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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI)
Pokmon Gold and Silver - National Park
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - The Heritors of Arcadia

MATCH 1

Although everyone certainly has their own reasons for liking one song or another, I like kaonashi's explanation of The First Thing's appeal. I think it also shows why I'm not really a fan of this song. It's hard for me to speak more technically about what I like about songs, but I guess you can say I'm very melody-driven, so I don't really focus on lyrics, for example. I do like some of the guitar bits of this song when it's soloing, but not as much when it's extending individual notes. Other than that, though, there's not a whole lot for me to latch on to here, unfortunately.

I'll never get tired of upbeat JRPG rock songs! There may not be anything particularly special about Nefertiti, but it just does one thing I like very well. I think I might side with deo on liking Mana Khemia's Nefertiti for similar reasons since I recall not wanting to hear the guitar solos go on for that long towards the end in past listens, but I don't mind that at all today.

MATCH 2

I'm not a huge chiptune guy, but I do like GSC's National Park. I'd probably wager that it's up there for favorite GSC songs. It's nice and relaxing.

I'm warming up a little bit to 14.5's Reach for the Moon, but I still strongly prefer the original version of it to this one. I admittedly do like the bouncy arrangement of its main melody, but I don't care very much for the intro leading up to it for the first minute and ten seconds or so. Especially when it comes to 0:32-0:45. Also, I'm not a huge fan of how the flute sounds here. It sounds a bit...harsh, for lack of a better word.

Seems like the difference between the two songs would be night and day based on what I wrote about them lol, but it's actually fairly close. I don't remember listening to a ton of GSC songs as opposed to the HG/SS versions, but I think Ecruteak/Cianwood City would be one of my favorite GSC songs that would make this match easier to decide.

MATCH 3

Don't have a lot to say about Collapsed Expressway. It seems like something that would interest me based on the instrumentation, but I don't care very much for how it sounds.

Haven't listened to a ton of Fire Emblem music, but this is definitely my favorite Fire Emblem song that I've listened to! It's definitely a bit of a contrast to some of the more orchestral songs that you hear from the series (though I may be thinking of mainly Three Houses when I say this). I love the soft, emotional sound to this. Kinda similar to how I felt about Kaine last year, maybe? But yeah, especially at parts like 0:59-1:17. Great piano melody and vocal harmonizing! This is one of those rarer occasions when I prefer the English vocals to the Japanese ones. The English vocalist here is great and makes all the vocal parts that much better--especially the chorus.

The Heritors of Arcadia > Nefertiti (Ver.MMXI) >> National Park > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke (Touhou 14.5) > Collapsed Expressway > The First Thing