Spaceball

"Don't worry about the zoom! Follow the trajectories in your heart!"

- Spaceball Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

"Ignore the camera's wild zooms! Make the ball zoom wildly away! Don't blink! Don't wipe your tears!"

- Spaceball Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Spaceball (エアーバッター) is the 4th minigame in Rhythm Tengoku and the 28th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this game, the Space Slugger hits baseballs that come out from a flowerpot in a small, green room in space. The camera will zoom in and out, sometimes very far, during gameplay. It's sequel, Spaceball 2, is unlocked later on in Rhythm Tengoku.

Gameplay
This game has an odd design. The screen will often zoom out, making this scene difficult to see. The game takes place inside a small green room with a flying saucer. As the music plays, a flowerpot will throw out baseballs, which the player must hit by pressing A. The flower pot will occasionally throw high balls which require the player to wait an extra beat before pressing A. Occasionally, the screen will zoom out, requiring the player to track the balls using the music alone.

Button Mode

 * A: Swing bat

Simple Tap

 * Tap: Swing bat

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The ball flies offscreen.
 * Barely: A "doink" is heard as the ball bounces out of the room. A barely counts as a miss.
 * Miss: The ball falls in the hole in the floor.

Header

 * "Scorecard"

Try Again

 * "Maybe you should try tee ball."
 * "Work on those rests."
 * "You're a mess once we zoom in or out."

OK

 * "Yeah..."
 * "Eh. Good enough."
 * "For now, that'll do..."
 * "You barely made it."

Superb

 * "You wait patiently for the perfect moment!"
 * "You can do it even when you can't see!"

Header

 * "Scorecard"

Try Again

 * "Weak hits."
 * "Work on your grip."

OK

 * "Eh. Passable."

Superb

 * "Solid hitting."
 * "Nice grip!"

Skill Star
About halfway though the minigame is a high ball, hit it perfectly to collect the star.

Remix Appearances

 * Remix 1
 * Remix 6
 * Remix 7
 * Spaceball 2
 * Spaceball Tempo Up!
 * Remix 1 Tempo Up!
 * Lush Remix
 * Left-Hand Remix

Spaceball 2P
""Whack all those ball into SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! I'm talking to both of you!""

- - Spaceball 2P Description Spaceball also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Spaceball 2P (エアーバッター 2P) Like Karate Man 2P, it is splitscreen. Other then that, it's the same.

Trivia

 * Even though it may seem that this game has no practice, the game will actually not start until you hit a few balls correctly. The game was given a practice session in the arcade version and Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
 * This game and Exhibition Match both show up in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, meaning the game has two separate Baseball games.
 * Along with the rest of Stage 1, this game has a counterpart in the arcade version at 150% speed, with a more vibrant synth for orchestration and different graphics.