A Kung Fu Tale

Level
A Kung Fu Tale
World	4F
Game	Princess Peach: Showtime!
Primary power-up	Kung Fu Peach
Boss	Yami no Kung Fu Master
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A Kung Fu Tale is a level in Princess Peach: Showtime!, located in the upper right on the fourth floor of the Sparkle Theater. This stage is unlocked after clearing all of 3F. It is the first level where the Kung Fu transformation is used.

Layout

The show starts with the Yami no Kung Fu Master being seen on top of a staircase to a training hall, followed by its staircase exploding. With the local Kung Fu training hall teacher Theet struck out, and with various Sour Bunch members around him, Peach brightens up two student Theets at the bottom of the stairs with Sparkle, who leads her to a mountain sidepath.

Getting past some Sour Bunch members and through a bridge, a large gate that Peach cannot jump over, has four Sour Bunch members taunt her. Heading further right, she opens a large red gate, gets past some swinging logs, and gets the Kung Fu Peach transformation.

Returning to the large gate, Peach kicks her way through it and heads onto a bridge. Having saved a student Theet, Peach fights face-to-face with the Yami no Kung Fu Master. To beat him, Peach has to time her attacks to circular shrinking movements, similar to those in Elite Beat Agents. One successful combo will make him withdraw.

Getting through a marketplace, she finds herself in a half-circle fight stage that would later be used for Kung Fu Rehearsal, kicking and spinning through the Sour Bunch members. Making her way further through pillars and up the mountain, she finds herself fighting an army of Sour Bunch members, spinning and kicking to defeat them, and gets to the top of the mountain to fight the Yami no Kung Fu Master a second time. Two successful combos are sufficient to defeat him.

Sparkle Gems

Sparkle Gems marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.

Image	Location
	Inside and to the right of the pagoda, where three Sour Bunch members had just been defeated.
	After getting the Kung Fu Peach transformation, head back to the second (left) training spinner and smash it.
	After destroying the boulders where Theets are trapped behind at the gate.
	Defeat the Yami no Kung Fu Master in the first fight.*
	On top of the second rooftop in the following section.
	Eight Sparkle pieces in the jump section soon after.
	Defeat all Sour Bunch members on the pillars after the half-circle fight arena.
	Found in a sub-area while climbing the mountain. Kung Fu Peach must strike a pose to access the sub-area. The Sparkle Gem is found on a high platform that can only be reached to by jumping from a pole.
	Eight Sparkle pieces near the two-floor spin pole setup. Though it is possible to get all eight pieces through spinning and jumping alone, the intended method is to head up a nearby hill and then take to the left.
	Defeat the Yami no Kung Fu Master in the second fight.*

Dress ribbon

Ribboner's location

Kung Fu Dress: Ribboner is found the far right after the two-floor spin pole, where Peach can smash through the boulder between them. He awards the Dress ribbon for Peach.

• Help request: "Li'l ol' me is stuck back here..."
• Rescue message: "That was so cool!"

Postgame hidden Ninja Theets

All three Ninja Theets are found before the Kung Fu transformation.

Image	Location
	In front of the large gray staircase, immediately after beginning the stage.
	In the town square immediately after the student Theets tell Peach to take a mountain path.
	To the right of the large red gate that leads into the log jump trial, after transforming.

Gallery

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  The half-circle fight arena

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  Pictioneer's photo of the level

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  Peach during her Kung Fu Peach transformation

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  Peach and the Teacher

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  The play's theater poster after saving 4F

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	功夫英雄伝カンフーえいゆうでん[?] Kanfū Eiyūden	Kung Fu Heroic Tale
Chinese (simplified)	功夫英雄传[?] Gōngfū Yīngxióng Chuán	Kung Fu Heroes
Chinese (traditional)	功夫英雄傳[?] Gōngfū Yīngxióng Chuán	Kung Fu Heroes
Dutch	Een kungfuverhaal[?]	A kung fu tale
French	Un conte de kung-fu[?]	A kung fu tale
German	Eine Kung-Fu-Geschichte[?]	A Kung Fu Story
Italian	Una favola kung fu[?]	A kung fu tale
Korean	쿵후 영웅전[?] Kunghu Yeongungjeon	Kung Fu Heroes
Portuguese	Um Conto de Kung Fu[?]	A Kung Fu Tale
Russian	Сказание кун-фу[?] Skazanie kun-fu	A kung fu tale
Spanish	Un relato de kung-fu[?]	A kung fu tale