Air Batter
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This page is about the character in Spaceball, which is also known as "Air Batter" in Japanese.. "I suppose" you may be looking for the other Rhythm Game known as Air Batter 2?
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"おにぎり食べてるから、バッチシです！" |
Artwork from Rhythm Heaven Megamix
The Air Batter[1] (エアーバッター?, Eā Battā) appears alongside the Space Umpire in the Rhythm Game Spaceball in Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
Physical Appearance
The Air Batter is a green, human-like figure. He has no face and a white helmet on top of his head. He wears a white baseball outfit and holds a yellow baseball bat. He wears a black belt as well as black shoes.
Throughout Spaceball, the Air Batter puts on various different costumes. The first of which appears to be a bunny rabbit. His clothes and skin turn pink, and he wears a rabbit head. His shoes and belt turn pink as well.
His other costume replaces his head with another big red head. His clothes turn yellow and blue, along with his belt and shoes. The red head itself has big eyes and sweats nervously whenever he hits the baseballs.
Backstory
The Air Batter is a youth devoted to baseball and rhythm.[1] During Spaceball, he brought a Rice Ball for lunch, but lost it at some point.[2] It appeared mixed in with the balls, and he hit it without a second thought, sending into the void of space. He regretted this while complaining about being hungry. In the Superb epilogues of Spaceball and Spaceball 2, he receives a trophy for winning first "space". In the other epilogues, he's shown to be very polite, offering an alien his rice ball in exchange for a ball which hit the alien's UFO, and he is seen pulling a tire to train himself. During an interview, he talks fondly of rice balls, and mentions his girlfriend (who incidentally is good at cooking rice balls). When asked why he wears masks during the game, he dodges the question and leaves the interview. It's likely he has no special reason for wearing them.[3]
Purpose
The Air Batter hits balls into space in a basic rhythm. The player must quickly decipher whether a ball launched at him is a high ball or normal ball.
Appearances
- File:Spaceball 3DS icon.png Spaceball
- File:1st Remix icon.png Remix 1
- File:6th Remix icon.png Remix 6
- File:7th Remix icon.png Remix 7
- File:Spaceball 2 icon.png Air Batter 2
- File:Spaceball Tempo icon.png Air Batter
- File:1st Remix Tempo icon.png Extra Remix
- File:Forest Remix icon.png Lush Remix (possibly)
- File:Left Remix icon.png Left-Hand Remix
Gallery
Artwork from Rhythm Tengoku
Artwork from Rhythm Tengoku
The Air Batter's mask's artwork from Rhythm Tengoku
- Air slugger.png
Sprite from Rhythm Heaven Megamix
- Air Batter Bunny.png
Sprite from Rhythm Heaven Megamix
- Air Batter red guy.png
Sprite from Rhythm Heaven Megamix
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Trivia
- It is unclear if the character in the Lush Remix version of Spaceball is meant to be the Air Batter dressed as the Pitcher, or if it is the Pitcher herself.
- The red spherical mask may be a reference to Bubbles the main character of Clu Clu Land who is depicted on the box as being red and spherical.
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
エアーバッター | Air Batter |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/brij/chara/stage01.html
- ↑ "なくなったと思ってたら、ボールの中に、まぎれていたのネ。" ("I thought [the rice ball] was gone, but it was hidden with the baseballs.") ~ Rhythm Item description for "Spaceball", Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/brij/chara/secret.html