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banshiryuu
07/09/25 10:00:05 PM
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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 19, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=479594
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HqEzmlfEUsm6BWJbBxDm6ZUnQQ_2d1ezDlVBN2sYepY
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80981071
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0zm7Svx4DXDy1XjUejSBazd
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HBxgL9woiCMFKNOPuN_qdxmzjStJXSpC3Ocalfsavdk
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
VGMC info site (thank you p0!!): https://p0p0p0p.github.io/
Discord: https://discord.gg/7FVXqWj

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Tiebreaker Match

maimai GreeN PLUS - Danza zandA (Long Version)
Composer: Mitsuharu Fukuyama
Loop Point: 4:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLsuN6MTms

RABBIT & STEEL - A Mysterious Battle
Composer: HAGANE
Loop Point: 1:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYAVc8esHJ4

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Match 1

Senxin Aleste - Stage 5 - Research Facility
Composer: Tatsuhiko Kasuga
Loop Point: 6:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-yhhYhbCOc

Polygonet Commanders - Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Composer: Junya Nakano
Loop Point: 1:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1ZeTti1vk

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Match 2

Nightmare Kart - Miralodia Expressway
Composer: Evelyn Lark
Loop Point: 3:25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cvlak9C0gk

Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come
Composer: Rika Muranaka
Loop Point: 5:44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1bzqjoZyeQ38

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Easy vote form:
Danza zandA (Long Version) / A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility / Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway / The Best Is Yet To Come
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th3l3fty
07/09/25 10:00:34 PM
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maimai GreeN PLUS - Danza zandA (Long Version)
Senxin Aleste - Stage 5 - Research Facility
Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come

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Paratroopa1
07/09/25 10:06:53 PM
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A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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azuarc
07/09/25 10:18:28 PM
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Mysterious Battle
Stage 5
TBIYTC

Senxin Aleste - Stage 5 - Research Facility receives rank 30 of 61. I find myself more fascinated with the boobplate armor in the image than the song itself. Like, obviously boobplate is nothing new to me, but I remember the eggshells stockings used to come in, and I feel like the girl in red and the girl in gold have 80s era L'eggs packaging glued to their chest. Like, they're almost perfect parabolas, with a distinct spacer between them. Anyway, the song picks up after about 2 minutes, where it becomes a little less enjoyable to listen to, but also more energetic. 6.7/10

Polygonet Commanders - Brain Expander (Ruins Stage) receives rank 57 of 62. This song is existential dread. This is the quiet build-up heading to the lategame where you find out that the mad scientists have created unspeakable horrors, and you are going to have to confront them. This is the stage with that one supremely annoying enemy that isn't really that hard but if you don't fight it just right, it hits you with a status effect and you just slowly die to poison, or can't heal, or hit for half damage. And even after you beat the area, you still have to pass through it six more times before you finally finish. 5.5/10

Nightmare Kart - Miralodia Expressway receives rank 28 of 63. Some cool funk that becomes very tense when you (presumably) get to the final lap and it speeds up. It also makes for a great not-quite-ending, followed by... 7/10

Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come receives rank 16 of 64. Such a hauntingly beautiful piece. I know it's become reviled by many for its nefarious status as an annual returner, but if Id ~ Purpose can finally earn its flowers, I'd love to see everyone put aside their animosity and give TBIYTC a little love. Even if they don't vote for it because Miralodia Expressway's good, too. 7.8/10

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maple_violet
07/09/25 10:38:53 PM
#5:


mysterious battle
stage 5
miralodia
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Hbthebattle
07/09/25 10:45:52 PM
#6:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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DireKrow
07/09/25 11:23:21 PM
#7:


A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expresswa
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HidekuniHorita
07/10/25 12:14:03 AM
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A Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway

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Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
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TunnelScene
07/10/25 12:18:22 AM
#9:


A Mysterious Battle (RABBIT & STEEL)
Brain Expander (Polygonet Commanders)
The Best Is Yet To Come (Metal Gear Solid)
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UF8
07/10/25 12:44:35 AM
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Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
The Best Is Yet To Come

nothing but praise for every song today even if these decisions weren't very hard

i suppose it should come as no surprise considering iirc i said b4 was my overall favourite division when i ranked them after finishing all the favs brackets (i did honestly not feel confident about that at the time, but getting to here and experiencing this straight shot of borderline and easy 9s down in this part despite losing a few winners including my bracket winner in this section already definitely got me to trust my call now. i mean, i didn't even take it past r1 but research facility might straight up be my favourite song left now)
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TeamRocketElite
07/10/25 1:08:00 AM
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Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
The Best Is Yet To Come

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My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
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FL81
07/10/25 1:50:24 AM
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A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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KCF0107
07/10/25 2:17:15 AM
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Mysterious
Research
Expressway

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DanKirby
07/10/25 2:22:57 AM
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A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
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Waveshine_2001
07/10/25 3:48:12 AM
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Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best Is Yet To Come

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Fox Only, Final Destination.
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-Chaos-Zero-
07/10/25 4:42:36 AM
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A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
The Best Is Yet To Come

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The Pizza Formerly Known as CalzoneB
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sergiocornaga
07/10/25 6:39:57 AM
#17:


A Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway

I have flip-flopped on the tiebreaker... I'm a flip-flopper...
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rwlh
07/10/25 8:41:11 AM
#18:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
abstain
The Best Is Yet To Come

Research Facility is a unique song in this contest; I don't think any of the other 256 (hi AZISAI) songs sound like it. That distinct lo-fi sound makes it seem like the song is being played from a mile away, on very loud but grainy speakers. Originally I ranked this song pretty low, but this round I'm appreciating its aural texture more...

...but Brain Expander is cool too. I love how "off" it sounds. Maybe it's the chords being played or the sort of jagged melody, but it's a song that never ceases to hook me from the very start. I love that warbly background pattern at the beginning. Really, really cool song. I'll be happy with whichever of these wins, but for now I'll abstain - might come back later.

I like the sped up/presumably final lap iterations of the Nightmare Kart songs.
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Fluttershy_Pony
07/10/25 8:43:35 AM
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A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
The Best Is Yet To Come

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Isquen
07/10/25 8:55:53 AM
#20:


A Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best is Yet to Come

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[Rock and Stone] <o/
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NFUN
07/10/25 9:02:22 AM
#21:


Brain
Express

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MaxGalactica
07/10/25 9:24:05 AM
#22:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best Is Yet To Come

The Best Is Yet To Come > Danza zandA (Long Version) >> Brain Expander (Ruins Stage) > A Mysterious Battle > Stage 5 - Research Facility > Miralodia Expressway

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-Abraham Lincoln
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GhostyMega
07/10/25 10:06:00 AM
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Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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The art of quirky SNES games no one cares about
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MacArrowny
07/10/25 10:44:23 AM
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A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
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Haste_2
07/10/25 12:12:21 PM
#25:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway

I flip-flopped on the tiebreaker in the opposite direction of sergio... (sorry)


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AcireExists
07/10/25 12:12:38 PM
#26:


A Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander (it's shorter)
Miralodia Expressway

Miralodia Expressway >= A Mysterious Battle >= Danza zandA >> Brain Expander = Stage 5 - Research Facility > END TITLE / THE BEST IS YET TO COME

Danza zandA - 8.5
yeah banger

A Mysterious Battle - 8.5
love the vibe

Stage 5 - Research Facility - 7
I don't recall ever hearing this song before, and I won't remember hearing it in 15 minutes

Brain Expander - 7
it took me an extra minute to realize this looped

Miralodia Expressway - 8.5
love how Mario Kart-y this is, and Noble Demon's style is great, so yeah I was always gonna love this

END TITLE / THE BEST IS YET TO COME - 6
could the other yearly song at least be good pls

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Collen
07/10/25 12:43:21 PM
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Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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The path you weave, most certain to achieve. The everlasting will of little wings in flight.
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LkProd
07/10/25 1:09:39 PM
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Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway
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barreldragon88
07/10/25 2:36:04 PM
#29:


Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come

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Long live Saint Seiya!!
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TheArkOfTurus
07/10/25 3:17:32 PM
#30:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway

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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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ZelRaat
07/10/25 3:17:59 PM
#31:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway
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skulltrumpets
07/10/25 3:22:32 PM
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Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best Is Yet To Come

I said back when Precipice returned that I wasn't sure if I liked it better than TBiYtC or not and today it's the truth because when I'm depressed (hi) I'm not in the mood for beautiful, haunting melodies. Still a 10/10 song tho
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tgs2
07/10/25 3:59:37 PM
#33:


Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander
Miralodia Expressway
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andylt
07/10/25 5:23:35 PM
#34:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

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Slowly becoming a Mega Man aficionado.
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banshiryuu
07/10/25 5:54:24 PM
#35:


A Mysterious Battle
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway
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Janus5k
07/10/25 6:14:31 PM
#36:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway

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A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
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afrono
07/10/25 6:58:08 PM
#37:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway
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Gall
07/10/25 8:29:26 PM
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A Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway

The first minute of A Mysterious Battle is mostly HAGANEs typical sound, those rounded synths that Im whatever on. 1:04 is when it pops off, bringing the chime melody to the forefront, accelerating it and adding a hint of vocals too. Obviously, its a short part of an already short song, so I wish there was more of it, but its a good time if not a long one.

Research Facility also has parts I like more and less. The first 2 minutes are too grainy even for me, then 2:06 starts up that catchy spacey riff, which at 2:59 turns into a nice little melody. Finally theres 4:22 which sharpens the grain into the kind of edge I like to hear, and shortly after reintroduces the melody, this time sounding more drawn out and wistful. So, good stuff here, but too much filler. One song too short, another too long.

The best part of LYSINE is the subdued first half, so I'd be interested in that getting extended to the length of the whole Passage from Genesis. A sci-fi infiltration mission deep underwater, where the deepest secrets lie.

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failgirlema
07/10/25 8:32:02 PM
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A Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best Is Yet To Come

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Be formless, shapeless... like water.
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Xuxon
07/10/25 8:34:11 PM
#40:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best Is Yet To Come

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JONA
07/10/25 8:40:51 PM
#41:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
The Best Is Yet To Come

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Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point!
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Disillusion
07/10/25 8:49:47 PM
#42:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway

My brain needs the grooves, both crunchy and smooth, that Research Facility and Miralodia Expressway are providing to me today.
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Arti
07/10/25 9:17:11 PM
#43:


maimai GreeN PLUS - Danza zandA (Long Version)
Polygonet Commanders - Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come

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-hotdogturtle--
07/10/25 9:20:00 PM
#44:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
Miralodia Expressway

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Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
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pyresword
07/10/25 9:22:03 PM
#45:


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Stage 5 - Research Facility
The Best Is Yet To Come

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I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
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HBJDubs
07/10/25 9:25:17 PM
#46:


A Mysterious Battle
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best Is Yet To Come

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Save in the name of true love
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Prince46
07/10/25 9:48:24 PM
#47:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Brain Expander (Ruins Stage)
The Best Is Yet To Come

Sorry Expressway :(

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Huntmaster95
07/10/25 9:48:38 PM
#48:


Danza zandA (Long Version)
Stage 5 - Research Facility
Miralodia Expressway
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loweffortmemes
07/10/25 9:55:13 PM
#49:


RABBIT & STEEL - A Mysterious Battle
Senxin Aleste - Stage 5 - Research Facility
Nightmare Kart - Miralodia Expressway
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