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Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan - over the starbow - 6.5

Anarchy Reigns - They Came from Underground - 4

Pinocchio (PS2) - Pinocchio (Abridged) - 3.6

Castlevania Chronicles - Vampire Killer - 2.5

Xenoblade Chronicles - Eryth Sea - 6

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - Credits (MIDI/Amiga) - 3.5
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Ah, I do everything through the phone, so that would be why I know nothing about how the video should be seen. Tried it out on the computer; it's...different. Honestly, it gave me a bit of a headache, but I still feel I should give the video a point or two for uniqueness and originality.

And yeah, the automatic translations are far from perfect. I try not to rely on them when possible, but they can usually at least give a general sense of what the overall tone or vibe of a song is supposed to be, which is usually better than nothing.



pothole lottalove: The background image is 10/10. I love everything about it; I like her design and the jigsaw puzzle sky is wonderful. The mismatching pieces (wrong color, slightly askew) in front of and behind the sky give a rather nice 'reality breaking effect'.

Song is probably around an 8? It's nice and I do like her voice over the original vocaloid version (err...the vocaloid version was original right? Whatever. This is better than the first link that appears when you Google the song title).



way to too tomorrow: Not sure. It looks like something I'm supposed to love; the Game Boy-esque intro & outro should be pushing my buttons, but I find myself actually preferring the main part of the song which feels weird.

Leaning towards a 7, right now? It feels like a 7.



Won't Cry (Nonono): Leaning towards an 8. She has a great voice and the song works well for her, but it never fully resonates with me to hit true greatness. Very close though.



Feel like listening to something different before I break for the night, so let's skip ahead to NFUN's most recent pick:

IDOLA The Strange Fruits - 8.1. I'm not entirely sure why, I don't think I usually go for boss themes like this and don't recall caring for the few PSO series songs I've heard, but I'm in the mood for this tonight. Thank you.
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I just run the available lyrics through Google translate. It's not perfect, but gives an idea what the song is like:

I turn off the light
Light a candle, undress your bitch
Want to beat her just like gunpowder

And it's hard to imagine any alternative translation of those lines appealing to me.

I don't know why I got tripped up on the voice, sorry about that.

I think I need to use the app to see whatever the video is supposed to do? I'll try that tomorrow.
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Pyre - In the Flame - 7

Sonic Thrash - Star Fleet Zone - Boss - 8.3

The Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Monster Seeking Monster Lobby - 3

Threads of Fate - Passing Through the Forest - 10

Bloody Wolf - Level 1 - 7

Muv-Luv Alternative - Wind Crossing the Battlefield - 6.3
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Random Stats from Spotify:

Alice in Chains was my most listened to band of the year. In spite of only listening to Rainier Fog on an endless loop, I apparently spent 8 hours listening to that one album this year.

...in retrospect, the nomination from that album (So Far Under) that started my love affair with the entire album probably should have had a higher placement than whatever it wound up at last year. I want to say 11th place?



Carly Rae Jepsen may have overtaken "Alice in Chains", if I had done this topic earlier in the year. I think she hit fourth most listened to artist, in spite of my not listening to any of her music before the topic started.



My most listened to song caught me off-guard. "Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQU4sIn96M4

Not that I don't love the song, obviously, just...not what I would have expected. I spent so much time listening to Rainier Fog and The Mega's MM2 album that I wouldn't have expected that song to even hit the top 10.

Aaanywho...



Gotu Jim - LICHT UIT: 4-ish. I like the background music, but I'm not fond of the singing from either of them or the lyrics. Usually I like overly autotuned music (I think?), but I just wanted to hear an instrumental version.

Mozarella Try Cooking: 6.

Mochi Bear is the best, as they have the cutest voice for the song.

Original probably takes second. His voice is fairly distinct.

Demon Goat has the best character design and I want to give a bunch of points for that. Probably takes third by default.

Then Ruri, if only due to a bias due to preexisting familiarity with her.

The dog existed.

Cute song, though I probably should have spaced my listening out a bit instead of marathoning it all at once..

..oh and we have more of them to come...well too late to be reasonable now, so let's just get to it.

Cursed Parody: 2. I kinda expected such a thing to be right up my alley, but...no. Perhaps funnier with context on the singer or something.

Rap Version: 3-ish. Video was nice.

More tomorrow...I'm kinda tired right now and might see what I've missed over at the VGM topic. I know it's on break, but I missed a bit before it went on break and need to go make that up eventually.

....well don't need to, but want to, you know what I meant.
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Haven't really listened to anything lately, but I'll set aside some time and listen to some tomorrow.
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The Incredible Machine (3DO) - Funk - 6.5

Ace Combat 4 - Farbanti - 5.9

Atari Karts - One Night Shot - 5.8
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La-Mulana 2 - In Yggdrasil (Roots of Yggdrasil Theme) - 6

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Nov 3, 1993 Prototype) - Carnival Night Zone Act 1 - 6

Virtua Fighter - Akira - 4
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I was working overtime on a bottle of rye when she walked in, all legs and trouble. I shouted YOU HAVE VERY LONG LEGS AND ARE TROUBLING at her.
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Slight correction to one of my noms, apparently the correct title is "Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats".

I actually never noticed the cat pun there before. Always wondered how that show got the rights to the Cadillac name...
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Persona 5 - Tokyo Daylight - 5.2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven - Yukako Yamagishi Theme - 4.5

Yoshi's Safari - Grass Land - 5.1

dreeps - Rotting World - 6

Castle Crashers - (Please) Don't - 5.1

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Beautiful Prison - 2.9
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Huh, I really thought someone would have nominated Darkwing Duck by now... well that makes one of my last two nominations really easy.

And sorry for breaking my nominations into three posts; my headphones died earlier, which delayed things a bit.



Jewelpet Tinkle - Happy Tinkle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jL6eaAPAE

Darkwing Duck - Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ee6aZObyI
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Sonic the Hedgehog - Fastest Thing Alive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R2vFDIBToI

Tom and Jerry Kids - Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiAZUXhiPLQ

Spiral Zone - Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvHxhUyPiq4
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Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors - Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9K0SzFIf4A

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing - Rhythm Emotion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYe_-oFkMaI

Count Duckula - Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZVWMPuZ2c

Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats - Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LLb8EBU9nQ

Pole Position - Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQXqHNHPLHI



Will be back tomorrow night, if there's still space remaining.
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Espgaluda II - Deserted - Younger Brother and Elder Sister and... - 7

Hypnospace Outlaw - Millennium Anthem (2000 New Years Eve) - 8

Phantasy Star Online - Abysmal Ball (Full) - 7.5

Uplink - Deep in Her Eyes - 7

Corporate Lifestyle Simulator - Modern - 5.1

Silver Surfer - Title Screen - 5

Puyo Puyo~n - Treasure Hunter/Pursuit (Ruins) - 5

Kirby Planet Robobot - Crazy Rolling in Money - 3

Toy Story 2 - Airport Infiltration - 4
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Tag.
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Sorry, was away a bit longer than I intended to be. The new Mega Man fangame Rock 'n Roll came out and distracted me for a few days (6/10; great concept, but needs more polish. Wait and see if the creator adds any updates, unless you're a big fan of MM fangames) and then I was sick for a while, but now I'm back!

Tat Ming Pair - Jin Tian Yin Gai Hen Gao Xing: 7.5. I wasn't sure what to expect going into the song; I'm usually a fan of their work, but I usually dislike Christmas music, so I couldn't guess if it was something I'd be likely to enjoy or not. Obviously, I liked it quite a bit!

It probably helps that it's less a Christmas song and more a somber look back at all the friends and family that have emigrated to other countries.

"As Pan Liangyuan himself said, this is a "tragic song without sadness", to quote a Google translation of someone's blog post about the song ; obviously, that's very much my type of song this year.
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Sonic Rush - Ethno Circus - 2

eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package - Intersect Thunderbolt (Remix) - 6

Kirby Air Ride - Item Bounce - 1.5

Sonic and the Black Knight - With Me by All Ends (Dark Queen - Final Boss Theme) - 5

Mouryou Senki Madara - Wicked Star Maze - 7.5

Treasure Planet - Final Escape - 6.2
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AER: Memories of Old - Sun and Moon - 8.2

Arkanoid DS - too much funky ? - 6.5

Dragon's Dogma - End of the Struggle - 5

Steamshovel Harry - Earth's Planetary Anthem - 5.5

YIIK: A Postmodern RPG - Battle with Uzu - 5.2

Vib-Ribbon - Overflowing Emotions - 9.7
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The Ghost Blade - Ghost Terror - 6.6

7th Dragon III Code: VFD - ChRNiClESeVeN - 3.5

Kirby Planet Robobot - Vs. Star Dream - 5
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Continuing my posting of songs with two more picks:

3.K. K. Slider - Drive (Incubus Cover):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgawy_lYxgo

Score: 8-ish at the moment.

I'm not entirely sure where I found this song. I can only assume this board was talking about people making K.K. Slider covers of songs at some point? It doesn't seem like anything I'd have found on my own, since I've never cared about Animal Crossing and didn't hear the actual song until years later. Either way, I've listened to this song quite a bit over the years and it still gets stuck in my head on a somewhat regular basis. It's got a good beat, I'm still a sucker for anything performed by fictional characters (especially fictional animals), I occasionally like listening to songs in fictional languages, and it's legitimately good enough to be worth listening to even without all the natural bias I have in its favor.

I'm a little burned out on it though, because I've listened to it so many times for such a long period of time.

I draw attention to it now because it's one of the more unique and unusual songs to get on any of my playlists, and because I'm sad how obscure it is. The video is coming up on its tenth anniversary and hasn't even hit 3,000 views yet. Sad face.

4.Disco Dino Dinosaur:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQVA-I-aa8&t=393s

Score: Higher than even I would ever admit.

Everything about this is so...so terrible.

That there was a Hip Hop Flintstones album made in the first place.

That they actually have Wilma's voice actress (who would have been in her 70s) trying to talk/sing--in character--about Dino disco dancing.

The mental image of Dino disco dancing.

So horrible that I kinda love it? I do wish these songs were uploaded separately though... Disco Dino (so bad it's funny) is unfortunately followed by Freddy Funkstone (so horrible I want to claw my ears off after the first note), so... uhh... be sure to escape before that one plays?

[The sad part is that Freddy Funkstone may not even be the worst song on the album, but that's another topic. Disco Dino is the only track on the album that I like in any context.]

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Ghost - Secular Haze: 6-ish. The backing music feels like an evil circus, which isn't an ambiance I'm really fond of--I wouldn't go as far as saying I actively dislike the concept of an evil circus, just not fond of it either.

I see from interviews that the music is supposed to be like freezing to death, but even knowing that's what they were going for, I just can't hear that in the least. And again that's not exactly bad--even if I don't connect with a song in the way the artist intended, if I get something from the experience it's good enough for me (see: Retrograde getting a high score even after learning that I loved it on the basis of a misheard lyric), but what the song feels like to me and what the artist was going for as so drastically opposed to each other, that it's confusing and it makes it hard to actually focus on the song itself. And all of that is without going into the lyrics at all! I respect the song; well performed, good video, interesting enough that I've voluntarily listened to it multiple times trying to properly understand it. Not one of my favorites or instantly top tier like Rats was, but I respect it.



Ghost - Dance Macabre: 8; I shouldn't like this as much as I do. The chorus repeats itself too many times and it's obviously a very dance-like song, but I don't mind it so much here. It hits the right notes for me; being inspired by the black plague keeps it from being too happy, the lines about bewitching in the moonlight gives it a supernatural flair, and it feels like an 80s pop hit that was lost in time.

I'm not sure if I prefer the original version or the Carpenter Brut remix, which leans heavier into the 80s disco asethetic. I'd probably give them both 8s.

...well being that I just listened to the original and the remix twice each to compare them, I suppose 8 is underselling it. Let's raise the scores to 9.

[Later: Eh, why not. Let's go to 9.5.]



Ghost - Square Hammer: 8.5. Well, I already admitted to having a bit of a soft spot for Satanic music. Lyrics about swearing to the devil are a bit of an obvious choice, but I still fully enjoyed it.

[Later: And move this up to a 9.]



Ao Hibiki New Song: Haven't clicked it just yet, but I'm worried this isn't going to go well. Immediately following two high scoring songs is rough; also, if she has a new design, then I'm worried she'll have lost her bunny appearance which is going to bias me against her.



*click*

Hey, she kept the bunny ears! And there are a lot of bows now... one on each bunny ear, and on each shoe, and on her chest, and on her left arm?

...Well works for me. I'm a bit concerned that she doesn't seem to have a left hand anymore (the open sleeve points at the camera occasionally and it's just a white void in there), but I think it's probably a slight improvement in appearance overall.

Song is nice. A bit more subdued than I expected from and it's nothing really complicated, but it's pretty. 8.
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Touhou 15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom - Pierrot of the Star-Spangled Banner - 5.1

Hotline Miami - Paris 2 - 4

Ace Combat 3D - Fighter's Honor - 2.5
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Final Gift: It's cute. Would probably be better if I had any idea what she was saying (I know from the title that she was trying to give an introduction of some sort before being interupted by the song?) or had any clue what was with the lamb.



Bloodywood - Ari Ari: I think I'll go up to a 7 for this one. I don't like it nearly as much as Endurant and don't think the traditional aspects meshed as well with the metal this time--parts of it almost felt like a rave.dj result with two songs going at once.

...Mind you, I still like that sort of thing.



Bloodywood - Machi Bhasad: 7 too. It's interesting that the song was created for Beyond Good & Evil 2--kinda nice to know the band is popular enough to get into a big game like that, interesting to hear a song from the game so far in advance of its release (if it ever releases), and I think I like how the song is still a typical Bloodywood song and they didn't try to make it video game-y or anything weird.



Also tried a couple of their covers of pop songs, wasn't really a fan. Obviously not bad, but trading everything unique about the band to become a second-rate Jonathan Young doesn't really work. These gag covers are frankly beneath them. ...To be fair, I'm reasonably certain these were made before they became famous and it's not really fair to compare to them, but it doesn't make the covers any more interesting.



At the end of my last ranking topic, I quickly went over a list of songs that I would have nominated if I had to try nominating a full set of songs for a similar "anything goes" ranking topic. No real reason, but it gave me a chance to talk about songs I liked for a couple posts... I planned on doing that again here, but it turns out, finding 15 songs that I actively want to discuss is actually a lot harder than I thought it was.

So for now, just two songs that I've been listening to lately.

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1.Name: The Model
Origin: WWF Royal Rumble (Genesis)
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3mUL2-0Tg



Score: 9

This song has become my newest obsession and I don't really know why. I've never had an opinion on Rick Martel and can't name a single match he was in, besides the infamous blindfold match with Jake Roberts. Didn't remember what his theme music sounded like and didn't remember that he was ever playable in anything. I was just listening to the Genesis soundtrack to laugh about Papa Shango's existence and was quite surprised to see The Model at all. So, it's not likely nostalgia has any part in my sudden interest in the song.

And yet, this may be my favorite Genesis song of all time? It's definitely my favorite as of this exact moment, at any rate. I love the song, I just can't figure out why.
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2.Name: Blade Man (MM3 PC) theme
Origin: Kackebango
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkLmE8C-Rw&t=313s



Score: 7-ish.

Actually not sure what to put for name or origin. It's a theme created for an 8-bit Deathmatch mod adding the PC Robot Masters to the game, but to the best of my knowledge, the songs were never actually used anywhere. Making this sort-of a fan song for an unofficial Robot Master from a game that didn't have any music.

I wish the themes had been uploaded separately instead of being in one giant video like this. It makes it harder to share any one song from the video than it needs to be.

Either way, I just wanted to say that this song is better than the theme given to MM10's unrelated Blade Man.

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Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity - Sealed Ground - 6

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland - Cross Wind - 7

Mega Man Soccer - Wood Field - 8.5
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Earthworm Jim 3D - Happy Pizza - 3

NieR - Shadowlord - 4.8

Pizza Tower - Pizza Deluxe! - 6.5
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UF8 posted...

it seems hibiki ao has retired and the channel is nuking itself as i say this

Disappointing, but not too surprising. Start Signal's description did say she would be discontinued if that video didn't get a million views and that was obviously beyond impossible.
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Ryushen x Yumeoi - Pretender: Hmm... somewhere between 7.5 & 8, but I'm feeling generous right now, so let's go ahead with the 8 tonight.

Voices go together surprisingly well, especially for being an unofficial pairing. The original version of the song has official English subtitles with some interesting lines--nothing super amazing, but wishing for different worldlines and personalities, it comes very close to pushing certain buttons of mine.

[EDIT: To clarify, I'm praising the lyrics in general, not trying to draw any distinctions between the suggested song and the original. Only watched the original version to get the lyrics displayed alongside the song, though the original did turn out to be rather good itself. ]

Souya Ichika - Pretender: 7.4 feels about right. It's not bad, but I like the duet version & the original version more, which likely hurts this a bit.

Shirokaden x Amenosei - Teo: 4.9. It's a good video, but I'm not wild for either of the two singers here and I don't really care about the lyrics. On the positive side, I actively dislike the original Hatsune Miku version of the song, so it's likely I just don't like the song no matter who or what is performing it.

...well that wasn't actually a positive comment, but "I do like them significantly more than the original performer" was meant to be. Just came off harsher than I meant to after such a bad reaction to the original.



Shirokaden - Freedom Freezer: Somewhere between 3 and 5. My first thought is that it's a joke nomination that I don't particularly find funny, skewing it towards the low end... but I grudgingly have to admit that it's somewhat catchy and should probably give it at least a 5 anyway.

Shirokaden singing about a tree: I want to like Shirokaden, the articles I find about him are great (particularly that he has a rice cooker he pets instead of a cat), but I'm not really into any of these three songs. 4-ish.



I think that gets through all the VTubers. That leaves some random Bloodywood songs and the rest of Vola's album. Was going to take care of Bloodywood tonight, but my headphones are now complaining that they need to be charged, so that'll have to wait until tomorrow.
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Off-Peak - Fick Yer Mini - 5.3

Astral Chain - Harmony Square Station (Combat Phase) - 5.2

PaRappa the Rapper 2 - Romantic Love - 5.5
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Can't say I'm surprised that was my lowest ranked song--not that I don't really like it, but I seriously doubt there are any other Chipmunk fans around these parts.

Right around the time you asked for nominations, I was thinking about how much I wanted people to give me songs they liked even if they knew I probably wouldn't like them (in the interest of trying to expand my musical horizons)... and realized I couldn't honestly ask that of other people if I were never going to be willing to offer up my personal favorites as sacrifices. For better or worse, you were the first person to open nominations to everything after I resolved to nominate a Chipettes song somewhere, so you rather got one by default.

For what it's worth, I went with this one because their voices weren't nearly as high-pitched as usual. It's rather tame compared to other offerings, so I thought it'd have the best odds of not getting an absolute zero out of the entire discography... all things considered, I'm
pleased with the result and that you were willing to listen to it at all.
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Ryushen: 5. It's alright, but I have no particular reaction to him or the song choice.

Kotone & Ruki Roki - cLick cRack: 3. Just not much of a fan on any level; the song in general is too happy and dance-y, the kids choosing to go back to reality instead of staying in the fantasy is rather opposite of how I'd like things to go (not that I expected any other outcome), just...not my thing.

Kotone's solo song: 6-ish. I like the general atmosphere of the song and there are some great lyrics there, it lands in the general "dark, but not too dark" area I want songs to hit, but it's still not quite one of my favorites. Wouldn't mind revisiting it again at a later date though, might move up after a few more listens.



I also clicked a bunch of Yasuhisa Watanabe songs at random, but didn't find any that I really wanted to comment on. There wasn't anything bad I wanted to complain about, but there weren't any standouts that I wanted to force everyone to listen to either. Just a bunch of good songs, which was a fine way of spending the night, just not especially thrilling to talk about.



Unrelated to anything, but I've had both versions of Gary's theme from Pokemon Puzzle League stuck in my head all day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHh8haLa3pA

Neither version of it is exactly the best song, and it's blatantly the Pokemon World song from the dubbed anime, but I have quite a bit of nostalgia for it. Easily my favorite track from the game.
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Mikes Song - 3.5

Bravely Default - Love's Vagrant - 4

Zubo - Big Head Big Battle - 7
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banshiryuu posted...

i was deadass considering nominating sega pico kana pokemon page 5 how the fuck did someone else do it god bless

I've wanted to nominate something from the Pico for the Rate the VGM topic for a little while now, just to get some representation for more systems, so I've been listening to a lot of Pico songs this past week.

I'm a bit surprised anyone else was thinking of nominating a Pico song anywhere, but considering how well informed this board is on even the most obscure gaming songs, I suppose I shouldn't be. Still neat to find out someone else has actually heard that particular song though!
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I appreciate the thought, but I don't actually know much about the Pokemon soundtracks. I know Pokemon Puzzle League's OST by heart, but as far as I know, all of those tracks are MIDI covers of songs from the English anime... which I'm pretty sure wouldn't count.

Which leaves... uhh...

Pokmon Hiragana Katakana Kakechatta - Page 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Y0OdNgAts

...which I really hope isn't based on something from the anime. I know the title screen is, but I'm hoping the in-game music is original?
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DoDonPachi Saidaioujou - Niji - 5.1

Teen Titans Go!: Stellar Showdown - Space Mode - 5.5

Waterworld - Attack 2 - 4.8

One Piece Mansion - Stage 1-2 - 4.5

Persona 4: Dancing All Night - Backside of the TV (Lotus Juice Remix) - 6

Halo 2 - High Charity - 5.3
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RuriYuri - Happy Halloween: 5.2-ish. I liked the audio skipping (around the 1:50-ish mark, IIRC, which I probably don't), but the rest of the song felt fairly ordinary and I'm already confusing this track with Merry Halloween in my mind, which is odd because I literally just listened to this.

Megururi - VR: 5. The song is fine, but I have a very hard time remembering anything about it. It's one of those songs that vanishes from my mind completely after it ends, leaving nothing but a vague feeling that I just listening to something somewhat pleasant?

The backing music reminds me of Renai Circulation for some reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDR0JMyoQGA

I haven't thought of that song in years, but I think it was popular on this board quite some time ago? I think there was a best anime op contest and I think this song did quite well, maybe even won? And whenever I try remembering VR (and, mind you, I just now listened to the song--TWICE) all I hear is "Fuwafuwaru, Fuwafuwari" and I know that's not even close to VR but I can't Renai Circulation out of my head.



Suisei: 5.1-ish. I want to like this more than I actually do. The voice is nice, I like how the opening is kinda lounge-ish, but I never really have much of a reaction to it? I start out at "oh, hey, this is kinda nice" and it never transitions to real enjoyment. I should like it, and it's nice, but just...nice.

Rime: Very short video, not much that can be said about it. Checked out a couple songs and wasn't exactly thrilled with them to be as nice as I can be about it.

Virtual Grandmother (feat. Kizuna Ai) - Senbonzakura: Ehh... I kinda already said I preferred Miku's version and synthesized voice, and this cover is getting further away from what I liked. It's an interesting take on the song and I don't want to disparage her talent, but... probably just a 5.



Now, I need to go hit the six songs over at VGMC before I let that backlog get out of hand again...
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Thank you for the patience. I'm back now! ...Mostly because FL81's ranking topic has started and I was really looking forward to trying to listen to everything from it as the songs were posted and the promise of so many new songs in that topic is motivating me to finish my own backlog.

Going to start at the most recent post and work backwards.

Priscilla Chan - Thousands of Songs: 8. Great voice and it hits a lot of the right notes for me--particularly enjoy the way she uses a metaphor of singing with someone instead of anything too specific.

Third Bear: 7.5 ; I rather wanted a change of pace musically and a subdued guitar song like this is different than most the songs posted here (the fact that the type of music I ask for is typically the exact opposite of this is likely the reason for this).

Vivi - Moon Revenge: 6.5 ; wasn't expecting an acoustic cover of a Sailor Moon song, but it's nice.

Hinokuma Ran: 3-ish. Something about the hyperactive nature of the song & video makes me feel exhausted from the first note.

Hitona: The song's reminding me of one of the Japanese versions of that Rhapsody song I mentioned back at Daffy Duck in Hollywood's writeup:

https://youtu.be/F5TpTU-rWZ8?t=60

Which isn't really fair as they don't exactly have a lot in common besides bland surface level comparisons of "soft Japanese songs", but it's still where my mind goes. I'd say it's somewhere in the 7 range, +/- .3 points depending on mood at the time.



Hareru - Say Meow Meow: I dunno. It's cute and meow-meow-meow is going to get stuck in my head all night, but I'm not really in a cat mood at the moment--try again next month? Suppose I'll just give it a 7 for now. Sevens or better for everyone!

...Except Hinokuma Ran, obviously.



Kano - : 6-ish. It's good and emotional and what not, but I don't know that it's something I really want to add to any playlists or listen to on a regular basis... think this is one of those songs where the rating would fluctuate wildly based on when on when I listened to it... wouldn't be surprised if there were a day where the rating were more like "3/10, too quiet to leave a lasting impression" or another day where it was all 9/10 super emotional. Today it's sorta in the middle, which seems good enough.
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Robots (GBA) - Upper City - 5.8

Remember Me - Chase Through Montmarte - 4.8

Brandish 2 - Gadobadorrer - 5.5
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A Hat in Time - Clock Towers Beneath the Sea (Dream World) - 8.1

SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS - Everlasting Message - 6

SimCity 4 - Oasis - 4.8

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Way to Fall - 5.5

Wacky Races - Nevada - 5.5

Super Mario Galaxy - Bowser's Galaxy Reactor - 3.5
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This story isn't likely to be of interest to anyone, but I really want to bring it up. Anyone remember Wagakki Band and their cover of Senbonzakura from the actual rankings?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_xTet06SUo

I actually had heard of the lead singer before, I just didn't recognize her. She's the singer of the main theme of "SD Gundam G Generation Genesis"--a Gundam strategy RPG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVVHeEsIfFM

Which I've recently been replaying a bit of while waiting for Cross Rays to come out later this month. Oddly enough, they put her into Genesis as a free DLC so you can use her as a Gundam pilot. I'd been using her in game for a while and tonight decided to look up who Yuko was and...uhh...it was kinda weird to find out that one of my strategy RPG characters is the singer of a song from the ranking topic. Weird good, anyway.

Probably wouldn't have helped the song's placement any, but it would have been a slightly interesting tangent for the song's writeup if I'd known about it earlier.
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Sorry, haven't really felt like listening to much music lately. I'll take a couple more days off and then get back to it.
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Yakuza 0 - Koi no Disco Queen - 5.5

Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism - Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye - 5.8

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5DX+ - I Will Follow You - 5.1
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Ever17: The Out of Infinity - Karma - 5

Persona 5 - Rivers in the Desert - 6

The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves - Battle - 4.5
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Taiko no Tatsujin 9 - Karui Zawameki - 6.5

Deus Ex - The Synapse (Hong Kong Streets) - 6

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - Mermaid Falls - 5.5
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Gran Turismo 2 - Moon over the Castle - 7

Kirby Air Ride - City Trial - 6.5

World of Final Fantasy - Nine Wood Hills - 6.6
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Fire Emblem Awakening - Don't Speak Her Name! - 6.5

We Love Katamari - Houston - 6.3

Warblade - Boss Fight - 3.2
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Oh, sorry about that. I'd actually forgotten the nomination sheet was even a thing. Will keep it in mind in the future.

Figment - The Plague's Song - 1

Final Fight CD - Slum Underground Warehouse - 5.4

Celeste - Resurrections - 5

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - Your Vibe - 6

Sonic Battle - Club Rouge - 6

Persona 4 - The Almighty - 6
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Night Tempo - If You Love Me: Probably a 7. The intro is...odd in a good way, the sax is nice (how many times have I said these topics need more saxaphones?), and the outro is much the same as the intro (which is good). I'd prefer a fully instrumental version, but I wouldn't say I disliked the singing.

The water sounds are A+ of course, but I feel we've covered my thing with certain beaches well enough.



Beyond - : 7.1-ish. Good song in all respects--the lyrics are sad without being overwhelming, he's got a good voice, nice band, I'd say everything about is notably above average.

...Which may not be the most thrilling write-up, but I've written worse.



Takanashi Metro - : 6. She is cute, but the song doesn't grip me as much as some of the other cute songs did.

Takanashi Metro - : 4. It's really short (27 seconds long) and somehow manages to feel repetitive even at such a short length. Voice is cute enough that I could never hate it and it ends before the Iyaiyaiya can get too annoying, but I'm not a fan of it.

Takanashi Metro - Third Song: (not sure that star would show up if I copy/pasted the title and don't feel like testing it tonight). 5.5-ish; again, it's cute, but only about 1/4th as cute as something like the PHYZ song.



NoWorld: I really think you needed to link the other related video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9Cozw1vaI

Or maybe not. After the ending to the one you linked, I was expecting more of a connection between the tracks... and while I vastly prefer the inverted colors of the second link, I did prefer the song in the first link? Piano song gets a 7.5, other song gets...some amount less.
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Hoi AGA's Intro link is down, went with the first YouTube result for listening purposes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwHWENNjV9M

And I believe this post gets me caught up on everything posted in the topic.

Blue Reflection - BREAKTHROUGH.EXE - 7

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Twilight Sniping - 6.5

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Ripple Star - 4.5

Hitman: Codename 47 - Hotel Music (Early Demo) - 5.1

Super Bomberman R - Boss Dastardly Bomber - 6

Hoi AGA - Intro - 6.1

Airblade - Downtown - 4.9

Celeste - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) - 5.5

Super Mario Gets Clowned on for VGMGG 300 and Fucking Dies Because Nobody Could Guess the Insane - WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS - 4

Tekken 3 - Nina Williams - 5

Viktor - Frozen Summit - 8

Nintendogs - Championship Cup - 7

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - TWISTER -KINGDOM MIX- - 8

Crash Twinsanity - Evil Twins - 4.6

Pizza Tower - dont preheat your oven because if you do the song wont play - 8

Ghost Trick - The Imprisoned - 7

beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro - connective -
5

Final Fantasy VIII - Force Your Way - 7
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