Overlay Version: https://youtu.be/rXQNp8cQGNQ?si=8fLsqTfF2R-6QbFf
Rating System Sheet (RHGBA stats): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zsI8KJQWe5aTYEYEqTqkqLaLmRSc7dd79YS984jlosc/edit?usp=sharing
Overview:
Rhythm Tengoku is the Japan-exclusive first entry to the Rhythm Heaven Series. It is a collection of rhythm minigames released for the Game Boy Advance, developed and published by Nintendo. At the end of every minigame, you will be graded with one of the three ratings called Superb, OK, and Try Again. Earning an OK rating or higher will allow you to advance to the next minigame.
A minigame can contain up to four criteria. Each criteria keeps track of how many inputs are available in a minigame, how many inputs the player can successfully hit, and how many inputs the player has missed. A criteria is assigned a # of inputs required to hit and a # of inputs the player is allowed to miss. The player must satisfy every requirement for every criteria in order to achieve an OK rating or higher.
Disclaimer:
The goal of this TAS is not to reach the end of the game with the least amount of presses possible, nor is it to reach the end as fast as possible. This TAS was made to demonstrate what is the minimum # of presses required to earn the lowest possible OK rating on every minigame.
Rules:
The A button, B button, any button on the D-pad will count as a single “press.” Any tutorial is allowed to be skipped, if possible. The total # of “presses” will only be valid at the end of the minigame.
Minigames:
26 Karate Man
68 Rhythm Tweezers
41 Marching Orders
42 Spaceball
18 Clappy Trio
91 Remix 1
6 Sneaky Spirits
26 Samurai Slice
6 Rat Race
18 Sick Beats
51 The Bon Odori
24 Remix 2
44 Wizard Waltz
11 Showtime
45 Bunny Hop
39 Tram & Pauline
34 Space Dance
37 Remix 3
60 Quiz Show
129 Night Walk
17 Power Calligraphy
37 Polyrhythm
27 Rap Men
21 Remix 4
21 Bouncy Road
9 Ninja Bodyguard
40 Toss Boys
29 Fireworks
60 Tap Trial
37 Remix 5
18 Snappy Trio
61 Bon Dance
27 Cosmic Dance
40 Rap Women
59 Super Tap Trial
102 Remix 6
14 Karate Man 2
62 Rhythm Tweezers 2
8 Ninja Reincarnate
129 Night Walk 2
79 Marching Orders 2
56 Remix 7
26 Bouncy Road 2
41 Toss Boys 2
58 Polyrhythm 2
51 Spaceball 2
10 Sneaky Spirits 2
79 Remix 8
eien86: Claiming for judging.
eien86: This is a strange (as things are in Japan) game, where the player needs to press buttons at the right moment to clear stages. The performance is evaluated at the end of each stage, where a minimum set of timely presses need to have been performed to pass it. This movie passes all stages (minigames) with the minimal amount of presses.
As per category choice, I would argue passing all minigames can be considered game completion, as far as I could understand with the game bein in Japanese, there is nothing else to do beyond that. However, the choice of 'minimum presses' is a strange, albeit acceptable one. For this choice, the game can only be classified as Alternative or Playground, with entertainment being the decisive factor.
One can argue that, as user KusogeMan noted perhaps performing poorly leads to a faster completion. However, any% is a bad category for a game that is, essentially, an autoscroller. There is no apparent evidence that doing better or worse leads to faster times. And even if that was the case, doing worse for the sake of time would result in a terrible movie. It is therefore hard to evaluate the entertainment factor here. The fact that this is an autoscroller can quickly make the movie monotonous no matter what the inputs are. This could be forgiven for a 100% 'perfect score' movie, as pointed to by user Rxser, but hardly so for this special category.
The community opinion is perfectly divided, but my opinion is that this movie lacks that extra omph that user scrimpeh points to.
Classifing as playground