Rhythm Rally 2

Return the ball to the beat! The trick is knowing how quickly the ball is coming at you. Good luck!

— Rhythm Rally Description (Rhythm Heaven)

Even better than table tennis is table tennis on a huge cake. This is an undeniable truth.

— Rhythm Rally 2 Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Rhythm Rally 2 (かえってきた ピンポン^?, Kaettekita Pin Pon), known in Rhythm Heaven as Rhythm Rally (ピンポン^?, Ping-Pong), not to be confused with it's sequel in Rhythm Heaven, is the 6th minigame in Rhythm Heaven and the 54th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It features two Paddlers playing a table tennis rally game together. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, instead of a featureless white plain, the background is a big strawberry cake and it acts as a sequel to Rhythm Rally.

Gameplay

File:Rhythm Rally gameplay.png

File:Rhythm Rally 3DS gameplay.png

The game starts after a whistle. You are a Paddler who is playing a table tennis match with their rival. Your rival will serve a ball to you, & you need to hit it back. There are three speeds of served balls: The normal ball, which goes normally as it bounces smoothly; the slow one, goes a little slower as it bounces higher; and the fast one. Before each fast one, there is a cowbell sound before it to warn you that it's coming at you in fast speed, so hit it as soon as possible. Each cue goes at the same basic speed, but there are different intervals and mixes of them.

Controls

Rhythm Heaven

• Hold Stylus: Prepare paddle
• Flick: Paddle Ball

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Button Mode

• A: Paddle Ball

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Paddle Ball

Timing Notes

• Hit: The player will successfully continue the rally.
• Barely: The player hits the ball off the table. A "doink" sound would be heard. A barely counts as a miss.
• Miss: The ball falls into the players side. The coach will bring out another ball.

Rating Notes

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

Header

• "Ref's Call"

Try Again

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

OK

• "Eh. Passable."

Superb

• "You've nailed the fundamentals!"
• "You've got great reflexes."
• "You have a good eye for distance."

Rating Screens

Rhythm Heaven

• Rhythm rally tryagain.png

  "Sometimes it hurts to lose..."

• Rhythm Rally OK.png

  "That was a great match!"

• Rhythm Rally Superb.png

  "Nothing beats a good rally!"

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Rhythm Rally 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "I really wanted to win this time..."

• Rhythm Rally 3DS OK.PNG

  "Good game!"

• Rhythm Rally 3DS Superb.PNG

  "Nothing beats a good rally!"

Rhythm Item

Strawberry Paddle

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Skill Star

When the rival paddler does 4 slow ball cues in a row, then follows up with a fast one, hit the ball perfectly to collect the star.

Appearances

• Rhythm Rally gameplay.png

  Rhythm Rally
  Rhythm Rally 2 (practice)
  Remix 10

• Rhythm Rally Remix 2.png

  Remix 2

• Rhythm Rally Remix 8.png

  Rhythm Rally 2
  Remix 8

• Rhythm Rally Practice Megamix.png

  Practice (Rhythm Rally & Rhythm Rally 2)

• Story Rhythm Rally gameplay.PNG

  Rhythm Rally

• Rhythm Rally 3DS gameplay.png

  Rhythm Rally 2
  Final Remix

• Rhythm Rally 2 Barbershop.png

  Barbershop Remix

• Cosmo Rally gameplay.PNG

  Cosmic Rhythm Rally
  Final Remix

Trivia

• This is one of the few games to use 3D models in the Rhythm Heaven franchise.
• Both this minigame and Rhythm Rally have the same superb message "Nothing beats a good rally!"
• The Japanese version title is different, as it shows the character rather than the silhouette and uses the letters to show a bouncing ball.
  • This is also the same for the sequel.
  • The Korean version's title is the same as international version, but with no borders.

Rhythm Rally Japanese	Rhythm Rally Korean	Rhythm Rally 2 Japanese	Rhythm Rally 2 Korean
File:Japanese rhythm rally.png	File:Korean rhythm rally.png	File:Japanese rhythm rally2.png	File:Korean rhythm rally2.png

File:Swolepaddler.png

The unused title card.

• There is an alternate version of the title card featuring a muscular Paddler that is never used. This image is the same in all versions.
• The Paddlers are based of the Space Dancers from Space Dance.

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven - Rhythm Rally (Perfect) (English)-0

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	かえってきた ピンポン Return of Ping-Pong
French	Échanges pâtissiers
Spanish	Peloteo rítmico 2
Italian	Ritmo da tavolo 2
Korean	돌아온 리듬 랠리 Rhythm Rally Returns