Rhythm Heaven HyperMix

Rhythm Heaven HyperMix (Japanese: リズム天国ザ・XXL Rhythm Tengoku XXL), AKA Rhythm Paradise HyperMix in Europe & 리듬세상 SP (Rhythm World SP) is a sequel of Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It's the first Rhythm Heaven game on the Nintendo Switch, Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna. It was also released on Ticket Redemption Arcades on January 1, 2022.

It is the first Rhythm Heaven game to be developed by Namco after Nintendo sold the rights of the franchise to Namco.

Story
Barista accidentally frees a spirit called the Anti-Rhythm and Tibby and Barista go on a quest to fight the monsters and reach the Anti-Rhythm's castle to beat him.

Gameplay
Gameplay is the same as the original: You press buttons to the rhythm of the song. There are always audio cues to guide you, so you can even play without seeing the screen!

This game introduced the Rhythm Boss Fights.

There are 4 games per set. You can complete them in any order, but you need to get an OK or Superb score to pass. In the tower sets, you unlock the Remix after you complete every game in that tower.

Gameplay of the New Games

 * Crabby Country: You're a crab who's trying to attract a mate, by copying her dance moves. She will wave her arms around in a certain pattern, & then click her claws, signaling your turn. You wave your arm by moving the C-Pad and click your claws by pressing A. A barely is a miss.
 * Stumble Bee: It's Valentine's Day! You're a bee who's trying to make a young couple fall in love. Your character will make buzzing sounds, and you need to copy them by pressing A. She will also hold a buzz (which sounds like "BUZZZZZZZ!"), so you need to hold B for as long as her buzz. A barely is a miss. Also, a hit for spraying is pink, a barely is blue, & a miss is grey.
 * Monstrous Tennis: It's a one-on-one against a human & a real monster! You're the human, who's playing against Miss Monster in a tennis match. You need to keep the beat by pressing A when the tennis ball comes to you. Sometimes, Miss Monster will make the ball catch on fire (proven by fire sounds), which you need to switch to B until the ball is extinguished. When the ball is on fire, the hitting cue becomes faster. The Skill Star is collected when you hit 8 fiery tennis balls in a row. A barely is a miss.
 * Monstrous Tennis X: Same as the prequel, except that the ball catches on fire way more. Also, the match takes place on the back of a whale. The Skill Star is gotten by waiting after the music dies down, before hitting a fiery tennis ball that comes out of the sky!
 * Kitchen Commander: You're a robot, who's being commanded by a tiny girl in a hat & scarf. You need to march your way to the refrigerator, so can discover the "Midnight Snack". When the girl says "Now go!", you march by pressing A; & when she says "Wait, stop!", you stop pressing that button. When she whispers "Duck down", you press the down button to duck; and when she whispers "Stand up", you press up to get out of hiding.
 * Peach Paradise: You're a toy soldier who's picking peaches for an elderly lady. You pick a peach by pressing A to a steady beat. There are 4 types of peaches- pink peaches (takes one beat to pick), orange peaches (two beats to pick), red peaches (takes two & a half beats to pick), and white peaches (takes one & a half beats to pick). The Skill Star is collected when you pick one red peach after picking 9 white peaches. A barely is a miss.
 * Peach Paradise 2: Same as the original, except that near the middle, the screen heavily darkens. The only visual cue is the light in the soldier’s helmet, but even that turns off eventually.
 * Funky Factory: You have a job in widget building, & you have to build as many as you possibly can. Like Built to Scale (DS), it uses 3D graphics; and like Poly-Rod (Polyrhythm), it uses a right-pointing viewpoint instead of a left-facing viewpoint. Your in-game character holds a Wii U-like control pad, with some buttons on the side. You use this to aim & shoot your rods. Tap the touchscreen (In most versions) to aim for the body of widgets, & press any button to shoot the rod. There are 6 types of widgets: The normal square one (takes 4 beats to shoot), a triangle (three beats), a pentagon (five beats), and a hexagon (six beats). A barely is a miss.
 * Tempo Temple: The temple is under attack! You're in a trio consisting of a blue-haired boy in black clothing, a yellow-haired boy who's also in black, & a red-haired girl in white. You're the girl. The attackers are grey figures with chains & balls. You need to counter them by attacking the two boys. Press A to punch, & B to kick. A barely is a hit.
 * Cactus Catch:
 * Butter-FLY:
 * Drummer's Parade:
 * Sword School:
 * Carnivore Carnival:
 * Pirate Crew: Pirate Captain Jackie & her pirate crew are searching for an island that hides a chest full of booty! (I'm so sorry for saying that). To do so, you (the pirate on the middle right side) need to row the boat by pressing A to the beat. The rowing starts when Jackie yells "Everybody row!". She'll tell you to do turns too ("OK, now turn!"), which tells you to press A faster. When she says "Back to rowing!", go back to the normal rhythm. The game isn't just rowing, however, as enemy ships will approach the crew. When the crew realizes this & whimpers "Uh-oh!", prepare your cannon by holding B for 2 beats, then release to shoot a cannonball. A barely is a hit for rowing, & a miss for shooting.

Main Differences
Besides the game-changing, there are other changes from the original, such as:
 * Rat Race, Shoot-'Em-Up, Frog Hop, Lockstep, & Jumpin' Jazz have their barely-as-hits back.
 * The game has no prequel/story games at all, with most of the original versions taking their place.
 * Catchy Tune, Fruit Basket, & LumBEARjack are their sequels from Megamix.
 * Some of the Skill Stars are moved, such as Tongue Lashing's being the 3rd red bug instead of the 2nd, & Kitties!/Kitty Clap's being when you spin three times in a row.
 * Karate Man Flows! retains the Flow Meter from Tengoku, the "Hit 2!" cue, the lightbulbs, and the bomb. Also, the game's Rhythm Item is the Soccer Ball from Story!Karate Man instead of the Cooking Pot.
 * In First/Second Contact, Toss Boys, Bunny Hop, Flipper-Flop, Sick Beats CL, Tap Trial, The Clappy/Snappy Trio, Rat Race, Bounce N’Build (bouncing only), Ninja Bodyguard/Boyfriend, and Animal Acrobat/Jungle Gymnast; a barely is a hit. The reason this was changed is unknown.
 * The game's story is rewritten: Instead of one of the Lands needing their flow back by playing story games, someone's just blocking the way, & the game is played to encourage it to move.
 * The additions of Galaxy Land, Top-Head Tower, Bonus World, Duet Mode, & Rhythm Toys.
 * The all-new games (with the exceptions of Karate Man Senior & Karate Couple) are given original jingles instead of reusing some from previous Rhythm Heaven games.
 * Touch! Mode replaces Simple Tap. It includes tapping, holding, and swiping (left & right, up & down).
 * There are 6 new characters in Lush City, replacing those who now only appear in the Starter Lands: Arflette, a giant bee who's trying to disguise herself as a Beedog; Mack, a young girl who wants to turn Machine Tower into a giant robot; Kookin, Shef's mentor, who owns a five-star restaurant & is a fantastic cook; Doey, Donna's little brother who wants to own a donut shop when he grows up; Frizz, a girl whose hair is so messy, that birds reside in it; Hatch-lin, a Japanese bird-person who's on a quest to find his birds; & Bonnie, Wanda's little sister who wants to be a magician when she grows up.
 * Lush Forest was replaced by Lush City for unknown reasons.
 * Rhythm Items are renamed Souvenirs for unknown reasons.
 * The Story of True Love, A Big Drop of Tears (renamed to "Teardrops"), & both versions of Classmate are given English lyrics in the international versions.
 * Due to this, the Train "Getting Vocal 2" had changed. The new list is Frog Hop, Bon Fest, Honeybee Remix, Machine Remix, & Lush Remix.
 * "Kitties!", & "Hole in One 2" was renamed to "Kitty Clap", & "Hole in Two", respectively.
 * In Japanese, Second Contact was renamed to 2nd Interpreter (2nd通訳者).
 * In all versions of the game, Trey matches his North American appearance from the original.
 * Monkey Watch, Tap Troupe, Rockers, and DJ School got added as part of Final Remix: Encore.
 * Working Dough is now a shop game due to Tambourine taking its place.
 * Honeybots is the same as Fillbots 2 (DS) but with the graphics from the Honeybee Remix from Megamix and it doesn’t blackout.

The Shop
A bold title indicates that the minigame is only in the Steam version.

Rhythm Toys
Note: A bold title indicates that the minigame is only in the Steam version.

Rhythm Heaven HyperMix Demo
Rhythm Heaven HyperMix Demo, also known as Rhythm Tengoku XXL Taikenhan in Japan, Rhythm Paradise HyperMix Demo in Europe, and Rhythm World SP Trial Version in Korea, was released on September 9, 2021, in Japan, October 3, 2021, in North America and Europe and November 17, 2021, in Australia and Korea. 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 and Barista, who rapid-fires through several games and comment after each one. If the player gets an OK or higher, they move on to the next game.

List of games in the demo:


 * Air Rally
 * See-Saw
 * Dog Thief
 * DJ School
 * Trial Remix

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 and announces the release date.

The "Challenge Land (Multiplayer)" mode contains 5 courses not found in the full version; however, it is not playable solo. There are also 3 Rhythm Games exclusive to this mode.

Games Exclusive to the challenge land demo:
 * Ringside
 * Penguins and Primates
 * Spaceball

Duet Mode
This is a new mode in HyperMix. Here, you can grab a buddy & play your favorite rhythm games together. Most of the games in this share the same description as the original, with a few exceptions. The controls stay the same as well. The colors to differentiate the two players are red & blue (GBA games only), green & pink (DS), cyan & orange (Wii), and yellow & purple (3DS/New).

List of Duet Mode Games
GBA


 * Karate Man Flows!
 * Marching Orders
 * Spaceball
 * Sneaky Spirits
 * Rat Race
 * Bon Fest
 * Penguin & Primates
 * Bunny Hop
 * Space Dance
 * Night Walk
 * Power Calligraphy
 * Rap Men
 * Ninja Bodyguard
 * Fireworks Show
 * Tap Trial

DS


 * Fillbots
 * Fan Club
 * Rhythm Rally
 * Blue Birds
 * Crop Stomp
 * Freeze Frame
 * The Dazzles
 * Munchy Monk
 * DJ School
 * Dog Ninja
 * Frog Hop
 * Lockstep
 * Karate Man Kicks!
 * Airboarder

Wii


 * See-Saw
 * Double Date
 * Fork Lifter
 * Tambourine
 * Board Meeting
 * Air Rally
 * Figure Fighter
 * Ringside
 * Micro-Row
 * Flipper-Flop
 * Flock Step
 * Launch Party
 * Bossa Nova
 * Tap Troupe
 * Karate Man Combos!

Megamix/HyperMix


 * Catchy Tune
 * Fruit Basket
 * Tongue Lashing
 * LumBEARjack
 * Super Samurai Slice
 * Sumo Brothers
 * Stumble Bee
 * Kitty Clap
 * Dog Thief
 * Crabby Country
 * Monstrous Tennis
 * Peach Paradise

Rhythm Heaven VR
This is a new mode in HyperMix. Here you can play your favorite Rhythm Games in VR. It can also play Endless Games or Rhythm Toys. Challenge Land is also available with 15 exclusive courses in this mode, however, it is only playable online and additionally, and Perfect Campaigns are also available in this mode. It was added in the VR update on October 6, 2022. Note that the update is only supported in Steam, PS4, and PS5 due to Nintendo Switch (The Labo VR doesn’t count), Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Goggle Stadia, and Amazon Luna lacking VR headsets.

List of VR Rhythm Games
GBA


 * Karate Man Flows!
 * Marching Orders
 * Spaceball
 * Sneaky Spirits
 * Rat Race
 * Sick Beats CL
 * Bon Fest
 * Penguin Parade
 * Bunny Hop
 * Space Dance
 * Night Walk
 * Power Calligraphy
 * Poly-Rod
 * Rap Men
 * Ninja Bodyguard
 * Fireworks Show
 * Tap Trial

DS


 * Build to Scale
 * Fillbots
 * Fan Club
 * Rhythm Rally
 * Shoot-'em-up
 * Blue Birds
 * Crop Stomp
 * Freeze Frame
 * Munchy Monk
 * DJ School
 * Dog Ninja
 * Frog Hop
 * Lockstep
 * Karate Man Kicks!
 * Airboarder

Wii


 * Hole in One
 * See-Saw
 * Double Date
 * Fork Lifter
 * Tambourine
 * Board Meeting
 * Bounce N' Build
 * Air Rally
 * Figure Fighter
 * Ringside
 * Micro-Row
 * Flipper-Flop
 * Exhibition Match
 * Flock Step
 * Launch Party
 * Bossa Nova
 * Tap Troupe
 * Karate Man Combos!

Megamix/HyperMix


 * Fruit Basket
 * Tongue Lashing
 * LumBEARjack
 * Super Samurai Slice
 * Sumo Brothers
 * Stumble Bee
 * Kitty Clap
 * Crabby Country
 * Peach Paradise

List of VR Endless Games
GBA


 * Mr. Upbeat
 * Sick Beats
 * Mannequin Factory

DS


 * Coin Toss
 * Tunnel
 * Samurai Slice Gaiden

Wii


 * Wake-Up Caller
 * Munchy Bunch
 * Cawmedy Club
 * Clap Trap
 * Kung Fu Ball

Megamix/HyperMix


 * Charging Chicken
 * Funky Factory

List of VR Rhythm Toys
GBA


 * Mechanical Horse

DS


 * Octopus Machine

Wii


 * Toy Car
 * Hi-Hat

Megamix/HyperMix


 * Paradise Playset
 * Dart Board
 * Fishie Tank (Steam version only)