Cosmic Rhythm Rally

"This is high-power table tennis, not for the faint of heart. If you want to win, you'll have to master the high-speed rally!"

- Rhythm Rally 2/Cosmic Rhythm Rally Description Cosmo Rhythm Rally (コスモピンポン Cosmo ping-pong), known in Rhythm Heaven as Rhythm Rally 2 (ピンポン2 Ping-Pong 2), is the 36th minigame in Rhythm Heaven and the 87th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix..It's a threequel to Rhythm Rally 2. The gameplay is extended and the rally game takes place in outer space with the paddlers in Rhythm Heaven or the cosmic dancers in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay


The gameplay plays the same way as its sequel, but the gameplay is extended and more complicated.

The camera angle is not fixed facing towards the opponent Cosmic Dancer (Paddler in Rhythm Heaven) the whole game like in Rhythm Rally 2. The angle adjusts constantly and moves in front of moving obstacles that will block the player's view, so this way it allows more of a challenge. There is a new tactic introduced in the practice. When you hear a clock ticking for eight quick beats signals that the rally ball is about to move at a very fast speed, keep flicking (pressing A) to paddle a ball as fast as you can.

Rhythm Heaven

 * Hold Stylus: Prepape paddle
 * Flick: Paddle Ball

Button Mode

 * A: Paddle Ball

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap: Paddle Ball

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The player will hit the ball and successfully continue the rally.
 * Barely: The player hits the ball of the table. If the ball is hit too early, it will veer to the right (when viewed from the right-handed perspective). If the ball is hit too late, it will veer to the left. A barely counts as a miss.
 * Miss: The ball will bounce off the table towards the player. Whether it is a Barely or a Miss, the opponent paddler will serve another ball.

Header

 * "The ref says..."

Try Again

 * "You don't seem to grasp the basics."
 * "You're not a good judge of distance."
 * "You need to work on the fast bits."

OK

 * "Hm..."
 * "I don't know..."
 * "Good enough..."
 * "I guess that was all right."

Superb

 * "You've got great reflexes!"
 * "You have a good eye for distance."
 * "You've got the basics down!"
 * "That was a fantastic rally!

Header

 * "Table Talk"

Try Again

 * "You don't seem to grasp the basics."
 * "You need to work on the fast bits."

OK

 * "Eh. Passable."

Superb

 * "You've nailed the fundamentals!"
 * "You've got great reflexes."

Skill Star
The Skill Star can be collected when you do the second quick fast ball.

Trivia

 * This is one of the four sequels in Rhythm Heaven to have a new cue and practice section, the other being Fan Club 2, Fillbots 2, and Rockers 2.
 * In Rhythm Heaven, both this minigame and Rhythm Rally have the same superb message "Nothing beats a good rally!".
 * This is one of the sequels from Rhythm Heaven where you play different characters. Instead of the Paddlers, you have Cosmic Dancers playing table-tennis rally.
 * This one of the few games in Rhythm Heaven Megamix to get a major overhaul in it's graphics for it game compared to the original version of it from Rhythm Heaven.
 * This is the only threequel game to have a new practice section and a cue in megamix.