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Lockstep
This one's all about hitting
the beat, flipping it, and
then nailing the backbeat.
Experience both sides
of the rhythm!
ConsoleDS Icon Rhythm Heaven
Lockstep
This one's all about hitting the beat,
flipping it, and then nailing the backbeat.
Experience both sides of the rhythm!
Console3DS Icon Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Lockstep (ウラオモテ?, Ura Omote) is the 2nd Rhythm Game of the sixth stage (27th overall) in Rhythm Heaven and the 2nd of Planet Land (72nd overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The arrange version, Lockstep 2, appears in the eighth stage of Rhythm Heaven.

Gameplay[]

Screenshot DS Lockstep
Screenshot 3DS Lockstep

In this game, the player plays as a Stepswitcher in the center of the screen. The Stepswitchers begin stepping in beat after the cowbell clicks. The player must step consistently in this same beat until one of the Stepswitchers signals to step in offbeat to the rhythm. The rhythm will keep switching on and offbeat during the game when signaled. To confuse the player, the screen will zoom out, showing many more Stepswitchers.

Controls[]

  • Ⓐ/Tap: March

Timing Display[]

  • Perfect!/Ace!: The player marches correctly.
  • Early!/Late!: The player marches slightly off, resulting in a "tick" sound. In Rhythm Heaven only, this does not cause the player to fail a Perfect Campaign.
  • Miss...: The player steps on the wrong beat (or not at all) and gets smacked by the Stepswitcher next to them.

Results[]

ConsoleDS Icon
Your partners say...
GradingNG DS
On the beat? You're a little off.
Offbeat? More like just plain "off."
Sloppy work on the transitions.
GradingOK DS
Hm... (Flag us)/Hmm... (Flag gb)
Good enough...
I don't know...
I guess that was all right.
GradingHI DS
You were all right on the beat.
You hit the offbeats pretty well.
Nice transitions between beats.
Console3DS Icon
Your Partners Say
GradingNG 3DS
On the beat? You're a little off.
Offbeat? More like just plain "off."
Sloppy work on the transitions.
GradingOK 3DS
Eh. Passable.
GradingHI 3DS
You were all right on the beat.
You hit the offbeats pretty well.
Nice transitions between beats.

Epilogue[]

ConsoleDS Icon
GradingNG DS
GradingOK DS
GradingHI DS
Epilogue DS Lockstep NG Epilogue DS Lockstep OK Epilogue DS Lockstep HI
You need to get in step! Not bad, I say. Not bad. Ah, yes! Most excellent!
Console3DS Icon
GradingNG 3DS
GradingOK 3DS
GradingHI 3DS
Epilogue 3DS Lockstep NG Epilogue 3DS Lockstep OK Epilogue 3DS Lockstep HI
You need to get in step! Not bad, I say. Not bad. Ah, yes! Most excellent!

Rhythm Item[]

Famous Painting Paranormal Phenomena
Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Famous Painting
Item holder
It's creepy the way the painting's
eyes seem to follow you wherever
you go, but it's even creepier when
you mess up your rhythm and the
painting laughs at you. Also, it's a
bit embarrassing.

Skill Star[]

The Skill Star appears when switching back to the beat near the end of the game.

Challenge Land[]

Lockstep appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

Appearances[]

Video[]

Trivia[]

  • The person the Stepswitchers form when fully zoomed out appears to be Johann Sebastian Bach, a famous German composer of the 1700's. He had a very distinct hairstyle, although he lacks the curly mustache seen in the game.
  • In Rhythm Heaven, the game stops tracking the player's performance during the last ten steps, meaning it does not impact the player's score or Perfect Campaign. This is no longer true in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, however.
  • The Stepswitchers make a cameo in Cheer Readers.
  • This is one of a few games to keep the same controls for tapping from Rhythm Heaven to Rhythm Heaven Megamix when playing in Simple Tap Mode. The others being Fillbots, Shoot-'em-up, Freeze Frame and Munchy Monk.
  • The word “Lockstep”, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, means “a way of marching with each person as close as possible to the one in front”, which is what the Stepswitchers do in this game.

Unused[]

Main article: Lockstep/Unused

In Other Languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Flag jp Japanese ウラオモテ Back-Front
Flag us EnglishNOA Lockstep Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization (figuratively).
Flag gb EnglishNOE Lockstep
Flag fr French Recto verso Two-sided
Flag es Spanish ConsoleDS Icon A Contratiempo
Console3DS Icon A contratiempo
Offbeat
Flag de German Offbits Offbeats
Flag it Italian Sincromarcia Synchromarch
Flag kr Korean 그림자스텝 Shadowstep
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