Karate Man Senior

"Where do you think Karate Joe learned his skills originally? Watch a true master at work!"

- Karate Man Senior Description

Karate Man Senior (「カラテ家の父」☆ Karateka's father) is the 89th minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. It features Karate Joe's father, the master of karate. This game includes every single function from previous Karate Man games like kicking bombs, perfecting combos, soccer balls, cooking pots and more.

Gameplay
In this game, you are in the place of Karate Joe's Father. As objects fly by the character, the player must press A to punch them off-screen. On occasion, a lightbulb will be thrown and start glowing yellow indicating that a barrel containing a bomb will be thrown next. After punching the barrel open, the bomb must then be kicked away by releasing A button at the same time. There is also a combo, which will appear when a light-bulb appears and start glowing blue instead of yellow. 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.

This game is shown to be more ambitious than any of the other previous Karate Man games, not only because of the high tempo, but because of the amount of objects that fly by at once, combined with having to perform two types of combos.

Button Mode

 * A: Punch, continue to enter Hold
 * Hold A: Crouch
 * Release A: Kick
 * Hold B: Start combo (flurry punch)
 * Let go of B: Finish combo (uppercut)

Simple Tap Mode

 * Tap: Punch, continue to enter Hold
 * Hold Stylus: Crouch or Start combo (flurry punch)
 * Release Stylus: Kick or Finish combo (uppercut)

Timing Notes

 * Hit: Karate Joe's father punches the assorted objects away. For a barrel, he punches it and kicks the bomb in it far away into the background. And with a combo, he punches everything away and smashes the barrel, looking happy.
 * Barely: Karate Joe's father just grazes the objects, making them fall onto the ground. For a barrel, the barrel is broken, but the bomb is only kicked a bit into the background. And 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. A barely counts as a miss in this game.
 * Miss: Karate Joe's father completely misses or doesn't punch, and the object flies past, with him looking surprised. For a barrel, it either flies right by him, or is punched, but the bomb is not kicked and falls to the ground. And with a combo, he either lets all the objects fly by, or messes up and spins out after the move is done.

Rating Note

 * Try Again: "You are...not as young as you once were, Father."
 * OK: "Hungry, Father?"
 * Superb: "You're still the master, Father!"

Skill Star
Hit the 8th bomb perfectly to collect the star.

Trivia

 * Karate Joe makes a cameo in Try Again rating after seeing his father being tired and old.
 * Karate Joe's father has different clothes in the Superb screen.
 * The rating screens in the game look similar to rating screens from the other Karate Man games in Rhythm Heaven Megamix: The Try Again rating screen looks similar to the one from Karate Man Combos! with both feeling weak while beeing in a featureless colored background, the OK rating screen in similar to the one from Karate Man Kicks! with both characters sitting down and eating, and the Superb rating screen looks similar to the one from Karate Man Returns! with both characters dashing in the air while striking the same pose.