TV Studio

Here you can play various MiniGames.
They have no effect on anything, so just enjoy yourself and relax!

Zapper, Chapter 4

The TV Studio (JP: TVスタジオ), also known as the TV Building (JP: TVハウス TV House), is a building in Castle Town, situated next to the Top Bakery. It appears in Chapter 4 of Deltarune and is only accessible if Tenna was repaired. The rooms within are stylized after the Green Room.

The TV Studio houses a minigame room, in which the party can replay the Rock Video minigame, and Mike's room, in which the party can battle the fake Mikes and play their minigames.

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Main story

In Chapter 4, the TV Studio building appears in Castle Town and can be entered if Tenna was repaired between the events of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. Otherwise, the building is boarded up and inaccessible.

Mike's room is accessible by inputting 6453 on the locked door in the lobby. In the entrance hallway, Ralsei questions if they should be in the room, to which Susie asks if he is curious who Mike is, as he is mentioned often. Ralsei reluctantly agrees.

Further in Mike's room, the party is confronted by Small Mike, Cat Mike, and Cowboy Hat Mike, who reveal themselves to be a green Pippins, a Shadowguy, and a Zapper respectively. After they leave the room, the party is able to return and play various minigames.

If a Chapter 4 Completion FILE is present and the Sound of Justice has been defeated, a cutscene where a beam of light appears near the Grand Door of the 3rd Sanctuary occurs upon loading the game from title screen. Kris can use it to return to Castle Town, where every building in town aside from the Cafe and TV Studio are blocked off with fences. The TV Studio is accessible even if Tenna was not repaired, and the facilities unlocked are based on how many TV World recruits are available. Inside the Studio, a sign appears next to the Mike Door stating the code. Everything in Mike's room still functions (including the battle), but are done without the other party members. When playing Rock Video, Susie and Ralsei are replaced with autoplaying demos, which play their parts perfectly.

Sublocations

Lobby

The lobby

The lobby is a horizontal hallway with a SAVE point to the far left. A Zapper mans the desk to the north of the entryway and welcomes the party to the TV Studio.

To the left of the Zapper are two doors. The first door leads to the minigame room, and the second door leads to Mike's room.

If the minigame room is locked, the Zapper does not appear. It is possible for both lobby rooms to be locked even though TV Studio is open, making it functionally useless.

Rhythm minigame room

The rhythm minigame room

The minigame room is stylized after the A-rank room within the Green Room. It is only accessible if every Darkner from TV World is recruited. Otherwise, the door is covered with construction tape and inaccessible. A Shadowguy and Pippins man the desk to the right of the entryway. The Pippins explains tips on how to achieve a higher score on the Rock Video minigames, and the Shadowguy only makes unintelligible saxophone noises when interacted with. A Plugboy to the right of the desk explains that the Shadowguy enjoys his job despite being unable to talk.

To the left of the desk, there are three doors that lead to the Rock Video minigame. Each door allows the party to play a different song: the right door contains Raise Up Your Bat, the middle door contains It's TV Time!, and the left door contains Knock You Down!! (Rhythm Ver.). Each song can be played on a harder difficulty option. The ranks attained in each minigame are displayed at the top of the door, with normal difficulty in yellow and hard difficulty in orange.

Mike's room

Behind the locked door in the lobby is Mike's room, a dimly lit area unlocked after inputting 6453 on the lock. If Kris returns to Castle Town after defeating the Sound of Justice with a Chapter 4 Completion FILE and reloading the game, a note appears next to the door explaining the code. It is available if Shadowguy, Zapper, and Pippins are recruited. If not all three are recruited, the door is covered with construction tape and the note does not appear.

Entrance hallway

The entrance hallway

The initial room is a horizontal hallway with six statues lining the northern wall. A cat statue blocks the way forward, which disappears after interacting with it and choosing to pet it. If it is inspected and not petted, Kris attempts to pet Ralsei and Susie instead if they are in the party, which causes Susie to complain.

The next room is another horizontal hallway with an offshoot to the north that is blocked by tall cat statues. The tall cat statue cannot be petted. However, declining to pet it causes Kris to try to pet Ralsei and Susie instead, to which Ralsei comments "Yo--sh!"

Hats hallway

The hats hallway

Further east is another hallway shelves high up on the wall with hats on top. A drawer is present at the center of the hallway, and at the end is a short cat statue with a Maus cowering in front of it. Removing the cat statue causes the Maus to transform into a hand attached to Kris, which the player can control using the PC's mouse, or the control stick on console versions.

The hats can be picked up with the Maus and placed on top of party members' heads, but the hats disappear upon exiting the room. Opening the drawer allows the player to pick up another hat. Petting the tall cat statue at the beginning of the hallway reveals a chest containing a TV Dinner, which can also be picked up by the Maus after it has been emptied.

On the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Deltarune, there are two Maice cowering in front of the short cat statue. Removing the statue causes the Maice to transform into two hands colored pink and yellow. The hands are controlled using the Joy-Con 2's mouse controls.

MIKE ZONE

The MIKE ZONE

Backtracking to the previous room, the player can now remove the blockade of tall cat statues by petting them using the Maus. This leads them to the MIKE ZONE. To the north is a door to the battle room, which is unlocked by speaking loud enough into the device's microphone, or holding "ZR" on the Nintendo Switch version. To the right is a SAVE Point, and to the left is a crystal ball. Using the crystal ball allows the player to adjust their microphone sensitivity or re-bind the microphone to the right mouse button, or to [CANCEL].

On the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Deltarune, the MIKE ZONE is instead blocked off by two pairs of tall cat statues colored pink and yellow. They must be removed by petting them with the corresponding colored Maus. The crystal ball allows the player to adjust the Maus sensitivity, and the door must be opened by pushing both sections of the door in opposite directions.

Battle room

After going through the door, the Mikes engage the party in battle. After defeating them, the room lights up, allowing the party to explore the room before leaving.

The room has a long offshoot to the right, which gets progressively darker as the party walks along. At the end of the offshoot, a photo-realistic microphone appears after waiting long enough.

Minigame room

The minigame room

Upon leaving the battle room, the door to Mike's room transforms. Going through the door again leads the party to a smaller, square room where they can play various minigames hosted by the Mikes.

In the room, the three Mikes are lined up along the top, and an instruction screen is situated along the northern wall. The crystal ball from the MIKE ZONE is situated to the southwest, and a "MichaelBomb" is situated to the southeast. A Mike slot, in which the player can insert a Mike, is situated at the center of the room.

Each Mike makes the Mike slot glow a unique color, with Small Mike being purple, Cowboy Hat Mike being red, and Cat Mike being yellow. If the player grabs a Mike and put them near another, the two will blush, and play an "aww" sound effect. The third Mike can be added in, who will also blush, but nothing else will happen.

Creation and development

During development playtesting for Chapter 4, there was a game-crashing bug that involved wearing a hat. Toby Fox also made a side comment on his Bluesky account, stating that Pluey was not implemented, without clarifying the meaning of "Pluey". On February 18, 2025, he made an individual post on Bluesky confirming that Pluey was implemented.

Version history

Game edition	Version tag	Changes
Deltarune Chapter 4	v1.03	Susie and Ralsei no longer erroneously appear in the Rock Video minigame at the end of the Chapter.