[VGMC] Day 78! feat. RETIREMENT ROUND!!! and Roar of Time vs. the End of Time

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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 17, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=477304
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80433657
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0wlcxj-kHQRU1yHo-kpMxGe
Compatibility sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13kPe5EpCZVgIi6TNYHY7EVxc8XMPbzSJaKFjLcVBgD8
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Match 1

Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness - Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Composer: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito
Loop Point: 2:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPGuiZ48PbA

Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda
Loop Point: 4:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSS6ZRIi7mM

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Match 2

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Northeast Frost Street
Composer: Yuuta Ogasawara
Loop Point: 2:38
https://youtu.be/nlUx8_9gtvc

Border Down - Purple Town
Composer: Yasuhisa Watanabe
Loop Point: 4:44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCVfVUhCFY

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Match 3

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
Composer: Akiko Shikata
Loop Point: 3:25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8b-IQulh1c

CrossCode: A New Home - Azure Archipelago
Composer: HAGANE
Loop Point: 1:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDAV9YgRW8E

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Easy vote form:
Dialga's Fight to the Finish! / To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street / Purple Town
Moonlight Concert / Azure Archipelago
Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
Border Down - Purple Town
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
To Far Away Times
Purple Town
Azure Archipelago

Purple Town saves R4 from starting off pretty eh.

Dialga [8.5]
TfaT [9]
To Far Away Times
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
:)
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness - Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Northeast Frost Street
CrossCode: A New Home - Azure Archipelago

Northeast Frost Street > Dialga's Fight to the Finish! > Azure Archipelago > To Far Away Times > Moonlit Night Concert > Purple Town (stage 1)
Erica, she/they. Subscribe to GaMetal
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Purple Town
Azure Archipelago
Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert
A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
To Far Away Times
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert

pretty sure the beta site still works fine btw (edit 2: oh nvm lol)
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
(>'.')>
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
Dialga's Fight to the Finish
Purple Town
Azure Archipelago
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
[Rock and Stone] <o/
To Far Away Times
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
Give me a cue
I can see clues all around me
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
azuarc is quite good at predicting GameFAQs bracket battles.
Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Northeast Frost Street
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Purple Town
Azure Archipelago

tgs2 posted...
Purple Town saves R4 from starting off pretty eh.


From TunnelScene:
To Far Away Times (Chrono Trigger)
Purple Town (Border Down)
Moonlight Concert (Liar Princess and Blind Prince)


From NFUN:
Dialga
Purple
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Far
Purple
Archipelago
KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
To Far Away Times
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert

Puff Stuff
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Purple Town
Azure Archipelago
Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Purple Town
abstain for now

This may be the last "amazing" day of music for me.... everything here got at least a 9.0 except To Far Away Times, and even that one is my top 100. I need to re-listen tomorrow to decide the third match, but I'm leaning towards Azure.
"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?"
"You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert

Well, here it is. Retirement round. I had my doubts, but the princes beat three great tracks on the road to here, and today they stand at the door of glory. It has been an absolutely fantastic time, and here's really hoping they can make the last push to the Top 16! As for Azure... well, I used to find it a really weak song, but it's slowly grown on me. Nonetheless, I don't doubt it's a surprising, but fierce rival to the throne of A2. I feel absolutely satisfied whatever the result is today, because damn if Round 4 at first appearence doesn't mean strength. But I know it can get even better. Good luck!

Match 1 and 2. Yeah, hmm.... Dialga and Far Away are both great, but my horse it's always PMD. I still respect Northeast a lot, but I'm closely siding to Purple. Come on, the armonica cat moves mountains. Great retiree either way.

As for the drawing, well it's 5 AM and I almost never draw Lea or the Wolf, so I don't feel it's a beast of an artwork by any means. Depending of how tomorrow goes, it might be just a warmup, though! For now, please accept this art. I have so much fun doing these!https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/3/4/AAfGkeAAEtFS.jpg
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
Just killing time until the world ends.
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago

yay more prince art
No longer becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado.
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Purple Town
Azure Archipelago
Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
Border Down - Purple Town
CrossCode: A New Home - Azure Archipelago
Match 1 is probably the lowest quality R3 match this year. They're both very whatever tracks that don't have anything interesting in them. I guess TFAT's melody is better, so it'll get my vote.

Now on to the retirement round. Both of these songs are very good. I do think Purple Town's lead synth needs to be less bright, which will be the main thing that'll take it a notch below NE Frost Street, but it's still a really solid composition. I'd be fine with either of these retiring.

Moonlight Concert is one I didn't expect to get this far, but it is very good, so I'm good with it. Azure Archipelago is also nice, but it's definitely a step below in quality from Moonlight.

R3 ended on a bad note, but the start of R4 is looking very promising (even if all my noms are dead already).

Votes:
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet.
-Abraham Lincoln
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness - Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
TIME'S UP

vs.

Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
TIME'S UP

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This concludes my genrification of the top 64 songs. I hope you enjoyed! It was fun to come up with what I hope were mostly good genres.

No voting gimmick for round 4, but I might do something for round 5...

Votes:
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago
Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
The art of quirky SNES games no one cares about
To Far Away Times
Azure Archipelago
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago

The two best songs are in r1 but I still have a very clear preference between the two. Dialga good but at the end of the day, TFAT is way better in my eyes. NFS is great and one of the better FL songs for sure, but I'm surprised to see it made it this far. The last two songs are good except one has annoying vocals and the other doesn't so it's a pretty easy vote there.
Fox Only, Final Destination.
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
We schlitty
Moonlight Concert

I prefer Azure compositionally, but I love the instrumentation of Moonlight too much...
"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?"
"You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."
To Far Away Times

Brutal match though. Two legendary songs. If I remember to listen I'll vote in the other two later.
http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg
PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan
To Far Away Times
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
"You can learn to believe in others... ...even in the final moments of your life!"
- ????, Yakuza 3
To FAT
North EFS
MLK Cert
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness - Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Northeast Frost Street
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert

oh god it's here it's happening WAAAAAAA
-Abraham Lincoln
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago

Match 1 is a tricky pick, they're both very good songs. I think this is genuinely the last time I will ever pick this way for this matchup, but I'm sticking with it. Best of luck to both!

R4 starts off with a pretty good matchup between Kirby and Border Down! While not my favorite song from Forgotten Land, I really liked Frost Street to begin with and it's only grown on me more at this point. Purple Town's harmonica has always been the best lead-in for the rest of the song for me, and the synths are still a delight to listen to. Very close match for me here!

Being in VGMC for this long has definitely made me appreciate songs like Moonlight Concert more, with its folksy vibes and its Umineko/Gust-like vocals. But I gotta give it to Azure Archipelago here, its pleasant beach vibes with those steel drums are a combo I will always adore.
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Moonlight Concert
https://i.imgur.com/c3jEuPS.jpg
Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
Northeast Frost Street
Azure Archipelago

dialga's
frost
archipelago

wowie zowie retirement round
To Far Away Times
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert
Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point!
To Far Away Times
Purple Town
Moonlight Concert
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
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