Shoot-'em-up 2

This page is about the long version of Shoot-'em-up from Rhythm Heaven Megamix. "I suppose" you may be looking for the arrange version in Rhythm Heaven?

Shoot-'Em-Up

Invasion alert! Invasion
lert! Scramble fighters,
STAT! Or...practice first,
and then scramble.
Whatever works for you.

　Rhythm Heaven

Shoot-'Em-Up

Invasion alert! Invasion
alert! Scramble fighters,
STAT! Or...practise first,
and then scramble.
Whatever works for you.

　Rhythm Paradise

Shoot-'em-up 2

Intruder alert! Again!
Scramble fighters! Again!
Defend the homeworld!

　Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Shoot-'em-up 2 (かえってきたシューティング^?, Kaettekita Shooting), known as Shoot-'Em-Up (シューティング^?, Shooting) in Rhythm Heaven, is the 2nd Rhythm Game of the second stage (7th overall) in Rhythm Heaven and the 2nd of Citrus Tower (44th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The short version, Shoot-'em-up, appears in Citrus Land in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The arrange version, Shoot-'Em-Up 2, appears in the tenth stage of Rhythm Heaven.

Gameplay

The player controls the Blastronaut on a mission to stop aliens from invading Earth. The game is played in first person view from the spaceship. A varying number of aliens appear on the screen one by one in groups. After four beats, the aliens attack. The player must attack them in the same order and timing, relying on the rhythm of the music. If a beat is missed, the alien is missed and damages the spaceship. The Shoot-'Em-Up Radio Lady appears at the start of each wave and the end of the game to give advice.

Controls

Ⓐ or ✚/Tap: Shoot

Timing Display

Perfect!/Ace!: The alien ship is destroyed completely.
Early!/Late!: The alien ship is struck down, but not destroyed. In Rhythm Heaven only, this does not cause the player to fail a Perfect Campaign.
Miss...: The alien damages the player's spaceship.

Results

	Commander's Debriefing()	Commander's Debriefing()
	Some enemies got past you. The high-speed volleys are tricky.	Some enemies got past you. The high-speed volleys are tricky.
	Hm... Good enough... I don't know... I guess that was all right.	Hmm... Good enough... I don't know... I guess that was all right.
	That was a glorious battle. Your 8-shot volleys were amazing! Nice work, right to the end!	That was a glorious battle. Your 8-shot volleys were amazing! Nice work, right to the end!

	Commander's Debriefing
	Some enemies got past you. You seemed intimidated by swarms.
	Eh. Passable.
	That was a glorious battle. You weren't fazed by any number of foes!

Epilogue




The planet is ours! Wahahahaha!	Mission accomplished! But just barely...	An overwhelming victory! Well done!




We win this time, humans!	That was a close fight.	Great shooting!

Endless Game

Shoot-'Em-Up (シューティング^?, Shooting) is the 2nd Endless Game in Rhythm Heaven, unlocked with 7 Medals.

The basic gameplay is about the same as the non-endless version, with the player needing to shoot down the enemies by following the rhythm at which they appear. This version has the following additions:

The player has a life bar which is depleted with every miss. If the player avoids getting hit again, it will start gradually refilling itself. If the bar is emptied, the screen turns red, signalling the player is in danger, though they still have a chance to recover. If they take damage while the bar is empty, the game is over.
The player receives points for every successful shot in a pattern, going from 100, 200, 500 and 1000. Defeating every enemy in every half of a wave awards the player a "PERFECT BONUS" of 1000 points.
The Shoot-'Em-Up Radio Lady doesn't appear between waves, instead she congratulates the player for reaching certain scores. Reaching the end of a wave instead causes a warp effect, which changes the background. The starting background is the same as the non-endless version, showing the homeworld in the top left. The second shows a variety of cubical structures with a green outline with faster stars, while the next one shows abstract blue squares, and the one after that has seven Space Umpires without their ships in the top left. The last background shows another green-outlined structure, presumably the alien's base, and also with faster stars. Notably, the structure is also used for the background in Shoot-'Em-Up 2.

Once the player has reached the end of the non-endless game after clearing 3 waves, the last three enemies do not appear. Instead, it goes to the latter two waves of Shoot-'Em-Up 2. After clearing 5 waves, each half of a wave is randomized, and the enemies change shape, with stricter timing. The background loops back to the beginning, this time with a reddish-purple tint instead of the usual blue. After clearing 10 waves, the music becomes quieter during the player's turn, and the backgrounds loop again, this time with a yellow tint. After clearing 15 waves, the music mutes completely during the player's turn. The background now changes randomly each wave, using any design and any of the previous colors.

Rhythm Item

Model Spaceship	Have an Adult Help You
	It's a Space Battleship STG-7 Plastic Model Kit in 1/48 scale! The cockpit is amazingly detailed! Note: Pilot not included.

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears at the end of the second wave.

Challenge Land

Shoot-'em-up 2 appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

Appearances

Video

Trivia

Screenshot WarioWare Twisted Wario-Man Epilogue.png

In Remix 10, the Practice enemies and yellow background are used instead of the game's default appearance.
This is one of the few games to keep the same controls for tapping from Rhythm Heaven to Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the others being Munchy Monk, Freeze Frame, Lockstep, and Fillbots.
In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the Shoot-'Em-Up Radio Lady is shown through a CommPad, which resembles a Wii U GamePad.
In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the aliens are fully grey with a green glow around them. Coupled with parts of the player's spaceship being green, this makes the game resemble the Shoot-'Em-Up 2 in Rhythm Heaven.
In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the background in the epilogue comes directly from Wario-Man's Epilogue Movie in WarioWare: Twisted!.

Development History

Main article: Shoot-'em-up 2/Development

In Other Languages

Rhythm Heaven

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	シューティング	Shooting
English^NOA	Shoot-'Em-Up	Named after the Shoot 'em up genre of video games
English^NOE	Shoot-'Em-Up
French	Bataille galactique	Galactic battle
Spanish	Guerra Galáctica	Galactic War
German	Kosmorock Kosmorock X	Cosmorock Cosmorock X
Italian	Meteoritmi	Pun on "Meteoriti" (Meteorites) and "ritmi" (rhythm)
Korean	슈팅	Shooting

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	かえってきたシューティング	Return of Shooting
English^NOA	Shoot-'em-up 2	Named after the Shoot 'em up genre of video games
English^NOE	Shoot-'em-up 2
French	Le retour de la bataille galactique	Return of the galactic battle
Spanish	Guerra galáctica 2	Galactic war 2
German	Kosmorock 2	Cosmorock 2
Italian	Meteoritmi 2	Pun on "Meteoriti" (Meteorites) and "ritmi" (rhythm)
Korean	돌아온 슈팅	Return of Shooting

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