Air Rally 2

Air Rally Keep the rally going in this badminton game! Try not to let the birdie go out of bounds, though... 　Rhythm Heaven Fever	Air Rally Have you ever played badminton this high up? Try not to drop the shuttlecocks, because it's a long way down! Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise

Air Rally 2

You know what livens up a long plane trip? Badminton. It makes the miles just fly by!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Air Rally 2

Image

File:Air Rally.png

File:Return of air rally.png

Number

13
35

Gift

Baxter and Forthington
Flow Ball

STAGE 3
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Air Rally 2 (かえってきた バドミントン^?, Kaettekita Badominton), known in Rhythm Heaven Fever as Air Rally (バドミントン^?, Badominton), is the 13th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 35th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It features Baxter and Forthington playing badminton in the sky. It's the sequel to Air Rally in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay

File:Air Rally gameplay.png

File:Air rally.png

The gameplay is similar to the prequel, but the tempo is much faster. Every time Forthington hits the shuttlecock, the player must press A on the following beat to hit it back. When Forthington says “Ba-bum bum bum!”, before hitting a shuttlecock, the player must hit it back two beats later.

In addition to the increased tempo and altered aesthetics, the game will attempt to visually mislead the player by having the two planes distance from each other. The beat remains the same, however, at any distance. The lighting will also change overtime, making the characters appear silhouetted.

Controls

• Ⓐ/Tap: Swing racket

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?:
• Early!/Late!^?:
• Miss...^?:

Results

	Local Birds' Thoughts()	Local Birds' Thoughts()
	You missed a lot of returns. The changes really threw you. The fast ones zapped past you.	You missed a lot of returns. The changes really threw you. The fast ones zapped past you.
	Eh. Good enough.	Good try.
	You kept that rally going! You matched the changes well. You handled the fast shots well.	You kept that rally going! You matched the changes well. You handled the fast shots well.

	The geese say...
	That couldn't even be called a rally. You didn't hit the rhythm changes. You let the fast ones get past you!
	Eh. Passable.
	That was a great rally! You coped well with rhythm changes. You took the fast shots in your swing.

	Local Birds' Thoughts
	The long shots zapped past you. You missed a lot of returns. The changes really threw you.
	Eh. Passable.
	You kept that rally going! You handled the long shots well. You matched the changes well.

Epilogue

	File:Air rally try again.png	File:Air rally OK.PNG	File:Air rally Superb.png
	This won't end well...	Let's concentrate on flying for now.	The only way to play badminton!
	Mayday, mayday!	Let's just try flying for now.	High altitude badminton is great!

	File:Air Rally 3DS Try Again.PNG	File:Air Rally 3DS OK.PNG	File:Air Rally 3DS Superb.PNG
	I blame you entirely for this.	ANOTHER tied game?	Outta my way, duck! I've got a rally to maintain!

Rhythm Item

Baxter's Racket

Baxter's Racket	Forthington's Rival
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Baxter's Racket.png.png	Ever since Baxter 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

The Skill Star appears on the two slow rallies just before the background changes to night in the middle of the game.

Challenge Land

Air Rally 2 appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• Be a Good Sport
• Extreme Sports
• Game Gamble: Intermediate
• Back and So Forth

Appearances

• Fever Air Rally Practice.PNG

  Air Rally (Practice)

• Air Rally gameplay.png

  Air Rally
  Remix 10

• Air Rally Remix 3.png

  Remix 3

• Air Rally Remix 8.png

  Remix 8

• Air Rally Practice Megamix.PNG

  Air Rally (Practice)

• Air Rally Story gameplay.png

  Air Rally

• Air Rally 2 Final.png

  Air Rally 2
  Final Remix

• Air Rally Honeybee.png

  Honeybee Remix

Trivia

• Sometimes the Blue Birds and their captain from Rhythm Heaven fly through the sky in the background, replacing the normal birds. A Blue Bird can also be seen in the Superb epilogue screen.
• At the end of the game, Forthington says “Good job!” (“You deserve a treat!” in Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise). If you miss the last shot of the game, Forthington instead says, "Come on! You can't miss the last shot! How lame is that? Anyway, good game!"
• There is no practice for this game in Megamix, despite the presence of a new feature: Forthington moving further away from Baxter. This is one of a few times that a new feature wasn’t given or mentioned in a practice; the others being Night Walk 2, Bon Dance, Karate Man 2 (GBA), Marcher 2, Sneaky Spirits 2, the GBA sequel, Karate Man, The Dazzles 2, & Glee Club 2 (DS).
• This is one of the few games in the franchise to require player input after the music finishes. Other games like this are Remix 4 (GBA), Remix 5 (GBA), Air Batter 2, Lockstep, Fan Club 2, Lockstep 2, and Flock Step.
• The second "Ba-bum bum bum!" was changed in Megamix.
  • This makes this game one of five games to get new English voice lines. The other four are Ninja Bodyguard, Pajama Party, Marching Orders and Space Dance.
• A Threefish from Catch of the Day appears in the sprite sheet for this game, but it went completely unused.
• The amount of clouds in the game was reduced in Megamix.

Video

Rhythm Heaven Fever	Rhythm Heaven Megamix
File:Rhythm Heaven Fever ~ Air Rally (Perfect)	File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Air Rally 2 (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Rhythm Heaven Fever

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バドミントン	Badminton
French	Badminton
Spanish	A vuelapluma	Pun on the phrase meaning "quickly", literally "feather flight"
Italian	Partita al volo	Match on the fly
Dutch	Air Rally
Portuguese	Air Rally
Korean	배드민턴	Badminton

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	かえってきた バドミントン	Return of Badminton
French	Badminton extrême	Extreme badminton
Spanish	A vuelapluma 2	Pun on the phrase meaning "quickly", literally "feather flight 2"
Italian	Partita al volo 2	Match on the fly 2
Korean	돌아온 배드민턴	Return of Badminton