|image = [[File:Spaceball_Card.PNG|270px]]}}'''Spaceball''' (エアーバッター Air Batter) is the fourth game in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]''. In this game, you play as a [[Space Slugger|human figure]] who is hitting baseballs thrown by a flowerpot. It's sequel [[Spaceball 2]] is unlocked later. Perfecting it will unlock a gift "Inside Spaceball".
{{Nihongo|Spaceball|エアーバッター|Air Batter}} is the 4th [[Rhythm Game]] of Stage 1 (4th overall) in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' and the 1st in [[Lush Tower]] (28th overall) in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.
The arrange version, [[Air Batter 2]], appears in Last Technician in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]''.
==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
[[File:Air_Slugging.PNG|thumb|200px]]
[[File:Screenshot GBA Air Batter.png|thumb]]
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 a flying saucer. As the music plays, a flowerpot will throw out baseballs, which the player must hit. The ball will hang in the air for either two or three beats, and the player must hit on the last beat to hit it. Occasionally, the screen will zoom out, requiring the player to track the ball using the music alone.
[[File:Screenshot Arcade Air Batter.png|thumb]]
[[File:Screenshot 3DS Spaceball.png|thumb]]
In this game, the [[Air Batter]] hits baseballs that come out from a flowerpot in a small, green box in space. Ocassionally, the balls are shot higher up, requiring the player to wait an extra beat before hitting it. The [[Space Umpire]] sits in a UFO on the windowsill in the middle of the box. The camera zooms in and out, sometimes very far, during gameplay.
In the middle of the game, while the [[Air Batter]] is hidden offscreen by the zoom, he appears to change into a pink/purple costume with a bunny mask. After this, the screen zooms way out, with him changing into a yellow/blue costume and a red spherical head mask which comically emotes as he swings. At the very end, a rice ball is shot out instead.
==Controls==
==Controls==
*A: Hit ball
{{Controls|At=Swing bat}}
==Timing Notes==
==[[Timing Display]]==
*Hit: The ball flies offscreen.
{{Timing
*Barely: A "doink" is heard as the ball bounces out of the room. '''A barely counts as a miss.'''
|just=The ball flies offscreen.
*Miss: The ball falls in the hole in the floor.
|miss=The ball bounces off the bat with a "doink" and falls down.
==Rating Notes==
|through=The ball falls in the hole in the floor.}}
*[[Try Again]]: ''"I hope this makes it up to you."''
==Results==
*[[OK]]: ''"Practice is the key to reaching new heights!"''
|cp_DEF_Ng Alt=Focus on the basics.)''<br>''(Your grip is uncool.)''<br>''(You can't do it without visuals.
|cp_DEF_Hi Alt=Your grip is firm!)''<br>''(You can do it even without visuals!}}
{{Results
|Console=3DS
|caption=Scorecard
|cp_DEF_Ng=Weak hits.<br>Work on your grip.
|cp_DEF_Hi=Solid hitting.<br>Nice grip!}}
==Epilogue==
{{Epilogue
|Console=GBA
|NG=これで ゆるしてください。
|OK=さらに上を目指して練習だ！
|HI=こんなの もらっちゃったー！
|NG alt=Please have this in forgiveness.
|OK alt=Practice to get even better!
|HI alt=I got this!}}
{{Epilogue
|Console=Arcade
|NG=これで ゆるしてください。
|OK=さらに上を目指して練習だ！
|HI=こんなの もらっちゃったー！
|NG alt=Please have this in forgiveness.
|OK alt=Practice to get even better!
|HI alt=I got this!}}
{{Epilogue
|Console=3DS
|NG=C-can I have my ball back?<br>I'll give you my last dumpling...
|OK=Must...train...harder...
|HI=I won first "space"!}}
==[[Rhythm Item]]==
{{item
|name=Rice Ball
|title=Lunchtime Regrets
|explain=This rice ball was supposed to<br>be my lunch. I didn't mean to<br>knock it into the endless void<br>of space--it was supposed to<br>fill the endless void of my<br>stomach. So...hungry...}}
==[[Skill Star]]==
The Skill Star appears on a high ball in the midpoint of the game.
==[[Challenge Land]]==
{{PAGENAME}} appears in the following [[Challenge Train]] courses:
*[[Simplicity Is Best]]
*[[Game Gamble: Beginner]]
*[[Be a Good Sport]]
*[[Extreme Sports]]
*[[Monster Maw 2]]
*[[Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!]]
==Appearances==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SpaceballTryAgain.png|"I hope this makes it up to you."
{{Nihongo|Air Batter [[File:TempoUpExtra4.png|72px|link=]]|エアーバッター [[File:TempoUpExtra4.png|72px|link=]]|Eā Battā [[File:TempoUpExtra4.png|72px|link=]]}} is 4th [[Rhythm Game]] of Extra in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)]]''.
==Remix Appearances==
Here, the [[Air Batter]] is colored blue and wears different masks - an orange alien and a blue square head. The tempo is also increased and there's a new arrangement of the music.<gallery>Screenshot Arcade Air Batter Extra.png</gallery>{{clear}}
{{Nihongo|Air Batter 2P|エアーバッター 2P|Eā Battā 2P}} is the 4th [[Rhythm Game]] of Stage 1 (4th overall) in the [[Two-Player Menu|2P mode]] of ''[[Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)]]''.
The arrange version, [[Air Batter 2 2P]], appears in Stage 5 in the [[Two-Player Menu|2P mode]] of ''[[Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)]]''.
The game has a split screen to accomodate the second player.<gallery>Screenshot Arcade Air Batter 2P.png</gallery>{{clear}}
{{Nihongo|Air Batter 2P [[File:TempoUpExtra4.png|72px|link=]]|エアーバッター 2P [[File:TempoUpExtra4.png|72px|link=]]|Eā Battā 2P [[File:TempoUpExtra4.png|72px|link=]]}} is the 4th [[Rhythm Game]] of Extra (24th overall) in the [[Two-Player Menu|2P mode]] of ''[[Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)]]''.
Here, the [[Air Batter]] is colored blue and wears different masks - an orange alien and a blue square head. The tempo is also increased and there's a new arrangement of the music. The game has a split screen to accomodate the second player.<gallery>Screenshot Arcade Air Batter 2P Extra.png</gallery>{{clear}}
==Video==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Even though it may seem that this game has no practice, the game will actually not start until you hit a few balls correctly. This was changed to a standard tutorial in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.
*Although the game lacks a conventional [[Practice]], the real game doesn't actually start until the player hits a few balls correctly. The game was given a tutorial in the [[Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)|arcade version]] in addition to this, and a [[Practice]] replacing it in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.
* This game and [[Exhibition Match]] both show up in [[Rhythm Heaven Megamix|''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'']], meaning the game has two separate Baseball games.
*The epilogue depicts yellow aliens on a brown rocky planet, which aren't seen during gameplay. [[Martian|A similar looking cyan alien]] appears in [[First Contact]] in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.
* This game features a tutorial but only in [http://rhythmheaven.wikia.com/wiki/Rhythm_Tengoku_(Arcade) Rhythm Tengoku Arcade].
==Development History==
{{Main|Spaceball/Development}}
==In Other Languages==
==In Other Languages==
{{Template:Lang
{{Lang
|jp = エアーバッター Air Batter
|jp=エアーバッター
|du = Baseball im Weltall
|rojp=Eā Battā
|es = Béisbol espacial|it = Spaceball|kr = 에어 베터 Air Batter|fr = Baseball de l'espace}}
In this game, the Air Batter hits baseballs that come out from a flowerpot in a small, green box in space. Ocassionally, the balls are shot higher up, requiring the player to wait an extra beat before hitting it. The Space Umpire sits in a UFO on the windowsill in the middle of the box. The camera zooms in and out, sometimes very far, during gameplay.
In the middle of the game, while the Air Batter is hidden offscreen by the zoom, he appears to change into a pink/purple costume with a bunny mask. After this, the screen zooms way out, with him changing into a yellow/blue costume and a red spherical head mask which comically emotes as he swings. At the very end, a rice ball is shot out instead.
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...
Here, the Air Batter is colored blue and wears different masks - an orange alien and a blue square head. The tempo is also increased and there's a new arrangement of the music.
Here, the Air Batter is colored blue and wears different masks - an orange alien and a blue square head. The tempo is also increased and there's a new arrangement of the music. The game has a split screen to accomodate the second player.
Although the game lacks a conventional Practice, the real game doesn't actually start until the player hits a few balls correctly. The game was given a tutorial in the arcade version in addition to this, and a Practice replacing it in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
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