Mr. Upbeat

"ウラ、 はじめました. " "(Mr. Upbeat, nice to meet you.)"

- Mr. Upbeat (Rhythm Tengoku)

Mr. Upbeat (ウラおとこ) is an Endless Game featured in both Rhythm Tengoku, unlocked by obtaining 1 Medal, and non-Japanese versions of Rhythm Heaven Fever, unlocked with 3 Medals. The player controls a stick figure named Mr. Upbeat, who must step over a metronome needle to the offbeat of a song.

Gameplay
As the game starts, a voice will count off a rhythm for eight beats. After this, a pendulum will begin to swing at the player. To dodge the pendulum, the player needs to make Mr. Upbeat "step" as the pendulum nears his feet, which happens on the offbeats. To assist the player, the light on Mr. Upbeat's head will flash on each correct beat. Every 16 successful steps, the pendulum will temporarily stop. During this time, the player will receive one point, and a new tempo will be counted. In Rhythm Heaven Fever, each step gives a point instead of one point for every 16 steps. In addition, the tempo change happens every 32 steps rather than every 16.

Controls

 * A: Step

Timing Notes

 * Hit: Mr. Upbeat will step over the needle, and play will continue.
 * Barely: N/A
 * Miss: Mr. Upbeat will let out a cry and fall over, as the score is tallied with him looking exhausted. One miss ends the game. He will pumps his hands up if the player got a High Score instead.

Quotes
Every time the tempo changes, a quote from Mr. Upbeat will be provided. These start out as encouraging messages and gradually become praise, desperate pleas to stop, insights about Mr. Upbeat's life, and finally exhaustion. The following is a list of Mr. Upbeat's quotes in the American English version of Rhythm Heaven Fever:
 * "That's the way!"
 * "All right!"
 * "Nice!"
 * "You're a needle-hopping ninja!"
 * "I'm so impressed by your skill, my feet are numb!"
 * "Yay, you!"
 * "How is it even possible that you're this good?"
 * "You're just doing this with mirrors, right?"
 * "Were you bitten by something radioactive?"
 * "HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"
 * "Nooo! It HURTS!"
 * "Can I stop now?"
 * "...Help...me..."
 * "So...tired... I think I can see through time..."
 * "You are a relentless, untiring machine. Ow."
 * "Sleep now?"
 * "Can I get some gel inserts for my shoes, please?"
 * "AAAAUUUUGGGHHHHH!!!"
 * "Robert Upbeat. Corporal. #37,042,333."
 * "Wouldn't it be great if I was wearing tap shoes?"
 * "One day I hope to find work in a Game & Watch title."
 * "Care to take a break? Play some See-Saw, maybe?"
 * "So it is down to you, and it is down to me..."
 * "I-I think I can see Rhythm Heaven now..."
 * "I am truly a dancing machine this day."

Trivia

 * The High Score jingle in Rhythm Tengoku was repurposed from an unused Drum Lessons-esque sequence. Interestingly, this is the only Endless Game in Rhythm Tengoku to akcnowledge when the player achieves a High Score.
 * Mr. Upbeat does not appear in Minna no Rhythm Tengoku. The game Manzai was substituted with Mr. Upbeat due to the Japanese-dialogue focused nature of the game.
 * The game also takes Manzai's place in Endless Remix.
 * If the word POSITIVE is put into Police Call, the player will be pointed to there being a hidden word in this game (the word is MATCH which can be seen after getting 130 or more points). The codeword can be put into Police Call for an easter egg.
 * An unused test-like game can be accessed through the debug menu of Rhythm Tengoku, where it is known as Metronome (メトロノーム) . Here, the player must press the A button as the needle passes over the bird on the top, playing basically the same as the first test in Rhythm-kan Sokutei. It was reworked into Mr. Upbeat in the final game.