Fruit Basket

Fruit Basket

Time to put a fresh and surprisingly literal spin on the idea of "street basketball." Also, fruit!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Fruit Basket (フルーツバスケット^?, Fruit Basket) is the 4th Rhythm Game of Machine Land (8th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Fruit Basket

Image

Number

8

Version^?

Short

Gift

Flow Ball

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The long version, Fruit Basket 2, appears in Machine Tower.

Gameplay

In this game, the player controls Courtney, the ground, who is trying to launch fruit into the hoops in a basketball court. Courtney must launch fruits by bouncing them to the beat as they roll across him. The apples require 2 beats, and the lemons require 4 beats.

Controls

• Ⓐ/Tap: Poke upwards

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?: The fruit is launched into the basketball net.
• Early!/Late!^?: The fruit is launched, but it misses the basket. Courtney has a shocked/dazed look on his face.
• Miss...^?: The fruit continues rolling without being launched.

Results

	Word on the Street
	Hmmm, you could use a bit more apple practice. The lemons left you sour.
	Eh. Passable.
	How 'bout dem apples?! Woohoo! Fresh-squeezed goodness!

Epilogue

	I hope the rain stops soon...	You gotta sweat for it!	Nothing but net!

Rhythm Item

Basketball	Who Threw These?
	Sometimes basketballs and fruit come zooming over the fence from the school next door. I always look over the fence, but there's no one there. Is the basketball court haunted?

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears on the double lemons at the very end of the game.

Challenge Land

Fruit Basket appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• A Tale of Dietary Fiber
• Game Gamble: Beginner

Appearances

• 

  Fruit Basket

• 

  Fruit Basket 2
  Final Remix

• 

  Machine Remix

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Fruit Basket (Perfect) (English)

Trivia

• Some of the things Courtney can think about are:
  1. A game of Tic-Tac-Toe
  2. A pink Courtney
  3. A dog
  4. A hamburger and a shake
  5. Himself as a skateboard
  6. A spider
  7. A panda

Unused

Main article: Fruit Basket/Unused

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	フルーツバスケット	Fruit Basket
EnglishNOA	Fruit Basket	From fruit, fruit basket, and basketball.
EnglishNOE	Fruit Basket
French	Paniers de fruits	Fruit baskets
Spanish	Frutoncesto	Pun on "fruta" (fruit) and "baloncesto" (basketball)
Italian	Canestro di frutta	Fruit basket
Dutch	Fruit Basket	Same as English name.
Portuguese	Fruit Basket	Same as English name.
Russian	Корзина с фруктами	Fruit basket
Korean	과일 농구	Fruit Basketball