Regional Differences

This is a sub-page of Rhythm Heaven.

Title#

Japanese	North American
European	Korean

Save File Labels#

The European version changes "Mine" to "Moi".

North American	European

Rhythm Games#

Remix 1#

For unknown reasons, in the Japanese version, repeatedly spamming inputs during the short "Tap to close your yap!" section at the start of the Remix will still penalize the player, making it entirely possible to get a Try Again despite doing everything else perfectly, despite both Glee Club and Glee Club 2 not doing the same thing. This was fixed in the international releases.

Munchy Monk#

The audio cues for Munchy Monk (and its sequel) are different.

• Japanese: Seems to be some onomatopoeia for one dumpling and two dumplings. For three dumplings, it's "一！二！三！四！" (Yi! Er! San! Si!, One! Two! Three! Four!) in Mandarin Chinese, as monks come from China.
• North American/European: "One, go" "Two-two, go go" "Three, go, go, go!" in English. For other languages the numbers are translated.
• Korean: "하나!" (One!) and "둘둘, 고고!" (Two-two, go go!) as translated from the American/European versions, and "이! 얼! 싼! 쓰!" (Yi! Er! San! Si!) as translated from the Japanese versions.

Munchy Monk 2#

The description for Munchy Monk 2 was rewritten in the English version.

Rhythm Rally#

Rhythm Rally is called ピンポン (Ping-Pong) in the Japanese version, and shows the Paddler instead of their silhouette with no border on the title screen. The Japanese version also has an animated ball bouncing off the handakutens (the little circles) on ピ and ポ. In the European and Korean versions, the title screen is the same as the American version, but with no borders.

Japanese	North American	European	Korean

Rhythm Rally 2#

Rhythm Rally 2 maintains the differences that its predecessor has, with the addition of a green and pink gradient being used instead of orange being used for the title font. Additionally, the middle shadows are shades of teal rather than green.

Japanese	North American	European	Korean

Blue Birds#

The miss animation when the Blue Bird stretches his neck too late or early was redrawn for the international versions for unknown reasons. This was also done for Remix 2 and its sequel. All versions of Rhythm Heaven Megamix use the original Japanese graphic here.

Japanese	International

Remix 2#

Japanese	International

Blue Birds 2#

Japanese	International

Moai Doo-Wop#

The moai head and the bird on the title screen were more polished for the international versions. The animation was also changed, where the Japanese version has the letters appear one by one as the Moai blinks. The international version changes it so all letters appears at once after the moai does a long blink.

Japanese	International

Moai Doo-Wop 2#

Moai Doo-Wop 2 maintains the differences of its predecessor, where the moai head and the bird on the title screen were redrawn for the international versions.

Japanese	International

Love Lizards#

Love Lizards has a different font in the Japanese version and is missing the hearts used in the international versions. Additionally, the Güiro Lizard's mouth is white in the Japanese version and transparent in the international versions.

Japanese	International

Freeze Frame#

The shapes representing how well you took a shot in Freeze Frame were changed to thumbs in different positions in the European version. Rhythm Heaven Megamix retains this difference, but it uses the thumbs in the North American version as well.

	International	European
Perfect
Early/Late
Miss

Love Lab#

The Japanese version has the title written in an ai ai gasa (also known as a love umbrella) on a chalkboard. Some of the symbols are drawn in after the title appears.

Japanese	International

Drummer Duel#

The background voices in the BGM are re-recorded for the Korean version to scrub out any Japanese-related stuff.

Big Rock Finish#

The Japanese version has the title written in flickering neon with a spotlight on a table. The English versions have each word appear one at a time, with the ghosts popping up last. In the European version's other languages, the words appear all at once, rotated to fit on-screen (except for Italian), with the ghosts popping up differently. The Korean title card is a static image. Interestingly, in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the Japanese title card is used in all versions.

Japanese	International (English)	European (French)	European (Spanish)

European (German)	European (Italian)	Korean

Frog Hop#

During the bridge of the song, there is a part ("Don't you know that is just so square?") where a group of off-screen voices sing in lieu of the lead vocalist. However, in the international versions, this is replaced by a duet between the two vocalists instead, so the "Yahoo!" cue was cut here. Interestingly, in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, this cue is present in all versions.

Lockstep#

The colors in this game were changed for the international versions, likely to avoid eye strain. The Japanese colors are used in Rhythm Heaven Megamix for all versions.

Japanese	International

Additionally, the Japanese version has incomplete textures at the fourth zoom-out.

Japanese	International

Lockstep 2#

Like the first Lockstep, the colors in this game were changed for the international versions.

Japanese	International

The same texture mistake was made here as well. Interestingly, Lockstep in Remix 6 is identical in all versions.

Japanese	International

Karate Man#

The indicator for the bombs in the tutorial is different between regions.

Japan	US/Europe	Korea

Remix 6#

The timing of planetary appearances differs between the Japanese prologue and the international version, and the blue planets in the international version have green shadows.

Japanese	International

Airboarder#

The song is pitched slightly lower than its Japanese variant in the US/European and Korean versions. This also applies to the song in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The Dazzles 2#

The Japanese version of the title screen is animated and the boxes are placed differently when compared to the international versions.

Japanese	International

Remix 8#

In the Korean version of the Try Again rating screen, the police were aesthetically stylized in a Korean way, their clothing more looking like a "pojol" (Korean police during the Joseon period).

International	Korean

Remix 8 uses the same textures as Lockstep 2, so the changes there apply here as well.

Remix 9#

In the Japanese version, a voice clip of "down" is played alongside the cue SFX of Space Soccer, which has been removed in all other versions, even in the Korean version which otherwise reuses the Japanese voices for Space Soccer. This voice clip was also used in the practice mode for Space Soccer and the unused Tap minigame remnants.

Endless Games#

Samurai Slice#

In the Korean version the samurai was aesthetically stylized in a Korean way, its clothing more looking like a "pojol" (Korean police during the Joseon period).

International	Korean

Rhythm Toys#

Phone#

The number pad is different for the Phone rhythm toy on each region's release. Notably, the 5 is an eighth note on the Japanese version, an inverted eighth note with a 5 in the head on the North American version, just a 5 on the European version, and a small eighth note in the Korean version. Additionally, all the Easter egg phone numbers are different in each region.

Japanese	North American	European	Korean

Easter Egg Numbers#

Entering various numbers will cause an audio clip to play, and the number used is different for each region.

(Effect): Plays sound clips from Samurai Slice.

(Effect): Plays the voice of the Crop Stomp farmer on loop.

(Effect): Plays sound effects from Blue Birds alongside a snare drum.

(Effect): Plays the music from Rap Men from the original Rhythm Tengoku on loop, interspersed with voice effects from the RAPMEN. The audio was re-recorded for the international and Korean versions in their respective languages (the exception being Italian, which did get its own recording, though all phrases used are English).

Slot Monster#

In the Korean version, the coins were replaced with stars, presumably due to gambling laws in South Korea.

International	Korean
International	Korean