Play-Yan & Pop Singer: Superstar Saga

Play-Yan & Pop Singer: Superstar Saga (known as プレイやん兼アイドルRPG Play-Yan and Idol RPG in Japan and 리듬 세상: 아이돌 가수 RPG Rhythm World: Idol Singer RPG in Korea) is a spin-off of the Rhythm Heaven series. It is a JRPG in the style of the Mario & Luigi games, but with some small elements from MOTHER 3 & Oddity/MOTHER 4. It was released for the Nintendo Switch in April 2020, and a Swimminton Orca port will be released later that year.
==Gameplay==
The battle system, like the intro mentions, mostly plays like Mario & Luigi. With 2 characters on your side, you fight various enemies in turn-based battles. Timing is the key to win here! The combo system works sort of like MOTHER 3’s music mechanic. Pressing a single button or more creates a combo & deals more damage then doing it once, but on the off-beat regular damage is dealt, and the move might even become weaker or deal no damage at all!
Out of battle, the two characters are seen traveling across a 2.5D landscape. If they activate a certain event, they can enter a battle.
==List of Characters==
===Playable/Protagonists===
Name 	Appearance(s) 	Likes 	Dislikes
Play-Yan 	 	Music & walking 	Falling & Electric Fish
Electric Fish 	 	? 	Being touched
Stars 	 	Play-Yan 	?
Pop Singers (Erina & Arisa) 	 	Their fans 	Non-syncing fans
Backup Dancers (Lores & Ferris)	<tabber>
OK= 	 	
Arisa & her fans 	Whatever Arisa dislikes	 	
The #1 Fan 	<tabber>
Normal= 	 	
Pop Singers 	Being out of sync 	 	
Martian 	 	Pork Rice Bowls 	Mistranslations
Orangepus 	 	Rubber boots 	Orange juice
Mako 	<tabber>
Pajamas= 	 	
Her dreamworld 	Being late 	 	
Dream Monkey 	<tabber>
Pajamas= 	 	
Mako 	? 	 	
Play-Singer 	 	Erina 	Anything against Pop-Yan
Pop-Yan 	 	Arisa 	Play-Yan
Star Monkey 	 	Space 	?
Amy 	 	Heavy metal 	Puffy
Puffy 	 	Amy 	Being a princess
Green Man 	 	Dogs 	?
Mario 	 	Mushrooms, Luigi, & Princess Peach	Bowser and his minions
===Enemies/Antagonists===
Name 	Image 	Likes 	Dislikes
Karate Joe 	 	Soccer 	His father
Karate Kat 	 	Fish 	?
Karate Joe Senior 	 	His son & karate 	His son slacking off
Tap Dancer 	<tabber>
1=|-|
Flowers=|-|
Super=|-|
Remix 5=|-|
Chinese=|-|
Songbird=|-|
Farm=
</tabber>	Animals & tap dancing 	Tumbling
Dance Partner 	<tabber>
1=|-|Flowers=|-|SALU=|-|Remix 5=|-|Pig=|-|China=|-|Songbird=
</tabber>	Tap dancing 	?
Mr. Longneck 	<tabber>
Giraffe= 	 	
Tap 	The Tap Dancer falling down 	 	
Air Batter 	-|Silver=|-|Pitcher=</tabber>	Rice balls 	Losing said rice balls
Space Umpire 	 	? 	?
The Dazzles (Classic) 	<tabber>1= 	 	
Their show 	Being knocked away 	 	
The Dazzles (Modern) 	 	Same as Classic 	Same as Classic
Lion 	<tabber>
Clappy= 	 	
Clapping 	Snapping 	 	
Jimmy T. 	 	? 	?
Chorus Kid 	 	Singing 	AAAAAAA
Conductor 	 	Chorus Kids 	Nervousness
Rabbit 	 	The moon 	Water
Turtle 	 	? 	?
Mr. Whale 	 	? 	?
Synchrette 	 	Sea mammals 	Being tossed (most of the time)
Sea Mammal 	<tabber>
Pink Dolphin= 	 	
? 	Being late 	 	
Space Gramps 	 	Space Dancers 	Being hit
Cosmic Girl 	 	Dancing 	When a Cosmic Dancer hits someone
Space Kicker 	 	Soccer 	Dropping the ball
Cosmic Coach 	? 	? 	?
White Rat 	 	Cheese 	Miss Whiskers
Brown Rat 	 	Same as White Rat 	Same as White Rat
Ms. Whiskers 	 	Milk 	Rats
Ecto 	 	? 	?
Boo-boo 	 	? 	?
Spooky 	 	? 	?
Sneaky Spirit 	 	Troublemaking 	Arrows
Magic Bow 	 	? 	Sneaky Spirits
T.J Snapper 	 	Cars 	Blurry shots
T.J's Girlfriend 	 	? 	T.J Snapper
Wizard 	 	Flowers 	Carnivorous plants
Little Girl 	 	Flower crowns 	Same as Wizard
Carnivorous Plant 	 	Plants 	?
Stomp Farmer 	 	Veggies 	Moles
Mole 	 	Same as Stomp Farmer 	Stomp Farmer
Hairy Vegetables 	 	Being plucked 	Being peeled
Factory Worker 	 	His job 	The risk of being fired
Factory Owner 	 	Hard workers 	Slackers
Paddler 	 	Ping-Pong 	Paddleball
Cosmic Dancer 	 	The Cosmic Train 	Ping-Pong
Dr. Cutlery 	 	Medicine 	Viruses
Viruses 	 	? 	Dr. Cutlery
Yellow Blob 	 	? 	?
Male Research Scientist 	 	Female Research Scientist	Bear Research Scientist
Female Research Scientist 	 	Male Research Scientist 	Bear Research Scientist
Bear Research Scientist 	 	SCIENCE! 	Taking off his costume
Rap Men 	 	Snacks 	Rap Women
Rap Women 	 	Same as Rap Men 	Rap Men
Devil-Q 	 	Negative energy 	Malfunctioning tech
Contestant 	 	Winning 	Devil-Q
DJ Yellow 	 	Kappa DJ 	The fact he’s not a real DJ
Student 	 	DJ Yellow 	?
Squadmate 	 	Marching 	Missing their helicopter
Sarge 	 	Bunny Suit Girl 	The squad being out of line
Blue Bird 	 	Their job 	Flying planes
Captain Blue Bird 	 	His army 	Anybody not following his orders
Donpan 	 	Bon festivals 	Sparklers
Yagura-Chan 	 	Microphones & Megaphones 	Laziness
Stepswitcher 	 	Being in line 	Being smacked
Famous Painting 	 	? 	?
Wrestler 	 	Wrestling 	His rivals
Reporter 	 	Wrestlers 	"Eh"
Beary 	 	Bearbara 	His nightmares
Bearbara 	 	Beary 	Beary's bad dreams
Tanaka 	 	His girlfriend 	Bad Guys
Girlfriend 	 	Tanaka 	Bad Guys
Bad Guy 	 	? 	The Descendants
Dog Ninja 	 	Slicing vegetables 	Carrot Lord
Mister Eagle 	 	? 	Seagulls
Carrot Lord 	 	? 	Dog Ninja
Behind the Scenes - Red 	 	His friend 	?
Behind the Scenes - Yellow	 	His friend 	?
Dough Dudes 	 	Their home planet 	?
Mr. Game & Watch 	 	See & Saw 	?
The Wandering Samurai 	 	Rice balls 	Demons
Demons 	 	Their masks 	The Wandering Samurai
Evil Spirits 	 	Stealing 	Same as Demons
Blastronaut 	 	Saving the world 	Invaders
Radio Lady 	 	Blastronaut 	Invaders
Invaders 	 	? 	Being shot
Rockers 	 	Rock 'n' Roll 	Hip-Hop
Tall Tapper 	 	Tap dancing 	?
Samurai Drummer 	 	Bass drums 	Quitters
Drum Girls 	 	Yagura 	Drum Boys
Drum Boys 	 	? 	Drum Girls
Bandleader 	 	Spinette 	?
Spinette 	 	Bandleader 	?
Frogette 	 	? 	?
Cocoa 	<tabber>
Fan Club 2= 	 	
Video games 	Strawberries 	 	
Emmy 	<tabber>
Fan Club 2= 	 	
Summer 	Winter 	 	
Gabriel 	 	Rachel 	Broken tools
Rachel 	 	Gabriel 	Treat Spiders
Lode Runner 	 	His gun 	?
Jumpman 	 	? 	?
Frisky Tom 	 	Plumbing 	Clogged toilets
Hammerman 	 	His hammer 	?
Nick Brown 	 	His fedora 	?
Ava 	 	Science 	?
==Gallery==
Erina.png|Erina - Hairclip
Gold Erina.png|Erina - Bows
Erina Scarf.png|Erina - Scarf
Classic Idol.png|Erina - Bandana
Rockstar Erina.png|Erina - Guitar
Explorer Erina.png|Erina - Explorer
Christmas Erina.png|Erina - Christmas
Heart Erina.png|Erina - Schoolgirl
Superstar Erina.png|Erina - Superstar
Modern Idol.png|Arisa - Turtleneck
Famous Arisa.png|Arisa - Bear
Arisa Donut.png|Arisa - Donut
Arisa Exercises.png|Arisa - Jazzercise
Arisa Casual.png|Arisa - Schoolgirl
Explorer Arisa.png|Arisa - Explorer
Fan Club Tour.jpeg|Arisa - Tour
Arisa Masked.png|Arisa - Masked
==Trivia==
* The game and playable cast was going to include what is now the Rhythm Heaven enemies, meaning that the characters aren’t limited to a small handful of characters.
** Aspen's OCs weren't going be in the game at all.
** All of these changes were because Aspen discredited his original ship, Play-Singer.
* DJ School is the only game to have more than one Minigame Ally (Rap Men & Quiz Show).
* Lode Runner's description is a call back to Lode Rhythm, as it's almost exactly like Play-Yan's description in said game.
* If a small character is traveling with a bigger one, the former will ride on the later's shoulders.
* One of Arisa's outfits, called Jazzercise, is a reference to the Rhythm Heaven Superstar minigame of the same name.
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