‼️ RHYTHM GAME WEEKLY SUMMARY 🧵 (Mar 29th - Apr 4th) ‼️ dear GOD there's so many April Fools updates. Every game pulled out all the stops, it took forever to get this thread out... Oh, and SHIRANUI FLAREEEEE!!!! Let's take a look at what happened this week in rhythm games! 🧵
O-ooooooooo AAAAE-A-A-I-A-U- VOEZ LIVES! For April Fools' Day, the game adds the iconic Bra¡n Power!! Except… all the difficulties are 41, and the title is different, and there's secret codes hidden all throughout the Easy chart… what's going on? #VOEZ #Rayark
Online sleuths got to work, scouring every source and chart for clues, and put together the solutions to find… two future VOEZ songs, Vieille Ville (Ujico*’s side Edit) (モリモリあつし+Ujico*) and Noël -Nordic Nation Edit- (モリモリあつし vs. uma)!! #VOEZ #Rayark
Aaahhhhh~ A Capella has invaded the world of Rotaeno for April Fools, channeling their inner Smooth McGroove until April 12th! Each avatar leads to a full A Capella remix of particular songs; Play 'em while you still can. #Rotaeno
Close the program. Close this world. This April Fools, NEODITRONIX urges you to deleteeverything_purgeyourworld (VNITE + log()), and to take their hand and Fly Wit Me (Camellia). Who are you to deny this opportunity? Optimizations by DrNarika are also in the game. #NEODITRONIX
B e l o w . . . Arcaea introduced Endless Course Mode for April Fools, with song courses tailor made for you! Though, going too deep into the courses will lead you to "UNUSED LEVELS", an Unknown Levels remix by ぱらどっと (Peridot). Also, Ai-chan. #Arcaea #lowiro
The job market is tough nowadays… So for April Fools', MASH VP added a new Virtual Path about applying to AXTORM via passing a gimmick chart of 踊れRave on (謎のユニット). Plus, challenge a new Professional Ver. of Mash Up The DJ (DJ ASR) with tougher patterns! #MASHVP
What is your PHI personality??? In addition to the song After ZABANIYA (MUG Edit) (Daily天利), the game has a new personality test, with an extra special way of determining your results! What did you get? I, of course, got CRACKED. #Phigros
YARG simplifies genres and finds company secrets! For April Fools, YARG made an OVERGENRELIZER, which sorts all of the songs into four genres: Dubstep, Rock & Roll, Screamo, and TikTok Music They also found some really old songs in the company backrooms… weird. #YARG
All jokes aside, a "Standardize Genre Metadata" helps compress your songs into simplified (12 basic genres), full (72 pre-determined genres), or no (genre metadata as-is) genrelizers... Also available on Nightly: Big YARG endings, and a new & improved score screen! #YARG
"Maybe one day, something will change." The undersea diva, shrimp miku, washes onto Colorful Stage! Log on to receive her song as well as Virtual Avatar Cosmetics. Available until April 9th, 3:59am PT. #ColorfulStage
THE ANIMALS ARE ON THE LOOSE! …Really! A bunch of song jackets featuring animals were suddenly animated in GITADORA on April Fools! #GITADORA
It looks like Smith is doing everything he can to juice interest in jubeat, he's even become a streamer doing live challenge runs! Tune in to see if he can ALL-EXC- Not really, but there's a cool frame you can use for TUNE POSTs on the eAmusement mobile app. #jubeat
Happy April FOOOOOOOOOls!!! SDVX celebrated its first April Fools' Day as NABLA by reviving every past April Fools' prank!! That includes the GRAVITY WARS, HEAVENLY HAVEN, and EXCEED tutorials, the V-RAN option, and a free エイプリルフゥー↑↑↑ title until April 7th! #SDVX
Tragically this week, UNBEATABLE deconfirmed the inclusion of Do No Harm (Jamie Paige & Marcie Nabors feat. Penny Parker). ...as a PAID DLC SONG, that is!!! It's actually out NOW!! for FREE!!! to EVERYONE (PC players before 1.9.0, that is)!!! got you good didn't i #UNBEATABLE
haha joe mama Liminality invites Joe Fight (DJ Myosuke) into the folds of their world, nestling them inside the time-locked April Fools category. But Radiant Pulse (Authroom) is available for everyone forever! #Liminality
Something's wrong, I can feel it Lanota presents Lan8ta for April Fools! Players were tasked with searching eight charts for anomalies, noting if something was wrong or not. And if they got it wrong… Well, don't dwell on it. Look, a new song in the infinite library! #Lanota
Attention players on flight Rizline… Back on April Fools, you could select the new "Airplane Mode" on mod options to prepare for your flight! Just be warned, there was a bit of turbulence… Oh and the tracklist for the ルゼ & LisicA collaboration has been revealed. #Rizline
Who playtested this thing?! Oh, no one. Some [Prototype] charts bypassed quality control this April Fools in RAVON. Oops! For the day, you could really test your limits on these merciless, untested challenges. #RAVON
Something cute hit TAKUMI³! April showers bring forth Angel Dust (LV.4) as a new event song, チョウの標本 (Bitplane) as a new purchasable song, and… a GORILLIZER??? Oh, but the elusive TAKUMI15 returns, and a cute new RA-S partner appears! #TAKUMI_Cubic
"Why'd you build a second 🅱️obeat2 right next to the first RoBeats!…?" RoBeats! is back in time for April Fools! And to celebrate, they made a second, better 🅱️obeat2! You can still play it now, actually! #RoBeats
let them cook Paradigm:Reboot's April Fools involves pivoting the game in a tasty new direction! Paradigm:Recook invites players to savor the all new gameplay… and a few strange other things… #ParadigmReboot
Extra, extra! Be sure to keep those speakers intact against this myth! maimai DX CiRCLE PLUS receives a new round of songs including the return of a classic UTAGE set! Also here is a unique collab chiho hiding away, and Break The Speakers unlocked for all (SSS1+) players! #maimai
Can you withstand the penguin's might? The all new CHUNITHM BAASU arrived in time for the 10th anniversary! Enjoy the brand new special chart it brought along, and greet your friendly penguin operator: Chuuni Penguin! #CHUNITHM
While you're at it, complete two very foolish chihos for Kasane Teto and Gag Manga Biyori GO, complete with two and one new songs respectively, both running until May 13th! #CHUNITHM
いざ、ぷよゲキ勝負しよう! Puyos have invaded ONGEKI and turned it into... PuyoGEKI?! The bubbly franchise permeates throughout Kanadezaka Academy, bringing forth new cards, a new LUNATIC chart and song, and a revival of the menacing Otogelion!!! #オンゲキ
five more minutes guys please RYCEAM appears again, with a very special chart for this AF! I really hope you brought ear protection for this particular game, or you might be blown away by the song. #RYCEAM
What's the RUSH? it's not GOOD for your health… GOODRUSH (EBIMYAO) and its Turbo edit appear in EX-XDRiVER for AF! You can play it year round - and also check out ASDF by Doin and the OVERDRIVE chart for ENGINEDESTROYER! #xdrv
we exist here, devoid of light… Project:RUSHER shows of something a little mysterious for April Fools, and the 1 song that it showcases is hiding something else… you can still access it now! #ProjectRUSHER
owo Estowolla owos its way towo its fowost april fowols! The towotowowial got a special new chowort… how kaowoaii!!!! #Estella
Cranky really made a fool of themselves… April Fools for Beatblock means donning the Jester hat and giving the gift of joy… through wave effects, hitmen, and a lot of other things. Access the secret settings menu and play the new special chart! #Beatblock
The Deerbird and its spinning cat army return with a vengeance… KALPA: Cosmic Symphony added surprise encounters with the Deerbird for April Fools! Fighting it will pull from one of 11 full, goofy, gimmicky charts of existing songs… and your reward? A cat sticker. #KALPA
SHIDUNZI: Become Bollard Bleap spices up its gameplay this month with the new Shidunzi Parkour collab!! Become a bollard, evade obstacles, and knock out other bollards to the tune of weekly songs and exchanges, starting with 念诗之王! #Bleap
RUUUUN!!! (I'm a Natural Disaster) Berry Melody's prank this year is the special, wacky, whimsical 珂灵之花(feat.Elodia) (BerryMelody Sound Team), featuring every gimmick and reference to every rhythm game you can think of. Can you identify them all…? #BerryMelody
W-W-W-WHAT'S GOING ON? ON? ChainBeeT shows no mercy with its April Fools charts this year, adding chaotic new songs オーバーサンプリング・ネクストゲーマーズ!and Stright-road, Deep-area-man, plus CHAOS and CHAOS+ charts to Leonids and Make Your Own Kind Of Music… #ChainBeeT
Cytus II the Game? Calm, collected, and quiet. Cytus II the Account? A goofy little doodle of NEKO with… a small pink ribbon sprouting from her head?! Who else have I seen don a ribbon like hers, I wonder… #Cytus #C2
Aren't you tired of rhythm? Don't you wanna just… speed through? Well fear not — For owners of CotND's SYNCHRONY DLC, "Drift of the NecroDancer" is available via weekly challenge! Run over all those crypt monsters, but watch out for unbreakable walls… #CryptOfTheNecroDancer
Taiko no Tatsujin (Arcade) brings back fan-favorite April Fools' songs Nesin Amatias, よくでる15300, and 黄ダルマ2000, available all month long! Experience the wackiness of years past at your earliest convenience… 📸: @/PPPPeuao #太鼓の達人 #taiko765
This year, however, Don-chan presents a QR code! Scanning it on a Taiko cab will unlock his 挑戦!ドンチャレ2026 event, offering 10 foolish challenges to you!!! Clear 8 of them to unlock new song さいたま2001, and clear all 10 for an exclusive title! 📸: @/Ito_Miku_ #太鼓の達人
Wait… Where's Don-chan and Katsu-chan? WHAT??? They're in Drift Spirits?? As vehicles themselves??? It would appear so…Log in before 4/15 and complete special challenges for a chance to get not just Don-Chan and Katsu-Chan, but several Taiko decals! #太鼓の達人 #taiko765
conflict歌います。ズォールヒ~~↑wwww RESONARK 4 ELVES celebrates April Fools with some iconic BMS tracks in v4.1.11 — conflict and FREEDOM DiVE!! Watch Eku play them, and try them yourself in the VRChat World! #RESONARK
April Fools' Day is technically a festivity, no? So let's celebrate with Song Festival (Sample Official) as part of Gliece v2.3.2! Whether or not this is still available is unknown, but hey! Worth a shot, no? #Gliece_1
TEST UR REFLEXES Shinobi Slash releases their exciting ninja action game, UGUISU DASH!! Collect Ohgi (fans, get it?) to speed up, avoid the reference obstacles, and aim for a high score! Cool down(?) afterwards with some returning April Fools' charts, too~ #シノスラ
If you missed Shiranui Flare's birthday LIVE, you missed a great time full of BEMANI covers and playing #popn! You also missed the news that she's now a character in pop'n music along with her new song written and produced by Satoshi Yaginuma of fripSide: Silent Flame, Never Fade
If that wasn't enough, covers of certified hood classics 僕の飛行機 (宮永やよい) from 11 and Homesick Pt.2&3 (ORANGENOISE SHORTCUT) from 5 will be added Apr 9th! LIGHT & NORMAL can be played right off the bat, HYPER & EX can be unlocked in たたいてポンポン!ポップ君大会!
Whoa! Those pop'n covers are coming to DDR WORLD first with Silent Flame, Never Fade being added at a later date. SDVX NABLA will also be getting Silent Flame, Never Fade and the Homesick Pt.2&3 cover in the future! Go check out the VOD for the livestream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgA6...
Let's cram in more pop'n news while we're at it. The pop'n Cheer! project has announced the results are in for fan-submitted genres for Lapistoria — As the first game to abandon genres in song banners, a historical wrong has finally been corrected.
In celebration there's a whole bunch of new UPPER charts of Lapistoria tracks in たたいてポンポン!ポップ君大会! These aren't just another extra chart, UPPER adds a whole new set of 4 charts! Just look at those goofy-ass genre names, something just feels right about them.
NOT AN APRIL FOOLS PRANK - OHGIHIME CLOSED BETA IS LIVE!!! After a bit of work, Ohgihime comes back to reveal… that it's out already? As a closed beta for crowdfunders?! With every track from previous exhibitions and more?!?! I must be dreaming… #オウギヒメ #センプリ
ID:RETURN. MUSYNX: RETURN launches on Steam with a $16.99 price until April 16. A bundle deal with MUSYNX - Forever Friends further discounts the game by an extra -5%. Please note: The game makes heavy use of AI-generated visuals across mode select and illustrations. #MUSYNX
On your rats… get tan… Physical pre-orders for the full release of Ratatan have been teased! These will be available for the Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5 in Standard and Deluxe forms, though with a Heroic Spirit as a pre-order bonus for either version. #Ratatan
In non-April-Fools' news, RoBeats' lobby updates to a Zen Spring Park and adds a spring blossom hunt, plus new songs Kaguya (BlackY) and Koto Breaker! To make up for its absence last week, use code "thankyou2026" for a gift, and "thankyou2026vip" for a VIP extension. #RoBeats
Too much craziness, let's just chill(hop) and chart… Spin Rhythm XD's newest RemiXD song is Green Tea (Eli Way), with custom chart submissions open until April 22nd, and a livestream announcing winners on April 25th! Give it your best shot! #SpinRhythmXD
No April Fools' for Taiko Rhythm Festival, but an eventful month nonetheless! The theme for this month's Online Rank Match is 花より団子フェス! Hatsune Miku Pack Vol.6 is out, and so is HOT LIMIT for Taiko Music Pass owners, with next week's song being… JOUBUTSU 2000?!?! #太鼓ドンフェス
This week on Project SEKAI… The April Schedule is out!! So is Rank Match 2026 SPRING!!! ProSeka NEXT #34 is open until 5/31! All the 5.5th Anniversary songs are out too!! The remaster of the Nyan Cat song is amongst them!! Aaaaaaaa!!!!! #プロセカ
Song contest winners are arriving in Paradigm: Reboot! Songs by LucaProject, Yukira, LB & DJ MossyStone, and TAKIO vs siromaru feat. ぽめ will be arriving on Apr 10. So too, will a new RAVE original… PURPLERAVE (Tatsh & NAOKI feat. Reyuna (HiiT Factory))!!! #ParadigmReboot
"I'm going To The Moon!" - Dr. Neil Watts, 2011 KALPA's To The Moon collaboration comes to Cosmic Symphony as a DLC pack, bringing five solemn piano songs "to the moon"! (to the PC edition, that is, as a DLC pack) #KALPA