Spaceball

"ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 視覚に頼るな！ どんと行け~！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't depend on your sight! Go with a bang!)"

- Spaceball Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

"ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 視覚に頼らず、かつ飛ばせ〜！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't depend on your sight, let's fly!)"

- Spaceball Description (Rhythm Tengoku Arcade)

"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 Air Batter 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. A 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 the Space Umpire. As the music plays, a brown flowerpot will throw out baseballs, which the Air Batter 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.

Skill Star
About halfway through the minigame, hit the high ball perfectly to get the skill star.

Challenge Train

 * Simplicity Is Best
 * Be a Good Sport
 * Extreme Sports (Super Hard!)
 * Monster Maw 2
 * Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

Air Batter TempoUpExtra4.png
"ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 球の速さに負けずにかっ飛ばせ~！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't lose to the speed of the ball!)"

- Air Batter TempoUpExtra4.png Description

Air Batter TempoUpExtra4.png (エアーバッター TempoUpExtra4.png) is a variation of this game and the 4th Extra stage in Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade). In this variant, the Air Batter is colored blue and the masks are different - an orange alien and a guy with a square head. The tempo is also increased and there's a new arrangement of the music.

Air Batter 2P
"ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 視覚に頼るな、どんと行け~！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't depend on your sight, go with a bang!)"

- Spaceball 2P Description

Spaceball also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Air Batter 2P (エアーバッター 2P) Like Karateka 2P, it is splitscreen.

Air Batter 2P TempoUpExtra4.png
"ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 球の速さに負けずにかっ飛ばせ~！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't lose to the speed of the ball!)"

- Air Batter 2P TempoUpExtra4.png Description

Air Batter also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Air Batter 2P TempoUpExtra4.png (エアーバッター 2P TempoUpExtra4.png). The same changes apply.

Trivia

 * Although the game lacks a conventional practice, the game will actually not start until you hit a few balls correctly. The game was given a tutorial in the arcade version and a practice session in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
 * This game and Exhibition Match both show up in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, meaning the game has two separate Baseball games.
 * Both Spaceball and Hole in One appear in the first remixes of their respective games (GBA and Wii, respectively) and Lush Remix.