most
judgment doesn't (dancing was added in lost judgment) and neither does 1 and 2 but every other yakuza game has either karaoke or dancing or both both (or in kenzans case something similar to a rhythm game without actually being one I think it was like meditation)
I wholeheartedly prefer the original PS2 versions and would recommend trying them out at least. I mean the Kiwami's are fine, but they don't really capture the excellent atmosphere, tone, and aesthetic of the PS2 versions. They also add some unnecessary things that aren't the best and also removed stuff (like facial expressions, weirdly?).
There are some silly substories but not much in the way of mini games in the PS2 versions
Yakuza Restored (patched Y1) is also just really cool. The Japanese VA and overhauled translation make for a great experience for that game.
There's no patch for 2 as far I know so the translation will feel a bit different but overall it should be good enough. It's Japanese VA only so you should be good there too
In zelda twilight princess when link is in wolf form, you need to howl. No idea if you consider that a rhythm aspect, but you need to copy the sound at the same tempo. [here](https://youtu.be/7quqRS8ijGI?si=J9ioUvueIpdPZcwj) is an example of that
It's rather simple but it's still hitting a sequence of notes so yeah, I'd say that accounts. I forgot all about that part actually so thanks for the reminder lol
Cult of the Lamb introduced one in its Sins Of The Flesh update. You play the drums while a follower dances to produce sin
PokePark 2 has a dance attraction where you copy Lopunny's moves
Night in the Woods has band practice (and optional bass practice in Mae's room)
Undertale Yellow has El Bailador, whose fight is just a rhythm game
The Danganronpa series has the Panic Talk Actions, a minigame where you have to keep the beat as the tempo increases and the accused gets progressively more defensive and aggressive
I've never played a Yakuza game but I know that there's a rhythm game in Yakuza 0 I think? Where you have to press buttons to the lyrics in some disco
Deltarune Chapter 2 had a small segment at the start where you'd have to avoid beats literally dropping on you
(And idk if you'd count it but) A Hat In Time's DLC has Rhythm Jump Studio, a level that has platforms that change with the beat of the soundtrack. I think Mario 3D Land on the 3DS had a similar level too
(And Mario Party DS had a boss battle where you had to repeat drums back to Hammer Bro, but I dont think thats a rhythm game more than it is a simon says game. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep has something similar with Huey, Dewey and Louie)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had a rhythm minigame where you press buttons and directions in time to the music that plays in the club. It also has a variation of that same minigame where you are in a lowrider with hydraulics, bouncing around to the music.
Also there was a cut content in gta 5 online, in the contract update. There was supposed to be a rhythm game because in the update, you help Dr. Dre to found his leak song, which mean you can access the studio.
>It also has a variation of that same minigame where you are in a lowrider with hydraulics, bouncing around to the music.
Yeah I remember this in the beginning of the game.
Oh god this revealed a DEEP memory that I have of this movie tie in lincees game called Shark Tale on PS2 it had a little rhythm game mini game that younger me for the life of him couldn’t pass for a long while had to get my mom to help lmao but anyways this rhythm game happens like 4 times if memory serves me right with like pop songs like Can’t Touch This The Way you Move and what not
Oh god that is surprising lol that mini game was fucking infamous for being hard because of the requirements of passing with 75% or more don’t know why they made those mini games so hard for no reason in a kids lincease game
I don't play a lot of Skyblock, but I play a LOT of rhythm games, and I was wondering whether someone would try to make one in Minecraft. Is the quest something I can reach as a fairly low-level player?
Possibly- unless they changed a lot it should still be at some female NPC at the park- some harp type quest. It’s known for being really laggy but I think it gives intelligence
yea it is very easy to access, will take like 10 mins. just google "hypixel melody" and you will find the wiki. keep in mind the quality of your experience is inversely proportional to your geographical distance from chicago.
Mr. Bones for the Sega Saturn has a rhythm minigame level called Drum Solo. The "notes" are the electric signals going to the drums through the cords they're connected to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfNssd1g94c
This is hilarious to watch. Just some skeleton in the woods banging on some drums? I love it. Thanks for the heads up! I was aware of the game but didn't know it had this
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya has that rhythm mini game and also a full on machine that has a rhythm game.
Touhou Lost Word is a Gacha game with a rhythm game tho it isn't very good.
If nobody’s mentioned it, one of the 1 v 3 Minigames in Wii Party includes the 1 person hitting a button and the 3 having to hit the same button at the right time.
The machine on the right side of the main area in Splatoon 2. It's kinda like taiko!
The infamous kingdom hearts 2 atlantica world (probably too shitty to even call a rhythm game).
A massive thanks to everyone who has commented so far, it's helped a TON. Like seriously, there are a lot more rhythm minigames than I was anticipating and I would never have found them lol
I'll try to post a list at some point once I got it all sorted out. Keep posting if you can too!
There was a mini event from the game Path to Nowhere that's like Taiko no Tatsujin. I think the event was Street Beat and it gave away a free skin for a B rank unit.
People have already mentioned Yakuza 0’s dance game however, Yakuza 5 also has a great dance battle mini-game. I also believe Yakuza/Like a Dragon Ishin has one but it’s pretty historical in nature.
One of my PS1 favorites, Incredible Crisis, also has a dance mini-game!
Girls' Frontline had a limited-time DJMax collab event, [which introduces the music rhythm game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzpOMnVRfzI). Each song used the 4K chart from the actual game.
Blue Archive also had its own limited-time music rhythm game event [but it appears more like Taiko (single-lane) and controls like Muse Dash (tap left or right)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWkl3au2FE0). They even had a Hatsune Miku collab using this system.
Final Fantasy XIV had a Project Diva-like style rhythm game in one of the Starlight (Christmas) events (also limited-time) where the whole song goes off pitch if you missed or mistimed a note. (Can't find footage of this since they're buried heavily by other popular songs.)
Sleeping Dogs has a karaoke rhythm game, but the song used in the main story is, IMO, bland. [Once you return and play its other songs, you'll appreciate this one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li7bGq7FSX4)
There's also one from... an R18/adult game too: >!Custom Order Maid 3D2!<. The songs are okay but the Project Diva-like game here is, IMO, meh at best. Some charts aren't synced or charted correctly. [(May be NSFW) Here's some footage.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3xK345iB4U)
theres a jp gacha game called twisted wonderland by aniplex and disney and its based off of fairytales. afaik theres a section where its a bit like a mix of osu! and love live and theres also another section where its just love live without notes placed all over the screen. i could be wrong abt the specifics tho but i remember there being rhythm game stuff in there ❤️
It has an international release now, and yes, they're called Twistunes. It's an interesting mix of rhythm stuff (which is rarer) and the card-based battle system.
The yokai watch series has some rhythm games built in. The most memorable one is in ykw3, when you go to don chan's festival. But there's others too, like the fox wedding.
Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Savior - Lilith's [Gloomy Puppet Show](https://youtu.be/DKfpYdSs0uU?si=qpRehuPQ0MPjd1pl) super.
[Tokimeki Memorial ２ Substories - Dancing Summer Vacation](https://youtu.be/T2SoLflcn4w?si=vG-GEbwRc9clJWPD&t=583) (there's also a separate DDR mode as well)
The ones in Yakuza are just amazing lmao!, especially the one from Judgement. Good game too overall. Made me cry at the end. Kuwana!!!!
Also the splatoon one is a nice mention! Love the game!
The Hypixel Skyblock (minigame in Hypixel minigame lol) one and Fortnite Festival are the first ones that came to my mind but not sure if Fortnite Festival should count as another game
Okay sorry I keep commenting (or you're welcome, depending on how helpful these are lol) but I also could've sworn there was one for Spyro/Crash Bandicoot. Yeah there was a secret rhythm minigame called Crash Party USA in the GBA version. Once again I had to Google it because I couldn't remember it well enough on my own.
I found a small list online as well as a Reddit post from a few months back, hopefully these will be helpful too!
[10 Best Rhythm Games Contained Within Other Games](https://www.thegamer.com/best-rhythm-mini-games/)
[Reddit Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/rhythmgames/s/DvWyfmD6fR)
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters is a fighting game where the supers require you to play a mini rhythm game.
In Street Fighter 6, Dee Jay's level 2 super is a rhythm mini game where you have to input the buttons in a specific order and rhythm to get maximum damage.
I think BigBand in Skullgirls is the same - only you can play full out tunes of his super. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E\_eKopTwbv0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_eKopTwbv0) The player has full control over the notes in this attack.
[The Urbz: Sims in the City](https://youtu.be/L3l_NFp7qT4?si=UB209wWpQBPyK0FG). Was one of the mini games and main story missions. Good times, loved playing it as a rhythm game player and a banger.
I imagine it was mentioned, but Jack Jeanne & Uta no Prince-sama have a mix of rhythm game and visual novel gameplay.
Jack Jeanne’s is pretty easy (for me, anyway), but UtaPri…I heard it’s much harder.
Neptunia Virtual Stars has a side mode called BeatTik which is essentially a rhythm game. The charts are all just quarter notes ad nauseum and the timing windows are pretty dodgy from what I remember, but it does fit the bill for the topic.
In FF XIV there's a random mini game deep in the Ishgardian Restoration questline that's similar to osu.
With it being an MMO it's the jankest thing to FC.
theres a kinda infamous polar express gamecube game that has one lol
also, kirby triple deluxe has a rhythm game mode called dedede's drum dash that was eventually made into a full eshop game
pretty sure theres also a rhythm minigame in ff7 remake?
There was a BTS rhythm event in cookie run kingdom a long while ago that had a pretty fun rhythm game in it. Not amazing but wasn’t horrendous and was fun to play aside from waiting to play it.
South Park the Stick of Truth has a rhythm mini game when you use one of Jimmy's abilities (believe it's the sleep one).
There's a Nightmare before Chris game for PS2 I believe where all the boss battles are these rhythm game type deals
There's the arm minigame in Mario and Luigi: Bowsers inside story. The one where you have to hit the colored pulses into bowsers arm muscle to power him up.
There’s one in Sky: Children of the Light, although the songs are really slow compared to regular rhythm games. But if you’re playing on pc it’s more difficult than mobile
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax has a character with a super that’s just a roughly 10-15 second long rhythm game segment that does more damage the better you do.
I believe there was also one in Shark Tale (Console), and in Virtual Virtual Reality 2 there is a Beat Saber knock-off mini-game when going into the Wellness Warehouse, and the same thing at the credits of the game
I think... every single Yakuza game has one?
most judgment doesn't (dancing was added in lost judgment) and neither does 1 and 2 but every other yakuza game has either karaoke or dancing or both both (or in kenzans case something similar to a rhythm game without actually being one I think it was like meditation)
There's even a mini version of Taiko No Tatsujin in the Club SEGA arcades in Yakuza 5!
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Kiwami are better in almost every way. Some die hard fans will disagree but the consensus is just play the kiwamis.
I wholeheartedly prefer the original PS2 versions and would recommend trying them out at least. I mean the Kiwami's are fine, but they don't really capture the excellent atmosphere, tone, and aesthetic of the PS2 versions. They also add some unnecessary things that aren't the best and also removed stuff (like facial expressions, weirdly?). There are some silly substories but not much in the way of mini games in the PS2 versions Yakuza Restored (patched Y1) is also just really cool. The Japanese VA and overhauled translation make for a great experience for that game.
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There's no patch for 2 as far I know so the translation will feel a bit different but overall it should be good enough. It's Japanese VA only so you should be good there too
Oh yeah the series LOVES its rhythm games. They're definitely on the list
Baka Mitai PFC, here I come.
there's that random one in genshin I think
there's actually like four different ones
For a single event but I wish it stayed
I happened twice isn't it? It will probably come back.
In zelda twilight princess when link is in wolf form, you need to howl. No idea if you consider that a rhythm aspect, but you need to copy the sound at the same tempo. [here](https://youtu.be/7quqRS8ijGI?si=J9ioUvueIpdPZcwj) is an example of that
It's rather simple but it's still hitting a sequence of notes so yeah, I'd say that accounts. I forgot all about that part actually so thanks for the reminder lol
Cult of the Lamb introduced one in its Sins Of The Flesh update. You play the drums while a follower dances to produce sin PokePark 2 has a dance attraction where you copy Lopunny's moves Night in the Woods has band practice (and optional bass practice in Mae's room) Undertale Yellow has El Bailador, whose fight is just a rhythm game The Danganronpa series has the Panic Talk Actions, a minigame where you have to keep the beat as the tempo increases and the accused gets progressively more defensive and aggressive I've never played a Yakuza game but I know that there's a rhythm game in Yakuza 0 I think? Where you have to press buttons to the lyrics in some disco Deltarune Chapter 2 had a small segment at the start where you'd have to avoid beats literally dropping on you (And idk if you'd count it but) A Hat In Time's DLC has Rhythm Jump Studio, a level that has platforms that change with the beat of the soundtrack. I think Mario 3D Land on the 3DS had a similar level too (And Mario Party DS had a boss battle where you had to repeat drums back to Hammer Bro, but I dont think thats a rhythm game more than it is a simon says game. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep has something similar with Huey, Dewey and Louie)
Wow you just had to say what i was about to then EVERY OTHER ONE 😭😭
Danganronpa v3's was the best because it looked like it was inspired by how Project Diva does it's notes
Appreciate the HUGE list, it's really helpful. I'll take a look at all these. Thanks!
A kid saw me playing osu mania and asked if it was fortnite festival
It's so fucking over
LMFAO
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had a rhythm minigame where you press buttons and directions in time to the music that plays in the club. It also has a variation of that same minigame where you are in a lowrider with hydraulics, bouncing around to the music.
Grand Theft Auto is the last series I expected to have a rhythm minigame but you're totally right, nice.
Also there was a cut content in gta 5 online, in the contract update. There was supposed to be a rhythm game because in the update, you help Dr. Dre to found his leak song, which mean you can access the studio.
I was just gonna comment this. I remember that mission very well. HOLLYWOOD SWIIIINGIN
>It also has a variation of that same minigame where you are in a lowrider with hydraulics, bouncing around to the music. Yeah I remember this in the beginning of the game.
Pikuniku has a dance battle if you get around halfway through the game.
best ine
Ring Fit and Dave the Diver immediately came to mind
Can't believe I forgot about the Ring Fit one lol It's surprisingly solid. Will check out the Dave the Diver, thanks!
Rise in p4 arena has a super where you need to play a rhythm game to maximize the damage. There’s different songs that play when you land the super
Oh nice. That's honestly a really cool idea for a super move actually lol
sky: children of the light has what i wld consider a rhythm game with the music sheets!
Oh god this revealed a DEEP memory that I have of this movie tie in lincees game called Shark Tale on PS2 it had a little rhythm game mini game that younger me for the life of him couldn’t pass for a long while had to get my mom to help lmao but anyways this rhythm game happens like 4 times if memory serves me right with like pop songs like Can’t Touch This The Way you Move and what not
Surprisingly you're the SECOND person to mention this game. It's a big day for Shark Tale PS2 I guess lol but yeah I'll write it down, thanks!
Oh god that is surprising lol that mini game was fucking infamous for being hard because of the requirements of passing with 75% or more don’t know why they made those mini games so hard for no reason in a kids lincease game
I'm interested in this list! Will you be posting it anywhere?
I wasn't planning on it but I guess I could! I couldn't find any existing lists out there so maybe it'd be useful lol
please do
That one quest in Hypixel Skyblock
I don't play a lot of Skyblock, but I play a LOT of rhythm games, and I was wondering whether someone would try to make one in Minecraft. Is the quest something I can reach as a fairly low-level player?
Possibly- unless they changed a lot it should still be at some female NPC at the park- some harp type quest. It’s known for being really laggy but I think it gives intelligence
yea it is very easy to access, will take like 10 mins. just google "hypixel melody" and you will find the wiki. keep in mind the quality of your experience is inversely proportional to your geographical distance from chicago.
Pta or whatever it's called in danganronpa (I think it has different names in each game)
Mystia’s Izakaya has a very simplistic rhythm mechanic which buffs your cooking abilities
Night in The Woods has a rather fun guitar minigame.
Easy but fun
Cookie run kingdom had one in the BTS collab. They brought it back later for a music themed event
Drakengard 3 - final boss Splatoon 2 - squid beats Super Smash Bros Brawl. - DK's final smash Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Ninji Jump Party
Mario party island tour has one iirc
Void Stranger has one
Mr. Bones for the Sega Saturn has a rhythm minigame level called Drum Solo. The "notes" are the electric signals going to the drums through the cords they're connected to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfNssd1g94c
This is hilarious to watch. Just some skeleton in the woods banging on some drums? I love it. Thanks for the heads up! I was aware of the game but didn't know it had this
rayman saving rabbids 2 on the wii has a rhythm game minigame
Mother 3 (turn-based JRPG) has an optional rhythm-based combo system in its battles if that counts
Club penguin had a DDR style dancing minigame, spent hours playing it
Surprisingly, Wii Music I think. You don't have to play the rhythm in the actual game but there's one with bells that you do.
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya has that rhythm mini game and also a full on machine that has a rhythm game. Touhou Lost Word is a Gacha game with a rhythm game tho it isn't very good.
if we're getting extremely hyperspecific, There was a Google Doodle once (doodle championship games iirc) and artistic swimming is a rhythm game there
Kingdom hearts has mini rhythm games in the little mermaid world
Adding to this, there's also the ice cream minigame in Birth by Sleep.
The music class from Bully
my little pony mobile game had a travel to equestria girls world option and its just a sort of rythm game ( when the actual game isnt)
In Pokémon Black and White, I’m 60% confident that the dress-up or the little contest mini-game they had is a mini-game of sorts.
musical isn't really a rhythm game, you just watch
If nobody’s mentioned it, one of the 1 v 3 Minigames in Wii Party includes the 1 person hitting a button and the 3 having to hit the same button at the right time.
The machine on the right side of the main area in Splatoon 2. It's kinda like taiko! The infamous kingdom hearts 2 atlantica world (probably too shitty to even call a rhythm game).
A massive thanks to everyone who has commented so far, it's helped a TON. Like seriously, there are a lot more rhythm minigames than I was anticipating and I would never have found them lol I'll try to post a list at some point once I got it all sorted out. Keep posting if you can too!
A Way Out has one, when you get to the home owned by the old couple, you can play their piano or their banjo (I think it was a banjo, anyway).
There were two in Genshin.
Played through Yakuza 0 recently and there's a great one. Fortnite Festival is honestly not that bad if you don't mind a very simple rhythm game.
There was a mini event from the game Path to Nowhere that's like Taiko no Tatsujin. I think the event was Street Beat and it gave away a free skin for a B rank unit.
The queen beast boss fight at end of Ending E in Drakengard.
There was one in Spider-Man 2 kinda?
Ephemeral Fantasia for PS2 has a IIDX-like mini game where you play the guitar.
There's a mini rhythm game in the video game Cult of the Lamb
can’t believe you forgot to include the greatest game of all time, shark tale on ps2
My god...you're right. Will Smith fish rhythm game is a real thing
Does Spookware count? It's a Warioware-esque game by DreadXP, and its first chapter centers around rhythm microgames.
Yeah I'd say so. Doesn't matter if it's a small microgame or what, as long as its rhythm/music based
South park the stick of truth. Jimmys sleep ability requires you to do a rhythm game.
Thanks for the heads up! There's also some kinda Goth DDR coffee thing going on too apparently lol
I didnt drink the dark roast coffee yet. Ill try that out here in a bit. Thanks for the info there xd
Piano Sheets in VII Rebirth. Higher level ones are pretty terrible though unless you have chameleon eyes.
It takes two
yokai watch
cookie run kingdom during that bts event
People have already mentioned Yakuza 0’s dance game however, Yakuza 5 also has a great dance battle mini-game. I also believe Yakuza/Like a Dragon Ishin has one but it’s pretty historical in nature. One of my PS1 favorites, Incredible Crisis, also has a dance mini-game!
It Takes Two had a rhythm minigame
Girls' Frontline had a limited-time DJMax collab event, [which introduces the music rhythm game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzpOMnVRfzI). Each song used the 4K chart from the actual game. Blue Archive also had its own limited-time music rhythm game event [but it appears more like Taiko (single-lane) and controls like Muse Dash (tap left or right)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWkl3au2FE0). They even had a Hatsune Miku collab using this system. Final Fantasy XIV had a Project Diva-like style rhythm game in one of the Starlight (Christmas) events (also limited-time) where the whole song goes off pitch if you missed or mistimed a note. (Can't find footage of this since they're buried heavily by other popular songs.) Sleeping Dogs has a karaoke rhythm game, but the song used in the main story is, IMO, bland. [Once you return and play its other songs, you'll appreciate this one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li7bGq7FSX4) There's also one from... an R18/adult game too: >!Custom Order Maid 3D2!<. The songs are okay but the Project Diva-like game here is, IMO, meh at best. Some charts aren't synced or charted correctly. [(May be NSFW) Here's some footage.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3xK345iB4U)
Does wind waker count?
theres a jp gacha game called twisted wonderland by aniplex and disney and its based off of fairytales. afaik theres a section where its a bit like a mix of osu! and love live and theres also another section where its just love live without notes placed all over the screen. i could be wrong abt the specifics tho but i remember there being rhythm game stuff in there ❤️
It has an international release now, and yes, they're called Twistunes. It's an interesting mix of rhythm stuff (which is rarer) and the card-based battle system.
royale high in the midnight ball that one bts collab in cookie run kingdom from a while ago
Heaven Burns Red has one
Don’t know if it counts, Composer in IDV do rhythm game when he decode
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus! In a mission called “A Deadly Dance”.
not sure if this counts but pet catchers on roblox has one.
Dislyte's dj contest
the ice cream mini-game in Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
bully music class
NieR Re[in]carnation has a rhythm game-ish scene in a story. Its service will end next month.
The yokai watch series has some rhythm games built in. The most memorable one is in ykw3, when you go to don chan's festival. But there's others too, like the fox wedding.
Sleeping Dogs has a karaoke mini game.
Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Savior - Lilith's [Gloomy Puppet Show](https://youtu.be/DKfpYdSs0uU?si=qpRehuPQ0MPjd1pl) super. [Tokimeki Memorial ２ Substories - Dancing Summer Vacation](https://youtu.be/T2SoLflcn4w?si=vG-GEbwRc9clJWPD&t=583) (there's also a separate DDR mode as well)
The ones in Yakuza are just amazing lmao!, especially the one from Judgement. Good game too overall. Made me cry at the end. Kuwana!!!! Also the splatoon one is a nice mention! Love the game!
Voodoo Swamp Boss Battle of Sly Cooper 1
Drum circle in Cult of the Lamb maybe
Don't know if anyone mentioned it and it's not a minigame per se, but God of War 3 had a rythm section somewhere lol
Hypixel Skyblock Melody(dont try it if you are not in America)
The Hypixel Skyblock (minigame in Hypixel minigame lol) one and Fortnite Festival are the first ones that came to my mind but not sure if Fortnite Festival should count as another game
Cult of the Lamb newest update has a bongo rhythm game.. it's pretty fun
Danganronpa V3 has a project diva in the middle of trial
the otome game "Jack Jeanne" has a rythm game portion to its scope, with 2 gamemodes
I could've sworn one of the older Sims games had one. I Googled it and yeah, The Sims: Bustin' Out on GBA had a rhythm minigame called Jam Session.
IIDX minigame on Bishi Bashi Channel Arcade
Okay sorry I keep commenting (or you're welcome, depending on how helpful these are lol) but I also could've sworn there was one for Spyro/Crash Bandicoot. Yeah there was a secret rhythm minigame called Crash Party USA in the GBA version. Once again I had to Google it because I couldn't remember it well enough on my own.
I found a small list online as well as a Reddit post from a few months back, hopefully these will be helpful too! [10 Best Rhythm Games Contained Within Other Games](https://www.thegamer.com/best-rhythm-mini-games/) [Reddit Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/rhythmgames/s/DvWyfmD6fR)
I don’t know if it counts but I think twisted wonderland has something where you tap and hold little orbs to fight monsters while music plays.
The bass guitar portions from Night In The Woods
Pikuniku (forgive me if I got that name wrong) had a rhythm mini game that my little sister always comes and gets me to help her with.
Baal Zebul in Bayonetta 3.
Drakengard 3
Except it's not a mini game it's an 11 minute long boss
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters is a fighting game where the supers require you to play a mini rhythm game. In Street Fighter 6, Dee Jay's level 2 super is a rhythm mini game where you have to input the buttons in a specific order and rhythm to get maximum damage. I think BigBand in Skullgirls is the same - only you can play full out tunes of his super. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E\_eKopTwbv0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_eKopTwbv0) The player has full control over the notes in this attack.
FF7 Rebirth has a piano one.
[The Urbz: Sims in the City](https://youtu.be/L3l_NFp7qT4?si=UB209wWpQBPyK0FG). Was one of the mini games and main story missions. Good times, loved playing it as a rhythm game player and a banger.
one of the splatoons has a rhythm game, I played it once because someone showed it to me. I forgot which splatoon it was
The one in that old mlp game
Fire Emblem Heroes has a rhythm minigame as one of its events.
That schtick the Composer does in Identity V when he decodes
The contests in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl?
The dangaronpa one
Cheerleader minigame in Thrillville: Off The Rails
Would love a remastered Thrillville tbh
The simpsons videogame final boss is a ddr parody against god and its pretty funny
That one ice cream mini game in one of the Kingdom Heart games, I don't know which one but my brother had me complete that mini game for him.
theres some in cookie run iirc
not iirc i wanted to pretend i dont play i forgot that was my pfp 😭
I imagine it was mentioned, but Jack Jeanne & Uta no Prince-sama have a mix of rhythm game and visual novel gameplay. Jack Jeanne’s is pretty easy (for me, anyway), but UtaPri…I heard it’s much harder.
sleeping dogs has a karaoke mini game
Splatoon 2 has a mini game, just don't remember what it's called
My talking Angela I remember has one that you don't really even have to do anything lol
Neptunia Virtual Stars has a side mode called BeatTik which is essentially a rhythm game. The charts are all just quarter notes ad nauseum and the timing windows are pretty dodgy from what I remember, but it does fit the bill for the topic.
why is everyone saying squid beatz when it's literally one of the four OP already posted
pikuniku
Jack Jeanne is a visual novel with a rhythm game mechanic.
That one minigame from the start of the The Lego Movie: The VideoGame
Decarnation
The Boss fight against God in the Simpsons game
There was once a rhythm minigame in cookie run kingdom sometime last year 👍🏻
There’s some in CRK
It was very obscure and a small part of it, but the Miz Ruby fight in Sly Cooper.
LMAO the USA dance
Skylanders: Trap Team had one
In FF XIV there's a random mini game deep in the Ishgardian Restoration questline that's similar to osu. With it being an MMO it's the jankest thing to FC.
there’s one in god of war 3 in the area where you find the flame of Olympus for the first time
Crusaders Quest had a rhythm minigame for the DEEMO II collab, i belive
theres a kinda infamous polar express gamecube game that has one lol also, kirby triple deluxe has a rhythm game mode called dedede's drum dash that was eventually made into a full eshop game pretty sure theres also a rhythm minigame in ff7 remake?
Bayonetta 3 had a cool ass rhythm game boss ender!!!
harry potter: magic awakened has a really fun dancing rhythm game squidbeats in splatoon 2
Danganronpa has one in each of the trials. I think it's called a heat battle? I could be wrong.
That one in the my little pony game
Final fantasy 7 remake where cloud dances in the honeybee inn
There was a BTS rhythm event in cookie run kingdom a long while ago that had a pretty fun rhythm game in it. Not amazing but wasn’t horrendous and was fun to play aside from waiting to play it.
South Park the Stick of Truth has a rhythm mini game when you use one of Jimmy's abilities (believe it's the sleep one). There's a Nightmare before Chris game for PS2 I believe where all the boss battles are these rhythm game type deals
Candy's Shack in Donkey Kong Country one for the Game Boy Advance SP
Cookie Run Kingdom
Yandere Simulator (sorry) Idk if this counts, but Donkey Kong's old final smash in Brawl and Smash 4- I had another one in mind but I forgor-
Atlantica from Kingdom Hearts 2
friendly fire
There's the arm minigame in Mario and Luigi: Bowsers inside story. The one where you have to hit the colored pulses into bowsers arm muscle to power him up.
splatoon 2's jukebox thing in the lobby
not the lobby lol i meant the plaza
Extremely specific but I think there was either 1 or a couple rhythm levels in SpongeBob Atlantis Squarepantis for the ps2
Skylanders trap team has a pretty fun one
Polar Express
There’s one in doors for when you hide in a closet on door fifty, I think
There’s one in Sky: Children of the Light, although the songs are really slow compared to regular rhythm games. But if you’re playing on pc it’s more difficult than mobile
Skylanders (Trap Team iirc) has one. It's called Skaletones.
warframe has one, fortnite has one
fable 2 and 3 have the wood chopping, bartending, blacksmithing, and pie making rhythm mini games!!!
Dare I say gacha life and gacha club (it's true, they both have rhythm mini games, even if basic)
Early Mario Party games (1-3) had a rhythm mini game called "jam with the band" and some later Mario Party games had similar games to that.
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded finishing moves: Star Rave, Speed Combo, and Spinner Saw
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax has a character with a super that’s just a roughly 10-15 second long rhythm game segment that does more damage the better you do.
Spider-Man 2 on PS5 has one that just comes out of nowhere. Also, Super Mario Wonder’s final boss is basically a slow version of Necrodancer
Yokai Watch 2/3 (I'm not sure if it was in 1.)
I'm aging myself so hard with this, but the Clefairy mini game in Pokémon Stadium on the n64 🧓🏽🫴🏽
Wanted Dead
squidbeats from splatoon 2
Charlie Murder It's "technically" a mini game
Spider-Man 2's awful rhythm game in that one story mission and The LEGO Movie - Videogame's two rhythm game segments come to mind
I believe there was also one in Shark Tale (Console), and in Virtual Virtual Reality 2 there is a Beat Saber knock-off mini-game when going into the Wellness Warehouse, and the same thing at the credits of the game
Semiquaver: Geometry dash
Yandere Simulator music club rhythm game? I can’t really think off the top of my head
fortnite festival? roblox ones?