Karate Man 2 (DS)

Time for another day of hard training! He tries to hide it, but you can tell he's pleased with himself... (And no practice for you!)

— Karate Man 2 Description

Template:Game-Nav Template:Minigame infobox Karate Man 2 (カラテ家2^?, Karateka 2) is the 42nd minigame in Rhythm Heaven. It is the sequel to Karate Man. Karate Joe continues his training to keep his kicking skill on.

Gameplay

File:Karate Man 2 DS gameplay.png

The game's main change is a new color set, with everything being red and yellow-ish orange. The only other change is that when a barrel kick is pulled off, Karate Joe will get a oddly realistic smiling face. The gameplay is nearly identical to the original. The pace is merely sped up and the patterns get more complicated.

Controls

• Tap: Punch, continue to enter Hold
• Hold Stylus: Crouch
• Flick: Kick

Timing Notes

• Hit: The player punches the object, sending it flying to the right and off the screen. For a barrel, the player punches it and kicks the bomb in it far away into the background, with Karate Joe smiling afterwards.
• Barely: The player grazes the object, and it falls to the ground. If the barrel is broken, the bomb is only kicked a bit into the background. Karate Joe looks a bit embarrassed. A barely counts as a miss.
• Miss: The player lets the object fly right by Karate Joe. For a barrel, it either flies right by Joe, or if punched, the bomb is not kicked and falls to the ground. Karate Joe looks surprised.

Rating Notes

Header

• "The Master speaks..."

Try Again

• "Focus on learning the basics first."
• "You really messed up the ending."

OK

• "Hm..."
• "I don't know..."
• "Good enough..."
• "I guess that was all right."

Superb

• "You've got the basics down!"
• "You kept up with the rhythm well."
• "Nice timing on the kicks!"

Epilogue

• Karate man 2 tryagain.png

  "What was that!?"

• Karate Man 2 DS OK.png

  "Keep training, hot stuff!"

• Karateman2superb.png

  "Uh, heh... Thanks!"

Appearances

• Karate Man Remix 8.png

  Karate Man
  Remix 8
  Remix 10

• Karate Man Remix 6.png

  Remix 6

• Karate Man Remix 9.png

  Karate Man 2
  Remix 9

• Karate Man Kick gameplay.PNG

  Karate Man Kicks!

Trivia

• The face Karate Joe makes after a successful kick was originally from Remix 8 in Rhythm Tengoku. It returns in Rhythm Heaven Fever's Remix 9.
• During the OK and Superb epilogue screens, one of the Dazzles made a cameo alongside the Barista.
• Like in the original, even if play has been perfect up to that point, missing the last pot will result in a Try Again rating result "You really messed up the ending.". A 'Barely' will not cause failure, however.
• The beginning of the song is similar to Shoot-'Em Up.

Video

File:Rhythm Heaven - Karate Man 2 (Perfect) (English)-0

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カラテ家2 Karate Man 2
French	Karatéka 2
Spanish	Kárate Killo 2
Italian	Karate Ka 2
Korean	격투가 2 The Fighter 2