Rhythm Heaven Megamix

, also known as Rhythm Paradise Megamix in Europe, and in Korea, is the 4th game in the Rhythm Heaven Series. It was released on June 11th, 2015 in Japan; June 16th, 2016 in the west during the E3 announcement; October 21st, 2016 in Europe; October 22nd, 2016 in Australia; and on December 1st, 2016 in South Korea.
This game includes 63 Rhythm Games from the previous three Rhythm Heaven games (18 of previous ones are located at the shop), 19 new ones, 12 "short" ones, 4 Endless Games, and 10 Remixes, making for a total of 108 games in all.
==Main Game==
In the single player mode of the game, the player helps a character named Tibby get back to Heaven World (mispelled as "Hevven World" by Tibby) by completing various rhythm games and restoring the flow. On his way, he meets various characters, such as Boondog, Dieter, Shep, Donna, Hairold, Eglantine, Trey, Bertram, Betty, & Philip, who guide him through their various lands; as well as the Gatekeeper Trio, which consists of Saffron, Saltwater, and Paprika.
==Challenge Land==
Challenge Land is a new feature in Megamix. It becomes playable once the player clears the Lush Tower. It also allows up to 4 players, either through Local Multiplayer or Download Play. When clearing the course for the first time, Flow Balls are rewarded to players to spend it at Café. Those playing through Download Play cannot receive rewards, and are instead encouraged to purchase the full game.
==Perfect Campaign==
Perfect Campaign returns in Rhythm Heaven Megamix and up to 3 attempts are allowed before receiving the perfect. However, unlike from previous games in the series, some minor changes were made. Needing to navigate to the Rhythm Game where the Campaign is no longer necessary, as it can be accessed directly through the booth at Challenge Land. If the player missed during the attempt, the game ends with the message "You Missed..." instead of continuing like a normal game. After a "perfect" is obtained, the player no longer receives music or Reading Material; instead, each Perfect Campaign awards one Flow Ball, which can used to purchase Rhythm Items, Music, or Rhythm Games at the Shop.
==List of Rhythm Games==
The majority of games appear over the course of the story, where they are grouped into Stages of four; one from Rhythm Tengoku, one from Rhythm Heaven, one from Rhythm Heaven Fever, and one new. All towers have a Remix at the end as well.
The games in Honeybee Land, Machine Land, Citrus Land and Barbershop Land are shorter variants of the original games with new music and visuals. They take the original name and description of the games, while the actual original games are given new names, which in English often coincide with the Arrange games in previous installments.
===Honeybee Land===
Karate Man	Fillbots	Air Rally	Catchy Tune
 	 	 	
===Machine Land===
Rhythm Tweezers	Glee Club	Figure Fighter	Fruit Basket
 	 	 	
===The First Gate===
Coin Toss
===Citrus Land===
The Clappy Trio	Shoot-'em-up	Micro-Row	First Contact
 	 	 	
===Donut Land===
Bunny Hop	Airboarder	Exhibition Match	Tongue Lashing
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===The Second Gate===
Sick Beats
===Barbershop Land===
Sneaky Spirits	Rhythm Rally	Flipper-Flop	LumBEARjack
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===Songbird Land===
Power Calligraphy	Blue Birds	Flock Step	Super Samurai Slice
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===The Third Gate===
Charging Chicken
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===Lush Tower===
Spaceball	Dog Ninja	Hole in One	Sumo Brothers	Lush Remix
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After the Lush Tower is cleared, the credits roll and Tibby attempts to return to Heaven World, only to crash back down. Some "powered-up" Rhythm Games also become available. The games in Honeybee Tower, Machine Tower, Citrus Tower and Barbershop Tower are actually the original games, but were renamed as the short variants in the respective lands take on the original name.
===Honeybee Tower===
Karate Man Returns!	Fillbots 2	Air Rally 2	Catchy Tune 2	Honeybee Remix
 	 	 	 	
===Machine Tower===
Rhythm Tweezers 2	Glee Club 2	Figure Fighter 2	Fruit Basket 2	Machine Remix
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===Citrus Tower===
The Clappy Trio 2	Shoot-'em-up 2	Micro-Row 2	Second Contact	Citrus Remix
 	 	 	 	
===Donut Tower===
Rat Race	Fan Club	Working Dough	Animal Acrobat	Donut Remix
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===Barbershop Tower===
Sneaky Spirits 2	Rhythm Rally 2	Flipper-Flop 2	LumBEARjack 2	Barbershop Remix
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===Songbird Tower===
Tap Trial	Frog Hop	Ringside	Tangotronic 3000	Songbird Remix
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After the six towers of Lush Woods are cleared, the true credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World, but something is wrong when he arrives. Even more Rhythm Games get unlocked.
===Star Land===
Ninja Bodyguard	Freeze Frame	Launch Party	Pajama Party
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===Comet Land===
Marching Orders	Munchy Monk	See-Saw	Blue Bear
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===Planet Land===
Space Dance	Lockstep	Cheer Readers	Kitties!
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===The Fourth Gate===
Clap Trap
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The games at Mamarin Palace are like the Arrange games from previous titles. Karate Man Senior notably doesn't fit into this category.
===Left-Hand Tower===
The Snappy Trio	Fan Club 2	Figure Fighter 3	Jungle Gymnast	Left-Hand Remix
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===Right-Hand Tower===
Tap Trial 2	Jumpin' Jazz	Hole in One 2	Super Samurai Slice 2	Right-Hand Remix
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===Tibby's Mom===
Cosmic Dance	Cosmic Rhythm Rally	Working Dough 2	Karate Man Senior	Final Remix
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==From the Shop==
Saffron's Shop allows the player to purchase Rhythm Items, Music and Rhythm Games. All games in the Shop are returning from previous games in the series. Some of them can be played on the Challenge Train even before they are bought.
===List of Shop Games===
====Shop No. 1====
Bouncy Road	Night Walk	Quiz Show
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====Shop No. 2====
The Dazzles	Big Rock Finish	Karate Man Kicks!
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====Shop No. 3====
Built to Scale	Double Date	Catch of the Day
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====Shop No. 4====
Fork Lifter	Love Rap	Bossa Nova
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====Shop No. 5====
Screwbot Factory	Board Meeting	Samurai Slice
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====Shop No. 6====
Packing Pests	Monkey Watch	Karate Man Combos!
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==Café==
In the Café, the player can access (from left to right) the StreetPass Terrace, the Stable, the Barista and other characters, the Shop, Museum, Badges, Memories, and Mascots.
The first two options are unlocked after clearing Lush Tower. The last three are available by talking to the Museum Curator.
==Endless Games==
Endless Games return in Megamix, which includes one game from each installment, and a new one of its own. They are unlocked by completing all three Trials set by the Gatekeeper Trio on that game's Gate, after which the endless version will be available in the Museum.
==StreetPass Terrace==
Whenever the player gets tagged by another player, the Cafe icon will display the Barista. For each player, the game displays their Mii, Flow, and Favorite Rhythm Game. Each player can be battled in Figure Fighter VS. This mode also has each character from the story to fight for those who can't use StreetPass.
==Missing Games==
While most games returned in Megamix, 24 didn't make the cut. The following are the games from past installments of Rhythm Heaven that did not return for Rhythm Heaven Megamix. (Arrange games whose normal variant is in Rhythm Heaven Megamix are written in bold. Remixes, Endless Games, Games, and Two-Player Games aren't listed.) Many of these Arrange games have new patterns or new cues, which also exist in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, but are never used. It is debatable how many of these were actually intended to appear in the game or were simply leftover data from the porting process.
===From Rhythm Tengoku===
* Iai Giri
* The☆Bon Odori
* Mahou Tsukai
* Showtime
* Tram to Poline
* Polyrhythm
* Rap Men
* Toss Boys
* Hanabi
* Bon Dance
* Rap Women
* Karateka 2
* Rhythm Datsumo 2
* Ninja no Shison
* Night Walk 2
* Marcher 2
* Hopping Road 2
* Toss Boys 2
* Polyrhythm 2
* Air Batter 2
* Shiroi Obake 2
===From Rhythm Heaven===
* Built to Scale
* Moai Doo-Wop
* Love Lizards
* Crop Stomp
* DJ School
* Drummer Duel
* Love Lab
* Splashdown
* Space Soccer
* Rockers
* Built to Scale 2
* The Dazzles 2
* Fillbots 2
* Blue Birds 2
* Lockstep 2
* Moai Doo-Wop 2
* Karate Man 2
* Glee Club 2
* Space Soccer 2
* Shoot-'em-up 2
* Splashdown 2
* Munchy Monk 2
* Rockers 2
===From Rhythm Heaven Fever===
* Tambourine
* Donk-Donk
* Tap Troupe
* Shrimp Shuffle
* Night Walk
* Samurai Slice 2
* Built to Scale 2
* Double Date 2
* Love Rap 2
* Cheer Readers 2
* Screwbot Factory 2
* Micro-Row 2 (Scrapped)The Cutting Room Floor
* Packing Pests 2
* Karate Man Combos! 2
Several scrapped new games can also be found.
==Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo==
The , also known as the Rhythm Paradise Megamix Demo in Europe, and in Korea, was released on June 15th, 2016 in North America and September 2nd, 2016 in Europe & Australia, along with the full release of Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It includes limited versions of the Rhythm Games and Challenge Land from the full version.
When choosing "Try Rhythm Games!" the player goes directly to the Introduction (which can be skipped), after which they meet Tibby, who rapid-fires through several games, and comments after each one. If the player gets OK or higher, they move on to the next game.
* Rhythm Tweezers
* Catchy Tune
* Rhythm Rally
* LumBEARjack
* Ringside (Practice only)
All epilogues are replaced with one thanking the player for playing the game (all of which play the "OK" jingle). It depicts Tibby calling out to the player. The text differs between the and versions.
Although the player is shown to get Coins after clearing a Rhythm Game, the counter gets reset after each game.
After clearing all the Rhythm Games, Tibby presents the player with a "Remix" featuring several games from the full version to prompt the player to purchase it.
The "Challenge Land (Multiplayer)" mode contains three courses not found in the full version; however, it is not playable solo. There are also two Rhythm Games exclusive to this mode.
* Karate Man (Trial Course 1)
* Tongue Lashing (Trial Course 2)
===In Other Languages===
==Reception==
The game received favourable reviews from Famitsu reviewers. It has received a review of 34/40 on Famitsu and is known to be favorable on MetaCritic with an average score of 83.
===Sales===
This game debuted at No. 1 in Japanese charts maintained by Media Create. According to a report, this game sold over 500,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2015. http://www.gamnesia.com/news/nintendo-sold-more-games-in-japan-than-any-other-japanese-publisher-in-2015. As of February 2016, the total sales in Japan reached 650,000 copies.
==Trivia==
*This is the first game in the series to not be fully available physically, as the North American version is only available for download on the Nintendo eShop and never received a physical cartridge or box. All other regional variants of the game have physical cartridges and boxes.
*This game currently holds the record for the most Rhythm Games total, with 104 games (not counting the Endless Games).
**However, only 31 of them are original, if short versions were count as "new".
*This is the second time where Karate Man is the first Rhythm Game, after Rhythm Tengoku.
*The Rhythm Games at each land and tower are lined up by their game appearance, from oldest to newest (for example, in the Lush Tower; First is Spaceball from Rhythm Tengoku, then Dog Ninja from Rhythm Heaven, then Hole in One from Rhythm Heaven Fever and finally the new one - Sumo Brothers)
*This the first game where games have up to three versions.
*This is the first game where no new Prologue jingles were made, aside from remixed ones from previous games and for Remixes.
*During the Memory "To Heaven World", the following things and characters from various games can be seen.
**The tree from Lush Remix.
**The Huebirds of Happiness from Flock Step.
**The Skill Star you can collect in every game.
**The planet from Remix 7 of Rhythm Heaven Fever.
**The Rhythm Rockets from Launch Party.
**The Space Umpire From Spaceball.
**The huge machine from Working Dough. It also shines the color of the forest.
**Play-Yan and the star from Night Walk.
**The rice ball from Spaceball.
**All the colors for each Remix.
**The Rabbits from Bunny Hop.
**The outline for the star in Star Land.
*While using Simple Tap mode, a similar character to the one in Rhythm Heaven appears on the touch screen.
*The announcer is voiced by Marianna DeFazio, returning from Rhythm Heaven Fever.
*There are two Challenge Train courses, where many characters are replaced with WarioWare characters. Both series are created by the same developers.
**Ashley also makes a cameo in the Café as a doll.
*After getting all of the Badges, a button with an alien-like creature on it appears. Tapping shows a picture of some of the staff.https://youtu.be/0CLIEf0yfc4
==Trailers==
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2016
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2016
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Reveal Trailer
Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo Gameplay
==In Other Languages==
==References==
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