History VideoGame / HiFiRush

** Certain EliteMooks will become enraged when stunned and force Chai into a party battle in retaliation.

* TurnsRed: Most bosses become more aggressive and have more devastating attacks after losing most of their health, such as [=QA-1MIL=]'s "Serious Mode".

* FacialRecognitionSoftware: Korsica's office is secured by a facial recognition scanner that will only let her in. Chai gets around it first by taking a ventilation shaft to get in, and then by ungraciously smushing Korsica's face against the scanner to get out after her boss fight.

** Chapter 10's beginning, of all things, [[spoiler:mimics ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' infamous disc 2 exposition dumps, with Chai sitting on the couch, under a spotlight in the dark, as his UsefulNotes/MP3 player dangles and sways behind text that explains all the epic things that happened off-camera]].

* AnAesop:
** We all have our faults, and enhancements (real or fictional) can only get you so far. It's easy to assume good things will come by themselves when you make a drastic change, but it takes lots of hard work and practice, and sometimes trust and reliance of friends, to overcome any obstacle and achieve your goals.
** Don't let anyone tell you who you are, especially if they don't know you. The bad guys all call Chai a "defect" and mock his desire to be a rockstar, but he's better than any of the Vandelay robots and the non-defective Project Armstrong members, and he ''is'' a rockstar.

!!Tropes:

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/{{BlueStahli}} ♫ You are a rockstar, a superhero, get up, get up and show them what you're made of. ♫]]'']]

''Hi-Fi RUSH'' is a StylishAction RhythmGame developed by Tango Gameworks, the studio behind ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' and ''VideoGame/GhostwireTokyo'', and published by Creator/{{Bethesda}}. It was announced for Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, Xbox Game Pass, and PC via Platform/{{Steam}} and the Platform/EpicGamesStore on January 25, 2023 during the Xbox and Bethseda Developer_Direct, [[SurpriseRelease and subsequently released later that day.]]

* CoolCodeOfSource: Parodied when Chai and Peppermint reach Rekka's office. Chai thinks he has found the SPECTRA AI, pointing to a large computer monitor with an intricate display of random lines of digits appearing around an abstract swirling graphic. [[spoiler:Peppermint quickly corrects him and reveals that it's just a screensaver, with the actual computer just being a regular desktop with shortcuts to different files]].

** At one point during the last proper level, CNMN ends up as HalfTheManHeUsedToBe because [[spoiler:the recoil from the cannon he fires was so intense that it shattered his body]]. If you go to the hideout and speak to CNMN after this happens, Chai will note that CNMN is complete fine, though CNMN encourages Chai to [[FourthWallObserver not think too hard about what this means]].

* JokeItem: Hidden among the Chip upgrades is "Rhythm Dodge Pull Cancel", a Chip that just removes the PowerUpMagnet ability of the Rhythm Dodge. The item description reveals that Peppermint made a deliberately useless ability to check if Chai actually reads the descriptions.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire game takes place over two days, tops. It's likely even shorter; the game starts in early day, goes through night stages, then dawn and daytime again, but several levels take place entirely indoors. The only time an hour is mentioned is in a FreezeFrameBonus at the end of Track 6 where the station displays 21:45; but it's unclear how much time passed after [[spoiler:Chai is knocked unconscious and captured by Korisca, and the time they took to finish her surgery after saving her at the end of Track 7.]] Chai {{lampshades}} this in Security Wing 2, when Macaron gives him a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech, Chai responds that they've only known each other for about five hours.

* GameplayGrading: Fights are graded on your score, how fast you complete encounters, and how on-beat you were, with ranks ranging from D to S.

* AnAesop: We all have our faults, and enhancements (real or fictional) can only get you so far. It's easy to assume good things will come by themselves when you make a drastic change, but it takes lots of hard work and practice, and sometimes trust and reliance of friends, to overcome any obstacle and achieve your goals.
** Additionally: Don't let anyone tell you who you are, especially if they don't know you. The bad guys all call Chai a defect and mock his desire to be a rockstar, but he's better than any of the Vandelay robots and the non-defective Project Armstrong members, and he ''is'' a rockstar.

* SevenDeadlySins: Though {{Downplayed}}, each of the 7 main bosses fought throughout the game have aspects of these to them.

* StreamerFriendlyMode: A streamer mode can be enabled in the options which replaces the licensed music with original, stream-friendly tunes.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Rekka talks like this.

** When playing through the first level, Chai eventually gets access to his SuperMove meter, which he then must use to break through a window to keep moving. When replaying this stage through stage select, no matter what Super Move you have equipped on Chai, he'll use Power Chord when you have to break the window. That way, having non-damage Super Moves equipped (like Pick-Me-Up or Steal the Show) or a Super Move which requires more than one bar to use won't leave you stuck.

** The memos you can find in [[spoiler:the SPECTRA Hub Room]] depict Kale mocking business ideas that are actually the premises of other games, like ''{{VideoGame/Fallout}}'', or, of course, ''[[SelfDeprecation The Evil Within]]''. One of them is an email from [[TheScrooge Roquefort]] brainstorming ideas for how to further monetize the rollout of SPECTRA, including pre-order bonuses and day-one DLC.

''Hi-Fi RUSH'' is a StylishAction RhythmGame developed by Tango Gameworks, the studio behind ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' and ''VideoGame/GhostwireTokyo'', and published by Creator/{{Bethesda}}. It was announced for Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, Xbox Game Pass, and PC via Platform/{{Steam}} and the UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore on January 25, 2023 during the Xbox and Bethseda Developer_Direct, [[SurpriseRelease and subsequently released later that day.]]

''Hi-Fi RUSH'' is a StylishAction RhythmGame developed by Tango Gameworks, the studio behind ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' and ''VideoGame/GhostwireTokyo'', and published by Creator/{{Bethesda}}. It was announced for UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, Xbox Game Pass, and PC via Platform/{{Steam}} and the UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore on January 25, 2023 during the Xbox and Bethseda Developer_Direct, [[SurpriseRelease and subsequently released later that day.]]

** Korsica is the head of Security, but [[spoiler:Chai makes it all the way to her locked-down office through [[AirVentPassageway a glaring security hole]]. She's also the only boss to keep her password in her head, but it's just "PASSWORD". [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish Which is the most popular -- and therefore insecure -- password you can have]].

** Chapter 10's beginning, of all things, [[spoiler:mimics ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' infamous disc 2 exposition dumps, with Chai sitting on the couch, under a spotlight in the dark, as his MP3 player dangles and sways behind text that explains all the epic things that happened off-camera]].