Karate Man Kicks!

Karate Man Kicks! (カラテ家キック), known in Rhythm Heaven as Karate Man (カラテ家), is the 4th Rhythm Game of the sixth stage (29th overall) in Rhythm Heaven and the 3rd of Shop No. 2 (96th overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The arrange version, Karate Man 2, appears in the ninth stage in Rhythm Heaven.

Gameplay
The gameplay is lifted mainly from Rhythm Tengoku ' s Karateka, which revolves around Karate Joe punching flying objects thrown to him. Punches must be timed correctly to the rhythm of the music. Upon hearing "Hit 3!", the player must hit three consecutive pots.

On occasion, a light bulb will be thrown, indicating that a barrel containing a bomb will be thrown next. After punching the barrel open, the bomb must then be kicked away afterwards.

In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, a few changes are made to match the later iteration in Rhythm Heaven Fever. The first and most obvious change is the orientation of the game, as Karate Joe faces left in Rhythm Heaven in Righty mode, while he faces right in all other versions. The "Hit 3!" cue now has a visual indicator in addition to the voice clip, and the last pot in these sets was changed to a rock. The light bulbs now glow yellow (to differentiate them from the combos, which glow blue). The bombs also now explode instead of disappearing.

Skill Star
The Skill Star appears on the barrel just before the chorus.

Challenge Land
appears in the following Challenge Train courses:
 * Getting Vocal
 * Game Gamble: Intermediate
 * Karate Joe vs. the Monster

Trivia

 * This is the second time a Karate Man game has appeared in the Rhythm Heaven Series, with the first being in Rhythm Tengoku.
 * Karate Man is the last main game in Rhythm Heaven before the credits, in direct contrast to Rhythm Tengoku having it as the first game. This formula would later be borrowed for Karate Man's appearance in Rhythm Heaven Fever.
 * Unlike in Rhythm Heaven, the "Hit 3!" and "Punch, kick!" voice clips are said in English in the French, German, Italian and Spanish versions of Rhythm Heaven Megamix, despite the song still being dubbed in those languages. This is most likely because the rest of the audio in the game is borrowed from the Karate Man game in Rhythm Heaven Fever, which wasn't dubbed in those languages.
 * In Rhythm World: The Best+, the color of the stripes in the Superb epilogue was changed.