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|number={{Console|DS}} 29<br>{{Console|3DS}} 96

|gift={{Console|DS}} [[Music Corner#Music List (Rhythm Heaven)|Karate Man]]<br>{{Console|3DS}} [[Flow Ball]]

{{Nihongo|Karate Man Kicks!|カラテ<ruby>家<rt>か</rt></ruby>キック|Karateka Kikku}}, known in ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'' as {{Nihongo|Karate Man|カラテ家|Karateka}}, is the 4th [[Rhythm Game]] of the sixth stage (29th overall) in ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'' and the 3rd of [[Shop No. 2]] (96th overall), costing 8 [[Flow Ball]]s, in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''.

The gameplay is lifted mainly from ''[[Rhythm Tengoku]]'''s [[Karate Man Returns!|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 {{Nihongo|"Hit 3!"|３つ！|Mittsu!}}, the player must hit three consecutive pots.

On occasion, a Light Bulb is thrown, indicating that a barrel containing a bomb follows. The player is instructed to {{Nihongo|"Punch, kick!"|「パンチ キーック」|Panchi Kīkku}} in rhythm. After punching the barrel open, the bomb must then be kicked away afterwards. Some barrels do not have a Light Bulb preceding them, however.

In ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'', a few changes are made to match the [[Karate Man (Wii)|later iteration]] in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]''. 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 (taken from the gameplay in [[Karate Man Senior]]). The bombs also now explode instead of disappearing.

 

In ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'', [[Karate Joe]] faces to the left if playing in Righty mode, and to the right in Lefty mode. In ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'', although all other games returning from ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]'' are based on how they appear in Righty mode, this one has [[Karate Joe]] face to the right like in Lefty mode, and all other [[Karate Man]] games in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''. Despite this, kicked bombs fly to the right as they would in Righty mode, rather than to the left like in Lefty mode.

|miss=Karate Joe mistimes the punch, causing him to wince as the object lands on the ground just in front of him. If the barrel is broken, the bomb is grazed, landing only a small distance away.

|through=Karate Joe gasps as the object flies past him. If the barrel is broken, the bomb falls to the ground.}}

|cp_DEF_Ng=Focus on learning the basics first.<br>Those rhythm changes fooled you!<br>You need to work on your kicks.<br>You really messed up the ending.

|cp_DEF_Hi=You've got the basics down!<br>You kept up with the rhythm well.<br>You nailed the first one!<br>Nice timing on the kicks!}}

Screenshot DS Karate Man Remix 9.png|[[Karate Man 2 (DS)|Karate Man 2]]<br>[[Remix 9 (DS)|Remix 9]]

*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 Paradise 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 Combos!|Karate Man]] game in ''[[Rhythm Heaven Fever]]'', which wasn't dubbed in those languages.

==Development History==

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