

He has been the main responsible of establishing the trademark art style of both series. Takeuchi also reprised those roles in the Rhythm Heaven series, starting with Rhythm Tengoku. He kept working on further titles of the franchise as art director and designing many other characters. In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Takeuchi was put in charge of redesigning Wario and creating all of the original cast characters of the title. After that, he was put in charge of designing the backgrounds of Wario Land 4. His first title at the company was a Hamtaro title for the Game Boy Color, where he assisted Yoshio Sakamoto. Back in Japan, after a small time in the company Warp where he worked on the game D-2, he joined Nintendo at the R&D1 department. During Practice, they glance over with embarrassed looks on their faces instead.After graduating from the Horikoshi High School in Tokyo, Takeuchi studied at the Cartooning Faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York. The others blow a raspberry and make a disapproving face at the player. Miss.: The player taps at the wrong time or doesn't tap at all.


During Practice, they glance over with embarrassed looks on their faces instead. Early!/Late!: The player taps off the beat, making a "tick" sound.Halfway through the game, the tapper on the left also brings out a confetti popper, and a little after tappers wave their arms up with their hands in an OK sign. When changing back to the regular rhythm, the player taps extra hard, and The Tall Tappers gleefully say "OK!". Perfect!/Ace!: The player taps in time with the others.The final "tap" is always on the next available beat in the original groove, regardless of where the previous two land, meaning the distance between the second and third tap is occasionally shorter or longer. This continues until the voice says "Tap, tap, tap!", signaling the rhythm is going to change back. The player must shift to a 4:3 polymeter rhythm. The player must maintain a steady beat of tap dancing with the rest of the tappers.Īt certain parts of the game, a voice says "Rea-dy!" indicating a rhythm change. The tappers' legs occupy most of the screen, while their faces are seen in the bottom left. In this game, the player controls one of The Tall Tappers.
