Rhythm Heaven/Unused Animations

This is a sub-page of Rhythm Heaven.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: There's still some more to be added. Make sure to add all of the variation's animations unless they are broken.

A rhythm game will store all of its animations in .NANR (Nitro ANimation Resource) files, and each rhythm game is typically stored internally as "versions" (Glee Club = Ver0, Glee Club 2 = Ver1, etc.). So for future reference, animations will be shown in their version order.

Touch Screen

Animation Name	Animation	Description
Ball		A simplistic ball object, likely used as a placeholder for when you touch the screen.

Opening

Animation Name	Animation	Description
master_loop		An animation of the bandleader giving an odd face before doing his thumbs up gesture. He only gives a thumbs up at the end of the credits, and at no point does he make that face, so this goes unused.
master11		A very different looking design for the bandleader. As such, this was probably just a placeholder until a design was finalized.

Practice Flicking

Animation Name	Animation	Description
car_run		An unused fast car type. Most likely removed for being too challenging for what is supposed to be a tutorial.
coin_shot_ok		The coin successfully hitting the fast car.
test		A test animation for flicking.

Glee Club

Animation Name	Animation	Description
CellAnime0		Test animation of a Chorus Kid.
CellAnime1		Test animation of a Chorus Kid blinking.
CellAnime2		Test animation of a Chorus Kid smiling.
CellAnime4		Test animation of a Chorus Kid shouting.
CellAnime7		Test animation of a Chorus Kid performing a similar action to CellAnime0, while turning progressively more yellow.
CellAnime8		Test animation of a Chorus Kid performing a similar action to CellAnime1, while turning progressively more yellow.
Beat		Animation of a Chorus Kid "Beating", or bobbing to the music for the uninitiated.
Blink		Animation of a Chorus Kid blinking.
SquatDown		The first part of a Chorus Kid squatting animation.
SquatUp		The second part of a Chorus Kid squatting animation.

Fan Club

Animation Name	Animation	Description
SIdolFail		Animation of the idol that was likely intended to be used when the player messes up an input. These look similar to the animation the Girl has when the player misses a cue in Rhythm Tengoku's Tap Trial.
FanScratch		Animation of a monkey scratching its head.
FanShock		Animation of a monkey reacting in shock to something. Likely intended for the same purpose as SIdolFail.
FanShockBeat		A "beating" version of the previous animation.
FanFail		Animation of the player monkey failing an action.
CellAnime4		Test animation of the Pop Singer performing some action.

Fan Club 2

Animation Name	Animation	Description
LIdolFail		Animation of the large Pop Singer that was likely to go with SIdolFail.
LIdolBeat_02		A version of the large Pop Singer's beat animation without its background.
LIdolWink_02		The large Pop Singer's version of CellAnime4. The file's name (LIdolWink_02) is a variation of the file name for a used animation (LIdolWink), suggesting that this could be an early version of it.
LIdolPeace_02		An alternate version of LIdolPeace lacking its background.
LIdolSquat_02		An alternate version of LIdolSquat lacking its background.
CellAnime1		Test animation of the Pop Singer's winking animation.
CellAnime3		Another test animation of the Pop Singer's winking animation.

Shoot 'Em Up

Animation Name	Animation	Description
enemy_(enemy type)_near		Various animations of the many Shoot 'Em Up enemies getting closer.

Blue Birds

Animation Name	Animation	Description
test		Test animation of a bird stretching its necks out.
ttest21		Test animation of a bird preparing to stretch its neck out.
ttest2		Test animation of a bird pecking its beak.

Moai Doo-Wop

Animation Name	Animation	Description
moai_beat		A Moai head doing a beat animation.
moai_shout_org		A longer version of the shouting animation used throughout the game. The "org" in the animation name could possibly stand for "original".

Love Lizards

Animation Name	Animation	Description
M_tailScroll		A tail shaking animation similar to the one that was used during the game, except this one has fancy motion lines.
test		A test beat animation for the female lizard.
test000		A test animation for the male lizard walking.
test00		A test beat animation for the male lizard.

Crop Stomp

Animation Name	Animation	Description
test		A test animation of the Stomp Farmer doing a variety of different actions.
(34 and 35 from the test animation above, as this does not have an assigned animation file as far as I can tell.)		An animation of the Stomp Farmer frowning presumably after missing.

The Dazzles

Animation Name	Animation	Description
crouch_A-F		The lower half of The Dazzles were fully drawn, despite the fact that it's hidden behind the boxes.
crouch_idle_A-F		In addition to the lower half never being seen, the CPU's don't even use this animation, as it's the animation for releasing the touch screen during a cue prematurely.
CellAnime0		A test animation for a very tiny star appearing.
CellAnime1		A test animation for a second, larger star appearing.
CellAnime2		A test animation for a third, larger star appearing.
CellAnime3		A test animation of a fourth, big star appearing.
CellAnime4		A test animation of said big star flashing.

DJ School

Animation Name	Animation	Description
test00		A test animation of the turn table spinning.
test01		A test animation of the turn table spinning while being held.
test03		A test animation of DJ Yellow doing his "Break" and "Scratch-o" cue.
C_body_beat		An unused duplicate of "C_body_beat00", aka "The first part of DJ Yellow's beat animation".
C_body_scratcho2		Unused remix variants of DJ yellow scratcho-ing in the actual game´s practice.

Drummer Duel

Animation Name	Animation	Description
EC_miss		A miss effect for the computer, despite it never missing. This could just be a case of the developers being too thorough with creating graphics, instead of anything game changing.
O_ready		The first of many animations for an unused referee character.
O_beatR		A beat animation for the referee pointing to the computer.
O_beatL		A beat animation for the referee pointing to the player.
O_finish		An animation for the referee making a "finished" gesture. This could've either been used when the player finished a pattern, or when the game is finished.
O_miss		An animation for the referee reacting to a missed input.
CellAnime11		A test animation of the player using his stick.
cheer10		A cheerleader doing an unused dance move.

Love Lab

Animation Name	Animation	Description
test00		A test animation of the boy shaking a flask. For a split second you can see his palette switch to the girl's palette, possibly indicating palette reorganization.
test02		A test beat animation for a body. Since everyone uses the same graphics for their body, this could belong to anyone.

Splashdown

Animation Name	Animation	Description
swimmer_ready		While this is used, the lower half is never seen, due to it being submerged underwater.
swimmer_show00		While this animation is used, the lower half is never seen, due to it being submerged underwater.
swimmer_show00_miss		While this animation is also used, the lower half is never seen, due to it being submerged underwater.
swimmer_show01		Again, while this animation is used, the lower half is never seen, due to it being submerged underwater.
swimmer_show02		Again, while this animation is used, the lower half is never seen, due to it being submerged underwater.
swimmer_show03		This animation and the next one, however, are completely unused. This was meant to be the Synchrettes' third animation for coming out of the water, but they never use it.
swimmer_show03_miss		A miss version of the above animation.
swimmer_jump00		While this animation is used, it is near impossible to see due to the first frame only being shown for a single frame (0.016 seconds) before never being seen again. To add insult to injury, the first frame is almost completely submerged in water, making it that much harder to see.
swimmer_jump01		Again, while this animation is used, it is near impossible to see normally due to the first frame of it only showing for a single frame.
CellAnime0		Test animation identical to swimmer_show00.
CellAnime1		A test animation for the three Synchrettes' ready graphic.
CellAnime2		Test animation of the Synchrettes' floating in the water.
CellAnime4		Test animation of a small bubble.
CellAnime5		Test animation of a larger bubble.
swimmer_jump1		A weird animation of a Synchrette riding a dolphin before going back to her idle pose.

Big Rock Finish

Animation Name	Animation	Description
G_talk00		One of two animations for Boo-boo talking.
G_talk01		The second animation of Boo-boo talking. These animations either could've been intended for his "Thank you" line at the end of the big rock finishes, or for the practice mode as the count-ins.
B_return		This animation is Boo-boo's version of the animation used when the player lets go of the touch screen. Only problem is, the CPU doesn't use the touch screen. This is likely the result of the developers overcompensating, like with Drummer Duel.
D_ready		While this animation is used, Spooky's lower half is always covered by the drums, obscuring his ghostly-ghost tail.
D_beat		Like the previous animation, his lower half is always obscured by the drums.
test2		A test animation of Spooky using his drum stick.
test11		Another test animation of Spooky using his drum stick.
test1		A test animation of Spooky playing the drums.
test		Another test animation of spooky playing the drums. For some odd reason, his drum set appears more brightly colored in both of these animations.
test_players		A test animation of Ecto's beat animation. Despite this animation's name being "test_players", there's only one ghost here.
D_shot00		A still frame of Spooky's arm with a drum stick in his hand.
D_shot01		Duplicate of "D_shot00". Something to note is that the animation name uses the same naming scheme as Ecto's and Boo-boo's animation for strumming on the guitar (B_shot00, G_shot00, etc.).

Dog Ninja

Animation Name	Animation	Description
sample		An animation of the Dog Ninja performing a variety of different actions.

Space Soccer

Animation Name	Animation	Description
Beat		A Space Kicker doing a beat animation.
Squat		A Space Kicker squatting.
Sample		A Space Kicker doing what appears to be an alternate version of the "high kick" cue.
Sample2		A Space Kicker messing up said alternate cue.
Beat2		A Space Kicker doing a beat animation with its arms raised.
Squat2		A Space Kicker squatting aggressively.
KickR2		A Space Kicker kicking the ball in similar fashion to the alternate cue.
KickL2		Same as above, except with his left foot.
Sample3		A Space Kicker doing the alternate "high kick" cue, with added lip sync. He also doesn't put his arms down.
Sample4		A Space Kicker messing up the cue with the same changes as seen in "Sample 3".

Rockers

Animation Name	Animation	Description
Blink Blink_02		J.J. Rocker and Student blinking.
Beat2 Beat2_02		J.J. Rocker and Student pumping their fists into the air.
StrokeA StrokeA_02		J.J. Rocker and Student strumming the guitar similarly to how they pitch bend it.
StrokeB StrokeB_02		Same as above, except their legs are further apart.
StrokeC StrokeC_02		J.J Rocker and the Student strumming the guitar in an aggressive manner.
UnisonFreeL UnisonFreeR_02		J.J. Rocker and Student performing their unison routine with horizontally flipped versions of their regular sprites.
UnisonMuteL UnisonMuteR_02		Same as above, except with their mute animation.
UnisonStrokeL UnisonStrokeR_02		Same as above, except with their strum animation.
SampleUnisonR SampleUnisonL_02		A sample animation of their unison routine.
SampleUnisonL SampleUnisonR_02		A version with horizontally flipped sprites also exists.

Coin Toss

Animation Name	Animation	Description
open		One of two animations of the hand fully open. The sprites for this is also in Rhythm Heaven Megamix's version.
openCoin		The second animation of the fully opened hand, this time with the coin in it.
gameover		Unlike other endless games, Coin Toss does not "Game Over" when you drop the coin, instead just resetting your score. This would later be changed in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, however.

Glass Tappers

Animation Name	Animation	Description
HandTest		A test animation of the computer's/player's hand.
GlassTest		A test animation of the glass cup.
LadyBad_		An earlier version of the lady's reaction to you messing up a cue, where she sighs. The used animation is named "Lady00_Bad".