{{quote|Keep the rally going in this badminton game! <br>Try not to let the birdie go out of bounds, though...|Air Rally Description (Rhythm Heaven Fever US version)}} {{Template:Quote|Have you ever played badminton this high up? Try not to drop <br>the shuttlecocks, because it's a long way down!|Air Rally Description (Rhythm Heaven Fever European version)}}
{{GameExplainWii
{{Template:Quote|You know what livens up a long plane trip? <br>Badminton. It makes the miles just fly by! (No practice.)|Air Rally 2 Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)}}{{Template:Game-Nav
|titleUS=Air Rally
|Minigame_infobox/Data = Built to Scale (Wii)
|explainUS=Keep the rally going in this<br>badminton game! Try not to<br>let the birdie go out of<br>bounds, though...
|explainUK=Have you ever played<br>badminton this high up?<br>Try not to drop the<br>shuttlecocks, because<br>it's a long way down!}}
|Minigame_infobox/Data2 = Catchy Tune 2}}{{Minigame infobox|Name = Air Rally 2|Debut = Rhythm Heaven Fever<br>Rhythm Heaven Megamix|Number = 13 (Rhythm Heaven Fever)<br>35 (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)|Reward = Baxter and Forthington (Rhythm Heaven Fever)<br>1 Flow Ball (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)|image = <tabber>Rhythm Heaven Fever=[[File:Air Rally.png|240px]]|-|Megamix=[[File:return of air rally.png|240px]]</tabber>|jname = かえってきた バドミントン|rname = Kaettekita Badominton|BPM = 162}}{{Nihongo|'''Air Rally 2'''|かえってきた バドミントン|Kaettekita Badominton|"Return of Badminton"}}, knows in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' as {{Nihongo|'''Air Rally'''|バドミントン|Badominton|"Badminton"}}, is the 13th minigame of ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' and the 35th minigame in [[Rhythm Heaven Megamix|''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'']]. It features [[Baxter]] and [[Forthington]] flying in airplanes as they play badminton in the sky. It's also a sequel to [[Air Rally]] in[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix|'' Rhythm Heaven Megamix'']].
{{GameExplain3DS
|title=Air Rally 2
|explain=You know what really livens up<br>a long plane trip? Badminton.<br>It makes the miles just fly by!
{{Nihongo|Air Rally 2|かえってきた バドミントン|Kaettekita Badminton}}, known in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' as {{Nihongo|Air Rally|バドミントン|Badminton}}, is the 3rd [[Rhythm Game]] of Stage 3 (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==
==Gameplay==
[[File:Screenshot Wii Air Rally.png|thumb]]
[[File:Screenshot 3DS Air Rally 2.png|thumb]]
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. He counts out loud, "Two, three, four!" to indicate a return to the normal beat pattern.
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.
The Gameplay is the exact same like in prequel, but the tempo of this game is faster and more complex. The game takes place on the sky now. To keep hitting a shuttlecock, the player must press A button to swing a racket and hit it to serve to Forthington. Also, he might signal the rhythm in three different cues. The normal one that goes slow and nothing happens, the altered one which Forthington shouts "Bu-bum bum bum!" while doing a normal one, and the return one when he counts "Two, Three, FOUR!" to revert the rhythm back to normal.
In addition to the altering of the rhythm, the game will attempt to visually mislead the player by having the two planes distance from each other, causing the shuttlecock to be hit harder and travel faster. However, the beat remains the same.
==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 will be quite disappointed, yelling "Come on! You can't miss the last one! How lame is that?!"}}
*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.
{{Results
==Rating Notes==
|Console=Wii
===''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]''===
|caption=Local Birds' Thoughts
|cp_DEF_Ng=You missed a lot of returns.<br>The changes really threw you.<br>The fast ones zipped past you.
====Header====
|cp_DEF_Hi=You kept that rally going!<br>You matched the changes well.<br>You handled the fast shots well.
*"Local Birds' Thoughts"
|caption Alt=The geese say...
====Try Again====
|cp_DEF_Ng Alt=That couldn't even be called a rally.<br>You didn't hit the rhythm changes.<br>You let the fast ones get past you!
*"You missed a lot of returns."
|cp_DEF_Hi Alt=That was a great rally!<br>You coped well with rhythm changes.<br>You took the fast shots in your swing.}}
*"The changes really threw you."
{{Results
*"The fast ones zapped past you."
|Console=3DS
====OK====
|caption=Local Birds' Thoughts
*"Eh. Good enough."
|cp_DEF_Ng=You missed a lot of returns.<br>The changes really threw you.<br>The long shots zipped past you.
====Superb====
|cp_DEF_Hi=You kept that rally going!<br>You matched the changes well.<br>You handled the long shots well.}}
*"You kept that rally going!"
*"You matched the changes well."
*"You handled the fast shots well."
===''Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise''===
====Header====
*"The geese says..."
====Try Again====
*"That couldn't even be called a rally."
*"You didn't hit the rhythm changes."
*"You let the fast ones get past you!"
====OK====
*"Good try."
====Superb====
*"That was a great rally!"
*"You coped well with rhythm changes."
*"You took the fast shots in your swing."
===''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''===
====Header====
*"Local Birds' Thoughts"
====Try Again====
*"The long shots zapped past you."
*"You missed a lot of returns."
*"The changes really threw you."
====OK====
*"Eh. Passable."
====Superb====
*"You kept that rally going!"
*"You handled the long shots well."
*"You matched the changes well."
==Epilogue==
==Epilogue==
===''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]''===
{{Epilogue
|Console=Wii
|NG Image=Epilogue Wii Air Rally NG.png
|OK Image=Epilogue Wii Air Rally OK.png
|HI Image=Epilogue Wii Air Rally HI.png
|NG=This won't end well...
|OK=Let's concentrate on flying<br>for now.
|HI=The only way to play badminton!
|NG alt=Mayday, mayday!
|OK alt=Let's just try flying for now.
|HI alt=High altitude badminton is great!}}
{{Epilogue
|Console=3DS
|NG=I blame you entirely for this.
|OK=ANOTHER tied game?
|HI=Outta my way, duck! I've got<br>a rally to maintain!}}
==[[Rhythm Item]]==
{{item
|name=Baxter's Racket
|title=Forthington's Rival
|explain=Ever since Baxter 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!}}
==[[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]]==
{{PAGENAME}} appears in the following [[Challenge Train]] courses:
*[[Be a Good Sport]]
*[[Extreme Sports]]
*[[Game Gamble: Intermediate]]
*[[Back and So Forth]]
==Appearances==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Air_rally_try_again.png|''This won't end well...''
Screenshot Wii Air Rally Practice.png|[[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]] ([[Practice]])
Air_rally_OK.PNG|''Let's concentrate on flying <br>for now.''
Screenshot Wii Air Rally.png|[[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]]<br>[[Remix 10 (Wii)|Remix 10]]
Air_rally_Superb.png|''The only way to play badminton!''
Screenshot Wii Air Rally Remix 3.png|[[Remix 3 (Wii)|Remix 3]]
===''Beat the Beat Rhythm Paradise''===
Screenshot Wii Air Rally Remix 8.png|[[Remix 8 (Wii)|Remix 8]]
Air Rally EU Try Again.png|''Mayday, mayday!''
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally Practice.png|[[Air Rally]] ([[Practice]])
Air Rally EU OK.png|''Let's just try flying for now.''
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally.png|[[Air Rally]]
Air Rally EU Superb.png|''High altitude badminton is great!''
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally 2.png|[[Air Rally 2]]<br>[[Final Remix]]
Screenshot 3DS Air Rally 2 Honeybee Remix.png|[[Honeybee Remix]]
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Video==
{{#ev:youtube|QYKhz_w_pSI||inline}}
{{#ev:youtube|UaNz2u_7OQQ||inline}}
==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.
*Presumably due to hardware limitations, the amount of clouds was reduced in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'', reducing their effectiveness as a visual distraction.
|nl=Air Rally<ref>[https://www.nintendo.nl/games/oms/beat_the_beat_rhythm_paradise/rythm.html#rythm/air-rally.html Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | Muziekspel | Wii | Nintendo]</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.nl/Iwata-vraagt/Iwata-vraagt-Beat-the-Beat-Rhythm-Paradise/Iwata-vraagt-Beat-the-Beat-Rhythm-Paradise/3-Bruidstaart-en-Ringside-/3-Bruidstaart-en-Ringside--236521.html Iwata vraagt | 3. Bruidstaart en ''Ringside'' | Iwata vraagt: Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | Nintendo]</ref>
|pt=Air Rally<ref>[https://www.nintendo.pt/games/oms/beat_the_beat_rhythm_paradise/rythm.html#rythm/air-rally.html Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | Jogo de música | Wii | Nintendo]</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.pt/Iwata-Pergunta/Iwata-Pergunta-Beat-the-Beat-Rhythm-Paradise/Iwata-Pergunta-Beat-the-Beat-Rhythm-Paradise/3-Bolo-de-casamento-e-Ringside-/3-Bolo-de-casamento-e-Ringside--236521.html Iwata Pergunta | 3. Bolo de casamento e ''Ringside'' | Iwata Pergunta: Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | Nintendo]</ref>
|kr=배드민턴
|rokr=Baedeuminteon
|mnkr=Badminton}}
===''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''===
===''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''===
<gallery>
{{Lang
Air Rally 3DS Try Again.PNG|"I blame you entirely for this."
|jp=かえってきた バドミントン
Air Rally 3DS OK.PNG|"ANOTHER tied game?"
|rojp=Kaettekita Badominton
Air Rally 3DS Superb.PNG|"Outta my way, duck! I've got <br>a rally to maintain!"
|mnjp=Badminton Returns
</gallery>
|us=Air Rally 2
|fr=Badminton extrême
==Apearances==
|mnfr=Extreme badminton
<gallery>
|es=A vuelapluma 2
Fever Air Rally Practice.PNG|[[Air Rally 2|Air Rally]] Practice (Wii)
Air Rally Practice Megamix.PNG|[[Air Rally]] Practice (3DS)
|kr=돌아온 배드민턴
Air Rally Story gameplay.png|[[Air Rally (3DS)|Air Rally]]
|rokr=Dol-aon Baedeuminteon
Air Rally Honeybee.png|[[Honeybee Remix]]
|mnkr=Badminton Returns}}
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
==Rhythm Item==
{{Game Navigation}}
===Baxter's Racket===
{{Template:Item
|item = Baxter's Racket.png
|header = Forthington's Rival
|desc = 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==
After you pass the boat in the background and the rhythm changes, hit the shuttlecock at the right moment the second time to collect the star.
== Trivia ==
*The American names of the characters, Baxter and Forthington, is a pun to "back and forth", like the way the shuttlecock goes in the game.
*Sometimes in the background, the player can see the [[Blue Birds]] and their captain from ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'' flying through the sky, replacing the normal birds. One can also be seen in the Superb rating screen.
*If you miss the last shot of the game, Forthington says, "Come on! You can't miss the last shot! That's just lame! Anyway, good game!"
* There is no practice for this game in Megamix, but there is a new one that changes distance between Forthington's place to far away while Baxter's place on his right side, making it difficult to hit shuttlecock at the same time.
* The second "Bu-bum bum bum!" has been changed to a new one in Megamix.
* Some of the clouds that distract your view from the evening and the night section in the original game of ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' are missing in ''Megamix''.
== In Other Languages==
{{Template:Lang
|jp = 帰ってきた バドミントン Return of Badminton
|es = A vuelapluma 2
|du = Badminton 2|fr = Badminton extréme
|it = Partita al volo 2|kr = 돌아온 배드민턴 Return of Badminton}}
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Latest revision as of 23:36, 31 August 2024
Air Rally
Keep the rally going in this badminton game! Try not to let the birdie go out of bounds, though...
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. He counts out loud, "Two, three, four!" to indicate a return to the normal beat pattern.
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.
Perfect!/Ace!?: The player hits the birdie towards Forthington.
Early!/Late!?: The player hits the birdie, but it is knocked to the side.
Miss...?: The birdie flies past the player. If the player misses the last one, Forthington will be quite disappointed, yelling "Come on! You can't miss the last one! How lame is that?!"
Results
Local Birds' Thoughts()
The geese say...()
You missed a lot of returns. The changes really threw you. The fast ones zipped past you.
That couldn't even be called a rally. You didn't hit the rhythm changes. You let the fast ones get past you!
Eh. Good enough.
Good try.
You kept that rally going! You matched the changes well. You handled the fast shots well.
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.
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!
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.
Presumably due to hardware limitations, the amount of clouds was reduced in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, reducing their effectiveness as a visual distraction.
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