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 shop 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. It is the 108th and last game in Megamix.

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 after a light-bulb that is glowing blue appears 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, ending in an uppercut.

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)

Timing Notes

 * Hit: Karate Joe punches the assorted objects away. With a 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. A barely counts as a miss.
 * 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!"

Skill 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!".
 * Comparing with the rating screens for this game and the Fever version, Karate Joe appears in red color in Megamix, but in Fever, he appears in blue color just like in Karate Man Kicks!. The reason why this was changed is because Karate Man Kicks! has Karate Joe in Blue color, so this game has him in the red color to fit the colorization with its sequel from Fever.
 * This is the only Rhythm Heaven Fever game to have its title card fully changed in international version in Megamix. The Japanese version includes the Fever title card with the red background.