Spaceball

ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 視覚に頼るな！ どんと行け~！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't depend on your sight! Go with a bang!)

— Spaceball Description (Rhythm Tengoku)

ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 視覚に頼らず、かつ飛ばせ〜！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't depend on your sight, let's fly!)

— Spaceball Description (Rhythm Tengoku Arcade)

Ignore the camera's wild zooms! Make the ball zoom wildly away! Don't blink! Don't wipe your tears!

— Spaceball Description (Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

Spaceball (エアーバッター^?, Air Batter) is the 4th minigame in Rhythm Tengoku and the 28th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. In this game, the Space Slugger hits baseballs that come out from a flowerpot in a small, green room in space. The camera will zoom in and out, sometimes very far, during gameplay. Its sequel, Spaceball 2, is unlocked later on in Rhythm Tengoku.

Gameplay

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This game has an odd design. The screen will often zoom out, making this scene difficult to see. The game takes place inside a small green room with a flying saucer. As the music plays, a flowerpot will throw out baseballs, which the player must hit by pressing A. The flower pot will occasionally throw high balls which require the player to wait an extra beat before pressing A. Occasionally, the screen will zoom out, requiring the player to track the balls using the music alone.

Controls

Button Mode

• A: Swing bat

Simple Tap

• Tap: Swing bat

Timing Notes

• Hit: The ball flies offscreen.
• Barely: A "doink" is heard as the ball bounces out of the room. A barely counts as a miss.
• Miss: The ball falls in the hole in the floor.

Rating Notes

Rhythm Tengoku

Header

• "つうしんぼ" (Scorecard)

Try Again

• "きほんが　できてません。" (The basics are not down.)
• "タメが　かっこわるい。" (The rests are off.)
• "見た目に　たよりすぎです。" (You're relying too much on the visuals.)

OK

• "う~ん．．．" (Yeah...)
• "まぁまぁ、　かな。" (OK, I guess?)
• "とりあえず．．．" (Anyway...)
• "よしと　します。" (You did your best.)

Superb

• "タメが　しっかりしている！" (The rests are spot on!)
• "見えなくても　できている！" (You can do it even when you can't see!)

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Header

• "Scorecard"

Try Again

• "Weak hits."
• "Work on your grip."

OK

• "Eh. Passable."

Superb

• "Solid hitting."
• "Nice grip!"

Epilogue

Rhythm Tengoku

• SpaceballTryAgain.png

  "これで ゆるしてください。" (I hope this makes it up to you.)

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  "さらに上を目指して練習だ！" (Practice is the key to reaching new heights!)

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  "こんなの もらっちゃったー！" (Look what I got!)

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

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  "C-can I have my ball back?
  I'll give you my last dumpling..."

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  "Must...train...harder..."

• Spaceball Game 3DS Superb.PNG

  "I won first "space"!"

Rhythm Item

Rice Ball

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Skill Star

About halfway though the minigame is a high ball, hit it perfectly to collect the star.

Challenge Train

• Simplicity Is Best
• Be a Good Sport
• Extreme Sports (Super Hard!)
• Monster Maw 2
• Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

Remix Appearances

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  Spaceball
  Remix 1
  Remix 6
  Remix 7

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  Spaceball 2

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  Spaceball Tempo Up!
  Remix 1 Tempo Up!

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  Spaceball
  Left-Hand Remix

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  Lush Remix

Spaceball 2P

ズームをきにするな！ 心でボールを打て！ 視覚に頼るな、どんと行け~！" "(Don't worry about the zoom! Hit the ball with your heart! Don't depend on your sight, go with a bang!)

— - Spaceball 2P Description

Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Spaceball also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Spaceball 2P (エアーバッター 2P^?, Air Batter 2P) Like Karate Man 2P, it is splitscreen.

Trivia

• Even though it may seem that this game has no practice, the game will actually not start until you hit a few balls correctly. The game was given a tutorial in the arcade version and a practice session in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
• This game and Exhibition Match both show up in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, meaning the game has two separate Baseball games.
• Along with the rest of Stage 1, this game has a counterpart in the arcade version at 150% speed, with a more vibrant synth for orchestration and different graphics.
• Both Spaceball and Hole in One appear in the first remixes of their respective games (Remix 1 and Remix 1, respectively) and the first remix in Megamix.
• The OK epilogue is somewhat negative.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	エアーバッター Air Batter
French	Baseball de l'espace
Spanish	Béisbol espacial
Italian	Spaceball
Korean	타자 Batter