Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0

That does sound right up my street. Aww!

Nice cheery music, in the same vein as my Monster Boy non-pick from earlier.

Catching up!:

Day 21: Music you associate with frustration

Sonic Spinball can do one. This is the first level and I always end up with Sonic flying around for 30 minutes in an endless, pointless series of luck-fuelled "spinball". This music just annoys me the more I hear it.

Day 22: Music from a town or village

Shenmue 2's music isn't quite as great as the original's, but the representation of Hong Kong was impressive at the time. Each area had its own feel and style, and that came through in the music - Queen's St had the British influence so this was less "Chinese sounding" than the other districts. Probably the most memorable one for anyone that played it.

To answer those questions gJones.

Yes that Ninja Gaiden track is from the fight with Alma, thankfully some understood the frustration. The Silent Hill 2 track is from when you enter the bowling alley.

I wanted to post some Shovel Knight, thought about going for some Pokemon, but wanted to branch out a bit and I remembered Dragon's Dogma has nice medieval town vibes.

Balladeer wrote:: Sadly Rum has again screwed us out of something glorious.

You know Balla, if you love Undertale so much, why don't you marry it? You could have a big three-way wedding with Jay like they did in Tiger King.

Undertale's like Papyrus: it's too good for me and it knows it.

gjones wrote:: I'm noticing you pick a chirpy tune each time, definitely a pattern!

I'm a chirpy happy person as we all know. Very Happy

I try to mix in some good epic bombast (see: Buoy Base Galaxy), but... I like music that makes me feel happy I guess!

Toxic Caves sounds frustrating already! I've got a lot of time for that music though. I notice that this is the second Sonic tune for Day 21: is Sonic among the more frustrating series, people who've played it? I've got a huge amount of time for that Shenm2 theme, but from what I've heard Shenmue's gameplay is bobbins so it needs to have good other stuff anyway. Razz

Proper Japanese village vibes from that Dragon's Dogma piece! It's always seemed like a dark game to me, an outsider; so it's nice to hear some cheerier sounding stuff!

Sonic doing pinball and sonic underwater - great music for horrible times!

I love the town music so far, although I currently can't listen to Buska's as it's technically a spoiler for me. Shenmue's music always seems right up my street (see what I did there) but I don't think I'd be able to sit down and play it.

My town

All's Well from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
This is what you hear going round the Imperial City, which is pretty much the first thing you get to after the tutorial, and is overwhelming in how big it is. Controversial opinion: dated graphics aside, this game is more interesting than Skyrim. I would like to clear this backlog of 1000 games so I can get start playing it again.

You'd be fine playing Shenmue, Jim as you play older games unlike Balla.

Not really sure what to do for today, that I've gone for a track which is just as good as the other MGS ones we've heard but because it's in Peace Walker goes overlooked.

Balladeer wrote:: Toxic Caves sounds frustrating already! I've got a lot of time for that music though. I notice that this is the second Sonic tune for Day 21: is Sonic among the more frustrating series, people who've played it?

Nah. Hydrocity Zone is more intense and stressful than frustrating, and Sonic Spinball gets annoying when the Sonic doesn't go where you hit him and when the level design falls off a cliff in it's second half. I don't think most of the games are too frustrating though.

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Day 23: Underrated Music

Everybody's seemed to forget about this whole thing and it's brilliant soundtrack, so I'm giving it it's due today - the Getting Started tune on Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit!

It's disappointing that Labo didn't really catch on, it's too clever a concept for Nintendo to just leave it at that.

I've picked quite a lot of Pokemon games, but I think these are the last two I'm going to go for!

Day 22: Town/village music

I know Buska's taken Pokemon Black & White but this is from Pokemon Black 2! I like it much more than the Opelucid City theme from White 2. It's gotten stuck in my head many times.

Day 23: Underrated music

If you heard this theme out of the blue, I suspect you wouldn't have guessed it's from Learn with Pokemon: Typing Adventure on DS. It's intense! TYPE FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE!

masofdas wrote:: Not really sure what to do for today, that I've gone for a track which is just as good as the other MGS ones we've heard but because it's in Peace Walker goes overlooked.

Oh man! This is actually really frustrating. I've been struggling to think of one and then I saw your post and remembered I already said Heavens Divide was underrated on an earlier day! Duh!

Shouldn't give me ideas

Didn't Labo VR do over 1m though and why we saw VR stuff in likes of Captain Toad and some VR games come to the eShop

Peace Walker sold half a million in its first week in Japan.
And look at that. You made me look at numbers you bastard. Now I'm gonna throw up.

Anyway, I thought of one.

Maybe not underrated in this parish, but I feel like nowhere near enough people are discussing Nintendoland. It should have been Wii U's Wii Sports but nobody was ready. People are idiots, they deserved this year.

Should've asked me to check 'em. Very Happy

Feeding back:

On that note, I was close to picking the lovely Wii U settings music and its Gamepad equivalent... but let's go for an actual game, shall we?

Ideally, listen to this first: the standard battle music. Then this: where all hope is lost. And finally:

Go Kirby! I never really hear anybody talking about Kirby games after their release (apart from maybe Epic Yarn), apart from retro reviews and when it comes to scraping the barrel for music. This isn't scraping any barrels: this is one of the most epic boss fights in gaming, over three (actually four) phases against a being with the power of a god. The music is belting, and I love how the third phase does one of my favourite things: bringing back the game's theme at its climax.

If I'd been going for traditional covers for Day 19, incidentally, I'd have picked this! (Visual spoilers for the boss fight, incidentally.)

There's not a Kirby game out there that doesn't have (at least) a good soundtrack. Many are very good, several are fantastic, and then there's a handful which are, with hyperbole, amongst Nintendo's very best. Stuff like Bubbly Clouds (Dream Land GB), Meta Knight's Revenge (Fun Pak SNES) and City Trial (Air Ride GC) are absolutely masterful.

If I'd known that Kirby was underrated music, I'd almost definitely have gone for something from Kirby Triple Deluxe or Planet Robobot. Thumbs Up!

@Buska that's not surprising as PSP was big in Japan and think Peace Walker did well but people normally only talk about MGS 1-5

masofdas wrote:: Shouldn't give me ideas

Didn't Labo VR do over 1m though and why we saw VR stuff in likes of Captain Toad and some VR games come to the eShop

It's underrated music, not music from underrated games. Although obviously the two can go hand-in-hand, there's plenty of great tracks from popular games that don't really get talked about.

That's why I've gone for the wonderful disco level from Luigi's Mansion 3, a game that was well-received but each time I've seen praise heaped on it, it's mostly to do with the Pixar-level animation and crisp graphics. This is right near the end of the game and remains one of my favourite parts (Luigi tapping his toe and whistling whilst hoovering up ghosts is just brilliant). I don't know how Nintendo made a funky breakbeat fit into a spooky cartoon, but they nailed it.

Day 23: Underrated music

gjones wrote:

masofdas wrote:: Shouldn't give me ideas

Didn't Labo VR do over 1m though and why we saw VR stuff in likes of Captain Toad and some VR games come to the eShop

It's underrated music, not music from underrated games. Although obviously the two can go hand-in-hand, there's plenty of great tracks from popular games that don't really get talked about.

Why I went Peace Walker the game isn't underated at all but in terms of tracks and MGS series Heaven Divide certainly is underated when compared to Snake Eater and Sins of the Farther etc

Do think Nintendo Land was a underrated game though and likely be one of the few WiiU games not to make it to Switch.

The Cappuccino Kid wrote:: If I'd known that Kirby was underrated music, I'd almost definitely have gone for something from Kirby Triple Deluxe or Planet Robobot.

gjones wrote:

masofdas wrote:: Didn't Labo VR do over 1m though and why we saw VR stuff in likes of Captain Toad and some VR games come to the eShop

It's underrated music, not music from underrated games. Although obviously the two can go hand-in-hand, there's plenty of great tracks from popular games that don't really get talked about.

I did think about picking the underrated Windmill Hills from the very much not-underrated music-wise Tropical Freeze, but I go on enough about DKCTF as a whole. I reckon that picking an underrated game means that the music will be underrated by default; and I can't think of a Kirby game that I would say doesn't go under the radar since the SNES days, with the possible exception of Epic Yarn. I'd say Labo is underrated, or underremembered, too though - maybe not in sheer sales figures, but in communities like this one you'd not see many people itching for another Labo game.

That said: I definitely wouldn't have thought to talk about that LM3 track, so it's all good. Thumbs Up!

Definitely more emphasis on funk than tune, I'd say, although the remix of the Luigi's Mansion theme is rather fun.

I dunno about that NintendoLand take, man - there was some good stuff and there was some shite. I thought that was exactly what I wanted from a demo-y launch title.

That Pokémon typing was bloomin' extreme! Wow. *dnb**dnb**dnb**dnb**dnb*LEARN ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS*dnb**dnb**dnb**dnb**dnb*

I've gone for music I'd call Underrated, and I think everyone else would call "pretty terrible"

This is Computer from Art Style: Light Trax. I really like all of this game's chiptune/dubstep crossover.
This was a remake of the GBA game Bit Generations: dotstream, I've only just gone and looked up that game's soundtrack - well here's the original version. I'm not making a case for that original version. Shocked

Thoughts and feels:

Day 23: Underrated Music

This could be a bad pick in terms of actually being underrated but it's not one I hear being talked about enough, I guess you're more likely to remember the 50s music that's played through the radios but the title music serves as a great introduction to a sinister post apocalyptic world.

Last time I rated...:

Day 24: Music you constantly have stuck in your head

So back on day 16 this was one I considered using until I came across something that provided even more nostalgia with the FIFA track, only problem is ever since I've had this stuck in my head. Nice cheery tune from a brilliant game that I'm hoping can get some kind of re-release after we had Lion King and Aladdin last year.

And it's still in my head now:

There's loads of potential for Disney re-releases in the style of the one Digital Eclipse developed for Aladdin and The Lion King last year. Some of those Mickey Mouse games would do very nicely on one of those compilations. Thumbs Up!

Day 24: Music You Constantly Have Stuck In Your Head

I've checked Balladeer's list, and I'm surprised that nobody's picked anything from this game yet. It's a tune I've genuinely had stuck in my head for years now, it's Click Clock Wood (Springtime) from Banjo-Kazooie:

More Banjo thoughts soon!

Day 24: Music you constantly have stuck in your head

I heard this before I ever played Cuphead and was surprised to come across it so early in the game! The whole soundtrack is great but this is one of its most iconic pieces and pretty earwormy.

Oh boy, it's time to rag on Rum again! There's only one piece of any type of music that has solidly stayed in my head over time to the present day, and it's Undertale's Metal Crusher. I don't know why: it's far from the game's best piece, but there it is, still stuck there. Maybe a robotic song suits my walking around the office? Anyway, in lieu of that:

I know Rum and Smurf have both mentioned this absolute banger that got lodged in my brain shortly after playing the game, and occasionally bubbles to the surface. For all that I might try to mediate GJones' claim that I pick the chirpy pieces (although... Termina third day, chirpy!?), this is absolutely joyful stuff, and more often than not I'd sit through it upon firing up the game to hum along. 2020's finest gaming music perhaps?

A big big shout-out to Monster Boy doing much the same thing. Sillier lyrics, cut-scene thoroughly unrepresentative of the game's pace, and another tremendous intro tune. Grin

Feedback:

That San Francisco Rush track is funkalicious!
My pal Matt is always telling me to buy a Dreamcast and SFR so we can have a bash on it.

That CHVRCHES song is fine.

Waluigi Pinball is good fun. Would have loved to see that track in 8.

I'd heard legends of the Outrun 2 soundtrack and I'm glad to hear it really is the business.

Mario Kart and Micro Machines are good songs, but those songs didn't flip my flop particularly. My MM memories are all from the PS1 and its horrendous soundtrack.

That Ninja Gaiden one is intense, I can imagine getting the ol' sweaty palms.

The Rhythm Paradise video is satisfying to watch but must be something else to play.

The Castlevania music is surprisingly good!

The Overcooked music was okay; presumably it works well in game.

I'm not as familiar as Mega Man 1 as 2, but that track is pretty tight.

Treesmurf wrote:: Cos the sun I'm gonna praise praise praise praise praise
And the king has got no name name name name name
I'm just gonna slay slay slay slay slay
Slay this boss, slay this boss

Stupendous effort.
The sonic low air music is the sound of death. That level tune is half-decent though.

GJones wrote:: Sonic Spinball can do one.

Truer words have rarely been spoken.

Ecruteak is a classic.

That Silent Hill music is atmospheric but also pretty cool and funky.

The way that Majora's one takes the chirpy music and slightly fucks it really reminds me of Ben Drowned, so . . . *shudder*.

That Tombi music is nice Smile

I kinda like the Shenmue music, but I really like the picture of Hobbes which the uploader has as his AVI.

Balladeer wrote:: Proper Japanese village vibes from that Dragon's Dogma piece! It's always seemed like a dark game to me, an outsider; so it's nice to hear some cheerier sounding stuff!

Nah, it's actually quite a wacky and cheerful game. Sure it has dragons and the fate of the world and monsters and stuff, but this is closer to Dragon Quest than Dark Sousls, and made by essentially the Monster Hunter team.

That Oblivion one is exactly how I'd imagine the Oblivion soundtrack.

Opelucid City is a bit busy but nice enough.

HEAVEN'S DIVIIIIIIIIDE

I'd heard Labo had a good track while you build, now I know it.

Jesus that Pokémon Typing music starts like Blade Runner and ends like a Platinum game! Astonishing stuff.

That progression of three Kirby tracks is nice. I like the OG dancey Kirby theme, but I've not played enough of the boy's stuff to know much else. This is nice.

That Luigi's Mansion Scene was quality.

That Art Style piece is really nice!

The Fallout 4 theme has a real slow build but gets pretty epic.

I'm still not sure about my "stuck in my head" one. I need to wait for inspiration to hit, for it to be true.

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