Darius Force- Super Nova ~Lame~ vs
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel- Exec_Flip_Arphage I like this AT track a lot less than some of the better AT1/2 tracks from earlier tournies, but sure it wins anyway.
Crash Bandicoot 2: Rock It vs
Chrono Trigger- Singing Mountain They're both fine but nothing special.
Deemo- The Witch’s Invitation vs Demon’s Souls- Tower Knight
Raiden V- Crystal of Abyss vs Front Mission 4- Hostiles
First things first, based on Niu's video: holy crap is that too "crowded" a screen for a shooter, IMO. Tons of green pick-ups that float around on screen that aren't harmful distracting you from the reasonably faster enemy shots, and your own shots (especially when the guy gets the spread shot halfway through) are also very noisy and distracting. Anyway, based on the first ~3 minutes or so, I'd go Hostiles, Crystal is too one-note. Luckily it gets good with the stuff from the 5 minute mark on and makes it work, just takes awhile to get there.
Koudelka- Waterfall vs Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation- Liberation of Gracemaria
Tossing a nod to the underdog. I found out about Waterfall thanks to it being a FAIL nom in an earlier music tourney, but it's actually pretty good.
Super Smash Bros.- Pop Land Stage vs
Shovel Knight- Strike the Earth! Plans of Passage Well I've certainly heard the Kirby stage music a lot, and it's very memorable! A bit short loop, and Strike the Earth! is just plain fun.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn- Penitus vs Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War- The Unsung War
Dang. This is the best of the Ace Combat tracks seen so far (it's epic but not over-the-top epic like Megalith was), but Penitus is pretty amazing too. Agree with Random this isn't a round 1 fight, these two are better than the entire first 8 of this pod. Maybe I'll decide later.
Dies irae ~Interview of Kaziklu Bey~- Methuselah vs
Bayonetta- Red & Black Black, as is my need.
Bleeding, as is my heart.
The agony... becomes... intolerable.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDB97j8_HSk )