Exhibition Match

OK, Mr. Big Batting Hero,
time to show off your skills
in an exhibition match. Don't
let anything get past you!

　Rhythm Heaven Fever

Exhibition Match

You're up as the star hitter!
Swinging wildly won't
impress the audience so
put on a good show!

Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise

Exhibition Match

OK, Mr. Big Batting Hero, time to
show off your skills in an exhibition
match. Don't let anything get past you!

　Rhythm Heaven Megamix

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.

Gameplay

The player controls Slugger, the batter in yellow on the right side of the screen. On the other side is Pitcher, a young girl wearing pink. 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.

Controls

Ⓐ/Tap: Swing bat

Timing Display

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 groan.
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's Call()
	Your swing seemed a bit shaky.	Your swing seemed a bit shaky.
	Eh. Good enough.	Good try.
	You had a nice, solid swing there! You hit it even without audio cues!	You had a nice, solid swing there! You hit it even without audio cues!

	Monkey Umpire says...
	Your swing looked a little shaky.
	Eh. Passable.
	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!

Epilogue




I...lost?	Let's call it a tie. Good match.	We won't see THAT one again!
I...lost?	It's a draw. Good show!	That one's out of the stadium!




I...lost?	Let's call it a tie. Good match.	We won't see THAT one again!

Rhythm Item

Team Logo	Alternate Strategy
	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.

Challenge Land

Exhibition Match appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

Appearances

Video

Trivia

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.

Unused

Main article: Exhibition Match/Unused

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バッティングショー	Batting Show
English^NOA	Exhibition Match	A practice game which does not count on a team's record.
English^NOE	Exhibition Match
French	Baseball
Spanish	Exhibición de bateo	Batting exhibition
German	Baseball
Italian	Baseball Show
Dutch	Exhibition Match^[1]
Portuguese	Exhibition Match^[2]
Korean	배팅쇼	Batting Show

References

Rhythm Games

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