Karate Man Returns!

カラテ家 とんでくるモノを Aボタンでパンチ！ よくあるゲーム？ …かもね。 Rhythm Tengoku	Karateka Punch flying objects with the A button! A common game? ...Perhaps. (Translation)

カラテ家 とんでくるモノを Aボタンでパンチ！ 気合とノリで ぶつ飛ばそう！ Rhythm Tengoku	Karateka Punch flying objects with the A button! Go crazy and blow them away! (Translation)

Karate Man Returns!

More karate training! We've got an all-new song and all-new stuff to throw at you!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Karate Man Returns! (かえってきた カラテ家^?, Kaettekita Karateka), simply called Karateka (カラテ家^?, Karateka) in Rhythm Tengoku, is the first Rhythm Game in Rhythm Tengoku and the first game to appear in the Rhythm Heaven Series. It returns as the 33rd minigame in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, as the long variant of Karate Man. In Rhythm Tengoku, the arrange variant Karateka 2 is unlocked later on.

Gameplay

File:Karate Man Arcade.png

File:Hey baby gameplay.png

This minigame features Karate Joe, who practices karate by punching objects that fly from off-screen. To do so, the player must hit the A button to the rhythm. The following objects appear and needed to be punched off-screen:

• Pot
• Rock
• Soccer Ball
• Light Bulb (only in Rhythm Tengoku)
• Bomb (only in Rhythm Tengoku)
• Cooking Pot (only in Rhythm Heaven Megamix)

A Flow gauge is located on the left and acts as an ability meter, responding to the player's success. Unless the gauge is at three bars or more, Karate Joe cannot punch rocks or bombs; attempting to do so will result in a miss. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the game is slightly altered for consistency with later versions, most notably the removal of the Flow gauge entierly.

Controls

• Ⓐ/Tap: Punch

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?:
• Early!/Late!^?:
• Miss...^?:

Lyrics

Hey! Baby! How's it going?
This beat is non stop.
Hey! Baby! Listen to my phrase.
I can give you
the sense of rhythm.
Oh, Yeah.

Hey! Baby! How's it going?
This beat is non stop.
Hey! Baby! Listen to my phrase.
I can give you
the sense of rhythm.
Awake, baby! Trust me!

This beat is non stop!
New groove in your soul.
Oh, Yeah!
This beat!
You are growing up well.
Hey, Baby!
Hold on to your ambition.
Hey! Oh, Yeah!

Results

	師匠のおことば (Master's words)	師匠のおことば (Master's words)
	きほんが できてない。(Focus on the basics.) つづけざまは ニガテみたいだね。(You're bad at sequential punches.)	きほんが できてない。(Focus on the basics.) つづけざまは ニガテみたいだね。(You're bad at sequential punches.)
	う～ん．．． まぁまぁ、　かな。 とりあえず．．． よしと　します。	(Hmm...) (Well, I wonder.) (For now...) (All right.)
	れんぞくパンチに キレがある！(Your sequential punches are great!) さいご キマってた！ (You nailed the last part!)	れんぞくパンチに キレがある！(Your sequential punches are great!) さいご キマってた！ (You nailed the last part!)

	Mutterings from the Master
	Your punches lack pizzazz. You can't spell "triple punch" without "trip."
	Eh. Passable.
	Your punches have some punch. Three cheers for your triple punches!

Epilogue

Rhythm Tengoku

• Karate Man GBA Try Again.PNG

  "明日が あるさ。" (There's always tomorrow.)

• Karate Man GBA OK.PNG

  "とりあえず、ごはん 食べとこう！" (For now, let's have lunch!)

• Karate Man GBA Superb.PNG

  "こんなに ブッとばしちゃった！！" (You sent all of this flying!!)

Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)

• Karate Man Tempo Up Try Again.png

  "大合当日はイマイチでした。" (At the tournament, it didn't go well.)

• Karate Man Tempo Up OK.png

  "大会当日、わリといいカソヅでした！" (At the tournament, I had a great time!)

• Karate Man Tempo Up Superb.png

  "あの大会で優勝しちゃった！！" (I won the tournament!!)

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Karate Man 3DS Try Again.PNG

  "Maybe this would go better if I practiced on that mountain...."

• Karate Man 3DS OK.PNG

  "Focus... Focus..."

• Karate Man 3DS Superb.PNG

  "I am ALL ABOUT this karate thing!"

Rhythm Item

Cooking Pot	Karate Memory #2
File:Sprite 3DS Rhythm Item Cooking Pot.png.png	My father is a master of karate, but not of cooking. Occasionally he makes dinner anyway, and he keeps asking if I like it. I always lie and tell him it's good.

Skill Star

In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the Skill Star can be obtained by perfectly hitting the rock that appears at the end of the minigame.

Appearances

• Karateka Practice.png

  Karateka (Practice)

• Karate Man Arcade.png

  Karateka
  Remix 1
  Remix 6
  Remix 7
  Remix 8

• Karate Joe 2 (GBA).png

  Karateka 2

• Karate Man Arcade Remix 8.png

  Remix 8

• Karate Man Tempo Up gameplay.png

  Karateka
  Extra Remix

• Karate Man S.png

  Karate Man

• Hey baby gameplay.png

  Karate Man Returns!
  Right-Hand Remix

• Karate Man Returns! Honeybee.png

  Honeybee Remix

Karateka

カラテ家 とんでくるモノを Aボタンでパンチ！ でもスピードが速くなってるヨ。 Rhythm Tengoku	Karateka Punch flying objects with the A button! But the speed is faster. (Translation)

Karateka (カラテ家 ^?, Karateka ) is a variation of this game and the first in the Extra stage in the arcade version of Rhythm Tengoku. In this variant, Karate Joe wears boxing gloves and black pants. The gameplay is the same, but the tempo is sped up, with a new arrangement of the song.

• Karate Man Tempo Up gameplay.png

Karateka 2P

カラテ家 2P とんでくるモノを Aボタンでパンチ！ 気合とノリで ぶっ飛ばそう! Rhythm Tengoku	Karateka 2P Punch flying objects with the A button! Let's go with the flow! (Translation)

The game also appears in the two-player mode mode in the arcade version of Rhythm Tengoku where it is referred to as Karateka 2P (カラテ家 2P^?, Karateka 2P). It plays the same as the normal version, but has a split screen display to accommodate the second player. However, the Flow gauge remains off screen, unable to be seen by either player.

• Karate Man Arcade2-P.PNG

Karateka 2P

カラテ家 2P とんでくるモノを Aボタンでパンチ！ でもスピードが速くなってるヨ。 Rhythm Tengoku	Karateka 2P Punch flying objects with the A button! But the speed is faster. (Translation)

Karateka  also appears in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade) where it is referred to as Karateka 2P (カラテ家 2P ^?, Karateka 2P ). The same changes as Karateka 2P apply here.

• Karate Man Tempo Up Arcade2-P.PNG

Trivia

• Karate Man has become rather well-known for being the first ever rhythm game in the Rhythm Heaven Series. This has allowed it to make it into the next three games in the series, with new mechanics.
  • This game also has the most variations across the entire series.
• The name Karate Joe may be a reference to Knuckle Joe from the Kirby series. Both use their fists and feet (see Karate Man Kicks!), their first names are fighting-related and they end with "Joe".
• This is the first game in the Rhythm Heaven Series to include vocals. Interestingly, the game's lyrics are given as part of the Rhythm Poem Collection rather than its own lyrics card. Its name is given as "Karate Rhythm".
  • Additionally, this and Big Rock Finish are the only games in the entire series to use its practice music as part of the actual game.
• The audio gasp for missing the object in Rhythm Tengoku may override the thrown object cue. This may cause problems if trying to play the stage without looking at the screen.

Video

Rhythm Tengoku	Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)	Rhythm Heaven Megamix
File:Rhythm Tengoku Perfect Play Stage 1-1 - Karateka-0	File:Rhythm Tengoku Arcade- Karateka (Karate Man) Tempo Up! (Perfect)	File:Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Karate Man Returns! (Perfect) (English)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	帰ってきた カラテ家	Return of Karateka
EnglishNOA	Karate Man Returns!
EnglishNOE	Karate Man Returns!
French	Super karatéka	Super Karateka
Spanish	El regreso de Kárate Killo	The Return of Karate Killo
Italian	Il Ritorno di Karate Ka	The Return of Karate Ka
Korean	돌아온 격투가	Return of the Fighter