Mr. Upbeat (character)

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

Mr. Upbeat (ウラおとこ), also written as Mr Upbeat in Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise, is a character that appears in the Endless Game Mr. Upbeat.

Story
Mr. Upbeat is a mysterious guy who sticks to the offbeat. The green light on his head is timed to the offbeat. Over the course of the game, he praises the player on their skills, but his feet start to feel numb and he eventually gets tired , starts complaining about how it hurts and asks the player to stop. At one point he seems to have bought himself a Monkey Watch and every Tuesday has "therapy sessions" using it. Every week, he gripes about people assuming he's "some happy-go-lucky sap" because of his name.

Rhythm World Wii tells a different story. Mr. Upbeat has had a great sense of rhythm since he was little and he enjoyed dancing to music. If things had continued as such, his mother would've sent him to music school. One day he grew tired of being on the beat all the time, as it was too easy for him. In order to find another way to enjoy music, he switched to the offbeat, and uses a metronome to practice. His mother is sad that he can't go to music school because of this, but he is happy with his life. He also mentions he has a girlfriend and would like to introduce her to the player the next time they meet, however this has yet to happen.

Appearances

 * Game Wii E-4.gif Mr. Upbeat
 * Game Wii E-5.gif Endless Remix (🇺🇸 ,🇪🇺, )

In Super Smash Bros.
Although Mr. Upbeat himself doesn't appear in the Super Smash Bros. series, the trophy for the Chorus Kids in Dairantou Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS mentions him.

Trivia

 * Mr. Upbeat himself 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.
 * In other languages, the reason for Mr. Upbeat's gripes during his therapy sessions is slightly altered to fit the meaning of his name. In the English versions, it is because of people assuming he's always happy and upbeat. In the French and Italian versions, people assume that nothing ever goes as planned for him and that he is always late "Non so... A volte ho come l'impressione che la gente si faccia un'idea sbagliata di me... Insomma, dopotutto il mio è solo un nome... Sì, il classico nome che trovi scritto sulla carta d'identità. Non è che rifletta la mia personalità. Ne ho abbastanza di tutte quelle persone che credono che io non ne combini una giusta e sia sempre in ritardo! Sì, lo so... Vengo qui tutte le settimane e non faccio che lamentarmi di questa situazione. Ormai sarà stufo di ascoltarmi... E lei, dottore...? Non ha mai l'impressione che la gente la giudichi solo per il suo aspetto e salti subito alle conclusioni sbagliate?" "Uuuck! Uck, uck, uck!" "OK, ha ragione. Lo so che sono qui per parlare dei miei problemi e non per assillarla con le mie domande... Beh, la ringrazio di avermi ascoltato. Allora ci vediamo martedì prossimo per un'altra seduta incentrata sulle lamentele di Mr. Contrattempo... Sigh!" ("I don't know... Sometimes I get the impression that people get the wrong idea of me... Well, after all, it is just a name... Yes, the classic name you find on my ID card. It doesn't reflect my personality. I've had enough of all those people who think I never get things right and I'm always late! Yes, I know... I come here every week and do nothing but complain of this situation. By now you will be tired of listening to me... And you, doctor...? Do you never have the impression that people judge you only for your appearance and jump immediately to the wrong conclusions?" "Uuuck! Uck, uck, uck!" "OK, you're right. I know I'm here to talk about my problems and not to pester you with my questions... Well, thank you for listening to me. So I'll see you next Tuesday for another session focusing on Mr. Contrattempo's complaints... Sigh!") ~ Problemi d'identità (Identity problems), Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise (Italian) . In the German version, he is annoyed that people think of him as tactless because of his name, while he is actually a very sensitive person, while in the Spanish version, people assume he has bad luck . As mentioned above, Rhythm World Wii completely rerwites the Reading Material to talk about Mr. Upbeat's backstory. Ironically, his name in this version is not his birth name, but one he chose to reflect who he has become . In Minna no Rhythm Tengoku, the Reading Material instead showed a comedy session related to Manzai.
 * The idea behind Mr. Upbeat's personality being misinterpreted because of his name may have been inspired by his description in the Character Album on Rhythm Tengoku's website, where it specifies that the "ura" in his name and description is the musical term, and not meant to refer to his color nor imply that he is secretly doing evil things.
 * In Rhythm Heaven Fever, once the player reaches 130 points (and every so often after that), Mr. Upbeat's light grows over the next few steps, displaying a series of letters, and then goes back to normal. The letters that pop up spell MATCH, which can be used as a code word in Police Call.
 * While Mr. Upbeat has plenty of dialogue in his game, there is a selection of unused strings in Rhythm Heaven Fever which provide more details about him:
 * Although he appears to be barefoot, he is actually wearing shoes.
 * He is implied to hold, or to have held, the rank of a corporal in a military. His full name is Robert Upbeat.
 * He wonders how it would be if he wore tap shoes.
 * He hopes to work in a Game & Watch title some day.
 * He suggests the player play something else to give him a break.
 * Hi-Hat features objects on springs which bear a resemblance to Mr. Upbeat.