Karate Man Combos!

"Karate training at its most intense! Punch the flying objects, and go crazy when a whole mess of them come at you!"

- Karate Man Combos! Description

Karate Man Combos! (「カラテ家コンボ」 karateka konbo) is identical to Karate Man from Rhythm Heaven Fever, aside from having a red-orange background instead of a blue one, and it's a last extra game bought from museum shop in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. This game is about Karate Joe who continues his training of punching objects and learning a new technique called combo. So far, there are 108 games in this series.

Gameplay
The player must press the A button to make Karate Joe punch a pot that flies by. Occasionally, there will be a voice saying "Hit 3" along with text, and the player would have to hit two pots in a row, followed by a rock-like object. At certain parts of the song, a "!" mark will appear by Karate Joe, signaling a brief tempo change. There is also a combo, which will appear when a light-bulb appears and start glowing blue instead of a pot. Directly after the light-bulb will follow with several pots and then a barrel, which the player will have to hit with a flurry of punches and kicks.

Button Mode

 * A: Punch
 * Hold B: Start combo (flurry punch)
 * Let go of B: Finish combo (uppercut)

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap: Punch
 * Hold Stylus: Start combo (flurry punch)
 * Let go of Stylus: Finish combo (uppercut)

Hit or Miss

 * Hit: Karate Joe punches the assorted objects away. With an combo, he punches everything away and smashes the barrel, looking happy.
 * Barely: Karate Joe just grazes the objects, making them fall onto the ground. With a combo, he only hits some of the objects (either some pots if to early or late, or the barrel if not finished correctly), looking sad afterwards.
 * Miss: Karate Joe completely misses or doesn't punch, and the object flies past, with him looking surprised. With a combo, Joe either lets all the objects fly by, or messes up and spins out after the move is done.

Rating Notes

 * Try Again: "I should eat more before training..."
 * OK: "Whoops! My belt came undone..."
 * Superb: "Hiiiyah!"

Collectable Star
After the song sings "There is no return.", perfect the fourth combo to finish it in right time to collect the star.

Trivia

 * In Megamix, due to the fact that every version appeared, the DS version was named "Karate Man Kicks!", the Wii version was named "Karate Man Combos!", and the GBA version was named "Karate Man Returns!".