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PIayer_0 posted...

This actually seems like a fun thing to do with all the retirees, so maybe I'll just do that instead after the round's over...

I'm gonna do this now. I don't know how well it'll go, but let's try to represent this year's retirees using songs from the VGMC Hall of Champions. Maybe it'll hint at what kind of "champion's legacy" each of them would leave if they won the whole thing? For reference, the champions are: Scars of Time, Metal Gear Solid 2 Main Theme, Reset ~ Thank You Version, Hope, The Extreme, Zero, EXEC_SPHILIA/., Papiliones, Seize the Truth!, Despair of ELFERIA, Emil / Karma, Sunshine Coastline, Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;, and Endeavour. Also I listened to The Extreme for the first time ever for this.

Soaring Through Azure Sadness - Zero. Spanish guitar, soaring, Ace Combat, heroic final battle. Easy!
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA; - The Exa Pico champs are tempting but sound way too different, Papiliones for the epic anime vocals against an orchestral backing.
Fogbeasts - Fuck, I am regretting this now...Emil / Karma, a song from a Japanese action RPG well-known for its music, winning around a time when the series was seeing a revival.
The Explosion - Seize the Truth!, an epic yet danceable RPG battle theme from a series with history on the board?
Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land - Endeavour, triumphant "theme of the heroes" with BIG CHAMPION-WORTHY sound.
Octopunch - Sunshine Coastline, bright, happy, bouncy theme with electric guitar from a 3D JRPG.
Id (Purpose) - Emil (Karma) again because they share the Title (Subtitle) format...also Emil made round 4, round 3, round 3 before it finally became champion. Both songs fill NFUN with rage
POINT OF NO RETURN - ...Hope, which stands out among the champions for sticking to a very distinct instrumental genre. It also avenged some underperformances by its Umineko siblings from the year before.
Pioneer's Horizon - Uhhhhhh Papiliones again, very indie, huge underdog, ran into some close matches on its way to the championship.
DigiFamily - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;, signals a major change in voter tastes, follows up on the success of another song from the preceding year.
Catabolism - Endeavour again, no one knows how it keeps winning, but it has some loyal fans and you can't help but sympathize with its underdog status!
Paradise (Stay Forever) - If only I could use Memories of You...Sunshine Coastline again, happy and uplifting, feels "radio-friendly," won the year after the game was released (if we use Ys 8's English release...)
resurrectedreplayer - Despair of ELFERIA, represents well-deserved recognition for a big-name Japanese electronic music composer.
Bahram Attack -Nekomata Master Remix- - Despair of ELFERIA. No comment.
Into Free -Dangan- - Seize the Truth! again, fun and catchy with strong earworm power, maybe a bit cheesy but it wins your heart anyway.
Living in the City - Oh god...uh...The Extreme, from a 199X console game with big nostalgia value, and a statement win for a series with a handful of previous retirees, one of which made semifinals?

Let's celebrate this year's retirees and I wish everyone a minimally-heartbreaking round 5 and onward!

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