First Contact

First Contact

Mission control, we encountered a Martian! I'm going to attempt to translate what it says.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

First Contact

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Number

13

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Short

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Flow Ball

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First Contact (通訳者つうやくしゃ^?, Tsūyaku-sha) is the 4th Rhythm Game of Citrus Land (13th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The long version, Second Contact, appears in Citrus Tower.

Gameplay

In this game, the player controls Translator Tom, whose mission is to translate what the Martian is saying. This is done by repeating the pattern of the Martian's speech.

Controls

• Ⓐ or ✚/Tap: Translate

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?: Translator Tom translates the Martian's words properly. The Martian nods. Ground Control is amazed.
• Early!/Late!^?: Translator Tom translates properly, but in a high-pitched voice.
• Miss...^?: Translator Tom fails to translate, and a red question-mark is displayed instead. If the player fails from the beginning, an alternate translation is given, which makes the Martian look bad. The Martian then shakes their head in disaproval. Ground Control falls asleep. Some lines change if the played messed up a translation before them.

Message

Correct Message	Correct Message (After Incorrect Message)	Incorrect Message
People of Earth,		Hey, carbon blobs!
how do you do?		You are weird looking!
I live on Mars.		I am your ruler now.
...Right?	Haha!♥	Moohoohaha!
We're glad you made it.		Hoping for...
You want to meet		mercy?
my leader?		Not a chance.
...Gotcha.	Heehee!♥	Bow, worms!
Last time...		Now I am...
Earthlings visited...		hungry!
you left...		Are you done?
behind PORK RICE BOWLS!		Hurry up and leave!
Mars will never...		I care not for...
be the same.		your species.
Kidding!		But I hunger.
Don't be a stranger!		So hungry!
...Gotcha.	Bye!♥	Begone, insects!

Results

	Ground Control to Translator Tom
	Erm, we couldn't quite make that out... Who what now? Our new friend looks...dissatisfied.
	Eh. Passable.
	You've bridged the gap between Earth and Mars! We even caught the mumbly bits. They like pork rice bowls? Hey, WE like those too!

Epilogue

	Was it something you said?	Fun is the universal language.	Welcome to Earth!

Rhythm Item

Pork Rice Bowl	Martians' Delight
	Some Earthling astronauts left this delicious dish behind when they visited Mars. Everyone here loved it! I hear that there's a pork-rice-bowl restaurant opening here next month!

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears on the line "...Gotcha."

Challenge Land

First Contact appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• Game Gamble: Beginner
• Copycats
• Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

Appearances

• 

  First Contact

• 

  Second Contact
  Left-Hand Remix

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  Citrus Remix

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Trivia

• The Space Umpire makes a cameo in the OK epilogue.
• The results caption "Ground Control to Translator Tom" is a reference to the song Space Oddity by the late David Bowie, specifically the lyrics "Ground Control to Major Tom".
• Ground Control makes an appearance in the opening cutsene to Intro Games in WarioWare: Get It Together!, where they are startled after a giant Wario nose passes by one of their sattelites. A glitchier version of this cutscene is used for Anything Goes, which includes the Traveller from an unrelated cutscene among the crew. In the movie Roll Credits, the researchers are given names: Doc, Kevin, Richard, Adam, Zach, Thomas, Furukawa, and Chuck.

Development History

Main article: First Contact/Development

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	通訳者	Interpreter
EnglishNOA	First Contact	The first meeting between people of two previously unknown cultures, or between humans and extraterrestrials
EnglishNOE	First Contact
French	Interprète martien-terrien	Martian-earthling interpreter
Spanish	Primer contacto	First contact
German	Der erste Kontakt	The first contact
Italian	Primo contatto	First contact
Korean	통역사	Interpreter