Rhythm Rally

Return the ball to the beat! The trick is knowing how quickly the ball is coming at you. Good luck!

— Rhythm Rally Description

Rhythm Rally (ピンポン pin pon "ping pong") is a variant of Rhythm Rally from Rhythm Heaven that appears in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this game, the player controls one of the Paddlers playing a ping pong rally game together. In this variant, the Paddlers play a ping pong on a flower.

Gameplay

The paddles are playing a table-tennis rally on a big flower, and you are playing as one of them. To hit a ball, you have to press A button to paddle it to serve to your rival. There are two speeds of served balls: normal, which bounce normally, and slow, which bounce a bit high.

File:Story Rhythm Rally gameplay.PNG

Each cue goes at the same speed, but there are different intervals and mixes of them. Note that the fast ball set does not appear in this variant.

Controls

Button Mode

• A: Paddle Ball

Touch Mode

• Tap: Paddle Ball

Hit or Miss

• Hit: The player will successfully continue the rally
• Barely: The player hits the ball off the table. Barely counts as a miss.
• Miss: The ball falls into the players side. The coach will bring out another ball

Rating Notes

• Try Again: "Sometimes it hurts to lose..."
• OK: "That was a great match!"
• Superb: "Nothing beats a good rally!"

Rating Screens

• Rhythm Rally Story Try Again.PNG

  "Sometimes it hurts to lose..."

• Rhythm Rally Story OK.PNG

  "That was a great match!"

• Rhythm Rally Story Superb.PNG

  "Nothing beats a good rally!"

Rhythm Item

Table-Tennis Paddle

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Skill Star

When you are doing a slow ball time, you have to perfect it second time to collect the star.

Trivia

• This is the shortest game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, lasting only 30 seconds of Gameplay. It is also the shortest game in the entire franchise, beating Showtime by 7 seconds and Munchy Monk by 12 seconds.
• Both this minigame and Cosmo Rally have the same superb message "Nothing beats a good rally!"