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You must play the games in the order 1 -> 2 -> V3

If you want to play UDG, do it any time after playing 2
If you want to watch the anime, do it any time after playing UDG
If you want to read any of the light novels / mangas, it's safer to do it after playing 2

The anime and UDG really have no bearing on V3. You can play V3 without them if you want.

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It sounds like the list of JRPGs with great official translations is smaller than the list of JRPGs with bad translations.

Which ones are widely regarded as great as-is and don't need to be re-localized? Re-localize everything that isn't those.

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Since there hasn't been an official announcement yet, I'm just letting everybody know that RtVGM is going on a short break. There will not be any new songs posted for the time being. Feel free to use the time to catch up on any old songs you haven't rated. The expected time the project resumes will be Monday, August 19th, with the start of a new cycle!

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Caravan Stories - Waterling Main Road = 7/10
League of Legends - Irelia, the Blade Dancer = 7/10

Difficult to split. I enjoy both way more than I expected, but both have things that hold them back. Irelia barely edges it out.

Dariusburst - Shining Eyes = 6/10
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness & Sky - Quicksand Pit = 8/10

Dariusburst songs have a tendancy to grow on me, but even if I listened to this one a bunch more, I'm confident it won't beat one of my favourite PMD2 dungeon themes.

Spelunky HD - Ice Caves C = 7.25/10
Undercover Cops - Redtailed Cat = 6.25/10

Spelunky's whole OST oozes style. On the other hand, this is one of the better UC songs if I recall correctly - pretty cool - but doesn't quite grab me in the way IC C does.

Votes:
Irelia, the Blade Dancer
Quicksand Pit
Ice Caves C

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Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge = 8.5/10
Zakuzaku Actors - the witch under a blue sky = 6.5/10

SotS is my favourite song to appear so far.

Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland - Silent Undersea Ruins = 5.5/10
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action - A New Frontier = 6.25/10

My least favourite of the Rorona picks vs. my least favourite of the Vahalla picks. Ended up being in Vahalla's favour, but there's plenty of other matchups that would have went the other way.

Hypnospace Outlaw - Millenium Anthem (2000 New Years Eve) = 6/10
Final Fantasy II (PS1) - Imperial Army Theme = 5/10

The GM cuica samples are my single least favourite samples in music. That wasn't enough to prevent Millenium Anthem from winning, though.

My votes:
Servants of the Scourge
A New Frontier
Millenium Anthem (2000 New Years Eve)

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Aw man, it happened again. My excuse is that rwlh posted up the songs instead of me, so I forgot to do them here. Clearly though we're all just a little loopy. There's actually been talk on the discord of taking a break for a couple of weeks starting in a couple of days, so just thought I'd give the heads up.

Yesterday's songs to rate:

A Hat in Time - Rhythm Jump Studio -
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - Sandwich Driving 101 -
Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad -

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Eschatos - Extermination = 8/10
Celeste - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) = 7.75/10

Very close. Both are awesome but slightly held back by a lack of real variety.

Spark the Electric Jester - vs. FARK = 6.5/10
REFLEC BEAT colette - L'avide = 8.25/10

L'avide is one of my favourite new discoveries and FARK is one of the weaker Spark songs for me. I prefer Spark's OST overall for sure, but this particular matchup is definitely in RBc's favour.

Pharaoh Rebirth+ - Stage 5: Sinai Mines (Mine Cart Ride) = 6.5/10
Super Meat Boy - Fast Track to Browntown = 7.5/10

I like DannyB's stuff less than I used to, but this one was still a straight forward vote for one of the best SMB songs.

So my votes:
Extermination
L'avide
Fast Track to Browntown

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Today's actual songs to rate:

Hollow Knight - Sealed Vessel -
Mega Man 3 - Top Man Stage -
Final Fantasy XIV Online - eScape -

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Alright, if rwlh is giving ratings, I'm gonna try to give ratings. I already voted above, but just throwing these down...

Undertale - Undertale = 6.75/10
Final Fantasy IX - Assault of the Silver Dragons = 6.5/10

Vision Soft Reset - Floatlands = 5/10
Killer Instinct (2013) - Enter the Battletoad = 7/10

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Guile Stage = 7/10
Lineage 2 - Magma Town = 6.25/10

It ended up being kinda the opposite of what I said yesterday. First and third match were close, second match was easy. Oops.

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Oof, I forgot to post the new songs here yesterday since I was so distracted at the time.

Here's yesterday's:

beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle - SHADE -
Irisu Syndrome! - I Didn't Talk to Anyone Today -
Terraria Calamity Mod - Murderswarm - Theme of Bumblebirb -

Today's will be up at the usual time too, in 2.5 hr or so.

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Undertale (song)
Enter the Battletoad
Guile Stage

1st and 3rd match were fairly easy. 2nd match was harder than you might expect, coming from me.

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Today's songs:

Dragon Quest III - Heavenly Flight -
Len'en Reiretsuden ~ Reactivate Majestical Imperial - A Name Cast Off from the Edge -
Runescape - Evil Bob's Island -

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Today's songs to rate:

Blast Corps - Beeton Tracks -
Trauma Center: Second Opinion - St. Francis Hospital -
Dariusburst Another Chronicle - Crushing the Enemy Lightly -

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New songs to rate:

Kid Icarus Uprising - Into the Labyrinth -
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 - Capsule Obtain -
Pony Island - Beelzebub -

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Still playing catchup

Diablo II - Tristram = 5/10
Awesomenauts - Froggy G Theme = 5/10
NiGHTS into Dreams - The Dragon Gave a Loud Scream = 7/10

F-Zero X - Decide in the Eyes = 7.5/10
Wario Land II - The Journey Home (Credits) = 5/10
Groove Coaster - Streetwalker = 3.5/10

Gyruss - Stage 2 = 6.75/10
A Hat in Time - Your Contract Has Expired (Caero Remix) = 7.5/10
Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Jazzy NYC 99 = 6.75/10

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Today's songs to be rated:

Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax - Fight for Future 2087 (Hyperspace 3rd Degree) -
Yo! Noid II - Domino Dungeon -
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game - Bollywood -

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Well I did 10 pieces of non-vgm, so I'll do 5 pieces of VGM...

Name: Sinful Syncopation
Origin: Mekazoo
Link:

Name: Battle! H ~Dead by UNKNOWN~
Origin: SanctuaryRPG
Link:

Name: Ghost Terror
Origin: Ghost Blade
Link:

Name: Q
Origin: Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Link:

Name: Demonstration of Law
Origin: Grapple Force Rena
Link:

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Akkrillic - 1/7 Noms; 21/34 SVs
Arti - 2/7 Noms; 7/9 SVs
azuarc - 3/7 Noms; 21/46 SVs
Baconus_Yum - 0/7 Noms; 14/25 SVs
banshiryuu - 6/7 Noms; 26/46 SVs
cakophon - 2/7 Noms; 32/67 SVs
dowolf - 4/7 Noms; 25/36 SVs
FL81 - 1/7 Noms; 11/24 SVs
Flamander - 0/7 Noms; 30/63 SVs
GameBopAdv - 4/7 Noms; 27/56 SVs
Hannyabal - 1/1 Noms; 0/0 SVs
Haste_2 - 1/5 Noms; 40/68 SVs
HBJDubs - 0/0 Noms; 9/19 SVs
Janus5k - 4/7 Noms; 8/14 SVs
jcgamer107 - 0/0 Noms; 2/7 SVs
JONALEON1 - 0/2 Noms; 0/0 SVs
kaonashi1 - 6/7 Noms; 17/23 SVs
loweffortmemes - 3/7 Noms; 12/24 SVs
Mac Arrowny - 0/0 Noms; 11/17 SVs
MC_XD - 3/7 Noms; 34/58 SVs
MoonRunes - 2/4 Noms; 7/12 SVs
MycroProcessor - 4/7 Noms; 24/38 SVs
NFUN - 3/7 Noms; 6/7 SVs
Place - 3/7 Noms; 20/39 SVs
Plasman - 2/3 Noms; 11/23 SVs
PIayer_0 - 2/7 Noms; 24/41 SVs
pyresword - 3/7 Noms; 22/40 SVs
Raetsel_Lapin - 0/0 Noms; 11/16 SVs
rwlh - 2/7 Noms; 19/34 SVs
Snake5555555555 - 0/3 Noms; 7/19 SVs
Team Rocket Elite - 1/3 Noms; 10/21 SVs
tennisboy213 - 0/0 Noms; 19/29 SVs
UF8 - 0/7 Noms; 36/62 SVs
Zigzagoon - 1/7 Noms; 2/2 SVs

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Today's songs to rate:

Alien Breed 3D - Main Theme -
Touhou 14: Double Dealing Character - Primordial Beat ~ Pristine Beat -
100% Orange Juice - Ultimate Weapon Girl -

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Today's songs to rate:

Gyruss - Stage 2 -
A Hat in Time - Your Contract Has Expired (Caero Remix) -
Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Jazzy NYC 99 -

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Super Vote for Charge Cycles

Because mycro is amazing
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Today's songs to rate:

F-Zero X - Decide in the Eyes -
Wario Land II - The Journey Home (Credits) -
Groove Coaster - Streetwalker -
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Name: Black Cat
Origin: Coyote Kisses
Link:

Name: The Legend of the Black Shawarma
Origin: Infected Mushroom
Link:

Name: Memory
Origin: Zircon
Link:

Name: Build the Cities
Origin: Karma Fields
Link:

Name: Wavetapper
Origin: Frums
Link:

I went all in on non-VGM often-weird often-dark EDM
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Name: Fortune Days
Origin: The Glitch Mob
Link:

Name: Lawn Wake IX
Origin: The Flashbulb
Link:

Name: The Different
Origin: Whitefists
Link:

Name: Hooligan Spirit
Origin: Hybrid
Link:

Name: O'er the Flood
Origin: Goreshit
Link:
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Supports:
Deltarune
Einhander
Sdorica -sunset-
Zaku Zaku Actors
Zero Divide 2

And that's all she wrote. There is potential for a 58th support from me, but it depends on what a certain someone does over the next 24 hours
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Gonna start supporting some maybes / new things in response to changes to their lists...

New supports:

Ar Tonelico - Melody of Elemia
Caligula Effect
DJMAX Respect
Final Fantasy 7
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Plants vs. Zombies
Thousand Memories
Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon
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Battle Garegga - Stab and Stomp! = 5/10
I normally like intense techno stuff, but this one just isn't for me.

Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation - India = 6.5/10
Didn't know what to expect, but it's pretty good. Sitar is a hit or miss instrument for me, but it was used well here.

SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN - Hitoribocchi no maou = 6/10
Just... wow. Simply saying '6/10' doesn't really convey my feelings on this one. It's an experience. Definitely memorable.

Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood = 7/10
EoSD sound production is weak, but this is a good one all the same.

OutRun 2 - Life was a Bore = 5.75/10
Talking parts are kinda eh (though I don't hate it). The singing parts are eh (though I don't hate it). The backing is really good, though.

Shadowman - For We Are Many = 3.5/10
Cool atmosphere, but don't like the sound effects. Too lacking in things I look for in music.
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A little bit early. I need to catch up in ratings myself too... my music listening time was taken up by Best OST, but the nomination phase is wrapping up for that now, so my focus shall return to RtVGM!

Today's songs to rate:

Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood -
OutRun 2 - Life was a Bore -
Shadowman - For We Are Many -
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New supports in response to changes:
Cloudbuilt
Killer Instinct (2013)
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I've finished listening to EVERYTHING SO FAR. I seriously went through every single song for every single nomination.

From Day 7 and 8-so-far, I've got these new supports:

Ao no Kiseki Evolution
Ar nosurge
La Mulana 2
REFLEC BEAT colette
Spelunky HD
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Trails in the Sky SC
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru

And these new additions to the 'maybe' list:

Bloody Roar 3
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Sdorica -sunset-

I'll be going through the 'maybes' again over the next couple of days and will support several of them to finish things up. Including my own nominations, I'm backing 49 songs so far. I've decided I'm going to make it a round 64 - a bracket's worth. So that means i'll be picking 15 more over the next couple of days.
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Update to Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon...

* Partner Theme (alt) is being replaced with Road to Primeval Forest (new alt)

The resulting list is...

1: Second Dark Matter Battle -
2: Fire Island Volcano -
3: Showdown Mountain -
4: Gentle Slope Cave -
5: Echoes of the Mystical Forest -
6: Tree of Life: Roots -
Alt: Road to Primeval Forest -
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Today's songs to rate are:

Battle Garegga - Stab and Stomp! -
Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation - India -
SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN - Hitoribocchi no maou -
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Done listening to Day 6's nominations. My new supports are:

Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Nier: Automata
Super Meat Boy
Tales of Symphonia
Touhou 6 ~ Embodiment Of Scarlet Devil

And as always, the new "maybes" I'll go over again later...

Ar Tonelico - Melody of Elemia
Guilty Gear X
Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon
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> "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness & Sky - boo at dropping treasure town :["

I know :( Treasure Town is one of my favorites, but the 3-4 other people I was consulting with about the list all agreed it'd be weak and should be dropped. I couldn't argue against that.

PMD2 has way too much good music to fit in a 7 song space.
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Finished listening to Day 5's nominations. Here are my supports:

Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
Dariusburst
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Octopath Traveler
Undertale
VA-11 HALL-A

And here are the new "maybes", to join the other maybes I've mentioned earlier:

Dandara
Plants vs. Zombies
Rabi-Ribi
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
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A bit of a cooperative effort between myself and Player_0

Game: Ori and the Blind Forest
1: Light of Nibel -
2: Completing the Circle -
3: The Spirit Tree -
4: Fleeing Kuro -
5: Climbing the Ginso Tree -
6: Dashing Through Their Home -
Alt: Up the Spirit Caverns Walls -

HM: Riding the Wind, First Steps Into Sunken Glades, Closer Understanding of the Past
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Today's songs to rate:

Diablo II - Tristram -
Awesomenauts - Froggy G Theme -
NiGHTS into Dreams - The Dragon Gave a Loud Scream -

A particularly long song and a particularly short song
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Haste_2 posted...

Game: Axelay
1. Unkai -

2. Mother -

3. Burning -

4. Silence -

5. Cosmos HQ -

6. Biotech -

Alt. Return to Mother -

These actually sounds alright, so probably no need to change them in this case, but in general... SNESMD16 has a bit of a reputation for poor / weird uploads. Just something to keep in mind.

Also I'm really sad Colony isn't on here. It's my favorite.
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Finished listening to Day 4's songs. I'm supporting:

A Hat in Time
Pyre
Ripple Dot Zero
Tekken 7
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ (from Days 1-3, but the change pushed it into 'auto support' territory)

In addition to the 'maybes' I pointed out when I finished days 1-3, these are in the 'maybe' pile now as well, from day 4:

Deemo
Final Fantasy 7
Persona 3
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
The Caligula Effect
Zaku Zaku Actors
Fire Emblem Fates (from Days 1-3, but I felt like adding it to the list)
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Game: Mekazoo
1: Blight's Cruel Bite -
2: Vagrant Vines -
3: Avian Animosity -
4: Sinful Syncopation -
5: Mad Motor -
6: Torrid Tumble -
Alt: Deep Green -

Here's some HMs of note I'd consider swapping in: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLboSWHrZY9uOsJIEjklY1JLdNaLraTa2r
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Today's songs to rate:

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - Crocodile Cacophony -
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team - Try, Try Again -
Darius (Arcade) - Chaos -
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Okay we had a lot of discussion on the discord between us and we've got a new PMD2 list in the end. Sorry deo!

Changes...
* Temporal Tower, Treasure Town and Don't Ever Forget... are being dropped
* Quicksand Pit is being moved back to 4, from 3
* Dark Crater is being moved to Alt, from 6
* Craggy Coast is being moved to 6, from 5
* Vast Ice Mountain Peak is being added as the new #2
* Ending / Staff Roll is being added as the new #3
* Treeshroud Forest is being added as the new #5

Game: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness & Sky
1. Dialga's Fight to the Finish! -
2. Vast Ice Mountain Peak -
3. Ending / Staff Roll -
4. Quicksand Pit -
5. Treeshroud Forest -
6. Craggy Coast -
Alt. Dark Crater -
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I don't feel comfortable using Blizzard Island because it's basically a medley of PMD1 music rather than PMD2 music. Mycro shares my sentiment (despite having used it before himself). Don't Ever Forget I think will be much stronger than Memories Return in the bracket stage, so I comfortably prefer that too.

I will swap 3 and 4 for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness though, yielding:

1. Dialga's Fight to the Finish! -
2. Temporal Tower -
3. Quicksand Pit -
4. Treasure Town -
5. Craggy Coast -
6. Dark Crater -
Alt. Don't Ever Forget... -
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A bit of a collaboration between Mycro and myself...

Game: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness
1. Dialga's Fight to the Finish! -
2. Temporal Tower -
3. Treasure Town -
4. Quicksand Pit -
5. Craggy Coast -
6. Dark Crater -
Alt. Don't Ever Forget... -

HMs: Vast Ice Mountain Peak, Through the Sea of Time, Spacial Cliffs, Dark Wasteland, Wigglytuff's Guild
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I've finished listening to Days 1-3. You guys nominated way too many good songs - I honestly want to support half the field. Still, after the first 3 days I feel I have a pretty good idea now of what I want the cutoff to be and so I want to throw down some supports, to let people know I'm happy with them!

I am supporting these:
Double Dragon Neon
Eschatos
League of Legends
Persona 5
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Pokmon Gold and Silver
Prinny: Can I really be the Hero?
Spark the Electric Jester
Terraria Calamity
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism
VVVVVV
Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Ys III: Wanderers of Ys
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

However! If your Day 1-3 OST is not on that list, that doesn't mean it's out of contention, since the above are ones I 100% know I want to back, but there's several that are "maybes". I'll probably figure out what I want to do with the maybes later.

EDIT: Actually I'll just say, these are the maybes so far:

Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093
Bean Dreams
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ
Chrono Cross
Cloudbuilt
DJMAX Respect
Einhander
Killer Instinct (2013)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game
Thousand Memories
Vision Soft Reset
Zero Divide 2
Zero no Kiseki Evolution
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Today's songs to rate:

Terraria Calamity - Pest of The Cosmos ~ Theme of Astrum Deus - https://youtu.be/KJHNdl3R8GM/
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - Route 228 -
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes - Silver Face -
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Okami - Playing with Waka = 7/10
Olynus - shining star = 6.75/10
CrazyBus - Title Screen = 0.5/10
Chaos Code - Eleganza (Cthylla Stage) = 7/10
Final Fantasy IX - Crossing Those Hills = 5/10
Jimmy White's Cueball - BGM 1 = 5/10
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Game: Chrono Trigger
1: Chrono Trigger -
2: Corridors of Time -
3: World Revolution -
4: Battle With Magus -
5: Frog's Theme -
6: Wind Scene -
Alt: Undersea Palace -

HM: Boss Battle 1, Memories of Green, Schala's Theme... and the entire rest of the OST, really

Open to negotiation if people want things changed or shuffled around, but people on the discord seemed pretty happy with this lineup.
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Based on feedback I have received, I've revised some things about Tangledeep. Changes are:

* Lost Relics of the Ancients, Bandit Boss Battle and Eternal Verdant Waltz, the old 4-6, have been dropped
* Clash With a Mighty Foe has been moved from 3 to 4
* Mirai the Heroine has been moved from Alt to 6
* Land of Blooming Mushrooms, Exploring the Shifting Stones and Mysteries of Time have been added as the new 3, 5 and Alt respectively.

Game: Tangledeep
1: The Final Battle -
2: Earthen Labyrinth -
3: Land of Blooming Mushrooms -
4: Clash With a Mighty Foe -
5: Exploring the Shifting Stones -
6: Mirai the Heroine -
Alt: Mysteries of Time -
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Alright, a very minor adjustment to Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon. I'm swapping positions 6 and Alt, resulting in:

1: Second Dark Matter Battle -
2: Fire Island Volcano -
3: Showdown Mountain -
4: Gentle Slope Cave -
5: Echoes of the Mystical Forest -
6: Tree of Life: Roots -
Alt: Partner's Theme -
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