Mr. Upbeat

Mr. Upbeat (ウラおとこ^?, Ura Otoko), also written as Mr Upbeat in Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise, 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 mysterious little guy named Mr. Upbeat, who must step over a metronome needle to the offbeat of the song.

Gameplay

File:Mr. Upbeat GBA.PNG

File:MrUpbeatWithoutHUD.PNG

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.

Appearances

• Mr. Upbeat GBA.PNG

  Ura Otoko

• Mr. Upbeat Wii.png

  Mr. Upbeat
  Endless Remix

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.
• 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.
• 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^?, Metoronōmu). 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.

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	Don Backbeat
Italian	Mr. Contrattempo Mr. Upbeat	Mr. Backbeat
Dutch	Mr. Upbeat
Portuguese	Mr. Upbeat
Korean	미스터 엇박	Mr. Offbeat