{{Nihongo|'''Bouncy Road'''|ホッピングロード|Hopping Road|}} is the 19th game in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' and the 91st in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''. In this game, two [[Sphere Dudes]] need your help to bounce off the balls that bounce down the road. Don't let them roll off. A sequel appears later on in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' called [[Bouncy Road 2]].
{{Nihongo|Bouncy Road|ホッピングロード|Hopping Road}} is the 1st [[Rhythm Game]] of Stage 5 (25th overall) in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' and the 1st of [[Shop No. 1]] (91st overall), costing 5 [[Flow Ball]]s, in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.
The arrange version, [[Hopping Road 2]], appears in Last Technician of ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]''.
==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
[[File:Hop_hopping.PNG|thumb|240px]]
[[File:Screenshot GBA Hopping Road.png|thumb]]
[[File:Hopping_road.png|thumb|240px]]
[[File:Screenshot Arcade Hopping Road.png|thumb]]
The game features a long, curving stretch of circular platforms. From the furthest platform, a ball spawns and begins to bounce along each of the platforms getting closer and closer to the screen. At the center and closest part of the screen is a yellow pole alongside a red pole. As the ball approaches, it will bounce along the other platforms in a rhythmic rhythm, until finally approaching the yellow and red ones, where the player must simultaneously use the <span style="font-weight:normal;">A button</span><span style="font-weight:normal;"> </span>and <span style="font-weight:normal;">D-Pad</span><span style="font-weight:normal;"> </span>respectfully to carry the ball across the end of the curve. The minigame lasts for just about a minute, with the balls varying in both speed and numbers throughout!
[[File:Screenshot 3DS Bouncy Road.png|thumb]]
In this game, [[Urakata Aki to Ki]] need the player's help to bounce the balls along the long, curving stretch of circular platforms against a dark blue gradient. From the furthest platform, a ball spawns and begins to bounce along each of the platforms getting closer and closer to the screen. At the center and closest part of the screen is a yellow pole alongside a red pole, each holding platforms. As the ball approaches, it bounces along the other platforms in rhythm, until finally approaching the yellow and red poles, where the player must press Ⓐ then ✚ to bounce the ball across. The balls bounce at varying speeds, and in the latter half of the game, they appear in sets of two or three at a time.
==Controls==
==Controls==
====Button Mode====
{{Controls|Dt=Bounce Red Pole|At=Bounce Yellow Pole}}
*D-Pad: Bounce Red Pole
==[[Timing Display]]==
*A: Bounce Yellow Pole
{{Timing
====Simple Tap Mode====
|just=The ball bounces on the poles and continues its journey.
*Tap: Bounce Either Pole
|miss=In ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'', the ball bounces on the poles a bit off the beat, potentially in midair. In ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'', it is impossible to time it as such{{ref needed}}.
==Timing Notes==
|through= The ball bounces off the pole and falls into water.}}
*Hit: The ball bounces off the platform and continues its journey.
==Results==
*Barely: The ball will bounce off the platform, but make a faltering noise and fall. '''A barely counts as a miss.'''
{{Results
*Miss: The balls hits the platform and just rolls off.
|Console=GBA
==Rating Notes==
|caption=かぜのウワサ
===''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]''===
|cp_DEF_Ng=きほんが できてないよね。<br>連続ジャンプで ミスが目立ちすぎよね。
====Header====
|cp_DEF_Hi=連続ジャンプが ファンタスティックだわ！<br>いい判断だったよね！
*"The Wind's Gossip"
|caption Alt=The Wind's Gossip
====Try Again====
|cp_DEF_Ng Alt=Focus on the basics.)''<br>''(Your mistakes stand out on continuous hops.
*"Try the practice a little more."
|cp_DEF_Hi Alt=The continuous hops are fantastic!)''<br>''(You had good timing!}}
*"Your inexperience shows on consecutive jumps."
{{Results
====OK====
|Console=3DS
*"Yeah..."
|caption=Spheroid Impressions
*"Eh. Good enough."
|cp_DEF_Ng=You, uh, dropped many of us.<br>You panicked when we came down<br>in a group.
*"For now, that'll do..."
|cp_DEF_Hi=Thanks for helping us along!<br>Even when there were lots of us,<br>you kept your cool.}}
*"You barely made it."
==Epilogue==
====Superb====
{{Epilogue
*"The successive hops are fantastic!"
|Console=GBA
*"Your rhythm kept everything flowing!"
|NG=なかなか ムズカシー！
===''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''===
|OK=けっこうな コンビネーションだったネ！
====Header====
|HI=かんたん かんたん♪
*"Spheroid Impressions"
|NG alt=Pretty difficult-!
====Try Again====
|OK alt=That was quite a combination!
*""
|HI alt=Easy easy♪}}
*""
{{Epilogue
====OK====
|Console=Arcade
*"Eh. Passable."
|NG=なかなか ムズカシー！
====Superb====
|OK=けっこうな コンビネーションだったネ！
*"Thanks for helping us along!"
|HI=かんたん かんたん♪
*"Even when there were lots of us, you kept your cool."
|NG alt=Pretty difficult-!
==Epilouge==
|OK alt=That was quite a combination!
===''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]''===
|HI alt=Easy easy♪}}
{{Epilogue
|Console=3DS
|NG=Ow.
|OK=Nice combo!
|HI=Where's the challenge?
|NG alt=Where's the challenge?}}
==[[Rhythm Item]]==
{{item
|name=Apparatus
|title=Childhood's End
|explain=I bought this for my son because<br>I heard it was the big, popular toy<br>this year. It turns out that it's even<br>MORE popular with adults. They<br>build these huge structures and<br>hold tournaments and stuff!}}
==[[Skill Star]]==
The Skill Star appears at the midpoint of the game, where one medium and one fast ball appear.
==[[Challenge Land]]==
{{PAGENAME}} appears in the following [[Challenge Train]] courses:
Hopping Road 3DS Superb.PNG|"Where's the challenge?"
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==Rhythm Item==
===Apparatus===
{{Template:Item
|item = Apparatus.png|header = Childhood's End|desc = "I bought this for my son because I heard it was the big, popular toy this year. It turns out that it's even MORE popular with adults. They build these huge structures and hold tournaments and stuff!"}}
==Skill Star==
When you're near the end of the game and have one medium and fast ball, bounce the medium ball with a red pole perfectly to collect the star.
==Remix Appearances==
*[[Remix 5 (GBA)|Remix 5]]
*[[Remix 6 (GBA)|Remix 6]]
*[[Bouncy Road 2]]
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The game can essentially be cheated by button mashing, which will result in an automatic Try Again.
*This game's [[Practice]] is one of the few in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' that doesn't explain the controls to the player via text. It received a How to Play demonstration in the [[Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)|arcade]] version, in addition to the original [[Practice]]. In ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'', the [[Practice]] was reworked to include an explanation instead.
**The [[Practice]] in ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' doesn't feature any music, instead having the ambient noise of a street.
In this game, Urakata Aki to Ki need the player's help to bounce the balls along the long, curving stretch of circular platforms against a dark blue gradient. From the furthest platform, a ball spawns and begins to bounce along each of the platforms getting closer and closer to the screen. At the center and closest part of the screen is a yellow pole alongside a red pole, each holding platforms. As the ball approaches, it bounces along the other platforms in rhythm, until finally approaching the yellow and red poles, where the player must press Ⓐ then ✚ to bounce the ball across. The balls bounce at varying speeds, and in the latter half of the game, they appear in sets of two or three at a time.
I bought this for my son because I heard it was the big, popular toy this year. It turns out that it's even MORE popular with adults. They build these huge structures and hold tournaments and stuff!
This game's Practice is one of the few in Rhythm Tengoku that doesn't explain the controls to the player via text. It received a How to Play demonstration in the arcade version, in addition to the original Practice. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the Practice was reworked to include an explanation instead.
The Practice in Rhythm Tengoku doesn't feature any music, instead having the ambient noise of a street.
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