Airboarder

Airboarder (エアボーダー) is the credits game in Rhythm Heaven and the 15th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this game, the player controls an Airboarder airboarding through a colorful land of blocks with two other airboarders and the Dog. It is unlocked in Rhythm Heaven after clearing Remix 6 and watching the credits. In Rhythm Heaven, the credits appear during this game, and the cast plays after the game. The ending theme song, That's Paradise, plays during this game.

In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the game received a significant visual upgrade compared to most returning games. The airboarders became slimmer and have more rounded heads, and the 3D models and environments are much cleaner.

Gameplay
The player controls the third airboarder in line. The goal is to avoid blocks that are in the way of the track by ducking underneath the objects blocking their heads and the objects that will make them trip over. This is done by following the other two airboarders' rhythm and poses to better predict the timing for jumping and ducking.

Heaven

 * Tap: Duck
 * Hold stylus: Duck and Crouch
 * Flick: Jump

Button Mode (Megamix)

 * Press A: Duck
 * Hold A: Duck and Crouch
 * Release A: Jump

Simple Tap Mode (Megamix)

 * Tap: Duck
 * Hold Stylus: Duck and Crouch
 * Release Stylus: Jump

Timing Notes

 * Hit: You duck and jump over the blocks.
 * Barely: When you duck under or jump over the blocks, it slightly wobbles, showing that you may have grazed it. Your airboarder also says "Watch it!" A barely counts as a miss.
 * Miss: You hit the blocks.

Header

 * "A Word from the Dog"

Try Again

 * "Is your head OK?
 * "You were a little clumsy."
 * "The posing? Not so great."

OK

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

Superb

 * "Nice timing on the squats!"
 * "Nice hops back there!"
 * "Way to strike a pose!"

Header

 * "A Word from the Dog"

Try Again

 * "Is your head OK?
 * "You were a little clumsy."

OK

 * "Eh. Passable."

Superb

 * "Nice timing on the squats!"
 * "Nice hops back there!"

Skill Star
The Skill Star can be collected when you hold A to duck under and then release A after the song sings, "So let's go".

Challenge Train

 * Getting Vocal
 * That's Show Biz!
 * Getting Vocal 2 (International)

Trivia

 * The UFO seen at the end makes two cameos in the Superb epilogues of Launch Party and Remix 6.
 * Barista (the dog) follows the airboarders during this game.
 * This is the only minigame in Rhythm Heaven that the player cannot win a medal or get a perfect in.
 * This was changed in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
 * This is the third and last non-sequel game to be 3D animated, following Rhythm Rally and Built to Scale (DS).
 * In Rhythm Heaven, this game is very picky for getting a Superb. Making just one mistake will eliminate your chances of getting the ranking.
 * The blocks you duck under are shaped like a turtle, and the blocks you jump over are shaped like a duck.
 * Airboarder beta thing.png's an early title card screen for Airboarder which, oddly enough, was found in the European version only. Interestingly, the redesign in Rhythm Heaven Megamix make the Airboarders more rounded and slimmer, similiar to the early design.