Beat (Jet Set Radio)

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Beat
Beat, from Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Appearances
First appearance	Jet Set Radio
Game appearances	Sega Superstars Tennis Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Dreamcast Collection (PC) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Sonic Forces (cameo) Sega Heroes Sonic Colors: Ultimate (cameo)
Appearances in other media	Archie Comics
Real-world designer(s)
Artist(s)	Hosokawa Kauzki Ryuta Ueda
Actor(s)
English voice	Casey Robertson (2008-2014)
Biographical overview
Age	17
Birthplace	Japan
Residence	Tokyo-to
Species	Human
Physical description
Gender	Male
Height	5' 5.75"
Hair	Auburn
Skin	Peach
Eyes	Brown
Attire	Green goggles with zig-zag pattern Light blue goggles (Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing) Headphones Yellow shirt Black jeans Neo Blade Gear rollerblades
Alignment and character traits
Alignment	Good
Affiliation(s)	The GG's
Likes	Graffiti Vinyl Records DJ Professor K's Jet Set Radio In-line skating Music Breakdancing The GG's Messing with the police Claiming turf from rival gangs
Dislikes	Being driven out of his territory Rokkaku Gouji Police Hayashi Onishima
Powers and abilities
Skills	Art Graffiti Powerslide/Shuffle Grinding Boost Dash
Moves and techniques	Superstar State All-Star Move Beat This Graffiti Floor Smooth Moves Theater of Sound
Ability type	Speed

And that's how you dish out defeat!

— Beat, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Beat is a main character from Sega's Jet Set Radio series and is considered to be the main mascot of it. He is a seventeen-year-old, laid back, and level headed "Rudie" that loves to skate and is okay with breaking the law. He is originally from the town of Fukuoka. After running away from home like many other Japanese Rudies, he befriended Gum and Tab, members of the GG's crew.

Game appearances

Sega All-Stars series

Sega Superstars Tennis

In Sega Superstars Tennis, Beat is a Speed Type character that appears alongside one of his close friends from the GG's, Gum. Their designs are taken from the original Jet Set Radio. His tennis racket is red, green, and yellow, just like his color scheme. On the court, Beat will skate across and hit the ball on his side when it gets near.

Beat's Superstar move has Combo, a member of the GG's who is always carrying around a boom box, grind on the net of the tennis court while spray painting on the opponent's side. The paint trips up Beat's opponent, and distracts them from the game.

In the Nintendo DS version, Beat dances a little and when the player hits the ball back, it will make a squared zig-zag pattern.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Beat makes an appearance as a playable character, and is the only playable character from the Jet Set Radio series. In this game, he takes on his Jet Set Radio Future appearance, wearing blue shades and drill-like headphones, while having neon-green and blue colors. Despite this, his in-game bio is based on his appearance in the original Jet Set Radio.

Beat is an unlockable character in the game, and costs around $12500 Sega Miles (an in-game currency).

Beat drives the De La Custom GGs. The vehicle is orange and has the Jet Set Radio Future logo icon on the front of his car. In the back, there are several radio-like boxes with what appears to be lights resembling those of Christmas lights, but only green and pink.

Beat's All-Star Move is "Tag Jamming", which allows him to hop out of his vehicle and skate himself across the racetrack. Doing so, he pulls out his spray can and begins spraying racing opponents which blinds them with several graffiti icons and logos. During his All-Star Move, the song "Jet Set Groove 3" from Jet Set Radio Future plays in the background.

Beat also appears as one of the required playable characters during several Missions. His missions in the console versions are Graffiti Speed Star!, Jet Set Slide!, Tokyo-To Cup, and Tokyo-To Show!. His missions in the Nintendo DS version include 2 Beats per Minute, Hit 'N' Miss, and Jump to the Beat.

Based on his in-game profile, Beat's favorite hobby, other than art and graffiti, is breakdancing, which he does at the end of each race if he wins 1st place.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

In Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, his vehicle, the De La Custom GGs gets replaced by a quad bike presumably made for the streets. It's styled after himself, the GG's gang, and his game's titular radio station, Jet Set Radio. Being that the main focus in this game, aside from racing is transformations, his bike does transform. As a boat it looks strange, with the wheels being replaced by skis, like a snowmobile, but instead of treads that complete this 'snowmobile', there are a set of propellers at the back, thus making it a jet ski. Its jet mode is a hover bike, with flipped up wheels and two small propturbo engines. In this game, his design is taken from Jet Set Radio.

During his All-Star Move, Beat's vehicle will change from whatever mode it’s currently in and change into plane mode. Several radios will surround Beat’s vehicle when he uses the All-Star’s ability, which will cause racers to slow down and slide off-track, similar to a Hot Rod. During the All-Star Move, several red, green, and yellow music notes will surround the lower part of his vehicle as he dashes past his opponents. The song "Grace & Glory" plays in the background.

Sonic Forces

The Beat outfit for the Avatar, from Sonic Forces.

In Sonic Forces, Beat himself does not make a physical appearance. However, his iconic and standard outfit does. His Costume parts can either be purchased with real money or received as bonus content from select versions of the game. His outfit can be equipped to the customizable Avatar.

The outfit includes his orange and yellow t-shirt, his black headphones, green and orange-colored roller skates, green goggles/glasses, black pants, and black gloves. Most of the costume’s pieces can be equipped separately, like most other Costume parts.

Sega Heroes

A Beat shard, from Sega Heroes.

In Sega Heroes, Beat appears as a supporting protagonist in the Campaign mode. He eventually joins Amy, Death Adder, AiAi, Blaze Fielding, and some other heroes in their quest to stop Dremagen from conquering the universe. During their mission, Beat develops a small friendship with Big the Cat. Beat compliments Big several times, including his height and his fishing abilities. However, because of Beat's figurative tone, Big does not understand Beat's compliments. Beat later gives compliments to AiAi, telling him the idea of traveling around in a ball is quite "cool."

Beat was a red rare hero that was playable exclusively in Beyondering. Achieving 25 Beat shards would unlock the character, and he would be a playable character in selective modes. Beat was released to the game on 15 October 2018, alongside several other Jet Set Radio characters.

Skill	Skill Type	Icon	Reagents	Description	Effects
Theater of Sound	MAX		Star Charm	"Beat makes his mark on the battlefield, covering everything with a stylish green and blue mist."	Restores x health to the team. Creates 2 Green and 2 Blue Star tiles.
Beat This	Star		Ember Vial	"Beat sprays his signature on an enemy."	Deals x Physical damage and creates a Blue Star tile.
Smooth Moves	Passive		Ruby Band	"Beat skates across the battlefield, every move making him stronger."	When Beat takes damage, he gains Evasion (+x Dodge) for 1 turn.

Sonic Colors: Ultimate

In Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Beat makes a cameo appearance in the "Jet Grind Radio" player icon that can be equipped in the Customize menu.

In other media

Books and comics

Archie Comics

Beat, from Sonic Universe #45.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Beat appeared during the comics' adaptation of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. In the comics, Beat, alongside many other well-known Sega All-Stars, takes part in an inter-dimensional racing competition, alongside Danica Patrick. However, the race does not go according to plan, as Doctor Eggman ruins the race and takes out each of the racers one-by-one.

Trivia

• Beat is one of two playable Jet Set Radio characters in the Sega All-Stars series, the other being Gum.
• Beat's blue shades are available for purchase for the Xbox Live Avatar, which are included a part of the Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing downloadable content.
• In Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Beat is one of only five characters to drive an ATV, the others are Knuckles, Metal Sonic, Joe Musashi, and Gum.
• Beat is the only non-Sonic character to have a completely different design between games in the racing Sega Superstars games, having his Jet Set Radio Future design in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, while in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, he has his original Jet Set Radio design.
• Beat is the only Jet Set Radio character with a speaking role in the Campaign mode of Sega Heroes.

See also

• Beat (disambiguation)

External links

• Beat at JetSetPedia

Non-Sonic characters

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