Mr. Upbeat

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Mr. Upbeat (ウラおとこ^?, Ura Otoko), also written as Mr Upbeat in Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise, is the 1st Endless Game in Rhythm Tengoku, unlocked with 1 Medal, and the 1st in international releases of Rhythm Heaven Fever, unlocked with 3 Medals.

Mr. Upbeat

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Number

1
1 ( ,, )

Needed

1
3 ( ,, )

Version^?

Endless

High Score

5
5

Endless Games

Endless Games

Gameplay

The player controls a mysterious little guy named Mr. Upbeat, who must step over a metronome needle to the offbeat of the song. As the game starts, a voice counts off a rhythm for eight beats. After this, the needle begins to swing at Mr. Upbeat. To dodge it, the player needs to hop over the needle, which happens on the offbeats. To assist the player, the light on Mr. Upbeat's head flashes on the offbeat. After 16 steps, the needle stops. The player recieves a point, Mr. Upbeat comments on the player's ability, and the game repeats at a higher tempo.

In Rhythm Heaven Fever, the game was given a Practice section, in which the player must hop over the needle for 16 steps, and the game fades out and fades back in if they miss. They only need to do one set to clear it. In the real game, each step gives a point instead of one point for every 16 steps. In addition, the tempo change now happens every 32 steps rather than every 16.

Controls

• Ⓐ: Step

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?: Mr. Upbeat hops over the needle.
• Early!/Late!^?: N/A
• Miss...^?: Mr. Upbeat trips on the needle, and the game is over. Depending on which side he trips from, he either falls on his bottom or spreads his legs. Usually Mr. Upbeat slumps in defeat, but if the player got a High Score, he pumps his fists at the achievement instead.

Appearances

• 

  Ura Otoko

• 

  Mr. Upbeat
  Endless Remix

Trivia

• In Rhythm Tengoku, Mr. Upbeat has the word ウラ (Ura^?) written above him. This is removed in Rhythm Heaven Fever.
• The High Score jingle in Rhythm Tengoku was repurposed from an unused Drum Lesson-esque sequence. Interestingly, this is the only Endless Game in Rhythm Tengoku to acknowledge 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.
  • Manzai was the 4th game in Minna no Rhythm Tengoku, while Mr. Upbeat is the 1st in other regions. This change caused the rest of the Endless Games to be moved around in other regions, and their Medal requirements to be adjusted.
  • The game also takes Manzai's place in Endless Remix.
• Inputting the code word POSITIVE in Police Call gives the player a tip about there being a code word in this game (the word is MATCH: every 130 steps Mr. Upbeat's antenna grows larger and displays the word one letter at a time, then returns to normal). The code word can be put into Police Call for an easter egg.
• The UK English spelling of Mr Upbeat in Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise makes this game and the Remixes the only games whose names differ across the two English versions.

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Development History

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In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラおとこ	Backwards Man
EnglishNOA	Mr. Upbeat
EnglishNOE	Mr Upbeat
French	M. Contretemps Mr. Upbeat	Mr. Backbeat
Spanish	Don Contratiempo	Mr. Backbeat
German	Thaddäus Taktlos Mr. Upbeat	Thaddeus Tactless
Italian	Mr. Contrattempo Mr. Upbeat	Mr. Backbeat
Dutch	Mr. Upbeat
Portuguese	Mr. Upbeat
Korean	미스터 엇박	Mr. Offbeat