Space Soccer

Don't drop the ball! It takes some crafty legwork to keep that thing in the air! Kick, kick, kick!

— Space Soccer Description

Template:Game-NavTemplate:Minigame infobox Space Soccer (リフティング rifutingu "soccer ball juggling") is the 26th minigame unlocked in Rhythm Heaven. This game is about Space Kickers who are training at jughling soccer ball by using knees. Space soccer also reappears in the sequel, Space Soccer 2. Attaining a perfect unlocks the music for this game.

Gameplay

File:Space Soccer gameplay.png

The objective of the game is to keep the ball up by kicking it in time with the rhythm. Many other 'Space Kickers' will also join in sync midway through the game.

You tap to kick the ball in time with the music. The space kicker will frequently Kick the ball up higher and say "High, kick, toe!" And you have to flick the stylus to keep the ball in the air.

Controls

• Tap: Kick
• Flick: High kick

Timing Notes

• Hit: The ball is kicked up and the gameplay smoothly continues.
• Barely: None of this game. A barely counts as a hit.
• Miss: The ball falls and another ball appears at the beginning of the following measure.

Rating Notes

Header

• "Cosmic Coach says..."

Try Again

• "Watch your knees!"
• "You need to work on your trapping."

OK

• "Hm...
• "I don't know..."
• "Good enough..."
• "I guess that was all right."

Superb

• "Good knee kicks there!"
• "Your kick has a nice snap to it!"
• "Nice trapping legwork!"

Epilogue

• Space soccer tryagain.png

  "Buttertoes!"

• Space Soccer OK.png

  "We'll get it tomorrow."

• Space Soccer Superb.png

  "Hoo-wahh!"

Trivia

• Sometimes if you flicked the Stylus too quickly while holding it, the space kicker makes a shocked expression after doing that.
• There are unused sprites of the Space Kicker left in the game's files, but they were cut for unknown reasons.
  File:120px-RH-SoccerHeadsUnused.png

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven - Space Soccer (Perfect) (English)-0

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リフティング "Soccer ball juggling"
French	Football spatial
Spanish	Fútbol Espacial
Italian	Calcio spaziale