{{Template:Quote|Keep the rally going in this <br>badminton game! Try not to let <br>the birdie go out of bounds...|Air Rally Description}}
{{About|the short version of [[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]] from [[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]|the [[Air Rally 2|long version]] also in [[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]}}
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{{GameExplain3DS
|Minigame_infobox/Data = Fillbots
|title=Air Rally
|Minigame_infobox/Data2 = Catchy Tune}}
|explain=Keep the rally going in this<br>badminton game! Try not to let<br>the birdie go out of bounds...}}
{{Minigame infobox|Name = Air Rally|jname = バドミントン|rname = Badominton|image = [[File:story air rally.png|290px]]|BPM = 121|Debut = [[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]|Number = 3|Reward = 1 Flow Ball|Song = Air Rally Song|song = Air Rally Song}}
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'''Air Rally ''' (バドミントン Badominton, "Badminton") is the third minigame that appears in [[Rhythm Heaven Megamix|''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'']]. It is the story variation of[[ Air Rally| ]][[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]] from [[Rhythm Heaven Fever|''Rhythm Heaven Fever'']]. In this game, Baxter & Forthington fly above a desert-like area with a slow paced song playing in the background.
|number={{Console|3DS}} 3
|version={{ver|Short}}
A sequel later appears in Honeybee Tower under the title [[Air Rally 2]].
|gift={{Console|3DS}} [[Flow Ball]]
|stage={{Stage|3DSland1}}}}
{{Nihongo|Air Rally|バドミントン|Badminton}} is the 3rd [[Rhythm Game]] of [[Honeybee Land]] (3rd overall) in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]].''
The long version, [[Air Rally 2]], appears in Stage 3 in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' and [[Honeybee Tower]] in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.
==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
[[File:Air_Rally_Story_gameplay.png|thumb|200px]]
[[File:Screenshot 3DS Air Rally.png|thumb]]
The player controls [[Baxter]], a dog in a 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. Forthington might also signal the rhythm to change to a slow beat of four then return to the normal two beat after counting.
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.
*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 different distances does not appear in this variant, excluding the final hit, where Forthington catches the shuttlecock.
==Controls==
==Controls==
====Button Mode====
{{Controls|At=Swing racket}}
*A: Swing racket (hit shuttlecock)
==[[Timing Display]]==
====Simple Tap Mode====
{{Timing
*Tap: Swing racket (hit shuttlecock)
|just=The player hits the birdie towards Forthington.
==Timing Notes==
|miss=The player hits the birdie, but it is knocked to the side.
*Hit: The player hit the shuttlecock back at Forthington.
|through=The birdie flies past the player. If the player misses the last one, Forthington is quite disappointed.}}
*Barely: The player hits the shuttlecock, but it is knocked to the side, and Forthington serves another one. A barely counts as a miss.
==Results==
*Miss: The shuttlecock flies past the player, and Forthington serves another one. However, if it happens to be the last beat, Forthington will get disappointed stating that you can’t just miss the last one.
{{Results
|Console=3DS
==Rating Notes==
|caption=Observations from the Oasis
===Header===
|cp_DEF_Ng=Your rally needed more pep.<br>The slow ones were a problem for you.
*"Observations from the Oasis"
|cp_DEF_Hi=Solid rallying.<br>The slow ones didn't trip you up.}}
===Try Again===
*"Your rally needed more pep."
*"The slow ones were a problem for you."
===OK===
*"Eh. Passable."
===Superb===
*"Solid rallying."
*"The slow ones didn't trip you up."
==Epilogue==
==Epilogue==
<gallery>
{{Epilogue
Air Rally story Try Again.PNG|"This won't end well..."
|Console=3DS
Air Rally story OK.PNG|"Let's concentrate on flying for now."
|NG=This won't end well...
Air Rally story Superb.PNG|"The only way to play badminton!"
|OK=Let's concentrate on flying for now.
</gallery>
|HI=The only way to play badminton!}}
==[[Rhythm Item]]==
==Rhythm Item==
{{item
===Forthington's Racket===
|name=Forthington's<br>Racket
{{Template:Item
|item=Forthington's Racket
|item = Forthington's Racket.png
|title=Baxter's Rival
|header = Baxter's Rival
|explain=Ever since Forthington started<br>using this racket, I haven't been<br>able to keep up with him! I can't<br>believe how much better he's<br>gotten--I must practice...and<br>maybe buy a new racket!}}
|desc = 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]]==
The Skill Star appears on the second-to-last slow rally near the end of the game.
==Skill Star==
==[[Challenge Land]]==
When you're next to the birds and Forthington gives the signal, hit the shuttlecock at the right moment to collect the star.
{{PAGENAME}} appears in the following [[Challenge Train]] courses:
==[[Challenge Train]]==
*[[Pattern Play]]
*Pattern Play
*[[Monster Maw]]
*Monster Maw (Super Hard!)
*[[Game Gamble: Beginner]]
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Fever Air Rally Practice.PNG|[[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]] (Practice)
Screenshot Wii Air Rally Practice.png|[[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]] ([[Practice]])
Air Rally gameplay.png|[[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]]<br>[[Remix 10 (Wii)|Remix 10]]
Screenshot Wii Air Rally.png|[[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]]<br>[[Remix 10 (Wii)|Remix 10]]
Air Rally Remix 3.png|[[Remix 3 (Wii)|Remix 3]]
Screenshot Wii Air Rally Remix 3.png|[[Remix 3 (Wii)|Remix 3]]
Air Rally Remix 8.png|[[Remix 8 (Wii)|Remix 8]]
Screenshot Wii Air Rally Remix 8.png|[[Remix 8 (Wii)|Remix 8]]
Air Rally Practice Megamix.PNG|Air Rally (Practice)
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally Practice.png|[[Air Rally]] ([[Practice]])
Air Rally Story gameplay.png|Air Rally
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally.png|[[Air Rally]]
Air Rally 2 Final.png|[[Air Rally 2]]<br>[[Final Remix]]
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally 2.png|[[Air Rally 2]]<br>[[Final Remix]]
Air Rally Honeybee.png|[[Honeybee Remix]]
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally 2 Honeybee Remix.png|[[Honeybee Remix]]
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Video==
{{#ev:youtube|HnQ8xjvIibc||inline}}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* A [[Blue Birds (Characters)|Blue Bird]] makes a cameo in the superb rating screen.
*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.
* A [[Threefish]] from [[Catch of the Day]] is in the sprite sheet for this game, but it went completely unused.
*Unlike [[Air Rally 2]], the game does not have the planes distance each other as a visual distraction. Forthington only moves at the very end, to catch the birdie.
* The name's [[Baxter]] and [[Forthington]] are a pun on "''back and forth''", referencing how the birdie is hit back and forth in the game.
**Despite this, the planes are shown at a distance in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo]]'''s preview of the full game. In it, [[Air Rally]]'s appearance matches the patterns for [[Air Rally 2]] in [[Final Remix]], but the visuals match the short version instead.
* Air Rally is one of the few games that gained a sequel/threequel in Megamix. The others are [[Karate Man Returns!|Karate Man]], [[Figure Fighter]], [[The Clappy Trio]], [[Rhythm Rally]] & [[Flipper Flop]].
==Development History==
{{Main|Air Rally/Development}}
== Video==
[[File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Air Rally (Perfect) (English)|thumb|center|299 px]]
==In Other Languages==
==In Other Languages==
{{Lang
{{Lang
|jp=バドミントン ''Badminton''
|jp=バドミントン
|rojp=Badominton
|mnjp=Badminton
|us=Air Rally
|fr=Badminton
|fr=Badminton
|es=A vuelapluma
|mnes=Pun on the phrase meaning "quickly", literally "feather flight"
|de=Badminton
|it=Partita al volo
|it=Partita al volo
|es = A vuelapluma|du = Badminton|kr = 배드민턴 Badminton}}
|mnit=Match on the fly
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|pt=Air Rally<ref>''[[Rhythm Paradise Megamix]]'' Back Cover (Spanish/Portuguese)</ref>
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.
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!
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.
Unlike Air Rally 2, the game does not have the planes distance each other as a visual distraction. Forthington only moves at the very end, to catch the birdie.
Despite this, the planes are shown at a distance in Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo's preview of the full game. In it, Air Rally's appearance matches the patterns for Air Rally 2 in Final Remix, but the visuals match the short version instead.
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