Air Rally

Air Rally

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

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Air Rally

Image

File:Story air rally.png

Number

3

Gift

Flow Ball

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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 and Forthington fly above a desert with a slow-paced song playing in the background.

The normal variant later appears in Honeybee Tower under the name Air Rally 2.

Gameplay

File:Air Rally Story gameplay.png

The player controls Baxter, a dog in a red airplane, playing badminton with Forthington, a cat in a blue airplane. Every time Forthington hits the shuttlecock, the player must press A at the right time to hit it back. Sometimes, the rhythm will change. Forthington cues indicate the rhythm:

• Normal rhythm: Hyah, hyah, hyah, hyah.../Nya, nya, nya, nya... (A standard slow rhythm of twos.)
• Slow rhythm: Bu-bum bum bum! (A slower rhythm of fours.)
• Back to normal: Two, three, FOUR!/Two, three, go! (The rhythm reverts to its normal speed.)

Unlike the original Air Rally, the shuttlecock is always hit from the same distance, excluding the final hit, where Forthington catches the shuttlecock.

Controls

• Ⓐ/Tap: Swing racket

Timing Notes

• Perfect!/Ace!: The player hits the shuttlecock back at Forthington.
• Early!/Late!: The player hits the shuttlecock, but it is knocked to the side, and Forthington serves another one (except on the last beat).
• Miss...: The shuttlecock flies past the player, and Forthington serves another one (except on the last beat). If the player misses on the last beat, Forthington’s ending dialogue will be disappointed, stating that “you can’t just miss the last one”.

Results

	Observations from the Oasis
	Your rally needed more pep. The slow ones were a problem for you.
	Eh. Passable.
	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	Baxter's Rival
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Forthington's Racket.png.png	Ever since Forthington 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

The Skill Star appears on the second-to-last slow rally near the end of the game.

Challenge Land

Air Rally appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• Pattern Play
• Monster Maw
• Game Gamble: Beginner

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.
• The names Baxter and Forthington are a pun on "back and forth", referencing how the shuttlecock 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	Pun on the phrase meaning "quickly", literally "feather flight"
Italian	Partita al volo	Match on the fly
Portuguese	Air Rally
Korean	배드민턴	Badminton