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Chunithm (チュウニズム) (stylized in all caps) is an arcade rhythm game developed and published by Sega. Location tests for the game were held from November 2014 and the game was officially released on 16 July 2015. The game's title is a portmanteau of "chūnibyō" and "rhythm".

Gameplay
During each song, various objects travel down towards the judgement line at the bottom of the screen. The player must hit these objects in time with the music by pressing on their position on the ground slider. The object types are:


 * Tap: Colored bars that require a single tap.
 * Hold and Slide: Trails behind a bar that must be held down until they fully dissapear.
 * Air: Arrows attached to objects that require the player to move their hands towards the air sensors.
 * Air-Action: Lines following an arrow that requires the player to keep their hand within the sensors until they disappear. Purple blocks can also appear on the lines that are hit by waving hands up and down.
 * Flick: Black and blue bars that require the player to tap and flick either left or right.

After each song, the player is shown a breakdown of their performance, including a score and a letter grade. Each round of Chunithm typically consists of three songs.

An e-Amusement card can be scanned in order to save the player's data. Alongside the standard mode, the game also offers courses of songs to let the players test their ability.

Development
Ken Kobayakawa, the game's director, following development of Maimai, stated that he wanted to make a rhythm game that caters more to the traditional rhythm game players. Part of this design involved keeping the playfield and the hit area close to each other to make the game more intuitive.

Music and characters
The game includes a variety of japanese pop music including anime themes and Vocaloid songs.

Original songs composed for Chunithm often feature the game's characters in their box art.

Release


Various location tests for the game where held, including in Akihabara and the 2015 Japan Amusement Expo.

Outside of Japan
An official version for countries outside of Japan, initially titled Chunithm Superstar was first released on November 26, 2020.

In addition, many Round1 locations in the United States feature deprecated cabinets running the Chunithm Paradise Lost version. These cabinets are offline and have a limited selection of songs.