Young Cricket and Master Mantis

Young Cricket (ヤングクリケット^?, Yangu Kuriketto) and Master Mantis (マスターマンティス^?, Masutā Mantisu) are two characters from the WarioWare Series. They are martial artists and WarioWare, Inc. employees who like meat dumplings. Master Mantis is an elderly teacher of martial arts, while Young Cricket is his devoted student. When they are first introduced, they appear to be rather serious characters, shown training in difficult conditions, but it is later shown that they "fit in" with the rest of Wario's friends.

In Rhythm Heaven

Young Cricket's first appearance in the Rhythm Heaven Series is in Kung Fu Ball in Rhythm Heaven Fever as one of the kappa's students. In the game, he must kick and punch a ball back to the other student without dropping it. Notably, his hair is more of a gray color rather than black with white streaks in this appearance. His Character Trailer for WarioWare Gold^[1] features Young Cricket training alongside the female student under Master Mantis, with the kappa and ball from Kung Fu Ball making an appearance. This trailer confirms the character in Rhythm Heaven Fever is indeed Young Cricket himself.

Young Cricket and Master Mantis appear in Rhythm Heaven Megamix in the Challenge Train course Wario...Where?, with their designs from Game & Wario. Master Mantis is featured (initially without his mustache) as the playable character in Munchy Monk, replacing the titular character, where he eats dumplings to grow his mustache. Young Cricket can be seen in the background riding on a cloud, similar to the Monkey from Animal Acrobat in Final Remix.

Appearances

Kung Fu Ball
Munchy Monk (Wario...Where?)

Gallery

Young Cricket in Kung Fu Ball in Rhythm Heaven Fever
As they appear in Wario...Where? in Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Trivia

Young Cricket and Master Mantis's Character Trailer for WarioWare Gold has one shot where Young Cricket stands on a tall rock, with Karate Joe visible to the side^[1].

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヤングクリケット^[2]	Young Cricket
English^NOA	Young Cricket^[3]^[2]
English^NOE	Young Cricket^[4]^[2]
French^NOA	Young Cricket^[5]^[2]
French^NOE	Young Cricket^[6]^[2]
Spanish^NOA	Young Cricket^[2]
Spanish^NOE	Young Cricket^[2] Cricket^[7]
German	Young Cricket^[8]^[2]
Italian	Young Cricket^[9]^[2]
Dutch	Young Cricket^[10]^[2]
Portuguese	Young Cricket^[11]
Russian	Юный Крикет^[12] Ученик Сверчок^[2]	Young Cricket Student Cricket
Chinese^SI	少年库利凯特^{[citation needed]} 库利凯特^{[citation needed]} Young Cricket^[2]	Young Cricket Cricket Young Cricket
Chinese^TR	庫利凱特 Young Cricket^[2]	Cricket Young Cricket
Korean	영 크리켓^[2]	Young Cricket

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マスターマンティス^{[citation needed]}	Master Mantis
English^NOA	Master Mantis^{[citation needed]}
English^NOE	Master Mantis^[1]
French	Master Mantis^[13]
Spanish	Mantis^[7]
German	Master Mantis^[14]
Italian	Master Mantis^[15]
Dutch	Master Mantis^[16]
Portuguese	Master Mantis^[17]
Russian	Мастер Мантис^[18]	Master Mantis
Chinese^SI	大师曼提斯^{[citation needed]} 曼提斯^{[citation needed]}	Master Mantis Mantis
Korean	맨티스 사부^{[citation needed]}	Master Mantis

References

[GoldUK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 WarioWare Gold - Young Cricket and Master Mantis Character Trailer (Nintendo 3DS)

[smash-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

[3] WarioWare™: Get It Together! for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

[4] WarioWare: Get It Together! | Nintendo Switch games | Games | Nintendo

[5] WarioWare™: Get It Together! pour Nintendo Switch - Site officiel Nintendo

[6] WarioWare: Get It Together! | Jeux Nintendo Switch | Jeux | Nintendo

[GoldES-7] 7.0 ^7.1 WarioWare Gold - Tráiler de Cricket y Mantis (Nintendo 3DS)

[8] WarioWare: Get It Together! | Nintendo Switch-Spiele | Spiele | Nintendo

[9] WarioWare: Get It Together! | Giochi per Nintendo Switch | Giochi | Nintendo

[10] WarioWare: Get It Together! | Nintendo Switch-games | Games | Nintendo

[11] WarioWare: Get It Together! | Jogos para a Nintendo Switch | Jogos | Nintendo

[12] WarioWare: Get It Together! | Nintendo Switch | Игры

[13] WarioWare Gold - Bande-annonce des personnages : Young Cricket & Master Mantis (Nintendo 3DS)

[14] WarioWare Gold - Young Cricket und Master Mantis – Charaktertrailer (Nintendo 3DS)

[15] WarioWare Gold - Trailer di Young Cricket e Master Mantis (Nintendo 3DS)

[16] WarioWare Gold - Trailer Young Cricket en Master Mantis (Nintendo 3DS)

[17] WarioWare Gold - Young Cricket e Master Mantis (Nintendo 3DS)

[18] WarioWare Gold — трейлер персонажей Юный Крикет и Мастер Мантис (Nintendo 3DS)

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