Spaceball/Development

Rhythm Tengoku

Air Batter consists of the following versions in Rhythm Tengoku:

No.	Image	Used in
00		Air Batter Remix 1 Remix 6 Remix 7 Air Batter (Unused Sequences) Dance Lesson 1

Unused Content

There are two unused sequences for Air Batter which cannot be accessed through Sequence Test. Both of them use "Game Select 2" as the music. Both play similarly to the regular game, though they end with a slight speed up, during which the batter hits stars (which are not seen anywhere else) before finally hitting the rice ball. The second variation has the regular baseballs, and some camera zooms associated with them, on the offbeat, as well as a kick drum on the onbeats to help with the timing. The music fades in at first, and plays later than in the first variation. The ideas of offbeat baseballs and the speed up can be seen in Air Batter 2 in the final game, making it possible these are early versions of it. Interestingly, the music for Air Batter is internally labeled "s_shibafu1_bgm" while "Game Select 2" is "s_shibafu2_bgm".

There are various unused sprites in the game, those being a flowerpot with a face, an apple and the aforementioned star. The latter two are replacements for the baseballs, and have smaller variants for the zoom outs as well.

In the arcade exclusive Air Batter , the swinging animation resets to idle before the final frame can be displayed due to the higher speed, leaving it unused.

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Spaceball consists of the following versions in Rhythm Heaven Megamix:

Internal Name	Image	Used in
ver_long		Spaceball Left-Hand Remix
ver_remixLED		Lush Remix

Unused Content

Within the prologue file for Spaceball in Rhythm Heaven Megamix and Rhythm Paradise Megamix, the text pane has placeholder text naming the game Air Batter. In the English versions, this is replaced with the name Spaceball during gameplay. In Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+ and Rhythm Sesang: The Best+, this placeholder text matches the used name.

There are unused sprites of a leaf mask as a replacement for the bunny mask, and unused animations of Space Umpire, which are much larger than his regular sprites, outside his spaceship dancing, both found in Lush Remix.

References

Rhythm Tengoku (GBA/Arcade)
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