Rhythm Heaven Fever

Rhythm Heaven Fever
Also known as: Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (JP), Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise (EU/AU), Rhythm World Wii (KR) Developer: Nintendo SPD Group No. 1 Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released in JP: July 21, 2011 Released in US: February 13, 2012 Released in EU: July 6, 2012 Released in AU: September 13, 2012 Released in KR: September 12, 2013 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

To do: Some of the information on this page is outdated and needs a rewrite. Outtakes for some of the minigames are present alongside their SFX (Namely, Tap Troupe and Ringside). All of this needs to be added to the article. There's unused practice dialogue for Chameleon. Unused music and sound effects. Namely, practice themes from the DS version can be found unused in this game.

Rhythm Heaven Fever is the third entry of the Rhythm Heaven series. It's also the most infamous, as it started the memetic "Piki piki piki desu ka?" (or "Wubba dubba dubba 'zat true?", if you prefer).

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Regional Differences An entire minigame was removed from the international versions.

English Translation Differences Nearly completely different English text.

Rhythm Test/Navigator

Unused Graphics

Faces used in the animation "navigator_a_face_look." The face depicts Marshal/Matt and Miss Ribbon being unsatisfied.

Unused Audio

Rhythm Test Drumbeat

The drumbeat used for the 3rd stage of the Rhythm Test in Rhythm Tengoku. Although a remake of the Rhythm Test does appear in Rhythm Heaven Fever, the 3rd stage does not.

Rhythm Games

Hole in One

Unused Graphics

A plane that is later re-purposed as the castle in the background of Hole in One 2.

See-Saw

Unused Gameplay

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: Add a method to access this.

To do: Rip the unused See hurt samples and add it to the article.

There is an unused Two-player version of See-Saw where the first player plays as Saw (as in the normal version) while the second player plays as See.

There is also an unused voice sample for See when he gets hurt.

Board Meeting

Unused Graphics

There is a sprite of Assistant holding a cup of water on the plate which goes unused.

To do: get a better quality of this image

Unused image in the Remix 9 variant. Represents the Bass Girl as she appears in the Rhythm Tengoku's Concert Hall. In the actual game the Assistant ends up carrying a bass instead so this image goes unused.

Ringside

Unused Graphics

In Ringside (and the minigame's appearance in Remix 4 and Remix 9), the Reporter has to stand on tippy toes to be able to get the microphone near the Wrestler, when it's the player's turn to act. This fact, and the accompanying graphics for her shoes bent, cannot be seen by the player because 1. the camera never zooms out to show her lower body when she needs to raise the mic, and 2. her feet are almost always obstructed by the photographer silhouettes in the foreground. This pose can be barely seen in action here.

Quick note: through the tiny gaps in the photographer silhouettes, it's possible to see that she does raise her heels whenever the Wrestler poses for the fans (whether that results in a newspaper photo or not), but the sprites used for the shoes are the normal ones, not the bent ones.

Samurai Slice

Unused Graphics

The ghost from the Rhythm Tengoku variation of Samurai Slice was likely planned to have a small comeback in Remix 4, but the idea was scrapped. It's just its mask, so it was probably supposed to be worn by a ghost. It's also worth to note it's cut diagonally to the left unlike the regular ghosts, possibly an indication that the ghost that wore it would drop it after the Samurai sliced it, finishing it off while cutting its mask with a second slice (pressing the A button twice).

Tap Troupe

Unused Graphics

These sprites that don't resemble the Wii game's art style, but rather the DS installment, get loaded in memory with all the other tapper's sprites. It's safe to assume these just were placeholder graphics; possibly recycled assets from a minigame that originally got planned for the DS installment and used as base for the artist to draw the new graphics. The musical notes' purpose located in the bottom left is unknown (a quarter note followed by two eighth notes and a eighth rest note, respectively).

Cheer Readers

Unused Graphics

Unused image in the Cheer Readers portion of Remix 9. Represents Rhythm Girl as she appears in the Rhythm Tengoku minigame Tap Trial 2. However, the player's part of the full image (the bottom-rightmost part of the unused asset) can still be seen when opening the books on Remix 9 too early.

Karate Man

Unused Graphics

A bomb. This may suggest that Karate Man might have originally worked similarly to the Karate Man game in Rhythm Heaven (there's already graphics for Karate Joe kicking and a barrel after all). The graphic was later used in Rhythm Heaven Megamix for its own Karate Man games.

The Clappy Trio

Unused Graphics

In the sprites for The Clappy Trio, this sprite exists, this goes unused due to there never being four on the floor.

Manzai

Unused Game Files In addition to Manzai's text being located next to the other minigames, an empty file for the game's intro is lying next to the other regular minigame intro files, suggesting that it originally wasn't going to be an endless game.

Endless Remix

Unused Graphics

A crown found in the Chameleon portion. What purpose it served is anyone's guess.

Rhythm Toys

Toy Car

Unused Graphics

Used	Unused

Contains a more complex design for the toy car, featuring a more rounded shape and also more parts, but the final game ended up using a much more streamlined/simpler design overall.

There's also a red and cyan pickup that most likely served in development as a visual aid to know the correct time to launch the car.

And finally, a plain looking tile.

Police Call

Unused Audio

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation! Notes: Translate the song, and find the original codeword.

This song is used in the Japanese version of the game for the Police Call toy when you enter the codeword seen in Wake-Up Caller. It has a strong resemblance to Manzai, a Japanese-only minigame replaced with Mr. Upbeat in the international versions, with the only difference being actual lyrics. As a result, this song was replaced with the Rhythm Fighter music in the international versions, with cues from the minigames. Lyrics can be found here.

Unused Graphics

Prologues/Epilogues

Development Notes

Every texture file for result screen images has some development text to the side of each image, followed by a green image at the bottom containing the text "Test Data". The text to the side of the images translates to the following:

Try Again
Screen area 256x160
Actual image area 272x176

OK
Screen area 256x160
Actual image area 272x176

Superb
Screen area 256x160
Actual image area 272x176

Epilogue will be drawn here
Green…screen area 256x160
Red…actual image area 272x176
※The red border is actually covered with a black mask.

User Interface

Leftover debug graphics. Seems to contain what could be a 32-beat bar used to measure timing, a points/score meter to measure the accuracy of your rhythm (internally used by the game to determine your rating at the end of a minigame); the word "Tutorial" followed by a red cross (most likely an option that could be turned on to always skip the training prior playing a minigame); red, blue and yellow bars that probably indicated over the beat bar if your input was too early, spot on or too late, and the Wii Remote's - (Minus) and + (Plus) buttons followed an incomplete Japanese sentence that reads "-to the menu".

The 0-9 numbers are present in every tile atlas that contains the graphics of each minigame. They seem to resemble the points/score meter mentioned earlier. The proper intended use of all these graphics is not known.

It's worth noting that in Megamix, these numbers will appear in-game if you swap Rhythm Tweezers 2's cellanim file with Machine Remix Rhythm Tweezers'. When the game gets to the potato, numbers 1 and 2 will appear on the right eye and left eye, respectively.

Unused logo

This logo is never seen and has a resemblance to the DS logo.

Mario block

Found in "layout_fader.szs." This is found nowhere in the game normally.

Unfinished Rhythm Game

To do: There's unused animations and background textures that need to be added. This entire section could stand to be organized/written better. Describe the unused rhythm game in more detail and such.

Graphics for an unfinished Rhythm Game. Notably, the onion and potato from Rhythm Tengoku are present here albeit with just cartoony eyes.

Debug Menu

First page of the debug menu.

Error screen in the debug menu.

How to trigger the Debug Menu

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: It seems like there may be a better way to trigger this

Method 1: Gecko Code The following Gecko codes will trigger debug menu upon entering any save file, with the following downsides:

• The default Game Select music will play in the background while the debug menu is being used.
• You won't be able to open the Game Select screen by selecting the first entry (numbered 000).

Japanese	USA
002550bb 00000000	00253e4b 00000000

(Source: kimbjo#2130)

Method 2: Hex editing This method should work for all versions of the game, with the following downsides:

• Hole in One's music will play in the background, as well as the monkeys' cues.
• Hole in One (entry 056) will not be playable.

Instructions:

1. Extract the game's main.dol file, and open it in a hex editor.
   • For extracting and replacing files in a Wii game, both WiiBaFu and WiiScrubber are reliable options.
2. In the hex editor, replace the third instance of 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 02 with 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00.
   • 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 xx is the command to load a new game engine, with xx being the engine you want to load.
3. Save the file, and insert it back into the game.
4. Load any save file.
5. Enter Hole in One and skip/pass the practice stage.
6. Profit!

(Source: Mariofan5000)

Listing

Entry Number		Entry	Operation Notes/Instructions	Notes
JP	INT
000		Game Select	Move the cursor... B + (+) to clear the stage (No clear > OK) (OK > Superb) (Superb > Perfect) B + (-) Starts perfect campaign (Superb Ranked Levels Only) B + 1 Barista Skip
001		Wii Strap Warning Screen		Loads up the title screen after pressing A on this screen.
002		Title Screen
003		Error Screen 1	NAND_RESULT_UNKNOWN Unexpected Result Code	Shows a black screen with the Wii cursor available.
004		Error Screen 2	NAND_RESULT_BUSY NAND_RESULT_ALLOC_FAILED
005		Error Screen 3	NAND_RESULT_CORRUPT
006		Error Screen 4	NAND_RESULT_MAXBLOCKS
007		Error Screen 5	NAND_RESULT_MAXFILES
008		Error Screen 6	NAND_CHECK_HOME_INSSPACE NAND_CHECK_SYS_INSSPACE
009		Error Screen 7	NAND_CHECK_HOME_INSINODE NAND_CHECK_SYS_INSINODE
010		Error Screen 8	NAND_RESULT_ECC_CRIT NAND_RESULT_AUTHENTICATION
011		Error Screen 9	NAND_RESULT_ECC_CRIT NAND_RESULT_AUTHENTICATION
012		Epilogue Test		Air Rally's epilogue. Most likely used as an epilogue test.
013		Perfect Achievement Screen		Perfect achievement testing screen.
014		Navi (First Rhythm Test)		Rhythm Test from when you first start the game.
015		Navi (Cafe Rhythm Test)		Rhythm Test from opening the Rhythm Test in the Cafe.
016		Navi (Ending)		Remix 7 cleared screen.
017		Character Introduction
018		Cafe
019		Listen to Music
020		Read Something
021		Bonus Menu (Rhythm Toys)
022		Bonus Menu (Endless Games 1P)		Endless games for 1 person.
023		Bonus Menu (Endless Games 2P)		Endless games for 2 people.
024		Bonus Menu (Extra Games)
025		Working Dough
026		Working Dough (Arrange)		Working Dough 2
027		Flock Step
028		Cheer Readers
029		Cheer Readers (Arrange)		Cheer Readers 2
030		Double Date
031		Double Date (Arrange)		Double Date 2
032		Launch Party
033		See-Saw
034		Figure Fighter
035		Figure Fighter (Arrange)		Figure Fighter 2
036		Donk-Donk
037		Shrimp Shuffle
038		Tap Troupe
039		Bossa Nova
040		Packing Pests
041		Packing Pests (Arrange)		Packing Pests 2
042		Exhibition Match
043		Catch of the Day
044		Board Meeting
045		Love Rap
046		Love Rap (Arrange)		Love Rap 2
047		Built to Scale
048		Built to Scale (Arrange)		Built to Scale 2
049		Fork Lifter
050		Micro-Row
051		Micro-Row (Arrange)		Micro-Row 2
052		Flipper-Flop
053		Karate Man
054		Karate Man (Arrange)		Karate Man 2
055		Tambourine
056		Hole in One
057		Hole in One (Arrange)		Hole in One 2
058		Air Rally
059		Monkey Watch
060		Screwbot Factory
061		Screwbot Factory (Arrange)		Screwbot Factory 2
062		Samurai Slice
063		Samurai Slice (Arrange)		Samurai Slice 2
064		Ringside
065		Launch Party 2P
066		Tap Troupe 2P
067		Bossa Nova 2P
068		Fork Lifter 2P
069		Micro-Row 2P
070		Flipper-Flop 2P
071		Karate Man 2P
072		Tambourine 2P
073		Ringside 2P
074		Score Screen 2P
075		Remix 1
076		Remix 2
077		Remix 3
078		Remix 4
079		Remix 5
080		Remix 6
081		Remix 7
082		Remix 8
083		Remix 9
084		Remix 10
085		Endless Remix
086		Wake-Up Caller
087		Munchy Monk (Endless)
088		Mr. Upbeat/Manzai		This entry depends on if you're playing the Japanese or international versions of the game.
089		Lady Cupid
090		Pirate Crew
091		Kung Fu Ball
092		Mochi Pounding
093		Clap Trap
094	n/a	Seika Relay		The unused and unfinished minigame mentioned above. The Japanese debug menu is one entry longer than the other versions because of this.
095	094	Unused Basket (Endless Remix) Practice
096	095	Unused Chameleon (Endless Remix) Practice
097	096	Unused Frog Jump (Endless Remix) Practice
098	097	Toy Car
099	098	Hi-Hat
100	099	Police Call
101	100	Rhythm Fighter
102	101	The Clappy Trio
103	102	Power Calligraphy
104	103	Sneaky Spirits
105	104	Tap Trial
106	105	Night Walk

Unused Test Games

The debug menu contains 3 standalone versions of each of the rhythm games featured in the Endless Remix. It is likely that these rhythm games were once used for general testing of cues and such, mainly due to their simplistic nature. These games function similarly to the Endless Games, and use the same score counter seen in them. All of them feature a simplistic drumming track for the music, and will continue indefinitely until the player misses a cue, at which point it will display the "Game Over" graphic also found in the Endless Games. During this, the music will still continue to play until the player presses A, stopping the music and softlocking the game.

Basket

The first of these is a test for Basket. The game starts with the girl dribbling the ball, and eventually passing it to the player. This action repeats a few times, and then the girl starts rapid-firing passes to the player. After this, the camera will start to zoom in on the Basketball net, something that does not happen in the Endless Remix, and repeat the same cues as before. After the cues repeat, the camera will zoom out from the Basketball net, returning to its default position, and the game will repeat until a cue is missed.

Chameleon

The second of these is a test for Chameleon. This game is very simplistic, as it mainly alternates between the A + B (when the fly is far away) and A (when the fly is up close) cues with no variation what so ever. Interestingly, when the game is softlocked, you can still control the chameleon.

Frog Jump

The last of these is a test for Frog Jump. Like with Chameleon, the game is very simplistic, only requiring you to hold A after the frog gives you its two-tick cue, and release it a beat later.