{{GameExplainWii|titleUS = Exhibition Match|explainUS = OK, Mr. Big Batting Hero, <br>time to show off your skills <br>in an exhibition match. Don't <br>let anything get past you!|titleUK = Exhibition Match|explainUK = You're up as the star hitter! <br>Swinging wildly won't <br>impress the audience so <br>put on a good show!}}
{{GameExplainWii
{{GameExplain3DS|title = Exhibition Match|explain = OK, Mr. Big Batting Hero, time to<br>show off your skills in an exhibition<br>match. Don't let anything get past you!}}
|titleUS=Exhibition Match
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|explainUS=OK, Mr. Big Batting Hero,<br>time to show off your skills<br>in an exhibition match. Don't<br>let anything get past you!
{{Nihongo|'''Exhibition Match'''|バッティングショー|Batingu Sho|"Batting Show"}} is the 23rd game in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' and the 16th minigame in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''. This game's setting is in a baseball field and requires the player to swing at baseballs.
|titleUK=Exhibition Match
|explainUK=You're up as the star hitter!<br>Swinging wildly won't<br>impress the audience so<br>put on a good show!}}
{{GameExplain3DS
|title=Exhibition Match
|explain=OK, Mr. Big Batting Hero, time to<br>show off your skills in an exhibition<br>match. Don't let anything get past you!}}
{{Nihongo|Exhibition Match|バッティングショー|Batting Show}} is the 3rd [[Rhythm Game]] of Stage 5 (23rd overall) in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'' and the 3rd of [[Donut Land]] (16th overall) in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.
The player controls [[Slugger]], the batter in yellow clothing on the right side of the screen. On the other side is [[Pitcher]], a young girl wearing pink clothing. She throws a baseball behind a curtain, and it flies out after four beats. The player needs to swing on the fifth beat to hit the ball.
[[File:Exhibition_Match_Wii_gameplay.png|thumb|200px]][[File:Exhibition_match_3ds_gameplay.png|thumb|200px]]The player controls [[Slugger]], the batter in yellow on the left side of a baseball field. On the other side of the field is the [[Pitcher]], a young girl wearing pink. She will throw a baseball at the batter. The baseball will be thrown behind a curtain and will fly out after four beats. The player needs to swing on the fifth beat to hit the ball.
The entire game revolves around trying to mislead the player. Although they only need to swing on the fifth beat, the game zooms in or out and cuts off the music, and at one point zooming all the way out.
The entire game revolves around trying to mislead the player. Although you only need to swing on the fifth beat, the game will try to use visuals and sound to confuse the player. This includes making the screen visibly beat in an unhelpful pattern, zooming in, cutting off music, and at one point zooming all the way out of the park.
In the end, its revealed that the curtain in the middle was hiding a monkey. It turns out that it was catching the ball from the pitcher and throwing them at the batter after five beats, causing the delay.
In the end, the curtain goes up to reveal a [[Monkey#Exhibition Match|Monkey]], who is the one catching the ball and throwing it with a delay.
==Controls==
==Controls==
{{Controls|At=Swing bat}}
{{Controls|At=Swing bat}}
==Timing Display==
==[[Timing Display]]==
*'''Perfect!/Ace!''': The batter will successfully hit the ball at the screen (literally breaking it at one point) as the crowd cheers. The more hits the player make as the game goes on, the more the batter will show off, doing things like waving his bat. The pitcher will also get more upset and nervous as more hits are made, and will even throw her hat on the ground if the first five throws are hit. Before the last throw, she will sweat when the monkey is shown.
{{Timing
*'''Early!/Late!''': The batter will simply tap the ball as it falls to the ground. The pitcher will be happy when this happens.
|just=The player successfully hits the ball towards the screen, and [[Slugger]] laughs with glee. The audience cheers. [[Pitcher]] makes a shocked expression. The more hits the player make as the game goes on, the more [[Slugger]] shows off, doing things like waving his bat. The pitcher also gets more upset and nervous, even throwing her hat on the ground if the first five throws are hit. Before the last throw, she sweats when the [[Monkey#Exhibition Match|Monkey]] is shown. [[Slugger]] reacts with confusion to the [[Monkey#Exhibition Match|Monkey]].
*'''Miss...''': Not even hitting the ball when swinging will cause the batter to spin around from the swing, the audience amused. Not swinging at all will cause the batter to look confused as the ball goes past him. Either way, the pitcher will be happy.
|miss=The player simply taps the ball as it falls to the ground, making the audience laugh.
|through=Missing the ball completely makes [[Slugger]] embarassed as the ball goes past him, and the crowd boos. Trying to swing too early or too late causes him to spin around, amusing the crowd. [[Pitcher]] is happy in either scenario.}}
==Results==
==Results==
{{Results|Console = Wii|caption = Monkey Umpire's Call|cp_DEF_Ng = Your swing seemed a bit shaky.<br>You had trouble when it got quiet.|cp_DEF_Hi = You had a nice, solid swing there!<br>You hit it even without audio cues!}}
{{Results
{{Results|Console = PAL|caption = Monkey Umpire says...|cp_DEF_Ng = Your swing looked a bit shaky.|cp_DEF_Hi = Your swing was nice and relaxed.<br>You coped without audio cues.}}
|Console=Wii
{{Results|Console = 3DS|caption = Monkey Umpire's Call|cp_DEF_Ng = Your swing seemed a bit shaky.<br>You had trouble when it got quiet.|cp_DEF_Hi = You had a nice, solid swing there!<br>You hit it even without audio cues!}}
|caption=Monkey Umpire's Call
|cp_DEF_Ng=Your swing seemed a bit shaky.
|cp_DEF_Hi=You had a nice, solid swing there!<br>You hit it even without audio cues!
|caption Alt=Monkey Umpire says...
|cp_DEF_Ng Alt=Your swing looked a little shaky.
|cp_DEF_Hi Alt=Your swing was nice and relaxed.<br>You coped without audio cues.}}
{{Results
|Console=3DS
|caption=Monkey Umpire's Call
|cp_DEF_Ng=Your swing seemed a bit shaky.<br>You had trouble when it got quiet.
|cp_DEF_Hi=You had a nice, solid swing there!<br>You hit it even without audio cues!}}
==Epilogue==
==Epilogue==
{{Epilogue
{{Epilogue
|Console=Wii
|Console=Wii
|NG Image=Exhibition Match Try Again.png
|OK Image=Exhibition Match OK.png
|HI Image=Exhibition Match Superb.png
|NG=I...lost?
|NG=I...lost?
|OK=Let's call it a tie. Good match.
|OK=Let's call it a tie. Good match.
Line 34:
Line 50:
|NG alt=I...lost?
|NG alt=I...lost?
|OK alt=It's a draw. Good show!
|OK alt=It's a draw. Good show!
|HI alt=That one's out of the stadium!
|HI alt=That one's out of the stadium!}}
}}
{{Epilogue
{{Epilogue
|Console=3DS
|Console=3DS
|NG Image=Exhibition Match 3DS Try Again.PNG
|OK Image=Exhibition Match 3DS OK.PNG
|HI Image=Exhibition Match 3DS Superb.PNG
|NG=I...lost?
|NG=I...lost?
|OK=Let's call it a tie. Good match.
|OK=Let's call it a tie. Good match.
|HI=We won't see THAT one again!
|HI=We won't see THAT one again!}}
}}
==[[Rhythm Item]]==
{{item
==Rhythm Item==
|name=Team Logo
|title=Alternate Strategy
{{Template:Item
|explain=Only the best batters get to<br>appear in these exhibition<br>matches, but I hear that at<br>least one got there by just<br>being a big, scary guy that<br>no one wanted to refuse.}}
|name = Team Logo
==[[Skill Star]]==
|title = Alternate Strategy
|item = Team Logo.png
|explain = Only the best batters get to appear in these exhibition matches, but I hear that at least one got there by just being a big, scary guy that no one wanted to refuse.
|header = Alternate Strategy
|desc = Only the best batters get to appear in these exhibition matches, but I hear that at least one got there by just being a big, scary guy that no one wanted to refuse.
}}
==Skill Star==
The Skill Star appears during the furthest zoom out in the game.
The Skill Star appears during the furthest zoom out in the game.
==Challenge Land==
==[[Challenge Land]]==
{{PAGENAME}} appears in the following [[Challenge Train]] courses:
{{PAGENAME}} appears in the following [[Challenge Train]] courses:
Screenshot 3DS Exhibition Match Left-Hand Remix.png|[[Left-Hand Remix]]
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Video==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The game's theme is reminiscent of the ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'' game [[Spaceball]].
*When the screen zooms out completely, a city can be seen in the background. This city is a stock photo of [[wikipedia:New York City|New York City]] from before September 2001, edited to be black and white. In ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'', the city is edited further.
*This game and [[Spaceball]] both show up in [[Rhythm Heaven Megamix|''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'']], meaning the game has two separate Baseball games.
==Development History==
*When the pitcher walks back, one can see her walking through the hat she threw on the ground. This error was fixed in ''Megamix''.
{{Main|Exhibition Match/Development}}
*The VS screen featuring Pitcher and Slugger in Megamix was redrawn. A comparison can be seen below.
* In the Japanese and PAL version, the logo at the bottom says “Batting Show”, while in the American version, it says “Batting Exhibition” instead.
* The game has many similarities to [[Big Rock Finish]] from the [[Rhythm Heaven|previous game]].
** Both have the same crowd cheer sound effect at the beginning.
** Both are on Set 5 of their games.
** Both involve performing the action after waiting until the end of a measure.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
!Rhythm Heaven Fever
!Rhythm Heaven Megamix
|-
|[[File:Pitcher_VS_Slugger_Fever.png|230px]]
|[[File:Exhibition_Match_3DS.PNG|230px]]
|}
==Video==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
!Rhythm Heaven Fever
!Rhythm Heaven Megamix
|-
|[[File:Rhythm Heaven Fever ~ Exhibition Match (Perfect)|300px]]
|[[File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Exhibition Match (Perfect) (English)-0|300px]]
|}
==In Other Languages==
==In Other Languages==
{{Template:Lang
{{Lang
|jp = バッティングショー
|jp=バッティングショー
|rojp= Battingushō
|rojp=Battingu Shō
|mnjp=Batting Show
|mnjp=Batting Show
|fr = Baseball
|us=Exhibition Match
|du = Baseball
|mnus=A practice game which does not count on a team's record.
|pt=Exhibition Match<ref>[https://www.nintendo.pt/games/oms/beat_the_beat_rhythm_paradise/dual.html Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise | Jogo de música | Wii | Nintendo]</ref>
|kr=배팅쇼
|rokr=Baeting Syo
|mnkr=Batting Show}}
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:42, 31 August 2024
Exhibition Match
OK, Mr. Big Batting Hero, time to show off your skills in an exhibition match. Don't let anything get past you!
The player controls Slugger, the batter in yellow clothing on the right side of the screen. On the other side is Pitcher, a young girl wearing pink clothing. She throws a baseball behind a curtain, and it flies out after four beats. The player needs to swing on the fifth beat to hit the ball.
The entire game revolves around trying to mislead the player. Although they only need to swing on the fifth beat, the game zooms in or out and cuts off the music, and at one point zooming all the way out.
In the end, the curtain goes up to reveal a Monkey, who is the one catching the ball and throwing it with a delay.
Perfect!/Ace!?: The player successfully hits the ball towards the screen, and Slugger laughs with glee. The audience cheers. Pitcher makes a shocked expression. The more hits the player make as the game goes on, the more Slugger shows off, doing things like waving his bat. The pitcher also gets more upset and nervous, even throwing her hat on the ground if the first five throws are hit. Before the last throw, she sweats when the Monkey is shown. Slugger reacts with confusion to the Monkey.
Early!/Late!?: The player simply taps the ball as it falls to the ground, making the audience laugh.
Miss...?: Missing the ball completely makes Slugger embarassed as the ball goes past him, and the crowd boos. Trying to swing too early or too late causes him to spin around, amusing the crowd. Pitcher is happy in either scenario.
Results
Monkey Umpire's Call()
Monkey Umpire says...()
Your swing seemed a bit shaky.
Your swing looked a little shaky.
Eh. Good enough.
Good try.
You had a nice, solid swing there! You hit it even without audio cues!
Your swing was nice and relaxed. You coped without audio cues.
Monkey Umpire's Call
Your swing seemed a bit shaky. You had trouble when it got quiet.
Eh. Passable.
You had a nice, solid swing there! You hit it even without audio cues!
Only the best batters get to appear in these exhibition matches, but I hear that at least one got there by just being a big, scary guy that no one wanted to refuse.
When the screen zooms out completely, a city can be seen in the background. This city is a stock photo of New York City from before September 2001, edited to be black and white. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the city is edited further.
Rhythm Heaven Megamix
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