Chrono Trigger - Time Circuits/Corridors of Time/Chrono Corridor v Wild ARMs 4 - Over the Wind: I will give Corridors of Time this, it's a substantially more emotive and complete piece than Shevat, which rips it off. Close fight, but Over the Wind is just a bit catchier to me.
Super Robot Wars EX - Reminiscence v Suikoden II - Heart-softening BGM II: Solid remix of the title theme. Meanwhile, looks like SRW's inability to do non-battle music extends outside OG1.
Tales of Legendia- The bird chirps, I sing v Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ~ Chemical Plant Zone: o_O NOT what I expected from the ToL track title. Not sure what I make of it, but an easy vote over a mediocre piece of Sonic music. Needs to be Scrap Brain.
Suikoden IV - Fated Confrontation v Chrono Cross- Dream of the Shore Bordering Another World: ;_; As much as I find CC music overrated, I am very glad that the few exceptions (Prisoners, Scar, and this) got in. However, Fated Confrontation is just outstanding
Odin Sphere: A Hard Fight and then Hope v Lufia 2 - Sinistral Battle: Sinistral's decent but only that. I'll take non-SNES synth over it, though.
Perfect Cherry Blossom - Phantom Ensemble v Wild Arms 5 – Battle: Knight Blazer: Ah, now here's a right good Touhou track.
Baten Kaitos – Glowing Cloud v Wild Arms XF - Blank Easel: Combines energy and melody much better, and since that's what both of them are trying to do, this is easy.
Suikoden 2- The Chase (Luca Blight's battle theme) v Guilty Gear XX: Existence: I guess. Chase is pretty boring outside the bit near the end. Existence... decent enough.