Board 8 > [BOST] Day 47: AGHR v SPM, FE Fates v Einhander, Xenoblade X v Arkanoid DS

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"Greetings, and welcome to the Best OST Contest 5! In this contest, you and fellow video game soundtrack lovers will come together to once and for all answer the question ""What is the best video game soundtrack? (For now.)"""

Links:
Contest Bracket and Info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sD964sXfa3trbXrr14mFKeEIA14cGM2RtHmW9TqGBmw
Discussion Thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77915805

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VOTING RULES

- Each match will be between the songs representing each game, not the game as a whole. Please remember to listen and vote with this in mind! Any votes referring to a game name rather than a song name will not be counted. You have been warned!
- Listen to both songs!! If one is your literal favorite song in the world and the other is something you hate with a passion, listen to them both!!
- No alts, no rallying, no begging for something to get more votes, etc., etc., you know the drill.
- If you change your mind and would like to swap your vote, you may do so. As soon as it is 24 hours since the match topic was started, you may not change your vote and new votes will not be counted.
- If you would like to vote in advance for matches you know you will miss, please let me know in the discussion topic.

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Main Bracket: Losers Round 3 Match 1

Aliens Go Home Run - City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WnCznduRE" data-time="

Super Paper Mario - Floro Sapiens Caverns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-B3UqZ2g8M" data-time="

Main Bracket: Losers Round 3 Match 2

Fire Emblem Fates - Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENwFAmeWEYk" data-time="

Einhnder - Madness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fakKuXyp470" data-time="

Snubs Bracket: Round 2

Xenoblade Chronicles X - Theme X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsUw4Hzex0M" data-time="

Arkanoid DS - Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqPc9bGz9u4" data-time="

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Vote Form:
City / Floro Sapiens Caverns
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN) / Madness
Theme X / Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Floro Sapiens Caverns
Madness
Theme X
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Do you need help getting new links for Xenoblade Chronicles X? Almost all the links I gave you are dead now.
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City
Madness
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Finally, a competitor worthy of eliminating one of my own nominations..! (I joke, I've already even voted against one of my own in this contest, though it sure does feel like there's been a lot of my favorites getting eliminated by stuff I don't even like. Speaking of which, the lower two matches here both have strong contrasting views like that from me.)
(also hi hey the joke here is that match #1 is both my nominations oh no ouch)
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City
Madness
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Aliens Go Home Run - City
Fire Emblem Fates - Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Xenoblade Chronicles X - Theme X
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Flavio's Caverns
Madness
THEME X

man what a letdown after main theme.
"eh"
squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee sawanooooooooooooooo
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

Do you need help getting new links for Xenoblade Chronicles X? Almost all the links I gave you are dead now.

Yeah, if you would be able to send me new ones (preferably just post em in the results/discussion thread) that'd be great! I completely forgot that DeoxysPrime was the Xeno 1/X uploader until I had to replace the Xenoblade 1 links.... and then forgot to do the X ones as well. I'll be able to get to it later tomorrow myself though as well but yeah it would definitely be appreciated.

Floro Sapiens Caverns
Madness
Theme X

Pretty appropriate i guess that that first match is really even to me

Rough draw

It's a little awkward to admit this after being all about darius boss 7 on discord earlier but I don't really care that strongly about captain neo

City
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)
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Floro Sapiens Caverns
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

City
Madness
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)
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City
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)
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Floro Sapiens Caverns
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Theme X
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City
Madness
Theme X

Caverns
Lost in Thoughts

Will vote in third match later.
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Floro Sapiens Caverns
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Theme X

I always start out hating Lost in Thoughts until it redeems itself in the second half
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City
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Theme X

within my ancient heart dwells madness and pride
thought I was going to vote Captain NEO but it seemed weirdly dissonant at places and I'm not sure it worked with the rest of the song
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City
Madness
Theme X

City's okay I guess. FSC real annoying still.

Bad lyrics in Lost in Thoughts. Madness kinda good in some ways?

Theme X and Captain Neo are both great! Wow the third match is way better than the other two!
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Aliens Go Home Run - City: 3.
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Super Paper Mario - Floro Sapiens Caverns: 5.5.

and

Fire Emblem Fates - Lost in thoughts all alone (EN): 2.
vs.
Einhnder - Madness: 7.5. A whole point higher than last time!

and

Xenoblade Chronicles X - Theme X: 2.5. Feels like pretty standard DESTINY music. Not really doing it for me. Liked it less and less as it went along.
vs.
Arkanoid DS - Captain NEO (Confusion Mix): 6.5. Funny cartoon sounds: the song. Feels like it's cycling through a bunch of different instrumentations; I hear some Taito shmup sounds at one point. Kind of neat.

Votes:
Floro Sapiens Caverns
Madness
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Super Paper Mario - Floro Sapiens Caverns
Einhnder - Madness
Arkanoid DS - Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Popping in to rep Super Paper Mario!~ I love the style of the soundtrack and I'm always happy to give it my vote! Einhander is incredible as always and Arkanoid DS's mix was honestly kinda refreshing to hear too. Today's been a bit hectic for me, so not much to say, but amazing music as always.~

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Super Paper Mario - Floro Sapiens Caverns
Einhnder - Madness
Arkanoid DS - Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Woah match 1 is super close. Really not sure who's gonna edge that win.

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City
Madness
Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Aliens Go Home Run - City
Fire Emblem Fates - Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Arkanoid DS - Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)
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City
Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Theme X
good tracks all around
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Aliens Go Home Run - City
Fire Emblem Fates - Lost in thoughts all alone (EN)
Xenoblade Chronicles X - Theme X

MATCH 1

Has City come up before? Feels like it has, but I'm not sure. Well in the event that it hasn't, I'll just say that it's a pretty neat song. Not really my style of music, but it's still a pleasant song to listen to.

Still don't care for Floro Sapiens Cavern much.

MATCH 2

Man both songs are really good here! Still really like Madness a lot. Probably would've been an easier vote for Lost in Thoughts All Alone if it were one of the other Einhander songs up, but this particular matchup is really close. I could probably go either way here, but my gut says Lost in Thoughts All Alone.

MATCH 3

Theme X is pretty good even if it isn't my preferred type of Xenoblade X song.

Captain NEO's kinda meh. Don't really feel too strongly about it one way or the other.

Lost in Thoughts All Alone > Madness > City = Theme X > Floro Sapiens Cavern > Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

Captain NEO (Confusion Mix)

I feel really bad about just popping in at the last second to vote for my own nom! But...dentist appointment and SiIva stuff really ate my time today and I only ended up back at the last second. Honestly, on first listen I did really like Theme X (It's still quite good), but coming back it is a bit too...ambient? I guess? At times to beat out the uniquely Taito funk(?) and strength of this Captain NEO (and Darius-Chaos!) arrangement.

Again feel bad i couldnt listen to and vote on the other two but what can ya do.