Air Rally

Keep the rally going in this badminton game! Try not to let the birdie go out of bounds...

— Air Rally Description

Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Air Rally (バドミントン^?, Badminton) is the 3rd minigame that appears in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It is the short variation of Air Rally from Rhythm Heaven Fever. In this game, Baxter & Forthington fly above a desert-like area with a slow paced song playing in the background.

A sequel later appears in Honeybee Tower under the title Air Rally 2.

Gameplay

File:Air Rally Story gameplay.png

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.

• 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

Button Mode

• A: Swing racket (hit shuttlecock)

Simple Tap Mode

• Tap: Swing racket (hit shuttlecock)

Timing Notes

• Hit: The player hit the shuttlecock back at Forthington.
• Barely: The player hits the shuttlecock, but it is knocked to the side, and Forthington serves another one. A barely counts as a miss.
• 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.

Rating Notes

Header

• "Observations from the Oasis"

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

• Air Rally story Try Again.PNG

  "This won't end well..."

• Air Rally story OK.PNG

  "Let's concentrate on flying for now."

• Air Rally story Superb.PNG

  "The only way to play badminton!"

Rhythm Item

Forthington's Racket

Forthington's Racket	Baxter's Rival
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Forthington's Racket.png.png	Ever since Forthington started using his 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

When you're next to the birds and Forthington gives the signal, hit the shuttlecock at the right moment to collect the star.

Challenge Train

• Pattern Play
• Monster Maw (Super Hard!)

Appearances

• Fever Air Rally Practice.PNG

  Air Rally (Practice)

• Air Rally gameplay.png

  Air Rally
  Remix 10

• Air Rally Remix 3.png

  Remix 3

• Air Rally Remix 8.png

  Remix 8

• Air Rally Practice Megamix.PNG

  Air Rally (Practice)

• Air Rally Story gameplay.png

  Air Rally

• Air Rally 2 Final.png

  Air Rally 2
  Final Remix

• Air Rally Honeybee.png

  Honeybee Remix

Trivia

• A Blue Bird makes a cameo in the superb rating screen.
• Just like in Fever, a Threefish from Catch of the Day is in the sprite sheet for this game, but it went completely unused.
• 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.

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Air Rally (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バドミントン	Badminton
EnglishNOA	Air Rally
EnglishNOE	Air Rally
French	Badminton
Spanish	A vuelapluma	A feather fly
Italian	Partita al volo	Match on the fly
Korean	배드민턴	Badminton