Board 8 > [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 15: Nominations thread, part 3

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So I think with ~12 hours to go, it's time for everyone to take stock of situations. Rallying is against the rules, and so is begging -- please keep that in mind -- but I think maybe we ought to briefly declare where we stand for organizational purposes?

Songs I'm on that are below 5, likely to try to hang onto:
(4) rhythm-changer
(4) Connexion
(3) Shrine of Solomon
(3) This Journey Without End
(3) Prophecy

Songs I want to hold onto, but may be forced to drop:
(3) City of Tears
(2) Still Alive
(2) Stigmata
(2) DTR Credits
(1) Thicket Prism
(1) Fly Into the Sky
(1) AI[UE]OON

Songs that are most likely to get fodderized without further support:
(3) Butterfly's Temptation
(2) The Deluge
(2) Killing Two Birds
(1) Dashing Pt 1
(1) Land of Blue Skies
(1) Deedlit

And equally importantly, songs I'm watching:

Also just noticed Pressure Cooker is on the sheet, so add that. If anyone is thinking of dropping one of these songs, I don't mind being PM'ed or pinged once. But if you're thinking of supporting any of these, I will take notice.


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azuarc posted...

but I think maybe we ought to briefly declare where we stand for organizational purposes?

'kay

I've actually cut every unsupported song of mine I'm willing to cut, and my own personal honor demands I stand with any supports I've made unless everyone else, original nominator included, drops it. Gonna double check the spreadsheet soon to check on those supports, but off the top of my head I think that means I'm completely tied up with the exception of my lone floating double.

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Caught up again and did that support checking. Ah, seems two of the supports I tried to bring back from the dead... did not succeed.

- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle | Philistine | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFXqJ--L_Kk
- TRianThology | Facili-tasia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWYjM7mwoa8

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- Ikenfell | Memories in the Mist | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKXE32fBXRA
+ Atelier Shallie | Stella ~Part 2~ | https://youtu.be/5MhoL2Zy9TY

suck it nfun.
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-- z1000_2.wad | insane cloudburst | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1eGP6OGhQ

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azuarc posted...

but I think maybe we ought to briefly declare where we stand for organizational purposes?

Sure

Will probably cut a few hours before the deadline

Nanohemu (3/2)

Will probably cut if the deadline gets too close

Ride ON (3/3)

Will hold on to unless things look completely hopeless

Kunimitsu's theme (3/3)
Anything (4/3) or above.

Low nomination songs I'd strongly consider switching to if they were medium nomination songs (and I had noms to give)

God of the Dead
Antipyretic

Other songs I'm considering (in no order)

A New Poem that Southern Thailand Wants to Recite
Over-nove
Throw Away Your Mask
FLIGHTLESS
Iron Lotus

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azuarc posted...

I think maybe we ought to briefly declare where we stand for organizational purposes?

in order of droppingness (though i don't think i'll be here when the deadline is, rats! so look out for these much sooner):

Goat Fantasia (2/2)
Green Grove Act 2 (3/2) [my double]
La Valse Noire (2/2)
Concert Etude Op. 40 No. 3: Toccatina (4/2) [my double]
A Guitar's Rhythm (3/2) [my double]
La Morena Kumonai (3/2)
Fighting for the Sake of Others (4/3)
The Decision Chaos (3/3)
Everything Will Get Distorted Soon (3/3)
Womanizing A (3/3)

considering switching ONTO, in this order:
NieR Re[in]carnation - Ikou (Authority) (2/2)
Saira - Baluchons (3/2)
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Collapsed Expressway (4/4)
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - rhythm-changer (4/3)
The Sims - Building Mode 5 (4/4)

though if they dont get any support after i may drop them anyway, especially ikou and baluchons

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TheArkOfTurus posted...

Kunimitsu's theme (3/3)

also correct me if i'm wrong but i think this is at 4/4 rn, just for clarity

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Oh, my bad.

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+ The Sims | Building Mode 5 | https://youtu.be/F2MFv2xe8yQ
+ We Love Katamari | Everlasting Love | https://youtu.be/-cvZeVpFSv4

the final doubles for the children I want to get in most. will adjust if the math looks impossible later on or if some other tracks of mine load up on more support and i like them more (but build 5 is probably staying no matter what)

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cakophon posted...

in order of droppingness (though i don't think i'll be here when the deadline is, rats! so look out for these much sooner):

Goat Fantasia (2/2)
Green Grove Act 2 (3/2) [my double]
La Valse Noire (2/2)
Concert Etude Op. 40 No. 3: Toccatina (4/2) [my double]
A Guitar's Rhythm (3/2) [my double]
La Morena Kumonai (3/2)
Fighting for the Sake of Others (4/3)
The Decision Chaos (3/3)
Everything Will Get Distorted Soon (3/3)
Womanizing A (3/3)

considering switching ONTO, in this order:
NieR Re[in]carnation - Ikou (Authority) (2/2)
Saira - Baluchons (3/2)
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Collapsed Expressway (4/4)
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - rhythm-changer (4/3)
The Sims - Building Mode 5 (4/4)

though if they dont get any support after i may drop them anyway, especially ikou and baluchons

glad to see this post since i was planning to drop either valse or iko and hadn't yet decided which. definitely valse then

++ Star Ocean: The Second Story | We Form in Crystals | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDm7lOr4-Vc

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Ill do some of my final supports a bit later, but since Ive been sitting out over the past few days I just wanna remind about a couple songs that people had showed interest in previously.

Marvel Vs Capcom | Morrigans Theme | https://youtu.be/hYuwCVT5Jc0 (2/2)

Super Smash Bros Ultimate | Psycho Soldier Theme | https://youtu.be/x4-0aU4us_w (3/2)

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if the mad rat dead song doesnt pan out, i will probably come back to psycho soldier

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Won't be making any moves until later today, but here's how I feel about my current supports.

Holding on tightly:
4/2 We Form in Crystals
3/3 the image theme of Xenosaga II
3/3 Memory of the Wind ~Legend of the Eternal Wind~
3/3 Ice Cage (SUGURI the Best)
2/1 Mountain Trek
1/1 Flamerock Refuge

First drop candidates:
2/2 Final Battle -Demon Lord Vesper-
2/2 Xenoblade Main Theme
1/1 Pac Sky Emotion
1/1 I Picture You Before Me (Instrumental)
1/1 Frozen in Time

Everything else falls in-between. As for remaining potential supports, idk I'll probably just look at what has potential at the time

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I guess I'll put mine up too, though I may well keep most of them right up until near the deadline if I gotta

Definitely holding onto until the end:
5/5 Fortune Favours the Bold
2/2 MAD LAST WORLD
4/3 Untamed Heart

Very likely to:
4/3 Fuse Man Stage
2/2 Caria Valley
2/2 Little Boy
2/2 Cryonix
2/2 Hige Ring Tower

I mean these are also all 1/1s rn lol, but i wouldnt mind if some ended up getting boosted anyways, at least for now (These are actually all in order of how much I care about them):
vs. YINU (In-Game Mix)
too much funky ?
Battle Glacier 2
Baladium's Drive [may drop if untamed heart is making it]
Battle 64 (Final Phase) [same for hige ring tower, if that manages to]
Vs. Moon Warriors Dedede & Meta Knight
Shining Eyes

- Bugsnax | It's Bugsnax! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQTk4eK2fP4
+ Atelier Shallie | Stella ~Part 2~ | https://youtu.be/5MhoL2Zy9TY

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I am much less attached to MAD LAST WORLD than Plas is. If it doesn't start seeing movement and there's only a couple of hours left, I probably just to Psycho Soldier.

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noms I might cut:
none of them

noms I will be keeping to the end:
all of them

thank you for your time
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Thought MLW would take off more than just 2 noms. Alas.

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At this point i'd assume you're sticking with Neuchatel, then

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+ Beatmania IIDX 25 Cannon Ballers | Dawn of Simurgh | https://youtu.be/TuRbFht2GKE
+ Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 | Colress Battle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZygFP1iNQ
+ Arcaea | AI[UE]OON | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dut0-vH7Iqs

Undoubling
- Custom Robo | Identity -prologue- | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJMyargwiYU
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky | Hollow Light of the Sealed Land | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22qqs9jucn8

Dropping
- Sengoku Rance | Ontology | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IsNQvA_fvQ

Doubling
+ FlixMix | Spiritual Sky | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRtYouhoaOo
+ TRianThology | Over-nove | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_8THhLOkQ

Supporting
+ Acceleration of SUGURI 2 | Ice Cage (SUGURI the Best) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M17yTl-ii6I

having to cut some stuff I really wanted, but they're not going anywhere

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UF8 posted...

glad to see this post since i was planning to drop either valse or iko and hadn't yet decided which. definitely valse then

oh might as well just do this then
- Last Ranker | La Valse Noire | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy2QW0EZtq4
+ NieR Re[in]carnation | Ikou (Authority) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzPFe2gezgo

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well i am FINALLY back; ready to put all my energy into focusing on vgmc tonight and the rest of the contest LETS GO. actually not too much of the playlist left
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Not sure where the cutoff point is at for everything that wasn't locked, so here's where I stand with everything that isn't a 5/5 right now:

4/4
The Sims | Building Mode 5
One Step From Eden | Drawing Dead: Saffron's Theme

3/3
Rayman Legends | Grannies World Tour
Dreams | Art's Dream - Time Moves Slow

2/2
Yakuza 0 | Customer Creed
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | Blazing Fire
Bomberman Jetters | Hige Ring Tower

I might let go of my 2/2s (maybe 3/3s) in a couple of hours and make that final push for what I think has better chances at that point.

shouldnt build mode 5 be at 5/4

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5/5
Dicey Dungeons \ Fortune Favors the Bold - a cool new pick. Sticking with it.

4/3
WoW:MoP \ Way of the Monk - I actually really like this song in the game proper and it's one of several that come to mind when I think WoW music. Keeping my support on it unless it goes to 2/x
Sonic Heroes \ Bingo Highway - May undouble it, may not; definitely keeping it handy, though.
NMH2:DS \ Subuta.1 - I like that NMH got some attention for something other than Pleather, and... Pleather didn't do too well? Huh. Probably sticking with, may move a double over, too. Then again, maybe I won't.
MM11 \ Fuse Man - Same deal with Sonic. May undouble, may not, keeping nomination on regardless even if it drops to 1/1 out of principle.

3/3s
Shatter \ Neon AND Shatter \ Aurora - I like that these both have traction. Not withdrawing support/nomination from either, may double one or the other if I shift off the above.
CVII:BR \ Praying Hands - Didn't realize this was a history pick, even if it was a round 1. It's Castlevania. Keeping it.

3/2
SH3 \ You're Not Here - "Potential round 1 versus You Were There"? Perhaps not. In danger.

2/2s
CV:Judgment \ Slash - "This one's special!" (But in danger.)
CV64 \ Opposing Bloodlines - Not the year for it, sadly. Probably denominating after work.
Shadowgate 64\TotFT \ The Sewers - This one is also special. Clinging to it, though.
Metroid Prime 3 \ Gandrayda - More of a "there's no Metroid" pick (along with Frigate Orpheon/Torvus Bog) than a real contender. In danger but not a definite denomination yet.
Hyrule Warriors Legend \ Title & Dragon - Nominated too late. Probably dropping.

1/1s
Warframe \ This is What You Are - been waffling back and forth on this one. Probably staying faithful to it at this point, but I'll keep an eye on it.
Noita \ Beat of the Kosmos - I think this just came in too late to garner any interest. Probably dropping or holding it to the bitter end. Next year, perhaps.
FFXIV \ Civilizations - Semi-joke nomination, I must confess. Probably dropping.
CV:A \ New Messiah - Nominated both it and Praying Hands at the same time as a "why not both?" joke. Likely to drop.

Supports and new?! nominations on the backburner:
I don't have my document here at work, alas, but there's a few I've looked at. May even submit a new one or two once I have a free slot.

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Guess I should do something with that last double
+ The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks | Overworld Adventure | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izbMZay_8Dk

I'm only planning to get rid of 1/1's for the time being. I'll most likely keep anything 2/2 and above around unless they get dropped to 1/1 or if there are a lot of songs I want to switch to (and in the latter case, I'll likely only do that in the last 15 minutes or so). I'm thinking of dropping my 1/1's around 2 hours before the end of the nomination period. Here they are:

7th Dragon III Code: VFD - Chant for Sanctuary
Kara no Shoujo - Ruri no Tori
The Caligula Effect - Tokimeki Reverie
Phantasy Star Online 2 - Dark to Light

I know Chant for Sanctuary and Ruri no Tori have appeared on at least one person's considerations lists, so I want to leave enough time to see how they play out towards the end. Maybe I could drop Tokimeki Reverie and Dark to Light first and drop the other two sometime later. Or maybe I could truly feel the endgame rush and do all of this way more last minute. We'll see how I end up feeling and how soon the rush happens.

Okay. Here are some changes.

- "Hello, world." | Global-network had already broken down... | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD4hSyz_hu4

This one's clearly not happening. Sorry deo.

+ We Love Katamari | Everlasting Love | https://youtu.be/-cvZeVpFSv4

I'm pretty sure this wasn't on the playlist? Let's go ahead and bump this up.

And my fourth double...

++ Magical Chase | Waltz of Meditation pt2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDL9tONyAuc

++ Dangan Ronpa 2 | Discussion -HOPE VS DESPAIR- | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpPnEwZiDno
+ Professor Layton and the Last Specter | Theme of the Last Battle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wKd7Afv4Vo
+ The Last Ranker | This Journey Without End | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Ka1TFQFsA
+ Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis | The Main Theme | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v6cWrJXDYg

- Gris | Gris, Pt. 1 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_2gHmpZmzU

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- BE Witches | Sablee Ocean | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBW80sT4RbQ

+ The Flintstones | Unused Song 2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRF_7xsu10c

With more apologies; 3/3 isn't going to cut it and I feel a sudden, inexplicable need to pounce onto this.

...Could have cut Praying Hands instead, but there was talk about it more recently, so I didn't.
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nooooooooooo!!!!!!
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i think i will go to jail if i do not support this song; so i am doing it now so that i do not go to jail

- The Labyrinth of Time | Telecom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7RwNzHWPk
+ CrossCode EX | One Last Trial | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX-Sfhbgoi8
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free mycro

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I'll take one.

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- "Hello, world." | Global-network had already broken down... | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD4hSyz_hu4
+ Atelier Shallie | Stella ~Part 2~ | https://youtu.be/5MhoL2Zy9TY

i didnt want to be the one to rip the band-aid thank you rwlh! hello asano.

- The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross | Dashing Pt. 1 (Boss Battle)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel | Land of Blue Skies
- Record of Lodoss War -Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- | Nebbioso - Into the Fog

+ Hollow Knight | Greenpath | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXga9y0B3I
+ VVVVVV | Pressure Cooker | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUc5bLM3w5Q
+ Dead Cells: Fatal Falls DLC | The Undying Shores | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaxnJrrMVl0

I don't intend to support both Greenpath and City of Tears, but I'm giving the Hollow Knight people the chance to pick one. They're both 3/3 now, with 4 different other voters.

Pressure Cooker to 2. @ Lefty. Undying Shores to 4.

Next to drop: Thicket Prism, Fly Into the Sky


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- Dynamix | Nanohemu | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYduEBEr7Bg

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- Mad Rat Dead | MAD LAST WORLD | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-hnOcxCPnY
+ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Psycho Soldier Theme | https://youtu.be/x4-0aU4us_w

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- Dynamix | Cryonix | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lf90rhqgEo
- Shadow Hearts III : From the New World | Lady Tears II (Final Battle) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hSrrXJkHjQ

if it hasn't been obvious so far, i'm generally not pleased to put supports on the chopping block... but it'd be a challenge to see these get in now

additionally,
- Last Ranker | La Valse Noire | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy2QW0EZtq4
- Len'en 4 (Ten'eisenki) ~ Brilliant pagoda or haze castle | The Road That Must Be Walked | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=useJkczd_uM
- One Step From Eden | Mystery | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSGNYeAHJtQ

Home from work, post-lock nom playlist updated and will not update until after close. So there.

Freeing a double.
- Mega Man 11 | Fuse Man Stage | https://youtu.be/94vFf_TBpWA

Freeing noms from 2/2s.
- Castlevania Judgment | Slash | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxEZtNg1wWU
- Castlevania 64 | Opposing Bloodlines | https://youtu.be/D_kD59IcCDw
- Hyrule Warriors Legends | Title & Dragon | https://youtu.be/Vnei1O19uR0

Semi-joke 1/1 nominations removed.
- Final Fantasy XIV | Civilizations | https://youtu.be/ascfjJXDWjo
- Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth | New Messiah | https://youtu.be/7AQl49GUclU

This should put me at a comfortable 6/1 for the moment.

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an y way

+ Murasaki Tsurugi | Speartip of Judgment | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_04sXTfnOQ

time to get this to the head of proceedings

Resupporting this one
- Doshin the Giant | Stroll Music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWV5BzZqjUA
+ Candy Crisis | Rage is Relentless | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWlxvQk8GIM

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A couple unfortunate 2/2 cuts. Saving one support. May do a last second wacky nom, or I may save it to be an ace up my sleeve. Not sure yet.

- Marvel vs Capcom | Morrigan's Theme | https://youtu.be/hYuwCVT5Jc0
- Blinx the Time Sweeper | Forge of Hours | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bRANXnW_88

+ Beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY | Xepher | https://youtube.com/watch?v=lS7StcykQF4

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alright the meme was never really alive anyway
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion | After Dark | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HEwkEuRN4A
some other stuff
- beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ | Seaside Labyrinth | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtfE9ubn8Us
+ Mad Rat Dead | MAD LAST WORLD | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-hnOcxCPnY
+ Saira | Baluchons | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54A8i1XdYV8
+ Ys Chronicles | Shrine of Solomon | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fNhyo0VOgc

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I am baffled at having to so much as consider the following, but:
-- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness | Abandoned Castle ~ The Curse of Darkness ~ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyZeX1_DRA
-- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: The Girl Who Stands Behind (SNES) | Police Station | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h7QzfZnqMg
- Scurge: Hive | Excerpt 1 ~ Cruiser | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud3ezxwXwt8

but also:
+ Final Fantasy IX | The Dark Messenger | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY8PiEv3Dkc
+ The Sims | Building Mode 5 | https://youtu.be/F2MFv2xe8yQ
+ Professor Layton and the Last Specter | Theme of the Last Battle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wKd7Afv4Vo
+ Xenogears | Dark Dawn | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hOTFfciZLI
+ Robots GBA | Upper City | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80NkPpZsyOw

That'll quite likely be all.

Alright, its crunch time

- Scribblenauts | Vowelcano | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi8-oABfF5w
- Latale | Save the Saboten Princess | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpEQf0Ws2E8
- Demon's Tilt | Lets Play Ba'al! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVjPkfd1BfU

Supports
+ Silent Hill 3 | You're Not Here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkumV_dHbkg

Double
+ No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle | Subuta.1 | https://youtu.be/Sk77S5KvCx8

I might rearrange some of my supports and figure out what to do with my last double soon, just wanted to drop everything I'm certain about now.


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okay

+ Arcaea | Take | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Smh8rwdJI

phew i thought i was going to have to put muse dash for game but fortunately arcaea got it slightly earlier