Mr Miyagi is a boss in Vita game Reality Fighters

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 25 January, 2012

What?

Mr Miyagi is a boss in PS Vita game Reality Fighters.

Really.

The Karate Kid character, played by Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, guides players in the augmented reality fighting game.

He shows you how to capture your face using the Vita cameras and import it into the game. He also provides you with hints and tips. That's so like him.

At the end of the single-player story mode, you have to fight the eighties sensei yourself. This sounds like quite the challenge - Mr Miyagi can switch to any of the game's 15 fight styles at random. Beat him and you can play as him, wearing his handyman uniform from the film. You can also unlock the Miyagi family headband to wear.

Mr Miyagi is voiced by Call of Duty, Ratchet & Clank and Metal Gear Solid voice actor Jim Ward.

In a Sony-published Q&A, SCE XDev Studio's Mitsuo Hirakawa said the team decided to include Mr Miyagi in the game because "we needed someone who was a true fighting master who could easily take on the best fighters from around the world, but was also wise, and capable of teaching the player".

"Plus we had to consider the tongue-in-cheek nature of the game; some of our fight styles include ballet and break dance, as well as some unusual weapons like a toilet plunger. We needed someone who was tough, but also had a softer, more humorous side."

The developer shortlisted various actors before settling on Mr Miyagi, including Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Jet Li and Mike Myers. Yes, of course Mike Myers.

But, "It became clear that Mr Miyagi ticked all the boxes for us in terms of a true master who has a humorous side. The Karate Kid movie being a worldwide hit and a film that we were all huge fans of also helped a little ..."

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  • Arwin #1 4 months ago

    The developer shortlisted various actors before settling on Mr Miyagi, including Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Jet Li and Mike Myers. Yes, of course Mike Myers.
    But, "It became clear that Mr Miyagi ticked all the boxes for us in terms of a true master who has a humorous side. The Karate Kid movie being a worldwide hit and a film that we were all huge fans of also helped a little ..."

    --- and probably also the most affordable one? But yes, definitely the right 'Sensei' for the job.

  • FireMonkey #2 4 months ago

    Seeing it has a tongue in cheek aspect, I'd have though Jackie Chan would have worked better.

    Not saying this was a bad choice. I like Mr Miyagi.
    Edited by FireMonkey at 25/01/12 @ 14:46

  • Deckard1 #3 4 months ago

    This might actually make me buy a vita. BONZAI DANIEL SON BONZAI!!

  • CloisterBlack #4 4 months ago

    I promise teach karate to you, you promise learn. I say, you do, no questions.

  • Zombie-Hamster #5 4 months ago

    My only question is, is there a car washing mini-game?! Wax on... Wax off...

  • slippysloppy #6 4 months ago

    I was excited about this until I saw the 'No clothes' option had been crossed out.
    Edited by slippysloppy at 25/01/12 @ 15:33

  • mastablasta #7 4 months ago

    It's still a poor game that should be free as a download with a new vita.

  • dadrester #8 4 months ago

    Bruce Lee?! Now that would have been a feat!

    Why would a developer ship screenshots with the framerate counter still running?

  • NKSR #9 4 months ago

    @Deckard1 it's banzai daniel-san :p

  • repeater #10 4 months ago

    @dadrester Before I saw the final screenshot, my hypothesis was that the reason was in order to be able to show off their game running at (nearly) a locked 60 FPS. But apparently not. :)

  • asphaltcowboy #11 4 months ago

    @NKSR Actually, fairly sure he never said banzai (as in the suicide charge, not the betting gameshow). He did talk a lot about bonsai trees though...

  • DaftFunker #12 4 months ago

    @Arwin

    Considering Pat is now dead - gonna be hard for him to collect any money or object to his likeness being used for this.

    Also thinking about it - it looks like they have captured his face straight from the screen whilst playing karate kid on dvd - THIS IS JUST WRONG!!
    Edited by DaftFunker at 25/01/12 @ 15:25

  • kinky_mong #13 4 months ago

    The developer shortlisted various actors before settling on Mr Miyagi, including Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Jet Li and Mike Myers. Yes, of course Mike Myers.

    Was he considered purely because of that "It's called Fuk U!" joke in "So I Married An Axe Murderer"?!

  • FireMonkey #14 4 months ago

    @DaftFunker

    I'd have though whoever owns the rights to the film would also hold the rights to the likenesses of the characters and so they would have given permission and got paid.

    It would be nice to think that the rights to character likeness sits with the actor (and now with Pat's family) and that they gave permission and received a payment. I think that is pretty unlikely though unfortunately.

  • Triggerhappytel #15 4 months ago

    I think Sony owns the Karate Kid franchise, which is probably at least partly why Miyagi is featuring instead of others. I hope that his family are getting a bit of money for the rights to use his likeness though.

  • pooface #16 4 months ago

    Sold!

    /wax off

  • Kanjin #17 4 months ago

    Here's hoping the nose-tweak is a finishing move

    No... Mercy... 'plurk'

  • CaptainKid #18 4 months ago

    Should've been a Kinect game.
    Wax on, wax off.

  • DrStrangelove #19 4 months ago

    @Arwin
    The developer shortlisted various actors before settling on Mr Miyagi, including Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Jet Li and Mike Myers.
    Good thing it's not Chuck Norris, or else it'd be game over for you in the capture the face section already.

    Who knows, maybe you'd actually end up in hospital without a face.

  • funkateer #20 4 months ago

    "Mr Miyagi is voiced by Call of Duty, Ratchet & Clank and Metal Gear Solid voice actor Jim Ward."

    Wait a minute, Mr. Miyagi is Captain Qwark?

  • eviroboy #21 4 months ago

    He's there purely because he ticks the right boxes, nothing to do with hopefully boosting sales of a rubbish looking game by including an iconic figure then.

  • CORIANA_SIX #22 4 months ago

    man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything! :-P