Rhythm Heaven Megamix
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Release date(s)
June 11, 2015
June 16, 2016
* October 21, 2016
October 22, 2016
December 1, 2016
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Single player, Multiplayer
108 (plus challenges and co-op)
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Rhythm Heaven Megamix (リズム天国ザ・ベスト+ Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus+) also known as Rhythm Paradise Megamix in Europe, and Rhythm World: The Best Plus in Korea, is the fourth game in the Rhythm Heaven Series. It was released on June 11th, 2015 in Japan; June 16th, 2016 in the west during the E3 announcement; October 21st, 2016 in Europe; October 22nd, 2016 in Australia; and on December 1st, 2016 in South Korea.
This game includes 70 minigames from the previous three Rhythm Heaven games, 20 new minigames, and 10 remixes.
Story Mode
In the single player Story mode of the game, the player helps a character named Tibby get back to Heaven World 天の国 (Ten no Kuni, a pun on 天国 tengoku?) (mispelled as "Hevven World" by Tibby) by completing various rhythm games and restoring the flow. On his way, he meets various characters, such as Boondog, Dieter, Shep, Donna, Hairold, Eglantine, Trey, Bertram, Betty, & Phillip, who guide him through their various lands; as well as the Gatekeeper Trio, which consists of Saffron, Saltwater, and Paprika.
Challenge Land
Challenge Land is a new feature in Megamix. Here, the player may board the Challenge Train, where the player must beat a series of minigames, usually with modified rules and tempo. Additionally, if the Perfect Campaign is up, it can be challenged here. Challenge Land becomes playable once the player clears the Lush Tower.
List of Rhythm Games
The majority of games appear in Story Mode, where they are grouped into sets of four; one Rhythm Tengoku game, one Rhythm Heaven game, one Rhythm Heaven Fever game, and one new game.
(Games marked with "[Prequel]" are new versions of previous rhythm games, and are considerably easier than their predecessors. Games marked with "[Original]" are the original versions of the rhythm game from their respective Rhythm Heaven title. Games marked with "[Sequel]" are a sequel to the ORIGINAL game, not a prequel. Games not marked at all have no brand-new prequel, nor sequel.)
Honeybee Land
Machine Land
First Gate
Citrus Land
Donut Land
Second Gate
Barbershop Land
Songbird Land
Third Gate
Lush Tower
After the Lush Tower is cleared, the credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World... Well, almost. But, new minigames get unlocked.
Honeybee Tower
Machine Tower
Citrus Tower
Donut Tower
Barbershop Tower
Songbird Tower
After the six rainbow towers are cleared, the credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World. Plus, new minigames get unlocked.
Star Land
Comet Land
Planet Land
Fourth Gate
Left-Hand Tower
Right-Hand Tower
Tibby's Mom
Café
In the cafe you can play with your Rhythm Toys, buy Rhythm Items, CD's and extra games with Flow Balls and visit the Museum.
Shop Games
Shop games act like extra games from Fever, but instead of getting medals in each rhythm game to unlock them, they can be bought from the shop owned by Saffron with Flow Balls found by playing Challenge Land's Perfect Campaign and Challenge Train's challenges. All shop games are returning minigames from the previous games in the series which allow you to perfect them. Some of them can be found in Challenge Train's challenges depending on if the player hasn't bought them yet.
List of Shop Games
Shop No. 1
Shop No. 2
Shop No. 3
Shop No. 4
Shop No. 5
Shop No. 6
Endless Games
Endless Games return in Megamix, which includes one game from each installment, and a new one of its own.
Rhythm Toys
Rhythm Toys return, but in a slightly different format. Unlike with Rhythm Toys in past games, the Rhythm Toys that appear in this game are constantly checked on for various reasons throughout the playthrough of the game, and are not accessible until you clear the Lush Tower.
List of Rhythm Toys
Streetpass
Whenever you got tagged by another player, the Cafe icon will display Barista, hinting that another player has tagged you. For each player you tagged, displays the player's Mii, number of Flow, and Favorite Rhythm Game, just like the rest of the characters. You also battle each of the players you tagged through Figure Fighter VS.
Missing Games
While most games returned in Megamix, 25 didn't make the cut. The following are the games from past incarnations of Rhythm Heaven that did not return for Megamix. (Sequels whose prequel is in Megamix are written in bold. Remixes, Endless Games and Two-Player Games aren't listed.)
From Rhythm Tengoku
From Rhythm Tengoku Arcade
From Rhythm Heaven
From Rhythm Heaven Fever
Scrapped New Games
Additionally, there are multiple completely new games listed in the debug menu, but are never seen in the game.[2]
- ザ・コマンダー ("The Commander")
- カニカニリズム ("Kanikani Rhythm", kani means "crab")
- ハチ ("Bee")
- パラパラパラダイス ("Para-Para-Paradise")
- モンスターテニス ("Monster Tennis")
- モンスターテニスマルチ ("Monster Tennis Multi")
- リミックスLED(旧バージョン) ("Remix LED (old version)")
- リミックス実験10 ("Remix Experiment 10")
- リミックス実験11 ("Remix Experiment 11")
- Quiz Show also has entries as a gate game in the debug menu, however there is no entry as an endless game, unlike the other gate games.
Reception
This game has received a review of 34/40 on Famitsu.
According to a report, this game sold over 500,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2015. [3].
As of February 2016, the total sales in Japan reached 650,000 copies.
This game is known to be favorable on MetaCritic with an avarage score of 83.
Trivia
- There is a challenge train set called "Wario...Where?", where many characters from the minigames are replaced with WarioWare characters. This is due to both series being created by the same developers.
- This is the first game to not include any of Tsunku's songs in the new Rhythm Games.
- This game currently holds the record for the most Rhythm games in it, due to the games being from every game in the series.
- When this game was talked about at the E3 2016, #RhythmHeaven quickly became a trending topic on Twitter.
- During the real credits the following things and characters from various games can be seen.
- Ashley makes a cameo in the café as a doll.
- The minigames at gates and towers are lined up by their game from oldest to newest (for example in the Lush Tower: First is Spaceball from Rhythm Tengoku, then Dog Ninja from Rhythm Heaven, then Hole in One from Rhythm Heaven Fever and finally the new one - Sumo Brothers).
- While using simple tap, it shows a character when tapping. This is a reference to Rhythm Heaven.
- This the first game in the series to have threequels included.
- It is notable that almost all of the title cards in most of the international versions of the game all use a small handful of font styles, and are rather simplistic compared to the more artistic and unique title cards in the Japanese version and Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- This is noble in Rhythm Rally 1, 2, & Cosmic; Marching Orders; Catchy Tune 1 & 2; Super Samurai Slice 2; Built to Scale; Packing Pests; Micro-Row 1 & 2; Working Dough 1 & 2; Screwbot Factory; Monkey Watch; and various other minigames from Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- The only title card to be fully changed from the Japanese version is Karate Man Combos!.
- This game has a few leftover/placeholder songs from Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- In the debug menu, there are several unused game and assets:
- Story-mode games for Ninja Bodyguard, Flock Step, Cheer Readers, Double Date, Fork Lifter, Board Meeting & Packing Pests.
- A threequel for Catchy Tune & Micro-Row.
- A few minigames known as "The Commander", "Crabby Rhythm", "Bee", "Para Para Paradise", "Monster Tennis", & "Monster Tennis Ultra".
- Something called "Treasure Island". Might this be an earlier version of the Museum?
Trailers
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2016
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2016
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Reveal Trailer