The Earth was peaceful...but everything changed, when the Lockstep nation attacked. People would cower in fear at the sound of their marching footsteps, their movements which were unnatural, and for some strange reason, projected the image of a man in the sky, acting as their signal of forthcoming.
I LOVE LOCKSTEP. It's honestly one of my favorites. It's not too hard and it actually tests your rhythm while putting a spin on it at the same time. This mini game actually taught me how to look for offbeats in songs and how to switch and follow them. It also made me appreciate and notice when a song's main beat switches to the offbeat (example: viva la vida by Coldplay). It just gave me a higher understanding of music and rhythm as a whole :)
I love when the song changes around 0:56. The transition to Bach's face and how pleasant sounding the music feels almost feels so peaceful and pleasant with bach there. I feel so great with him there making me feel so tranquil thank you
Rhythm Heaven is one of those things that seems super easy to an onlooker, but is WAY harder than it looks... You wouldn't believe how tough it is just switching between the beat and offbeat.
I remember being so incredibly bad at lockstep, it took me about 39 tries before I realised you had to switch your rhytm when the man was announcing it, and pay no attention to the screen. Then it became my favourite game
So I'm the section leader of the second violins in my school's orchestra, and I completely credit hours and hours of practicing this game to my ability to play on the back beat so well.
The rhythm of the man's "Hai, hai, hai - ahoy!" is the same rhythm you should be tapping to to change to the offbeat - once you get the hang of the transition, the rest of it comes easy.
My Review: I LOVE Lockstep. The music is full of energy, and it's extremely pleasing to listen to. I love the song in this level. The game is simple and fun, it's really easy, and it's just amazing in every way. 10/10 Hai hai hai AHA!
In RHDS, three games don't count barlies as misses when going for a Perfect. Those three games are Shoot-'em-up (1 and 2), Frog Hop (1 and 2), and, you guessed it, Lockstep 1 and 2.
Ah, Lockstep. A very simple minigame, to be honest, but definitely the hardest of the original 24 to get down the pattern of. And I loved the text you get for perfecting it, definitely gave me a deeper understanding of rhythm.
actually this one is the simplest one I think, it's just 'tap tap tap t-tap tap' with the t-tap on the beat switching. I think a harder one is drummer duel, or rockers
@@PhunkieZero Moai Do 'Oop, Rockers and Rhythm Rally are hard if you do not get the gist of them at first, and given how fairly vague are the practice sections when tellling you how to do it, well... Drummer Duel is this when you rely too much on looking rather than listening. That's why these videos tend to be more helpful.
This one has some of the coolest, most innovative visual design in the entire series - which is why it's such a shame that the only way I can consistently perfect it is by closing my eyes...
Do one yourself then! Shouldn't be too hard. Besides, they say perfect because according to the game they got it, which is good enough for most people.
@@SynoPTL Because it teaches you how to switch between off- and on-beat which you can use creatively in music. After this I understood better why certain rhythms sound the way they do
This is basically a skill gate. Unlike most of the minigames, Lockstep constantly changes the rhythm pattern from the usual beat to a backbeat. It looks simple, but in practice it's hell, since the backbeat has a different tempo and beat. It requires you to learn how to quickly switch from two different rhythm patterns. But again, once you figure the trick out, I heard it's pretty simple.
*Plays Lockstep for the first time and gets Try Again* Well, this is one of the most hated mini games here, I'll try again! *Plays again and gets OK* Sweet! Onto Rockers now! *Comes back to play again after remix 6 to get Superb on my second try* Impressive! I enjoyed that this time! *Perfect Note appears on Lockstep* Well, Fuck, I really don't think I can do this... *Gets perfect First try* FUCKING HOW!?
I should probably get help, but slapping someone in the face to this sounds incredibly funny to me, even swapping what direction I'm slapping based on the beat.
Due to the fact that I was once a drummer in my school's ensemble, I thought my rhythm was good, but this convinced me otherwise Edit: I think it’s just the speed that I’m not used to (I can do the practice with no problem)
Woomy person, wherever you are I would just like to tell you that you have become a celebrity of the rhythm heaven comment section and I want to go outside of you house when it’s like 3 am blast this song while doing the lockstep menacingly.
I simply don't know how people can switch beats so quickly like this, this is definitely why I'm not in a marching band Or maybe I just don't know how to go off beat idk
Switching between the on beat and the off beat as a person who's vaguely familiar with music theory and music playing really challenged me in a way I really needed at the time.
For me it wasnt that i relayed on visual cues but like didnt anybody else's wrist cramped after a bit and suddenly lost the rhythm for a bit and everything else went to shit?😭 Took me like a year to pass this level when i was kid lmao
The key to successfully transitioning between beat/off beat is a double tap during the vocal cue. Here's a visual to help (X=tap, _= pause): X_X_X_XX_X_X_X
It only took me two attempts to get a superb on this minigame. Honestly, the ONE thing that bothers me halfway through this song is the visuals. They hurt my eyes.
the way this minigame absolutely exploded my brain- from teaching me about offbeats, to having such cute little guys and THEN the mysterious face when it zooms out..... all the ingredients of a great RH minigame my beloved
Superbed this first try yesterday One of my greatest accomplishments But frog hop, space soccer, and lockstep were all really fun I can’t wait to do their sequels
this level is really easy once you have practiced it for 2 hours and have the rhythm so engrained into your muscle memory that it changes the way you knock on doors.
![[Rhythm Heaven Fever] ~ Flock Step (Perfect)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uuAgccyZVJ8/mqdefault.jpg)
*>4 lines of positive text*
"Just OK"
n o
@Theusernameless no its worse
「Felt Fahrenheit」 no bro
you mute a little bit too early on rockers 2 and youre 100% you got a perfect but the game gives you a "just OK"
just ok is emotionally worse
I believe it's a translation issue. In spanish is "good" and "pretty good" (Bien/Bastante bien)
This level is what separates people who rely on visual cues from those who have a true sense of rhythm.
I know right
kylezaking true, im more of a both, i can rely on visuals, but i can also rely on rhythm, i got a perfect on this one to prove that i can rely on it
I can't play Lockstep with my eyes opened, i need to close my eyes to play Lockstep.
I close my eyes when I play it
kam frusciante same
One day some group of around 100 people are going to do this in real life, and it will be glorious.
Funnystuf
I'd feel sorry for the one off-beat guy who gets slapped by the guy next to him (who does it without missing a beat).
+Mettan Atem \(_■)\ \(_■)\ \(_■)\ \(_■)\ you can always tell who the new guy is
They'd pay the new guy to get smacked!
Judging from the amount of stepswitchers at 1:00 it would take around 768 (32 x 24) people. 840 (42 x 20) in Megamix. Yes, i counted.
shoot, my friend count is 3..... close enough.
“This soap kills 99% percent of germs “
The last 1% multiplying:
me putting two drops of soap to kill 198%
@@embeboso8329 ITS SOAP
@@stuffsonanimation4262 oh oops forgot
@@stuffsonanimation4262 soap bar or soap? he never said soap bar.
Mitosis
Now I want that a group of about 100 people do the Lockstep perfectly in real life.
1. lots of paint
2. extremely good coordination
Christopher Featherstone *too good coordination, like holy shit people shouldn't be able to move this fast what the fuck.
stephan crump Then what about Lockstep 2?
*eh it's easier but damn after playing with that fast tempo i cant go back to this slow shit.
Attempted this. Fell face-first into a CRT screen. ow.
The Earth was peaceful...but everything changed, when the Lockstep nation attacked. People would cower in fear at the sound of their marching footsteps, their movements which were unnatural, and for some strange reason, projected the image of a man in the sky, acting as their signal of forthcoming.
Haha avatar joke is funny
@@PErplEFlEmE it's 3 years ago whadya expect my man
They are called Stepswitchers according to the credits
@@breadsticks2202 did i just found a cursed comment?
Lovely how I remember being named that, shouldve kept this account an alt tbh
_"Hey hey hey, haha !"_
_"Oom ah oom ah hey !"_
In the files of mega mix it says it’s pronounced hai ho and nha
Ahh yes! yes!
Hey, hey, hey, ha hoi! Who, who, who, ha he ha heh!
@@frankfillie8855 🤓
Let him finish his word...
This level took me forever
Yeah
@Azura Why do people treat a verified comment like he's not just a simple commenter-
I watch you!
@@tabletgenesis3439 Beacuse it verified
A
Lockstep: exists
People who rely on visual cues: What's this? What's this? What's this? A trick with a twist?
Somebody do something,
Call somebody and make it quick!
@@darksparkyshark430 Ah, I see you are a man of culture.
@@darksparkyshark430 I’m sorry, I lied. Just wanted to guide everybody though this and go with ride......
Haha, Guru Ant
@@darksparkyshark430 👌
I love how in any video of Lockstep or a video of a remix that features Lockstep the bitrate dies when it reaches Lockstep
lmaooo true
I'm gonna blame YT compression for this even if it's not their fault
I LOVE LOCKSTEP. It's honestly one of my favorites. It's not too hard and it actually tests your rhythm while putting a spin on it at the same time. This mini game actually taught me how to look for offbeats in songs and how to switch and follow them. It also made me appreciate and notice when a song's main beat switches to the offbeat (example: viva la vida by Coldplay). It just gave me a higher understanding of music and rhythm as a whole :)
same
You...you don’t know the PAIN, of someone who has played piano. We play on the beat, not on the off beat. This level, it broke me.
@@eldritch_midnight6007 I dont want to seem rude but, r/gatekeeping vibes are being given off here
@@mimikyube not everything is gatekeeping....
@@Jelyjiggler that's just what it *feels* like, not actually saying it is.
I love when the song changes around 0:56. The transition to Bach's face and how pleasant sounding the music feels almost feels so peaceful and pleasant with bach there. I feel so great with him there making me feel so tranquil thank you
Doing the off-beats just hurts my soul
me too
They call me a butthole every time they go offbeat
for me it’s when u have to switch lol and also the offbeat
Edit: NOW I MASTERED IT AND GOT A SUPERB LOL
doing the on-beats hurts my soul
lockstep just hurts my soul in general 😔
I get Vietnam flashbacks watching this
Only in Soviet Russia
Hai hai hai ah oooooo
@@tobiasguerra ii in hvgt
Are you sure you're not talking about remix 8?
SAME😂😂😂😂
Me: * completely offbeat and missed many cues *
“Superb!”
Me: 👁👄👁
Meanwhile, in Fan Club/Fan Club 2
“Oh? You missed one? Fk you”
Tony Phillips-Ogle r/whoooosh
@@theawesomepanda1lance241 glee club too
@@lucejovenet3196
Space Soccer 2 too
@@theawesomepanda1lance241 this one is pretty forgiving
As a lifelong drummer, I never even realized people thought this one was hard. It's one of the easiest ones for me lmao it's just keeping a beat
Dang, you became a drummer to pass lockstep?
@@caffeinefueledanxiety5116 i superb'd lockstep quite easily, and also passed with a just ok first try
it is the easiest
same. but i have never gotten rhythm heaven,
@@brendanstreecko7847 same lol
Everyday after school I log off of zoom and watch these little dudes do their little lockstep dance. Look at them go
why is this what i would do if i still had online school
They need to make lockstep a battle royal game, last one to not lose the perfect wins
I really hope there is a new rhythm heaven game but I doubt it bc the creator of the game lost his voice 😔
@@royal_ghost1540whos the creator??
Tsunku
Barelies allowed?
Rhythm Heaven is one of those things that seems super easy to an onlooker, but is WAY harder than it looks... You wouldn't believe how tough it is just switching between the beat and offbeat.
...so that why they let you put barely inputs, pretty fair for a perfect.
@@carlitos_2player not in megamix
Me when doing practice: Ok! Only 3? I can handle that!
Me after practice: OH GOD NO!
katie ward: sighhh even TH-cam can’t keep up with that many
Imagine visuals cues
just close your eyes
If rtgame tried this, he'd literally die
well he just did this now on megamix. he's just dead
Well, you should look at what he posted today lol.
@@lightbluesleeper He did, and he literally called this “fundamentally broken”
imagine lockstep was multiplayer and each lockstepper was a player around the whole world
chaotic
basically just that mut in mp3 format:
b-boi-b-b-b-b-b-boing-boing-boing-b--boin-boing
Thumbs up if you tapped along.
Tobi Areje always omg, its catchy
+Martha Soto *powerpuff girls
begging for likes, hmm yes
**I tried to fap to the rythm and I can't feel my legs**
@@ante6892 *Please help*
I remember being so incredibly bad at lockstep, it took me about 39 tries before I realised you had to switch your rhytm when the man was announcing it, and pay no attention to the screen.
Then it became my favourite game
Ironic how i tap to the rythm and i look at the guys on the screen confused on why they are dancing weird
I couldn't beat this level until I tried closing my eyes and tapping by ear Jedi style and like that it became the easiest level for me
So I'm the section leader of the second violins in my school's orchestra, and I completely credit hours and hours of practicing this game to my ability to play on the back beat so well.
people bragging about how it's easy... am I the only one for whom it's insanely hard???? I just can't get the offbeat right
try it with your eyes closed. and listen for the sound cue to switch the beat.
The rhythm of the man's "Hai, hai, hai - ahoy!" is the same rhythm you should be tapping to to change to the offbeat - once you get the hang of the transition, the rest of it comes easy.
Yeah I already beat the game :) thanks
when I was young, I asked my older sister to play this one in particular because I found it hard hahaha
nope, i have tried it like 21 times and im still when is onbeat im offbeat and when is offbeat im onbeat
My Review:
I LOVE Lockstep. The music is full of energy, and it's extremely pleasing to listen to. I love the song in this level. The game is simple and fun, it's really easy, and it's just amazing in every way.
10/10
Hai hai hai AHA!
i love the lil stepswitcher dudes,,,theyre so funky :)))
Pro Strategie:
Tie your Stylus to a metronome
ok time to get 100 points on all the story games in megamix
Dean Francis d o n ‘ t t o u c h t h e e l e c t r i c f i s h
@@ptmars9586 yummy fish
@Dean Francis gba night walk was underwhelming
I got a perfect on this my first time on an emulator, and just started crying.
Also, I hear so many barely beats.
In RHDS, three games don't count barlies as misses when going for a Perfect. Those three games are Shoot-'em-up (1 and 2), Frog Hop (1 and 2), and, you guessed it, Lockstep 1 and 2.
Should've been called 'Bachstep'. Get it?
stupid joke
There is no joke
The words bach and lock dont go toghter. No sense
Johann Sebastian Bach? (that was the person formed in the center of the whole dancing)
its funny because people dont get this
@@therealmaggiemae bach is pronounced bock
240p for maximum viewing pleasure.
One does not simply bring up the horror of perfecting Rhythm Rally 2. The mere thought is enough to bring a grown man to tears
Good thing barista boy skipped it.
Ah, Lockstep. A very simple minigame, to be honest, but definitely the hardest of the original 24 to get down the pattern of. And I loved the text you get for perfecting it, definitely gave me a deeper understanding of rhythm.
actually this one is the simplest one I think, it's just 'tap tap tap t-tap tap' with the t-tap on the beat switching. I think a harder one is drummer duel, or rockers
@@PhunkieZero Moai Do 'Oop, Rockers and Rhythm Rally are hard if you do not get the gist of them at first, and given how fairly vague are the practice sections when tellling you how to do it, well... Drummer Duel is this when you rely too much on looking rather than listening.
That's why these videos tend to be more helpful.
I couldn't pass this or Lockstep 2 until I finished Remix 10. To move into offbeat, just follow when he says, 'HI HI HI HA HA!'
...yeah...did you not do the practice?
@@eldritch_midnight6007 no lockstep is just torture
That's the entire point
1:16 Bach is that you?
I knew it was Bach!
dragongabe1 I would have said Albert Einstein but that doesn't make any sense
finally someone said it
Who is Bach?
He is finally bach!
I struggled at first but it became a favorite quickly. Made sure to get a perfect. Such a feel good song
I've just cried watching this again after so many years. I was so happy back then and things were much simpler. Good times man
I recently picked up my DS again to come back to this game!
please ive had "hey hey hey ahA wop wop mHAH mHAH hey" stuck in my head for the past few days
Pfft. I can do this with my eyes closed .
It's a rhythm game. Why not? ^^
Yeah? well I probably could do this with one hand behind my back! lol xP
Kirby Dube
Can you do it with pennies on the eyes of a dead mime?
LIEZ DEY EBRYWARE
I can beat this by just using one finger!
This one has some of the coolest, most innovative visual design in the entire series - which is why it's such a shame that the only way I can consistently perfect it is by closing my eyes...
I'm just happy this one doesn't have any flicking. I'm terrible at flicking.
Hey i think im pretty good at this game
Lockstep: Im about to end this man's whole career
I love how you can see him struggling to keep up and somehow does.
I wish the "perfect" videos for these on youtube were actually perfect...Like maybe you got a perfect score but the beat is noticably off..
No one can plays as a Perfect God :(
Do one yourself then! Shouldn't be too hard. Besides, they say perfect because according to the game they got it, which is good enough for most people.
Trust me, Rhythm Heaven Fever is less forgiving on that matter. If Lockstep was in Fever, this vid wouldn't be a perfect.
I'm pretty sure it's because the player is using the touch screen, which can be less reliable for rhythm compared to a button press.
Yeah, if you pause, there's a chance that the Stepswitcher he's playing as isn't dancing or is dancing when the other Stepswitchers are standing.
Perfect art doesn't exi-
Like: Lockstep
Comment: Flockstep
does both
does both as well
Does both too
Both
“You’re bit rate?”
“Yes. And it was beautiful...”
This taught me a great lesson about rythm. I remember beating this level was huge eye opener music-wise
How so
@@SynoPTL Because it teaches you how to switch between off- and on-beat which you can use creatively in music. After this I understood better why certain rhythms sound the way they do
probably my fave game out of them all! both visually and music wise.
This is basically a skill gate. Unlike most of the minigames, Lockstep constantly changes the rhythm pattern from the usual beat to a backbeat. It looks simple, but in practice it's hell, since the backbeat has a different tempo and beat. It requires you to learn how to quickly switch from two different rhythm patterns. But again, once you figure the trick out, I heard it's pretty simple.
Tempo is the same, you're just switching between onbeats and offbeats
I only just played Rhythm Heaven for the first time today and I got my first perfect in Lockstep! It's such a fun rhythm
You got to lockstep in 1 day?
@@alexk9642 I did, playing it was basically all I did the day I got it
1:16 Always reminded me of Super Mario Galaxy.
It just built different after hearing it
Fun fact: They got multiple "barely"s, but they count towards a perfect in this stage.
these bois are NOT social distancing.
I love how after it starts it just gets progressivly more low-res the longer ur looking at it
*Plays Lockstep for the first time and gets Try Again*
Well, this is one of the most hated mini games here, I'll try again!
*Plays again and gets OK*
Sweet! Onto Rockers now!
*Comes back to play again after remix 6 to get Superb on my second try*
Impressive! I enjoyed that this time!
*Perfect Note appears on Lockstep*
Well, Fuck, I really don't think I can do this...
*Gets perfect First try*
FUCKING HOW!?
I FINALLY GOT A PERFECT ON LOCKSTEP!!!
lets go dude thats rad
th-cam.com/video/V6T6R6Oscpw/w-d-xo.html (unsarcastically)
i got it in 6 minutes
@@ledkol holy flippin crap my guy
Props to you
It was the second game i got a perfect on and it was before i managed to get past shoot em up 2
my sense of rhythm is great, i don't rely on visual cues at a-
I should probably get help, but slapping someone in the face to this sounds incredibly funny to me, even swapping what direction I'm slapping based on the beat.
Once I got the hang of it, this was actually one of my faves!!
My favourite level. Seriously, I could play this level for HOURS and not get tired of it.
Due to the fact that I was once a drummer in my school's ensemble, I thought my rhythm was good, but this convinced me otherwise
Edit: I think it’s just the speed that I’m not used to (I can do the practice with no problem)
Everyone else: This is hard!
Me, who has a true sense of rhythm: *Smug Megumin Face*
is it just me, or at 0:59 there's a picture you can see?
Yes there's a face
I GOT STUCK ON THE FUCKING TUTORIAL FOR THIS ONE
FOR 15 MINUTES
i couldn't pass the one with the transitions 💀💀💀
This but with space soccer
*Everybody: Exists*
*Lockstep: i'm gonna end this man's whole career*
Mr. Game & Watch It’s not even that hard.
@@sirkfctho Finally, a friend.
Holy crap the music gets so good with the violins and stuff near the end...
Just beat this level, used the foot pedal on my drum kit to keep time, just pretended I was playing the snare on my DS. Favourite level so far
Woomy person, wherever you are I would just like to tell you that you have become a celebrity of the rhythm heaven comment section and I want to go outside of you house when it’s like 3 am blast this song while doing the lockstep menacingly.
Video: [perfect]
(0:35): no
We all hurd it lol
Nobody:
The police when i get 6 stars in GTA: 0:18
I simply don't know how people can switch beats so quickly like this, this is definitely why I'm not in a marching band
Or maybe I just don't know how to go off beat idk
for me it’s just tapping twice quickly, and then maintaining the beat as usual
it's not the best ever but it's still a lockstep and lockstep owns
9/10
@@c99-c9 lockstep 2
Me when I was 15, before having played MOTHER 3: "This is impossible!"
Me when I was 19, after having played MOTHER 3: "This is easy as pie."
Alex M. Wrong video??!
Or wrong name?
What does Mother 3 have to do with this??
Go back
Luni Luna
Rhythmic attacks. Need I say more?
Want - Diverse Content 16-hit combos that the highest you can get
This minigame was horror for me at first, but then, one day, I nailed it and nailed it ever subsequent times... I still don't get how it works
HIPE HIPE HIPE AH HA
HYPE TRAIN
Jcriptobeta Yay a tails recolour
GameGear
how is this a Fucking Recolour When its Using Original Tails? XD
Lol
MMM AH MMM AH HEY
This game (all of rhythm heaven too) taught me about music :D
Dumb music teacher not teaching me bout offbeats
This is one of those games where it makes you desperate for perfect, the song is so good!
Switching between the on beat and the off beat as a person who's vaguely familiar with music theory and music playing really challenged me in a way I really needed at the time.
For me it wasnt that i relayed on visual cues but like didnt anybody else's wrist cramped after a bit and suddenly lost the rhythm for a bit and everything else went to shit?😭
Took me like a year to pass this level when i was kid lmao
You're such a great player!
I wish the early/late would still count in megamix because every time i go for perfect I get one early step.
The key to successfully transitioning between beat/off beat is a double tap during the vocal cue. Here's a visual to help (X=tap, _= pause): X_X_X_XX_X_X_X
Everyone is crying about this one being hard
Oh when they get to Remix 8 and Moai Doo Wop 2...
*pain*
and rhythm rally 2. It just goes on forever
I superbed remix 8 and perfected lockstep 2 before superbing lockstep 1 😭
Oh look, Bach it's actually hounting my DS...
The monokuma army in their spare time:
Boy do I love sitting down for some rhythm heaven to calm the ner-
regardless of difficulty, it's a good song,the late symphonic is awesome,I'd wish Lockstep 2 had a long version of this,but okay
It only took me two attempts to get a superb on this minigame. Honestly, the ONE thing that bothers me halfway through this song is the visuals.
They hurt my eyes.
0:41 reminds me of kirby
it makes me happy I enjoy it
If you pause it when it's zoomed all the way out, on every other step you can see what looks like a portrait behind them.
폭8전야 보고온사람 좋아요
아아아아아아아아아아아아조조조좇까까까까까까
I was stuck on this for a while, until I realized I had to double tap when it switched rhythms
1:10 looks like a face
That's Bach
the way this minigame absolutely exploded my brain- from teaching me about offbeats, to having such cute little guys and THEN the mysterious face when it zooms out..... all the ingredients of a great RH minigame my beloved
I literally didn't miss anything, it's either ace or barely and yet i get just OK...
EDIT: Got it now.
Maybe you got a bajillion barelies... that's what happens to me
Superbed this first try yesterday
One of my greatest accomplishments
But frog hop, space soccer, and lockstep were all really fun I can’t wait to do their sequels
Flockstep is much easier ono
this level is really easy once you have practiced it for 2 hours and have the rhythm so engrained into your muscle memory that it changes the way you knock on doors.