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)

Template:Game-Nav Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Spaceball (エアーバッター^?, Air Batter) 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

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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 player 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.

Controls

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.

Rating Notes

Rhythm Tengoku

Header

• "つうしんぼ" (Scorecard)

Try Again

• "きほんが　できてません。" (The basics are not down.)
• "タメが　かっこわるい。" (The rests are off.)
• "見た目に　たよりすぎです。" (You're relying too much on the visuals.)

OK

• "う~ん．．．" (Yeah...)
• "まぁまぁ、　かな。" (OK, I guess?)
• "とりあえず．．．" (Anyway...)
• "よしと　します。" (You did your best.)

Superb

• "タメが　しっかりしている！" (The rests are spot on!)
• "見えなくても　できている！" (You can do it even when you can't see!)

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Header

• "Scorecard"

Try Again

• "Weak hits."
• "Work on your grip."

OK

• "Eh. Passable."

Superb

• "Solid hitting."
• "Nice grip!"

Epilogue

Rhythm Tengoku

• SpaceballTryAgain.png

  "これで ゆるしてください。" (I hope this makes it up to you.)

• Space Ball OK.PNG

  "さらに上を目指して練習だ！" (Practice is the key to reaching new heights!)

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  "こんなの もらっちゃったー！" (Look what I got!)

Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) (Spaceball Tempo Up!)

• Air Batter Tempo Up Try Again.png

  "It is useless, no!"

• Air Batter Tempo Up OK.png

  "Ugh!"

• Air Batter Tempo Up Superb.png

  "I did it!"

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Spaceball Game 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "C-can I have my ball back?
  I'll give you my last dumpling..."

• Spaceball Game 3DS OK.PNG

  "Must...train...harder..."

• Spaceball Game 3DS Superb.PNG

  "I won first "space"!"

Rhythm Item

Rice Ball	Lunchtime Regrets
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Rice Ball.png.png	This rice ball was supposed to be my lunch. I didn't mean to knock it into the endless void of space--it was supposed to fill the endless void of my stomach. So...hungry...

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!

Remix Appearances

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  Spaceball
  Remix 1
  Remix 6
  Remix 7

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  Spaceball 2

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  Spaceball Tempo Up!
  Remix 1 Tempo Up!

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  Spaceball
  Left-Hand Remix

• Spaceball Lush Remix 1.png

  Lush Remix

Spaceball Tempo Up!

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!)

— Spaceball Tempo Up! Description

Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Spaceball Tempo Up! (エアーバッター TEMPO UP!^?, Tempo Up!) is a variation of this game and the fourth 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 Tempo Up gameplay.png

Spaceball 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

Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Spaceball also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Spaceball 2P (エアーバッター 2P^?, Air Batter 2P) Like Karate Man 2P, it is splitscreen.

Spaceball 2P Tempo Up!

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!)

— Spaceball 2P Tempo Up! Description

Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Spaceball Tempo Up! also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Spaceball 2P Tempo Up! (エアーバッター 2P TEMPO UP!^?, Air Batter 2P Tempo Up!). The same changes apply.

• Spaceball 2P Tempo Up!.png

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.

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Spaceball (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	エアーバッター	Air Batter
EnglishNOA	Spaceball
EnglishNOE	Spaceball
French	Baseball de l'espace	Space baseball
Spanish	Béisbol espacial	Space baseball
Italian	Spaceball	Spaceball
Korean	타자	Batter