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

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Air Rally 2

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Number

13
35

Gift

Baxter & 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 Badminton), known in Rhythm Heaven Fever as Air Rally (バドミントン^?, Badminton), is the 3rd Rhythm Game of the third stage (13th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Fever and the 3rd of Honeybee Tower (35th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The short version, Air Rally, appears in Honeybee Land in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Gameplay

File:Air Rally gameplay.png

File:Air rally.png

The game revolves around Baxter & Forthington having a game of badminton while flying in their planes. Every time Forthington hits the birdie, the player, who controls Baxter, must hit it back on the following beat. Forthington sometimes says "Ba-bum bum bum!" before hitting a birdie, indicating the player must wait two beats before hitting it back.

The game tries to visually mislead the player by having the two planes distance from each other. The beat remains the same, however, at any distance. In the middle of the game, the sun sets, leaving the two players in silhouette. At night time, the clouds start to obscure the player's vision as well.

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 zipped past you.	You missed a lot of returns. The changes really threw you. The fast ones zipped 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
	You missed a lot of returns. The changes really threw you. The long shots zipped past you.
	Eh. Passable.
	You kept that rally going! You matched the changes well. You handled the long shots well.

Epilogues

	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!

	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	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

• At the start of the game, a flock of geese can be seen flying by. Sometimes, this flock is replaced by Captain Blue Bird and five members of The Blue Birds. One member is also seen in the Superb epilogue.
• An unused sprite of a Threefish can be found in this game.
• Presumably due to hardware limitations, the amount of clouds was reduced in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, reducing their effectiveness as a visual distraction.
• While Rhythm Sesang Wii otherwise uses the English dub for this game, the "2", "3" and "4" voice clips have their volume altered, creating a fade in with every count. The "1" voice clip was not changed however, making the first count in the game sound rather awkward. The modified English dub in Rhythm Heaven Megamix is used with no further changes in Rhythm Sesang: The Best+, effectively reversing this change.
• Some of the voice clips for this game in Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+ are mistakenly changed from the original, and two English voice clips are also mistakenly used. All of these mistakes are fixed when playing with Japanese voices in all other versions of Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
  • The English voice clip for "Ba-bum bum bum!" while Forthington is at the second closest position was completely redone for Rhythm Heaven 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
EnglishNOA	Air Rally
EnglishNOE	Air Rally
French	Badminton Air Rally
Spanish	A vuela pluma	Feather flight [Phrase meaning "quickly"]
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
EnglishNOA	Air Rally 2
EnglishNOE	Air Rally 2
French	Badminton extrême	Extreme badminton
Spanish	A vuelapluma 2	Feather flight 2 [Phrase meaning "quickly"]
Italian	Partita al volo 2	Match on the fly 2
Korean	돌아온 배드민턴	Return of Badminton