returning from Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Heaven are completely redone in this game, with remixed jingles. Animations and jingles for games from Rhythm Heaven Fever are reused directly, with the exception of the logo being replaced with plain text. The remixed jingles for the Extra Games are reused. New games introduced in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, as well as the newly created prologues for Coin Toss and Clap Trap, reuse old jingles. The Karate Man games are all given unique animations, and the jingle is given a different grunt for each.

Internally, this game has two sets of jingles, one in .aac format and an unused set in .bcwav format, which are all prefixed with "WSD_PROLOGUE_". Both sets of names will be shown here, as well as those from Minna no Rhythm Tengoku Zen Kyoku-shu where applicable.

Name (Soundtrack/Internal)	Name (Translated)	Rhythm Games
ほのぼの jingle_honobono HONOBONO	Heartwarming	Air Rally LumBEARjack Hole in One Air Rally 2 LumBEARjack 2 Hole in One 2 Catch of the Day
勇ましく jingle_march_new GUNTAI	Brave March (New) 軍隊 (Military?)	Launch Party See-Saw
シュール jingle_sure SURE	Surreal	First Contact Second Contact Working Dough Working Dough 2 Fork Lifter Packing Pests
スタジアム jingle_base_ball BASE_BALL	Stadium Baseball	Exhibition Match
サムライ jingle_japan JAPAN	Samurai Japan	Super Samurai Slice Super Samurai Slice 2 Samurai Slice
青春 jingle_school SCHOOL	Youth School	Double Date
オシャレ jingle_tap TAP	Stylish Tap	Board Meeting
カラテ家 jingle_rvl_karate KARATE	Karate Man Karate	Karate Man Combos!
ラッパー jingle_rap_new RAP	Rapper Rap (New) Rap	Love Rap
機械 jingle_robo ROBO	Machine Robo	Built to Scale Screwbot Factory
まぬけ jingle_manuke MANUKE	Silly	Micro-Row Flipper-Flop Micro-Row 2 Flipper-Flop 2
ロック jingle_rock ROCK	Rock	Figure Fighter Tongue Lashing Figure Fighter 2 Ringside Figure Fighter 3
かわゆい jingle_cute CUTE	Cute	Flock Step Kitties!
ウキウキ jgl_konkons0419_32khz UKIUKI	Ooki Ooki Donk-Donk	Pajama Party Monkey Watch
ボサノヴァ jgl_bossa0419_32khz BOSSA	Bossa Nova Bossa	Fruit Basket Fruit Basket 2 Blue Bear Bossa Nova
図書館 jgl_tosho0419_32khz EUROPE	Library 図書 (Books?) Europe	Tangotronic 3000 Cheer Readers
jingle_agb_hair AGB_HAIR	Hair	Rhythm Tweezers Rhythm Tweezers 2
jingle_agb_batter AGB_BATTER	Batter	Spaceball
jingle_agb_rat AGB_RAT	Rat	Bunny Hop Rat Race
jingle_agb_karate_0718 AGB_KARATE	Karate	Karate Man Returns!
jingle_agb_karate_short_0710 AGB_KARATE_SHORT	Karate (Short)	Karate Man
jingle_agb_hopping AGB_HOPPING	Hopping	Bouncy Road
jingle_agb_march AGB_MARCH	March	Animal Acrobat Marching Orders Jungle Gymnast
jingle_agb_quiz_t125 AGB_QUIZ	Quiz	Quiz Show
パチパチ三人衆 jingle_agb_clap_32k AGB_PACHI_PACHI	The Clappy Trio Clap パチパチ (Clap Clap?)	The Clappy Trio The Clappy Trio 2 Space Dance The Snappy Trio Cosmic Dance Night Walk
しろいおばけ jingle_agb_obake AGB_SHIROI_OBAKE	Sneaky Spirits お化け (Ghost?)	Sick Beats Sneaky Spirits Sneaky Spirits 2
リズムお習字 jingle_agb_iai_voiceless AGB_RHYTHM_OSHUJI	Power Calligraphy Iai (Voiceless)	Power Calligraphy Sumo Brothers Ninja Bodyguard Clap Trap
タップダンズ jingle_agb_tap_32k AGB_TAP_DANCE	Tap Trial Tap	Tap Trial Tap Trial 2
jingle_ntr_robot_04_t125 NTR_ROBO	Robot Robo	Fillbots Fillbots 2
jingle_ntr_idol_t130 NTR_IDOL	Idol	Fan Club Fan Club 2 The Dazzles
jingle_ntr_anime NTR_ANIME	Anime	Coin Toss Shoot-'em-up Airboarder Shoot-'em-up 2
jingle_ntr_sports_32k NTR_SPORTS	Sports	Charging Chicken Freeze Frame
jingle_ntr_karate_0710 NTR_KARATE	Karate	Karate Man Kicks!
jingle_ntr_ninja_se NTR_NINJA	Ninja (Sound Effects) Ninja	Dog Ninja*
jingle_ntr_shugyo_t134 NTR_SHUGYO	修行 (Training?)	Munchy Monk
jingle_ntr_live_t120 NTR_SHORT_LIVE	Live Big Rock Finish	Big Rock Finish
jingle_ntr_frog_t126 NTR_FROG	Frog	Frog Hop Lockstep Jumpin' Jazz
jingle_ntr_chorus_02_t146 NTR_CHORUS	Chorus	Glee Club Glee Club 2
jingle_ntr_blue_birds NTR_BLUE_BIRDS	Blue Birds	Blue Birds
jingle_ntr_pinpon NTR_PINPON	Ping-Pong Rhythm Rally	Catchy Tune Rhythm Rally Catchy Tune 2 Rhythm Rally 2 Cosmic Rhythm Rally
jingle_karate_father KARATE_FATHER	Karate (Father)	Karate Man Senior
jingle_ctr_remix_t140 CTR_REMIX	Remix	Lush Remix Honeybee Remix Machine Remix Citrus Remix Donut Remix Barbershop Remix Songbird Remix Left-Hand Remix Right-Hand Remix Final Remix

Trivia

• In the vast majority of cases, the title shown on the prologue matches the name of the game shown on the Game Select and other places. There are several instances where this is not the case:
  • Tap Trial 2's prologue in Rhythm Tengoku reads スーパータップダンス (Super Tap Dance^?), while on the Game Select, presumably due to character limits, it is shortened to スーパータップ (Super Tap^?). The shortened name is also the name used in the Studio, Rhythm Tengoku Zen Kyoku-shu, and in Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+.
  • All games in the Technician and Last Technician stages of Rhythm Tengoku, which are arranged versions of previous games, show the same title as their normal versions on their prologues. Some of the games here do not have a unique prologue at all, entirely reusing the old one.
  • All two player games in Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) use the same prologues as their singleplayer counterparts, dropping the "2P" suffix shown on the Game Select.
  • Every Remix in Rhythm Tengoku is formatted as [Nth]リミックス ([Nth] Remix^?) on their prologues, and as リミックス[N] (Remix [N]^?) everywhere else.
  • Every Remix in Rhythm Heaven Megamix simply reads "REMIX" on their prologues, with the associated theme being represented by an object rather than words.
• There is an unused prologue jingle in Rhythm Heaven Fever and Rhythm Heaven Megamix, being a simple, short drum beat.
• There is an unused, very simple prologue animation meant for Manzai.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	プロローグ	Prologue

References

Rhythm Tengoku (GBA/Arcade)
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Miscellaneous		• Rhythm Shiryo Shitsu • Studio • Perfect Campaign • Characters • The Rhythm League Development History • Sequence Test • Dance Lesson 1 • Tanuki & Monkey

Rhythm Heaven
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Miscellaneous		• • • Music Corner • Reading Corner • Practice Flicking • Perfect Campaign • Characters • The Rhythm League • Rhythm Heaven • Rock 'n' Roll Hall • Development History • Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic • •

Rhythm Heaven Fever
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