Air Rally

"Keep the rally going in this badminton game! Try not to let the birdie go out of bounds..."

— Air Rally Description

Air Rally (バドミントン Badominton, "Badminton") is the third minigame that appears in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It is a variation of Air Rally from Rhythm Heaven Fever. In this game, Baxter & Forthington fly above a desert-like area, with a slow pace song playing in the background.

A sequel later appears in Honeybee Tower under the title Air Rally 2.

Gameplay

File:Air Rally Story gameplay.png

The player controls Baxter the dog in the red airplane. Forthington starts off by serving the shuttlecock at Baxter. The player must keep hitting it back by pressing A button in constant beats of two. Also, Forthington might signal the rhythm to change to a slow beat of four. Then later on return to the normal two beat after counting.

• Normal rhythm: Hyah, hyah, hyah, hyah... (Nya, nya, nya, nya...) A standard slow rhythm.
• Altered: Bu-bum bum bum! (Lob shot) A slowed down beat of fours.
• Back to normal: Two, Three, FOUR! (Two, Three, Go!) The rhythm reverts to normal again. Only said after a lob shot is done.

Notice that hitting shuttlecock from changing distance to farther and farthest do not appear in this variant, except to a far away one that appears at the end of the game.

Controls

Button Mode

• A: Swing racket (hit shuttlecock)

Touch Mode

• Tap: Swing racket (hit shuttlecock)

Hit or Miss

• Hit: The player hit the shuttlecock back at Forthington.
• Barely: The player hits the shuttlecock, but it is knocked to the side, and Forthington serves another one.
• Miss: The shuttlecock flies past the player, and Forthington serves another one.

Rating Note

• Try Again: "This won't end well..."
• Ok: "Let's concentrate on flying for now."
• Superb: "The only way to play badminton!"

Rating Screens

• Air Rally story Try Again.PNG

  "This won't end well..."

• Air Rally story OK.PNG

  "Let's concentrate on flying for now."

• Air Rally story Superb.PNG

  "The only way to play badminton!"

Rhythm Item

Forthington's Racket

Baxter's Rival

Ever since Forthington started using this racket, I haven't been able to keep up with him! I can't believe how much better he's gotten--I must practice...and maybe buy a new racket!

Skill Star

When next to the birds and Forthington gives the signal, hit the shuttlecock at the right moment to collect the star

Trivia

• A Blue Bird makes a cameo in the superb rating screen.
• This is the only game to take place in the desert.