Rhythm Heaven Fever - Duo 3 - Ringside

Everyone's favorite stage is back in Duo Mode, and this time, our little reporter (relatively speaking) is interviewing the champions of a tag-team tournament. As usual, Player 1 is represented by blue, and Player 2 by orange. Facilitating this are numbers on the luchadors' masks. I suppose they both know which of the two of them are in charge.

As in the 1-player "Ringside," your duty is to properly respond to the press. The most common thing will be the reporter saying, "Wubba dubba dubba, is that true?" Three beats after she starts saying it, press A to answer with a confident "Eh" and a nod. She will also sometimes say, "Whoa, you go, big guy!," in which case you press A twice after she finishes to flex. If the camera guys say, "Pose for the fans!," press A and B at once the beat after they finish to strike a pose fit for a newspaper.

Pretty simple, isn't it? I personally found this to be one of the simpler stages, though it is funny for its own reasons. The 2-player version is also quite simple: Unlike with "Fork Lifter" or "Tambourine," both players must respond to every cue. It wouldn't look like a good tag team pair otherwise, wouldn't it?

You'll also get to see my mistake in posing too early for one of the newspaper photos, which gets immortalized in a very interesting way. You'll also get to see how the reporter reacts if you strike a pose for the camerapeople instead of answering with an "Eh" as usual--she understandably cowers in fear. Next time, she should be careful not to ask a question that might offend him.

We'll proceed our coverage of Rhythm Heaven Fever with Duo 4, "Micro-Row." Unlike "Ringside," which draws in tons of viewers, "Micro-Row" seems to be view and especially comment poison. I don't know why.