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Welcome to part two of the topic where all 196 (formerly 180) VGMC retirees are ranked!

For those who dont know, every year Board 8 has a major video game music contest. All music that makes it to at least round five gets retired from all future contests. All such music is part of a VGM Hall of Fame of sorts.

Ive listened to all of the music many times over. I also did my best to listen carefully to all the details of the music. I will make no attempt to objectively measure the music in any way. Instead, I will rate them based on how the music makes me feel, which means the classic "how much do I like the music?" method. Now, granted, I will be mentioning many aspects of the music ( objective things). These are merely factors in how the music makes me feel!

There will be a few other minor surprises in store! Ah, lets just get the surprise over with: there are two game series that I love that dont have any music retired: Ace Attorney and Pokemon. (oops, turns out Pokemon has something retired now) My Ace Attorney music rankings have been completed (see the updated rankings spreadsheet). As for Pokemon, I decided to go through with doing a top ten list because there's an enormous amount of excellent music from the series over the 22+ years it's been around, and I want to share it! In addition, my top ten music from VGMC XIII will be ranked alongside the retirees because it was my first fully-invested VGMC!

Score breakdown so far:

Official Ratings
Not good (3.0-3.9) - 1
Mediocre (4.0-4.9) - 1
Decent (5.0-5.9) - 15
Good (6.0-6.9) - 20
Great (7.0-7.9) - 36
Excellent (8.0-8.9) - 83
Amazing/Phenomonal/Godly tiers - 40

I was not satisfied with how I rated music initially

Revised Ratings
Not good (3.0-3.9) - 1
Mediocre (4.0-4.9) - 12
Decent (5.0-5.9) - 11
Good (6.0-6.9) - 15
Great (7.0-7.9) - 54
Excellent (8.0-8.9) - 70
Amazing/Phenomonal/Godly tiers - 33

Four VGMCs have been eliminated so far:
VGMC 9: top pick - Umineko no Naku Koro ni 4 - Endless Nine (#32)
VGMC 4: top pick - G-Darius - Kimera II (#40)
VGMC 3: top pick - Final Fantasy IX - You're Not Alone! (#54)
VGMC 6: top pick - Final Fantasy X - Seymour Battle (#93)

lol Endless Nine scoring a Nine and being the top pick in VGMC Nine

Remaining Music
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -(Isoleucine)-
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - EXEC_SPHILIA/.
Atelier Ayesha - Invitation Flower~ Autumn
Atelier Shallie - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Baldr Heart - Innocence & Emptiness
Cytus 2 - Chocolate Missile
Drakengard 3 - Kuroi Ita ~ The Black Song (International Version)
Fire Emblem Fates - Desire Below (Flow)
Fire Emblem Fates - End of All (Land)
Ginga Force - Zenith
Halo 2 - Halo Theme (Mjolnir Mix)
Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Legend of Mana - Title
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Main Theme
Neotokyo - Tin Soldiers
Opoona - Partizans
Phantasy Star Online 2 - GUERRANT-OFENZA-SUPRONT-UNNE
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon - Second Dark Matter Battle
Sound Voltex III: Gravity Wars - Preserved Valkyria
Taiko no Tatsujin 7 - Burning Force Medley
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC - The Whereabouts of Light
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 8 - Ricordando il Passato
Xenoblade Chronicles - Engage the Enemy

Youtube playlist of VGMC retirees:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtm-5nTauRmH9-omKRQf_FQI6GEE84aTu

Updated Rankings:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RyUmpY7s3MZeuSDaN3vYEJXtS9BlR0GJ--7sapMOnaA/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to all who have been interested in this topic so far. Ive gone through many instances of inconsistent formatting, spelling mistakes (*cough*eliminination*cough), grammatical errors, etc., so thanks for not giving up on me! Were almost there. I hope to get this done before VGMC 15 nominations. I hope you continue to have fun reminiscing!

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