Rhythm Heaven Fever

Rhythm Heaven Fever
Developer(s)	Nintendo SPD, TNX
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	JP July 21, 2011 NA February 13, 2012 EU July 6, 2012 AUS September 13, 2012
Genre(s)	Rhythm
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Input methods	Wii Remote
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	SOMJ01, SOME01, SOMP01, SOMK01
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Rhythm Heaven Fever, known in Europe as Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise and in Japan as Everybody's Rhythm Heaven (みんなのリズム天国, Minna no Rizumu Tengoku), is a rhythm video game developed by Nintendo and TNX for the Wii. It is the third game in the Rhythm Heaven series, following Rhythm Tengoku for the Game Boy Advance and Rhythm Heaven for the Nintendo DS.

Rhythm Heaven Fever is composed of over 50 music minigames, in which the player presses the A and B buttons on the Wiimote in rhythm. Upon clearing a level, the game rates your performance, with Superb and High Level ratings earning medals which unlock extra content. Levels that have been cleared with a Superb rating may also be randomly selected for a Perfect attempt, in which the player can try to clear the level without making any mistakes to unlock bonus items.

The game features a multiplayer mode, in which two players play simultaneously to earn enough points to reach the desired rank, with bonus points based on the harmony of the players. The multiplayer mode has it's own set of medals which unlock multiplayer minigames.

Problems

Remix Crashes

• The Remix 1 is crashing in recent builds. To overcome this, use Dolphin 3.0 (the last working build was 3.0-153). This also occurs on Remix 2, Remix 3, and Remix 9 (if it was unlocked on a Wii.)
• Remix 6 crashes after the title screen. This can be fixed by pressing A rapidly before the screen fades to black. Note that as this fix works randomly (but it will eventually work - keep trying!), it is recommended to pause the game and create a save state the first time it works so that you don't have to repeat the process again. It looks like pressing A rapidly also has an effect on the crashing remixes in newer versions of Dolphin, although I (MyDreamName) have only gotten a bit of background noise thus far.

Micro-Row Practice Level

If Disable External Frame Buffer is checked, during the practice level for Micro-Row the screen will turn completely black randomly. To get around this, enable the external frame buffer or skip the practice level.

Micro-Row Main Level

The main Micro-Row level will not play properly, and instead video output will be frozen on the first frame of the game until the music is complete.

• Video output freeze also seems to be fixed if EBF copies is set to ram (+cache). This can be set before or during the micro-row stage.
• This can also be fixed to an extent by having "External Frame Buffer" enabled and changing the status of it to either "Virtual" or "Real" while the game is playing.

Flock Step

In Flock Step level, every bird may appear with the same pink color. Disable "Skip EFB Access From CPU" to fix this.

Shrimp Shuffle

Game flashes black during gameplay. Can be fixed by having "External Frame Buffer" enabled.

No Background Music

If Vbeam is enabled background music won't be able to play with DSP HLE.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Skip EFB Access from CPU	Disabled	Fixes the Flock Step birds

Audio

Config	Setting	Notes
Audio Backend	XAudio2	Fixes some audio cut-offs

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Rhythm Heaven Fever since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

3.0

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5.0-21383 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
3.0	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.6GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6950x2	Solid 60 FPS throughout the game, although the game seems to experience some slowdown as the peg approaches you on the first "Built to Scale" game. Remix 6 crashes the game (A variety of other remixes crash on revisions past 3.0), and there are also other small emulation errors. Most of these errors can be fixed by using the configurations listed above. It also seems like some remixes have some issues with transitioning between games and sometimes get their timing off.	MyDreamName
3.0-441	Windows 7 x64	AMD FX-6100	AMD Radeon HD 6870	Perfect	AlbusDlx
3.0-441	Windows 7 x64	Intel	nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti	Crashes on remix 6. Don't trust Albus	Anon
3.0-804	Windows 8 x64	Intel Core i7-2675QM @ 2.2 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6750M	Mostly 60 FPS, with some slowdowns towards 40 FPS at remix 4. Fixes many remix crashes of earlier versions. Remix transitioning as said by MyDreamName is fixed, though specifically, music stutters/slows down at remix 4 halfway and on, messing up your timing on that remix. Tested on a full completion save file to pass badly emulated minigames.	Anon

Gameplay Videos

Rhythm Heaven Wii - Remix 1 (on Dolphin emulator)

Dolphin - Rhythm Heaven Fever Air Rally Gameplay