Rat Race

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！！" "(You are a mouse. Aim for your beloved cheese. Stop & Go!!)

— Rat Race Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

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

— Rat Race Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Rat Race (こっそりラット^?, Kossori Rat) is the 9th game in Rhythm Tengoku and the 48th game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It's about the Sneaky 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. In practice, they will give you signals when you stop behind a stack of plates, but in the real game, there are no signals (in the Megamix version, there are signals in the real game, but the brown rat at the front will throw the stoplight away in the middle of the game). Its appearances in remixes have signals in them. Ms. Whiskers will repeatedly try to catch you, and when she appears, you have to hold A to stop behind a stack of plates. The music will go quiet for a few seconds before it starts building up, and the rats will prepare to run. You must let go of A at the right time for a clean getaway.

Controls

Button Mode

• Hold A: Stop
• Release A: Go

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap and Hold: Stop
• Release Stylus: Go

Timing Notes

• Hit: Nothing goes wrong and you get away from Ms. Whiskers.
• Barely: You jump a little when you hide, and when you run, there is a "boing" sound. A barely counts as a hit in Tengoku, but counts a miss in Megamix!
• Miss: You bump into one of the other two rats. When hiding, the rat you hit moves out of position, and when running, the rat you hit does not run momentarily, but catches up fast. If you bump into the rat behind you just before Ms. Whiskers looks around, the rat will try to hide by curling up while sweating.

Rating Notes

Rhythm Tengoku

Header

• "なかまから　ひとこと" (A word from your friends)

Try Again

• "キレが　ないよ。" (There is no sharpness.)
• "でだしが　ぐだぐだ・・・" (The start is off...)
• "もう！　ジャマしないでよ！" (Geez! Don't mess things up!)

OK

• "う~ん．．．" (Yeah...)
• "まぁまぁ、　かな。" (OK, I guess?)
• "とりあえず．．．" (Anyway...)
• "よしと　します。" (You did your best.)

Superb

• "きっちり　とまってる！" (You stopped at the right time!)
• "でだしが　バッチリ！" (Your starts were right on!)

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Header

• "Hushed Whispers"

Try Again

• "Work on those stops!"
• "You need to practice your starts."

OK

• "Eh. Passable."

Superb

• "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

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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

  Rat Race

• 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

Rat Race 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！！" "(You are a mouse. Aim for your beloved cheese. Stop & Go!!)

— Rat Race 2P Description

Rat Race also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Rat Race 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 Sneaky 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.

Video

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

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	こっそりラット Kossori Rat	Stealthily Rat
EnglishNOA	Rat Race
EnglishNOE	Rat Race
French	Rats cache-cache	Hide-and-Seek Rats
Spanish	Ratas a la carrera	Rats on the run
Italian	La corsa dei topi	Rat Race
Korean	생쥐 레이스	Mouse Race