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Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 256 (Part 2 of 8)

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After 34 groups and a runoff, we’ve got our top 256! It’s finally time for the playoffs! Each day we’ll go through 32 songs, which means the top 256 will be split into 8 parts.

Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after they post, for groups that go up on a Friday[/footnote], or for roughly 24 hours. You can listen to a playlist of today’s songs (in matchup order) here.

Or you can work ahead!

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Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Or listen to every song here.

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PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING

Voting will be live until Thursday, October 1st at 9:00AM Pacific

Previous Round Results:

Luigi’s MansionMain Theme105Sonic Adventure 2Down in the Base…for Hidden Base
Wild Arms 3Migratory Birds — Wandering Bird – Scoundrels113Freedom ForceNuclear Winter Theme
Zone of the EndersFlowing Destiny (Ending Theme 1)59Halo: Combat EvolvedHalo Theme
Ys VI: The Ark of NapishtimMighty Obstacle94Iridion 3DEscape from the Disposal Tunnel
The Incredible Machine – Even More ContraptionsTechno Rave48Mario Kart: Double DashCommendation Ceremony
Parappa The Rapper 2Come A Long Way212IcoICO -You Were There-
Wild Arms Alter Code: FDemon Spear85Silent Hill 3Hometown
Super Smash Bros. MeleeMute City115Final Fantasy XChallenge
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerTitle123Remember 11: The Age of InfinityHerustic
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!Title510Legaia 2: Duel SagaAdvancing to Faraway Places
Mario Kart: Double DashRainbow Road97Boktai 2: Solar Boy DjangoAttack
Katamari DamacyThe Moon and the Prince113Parappa The Rapper 2Toasty Buns
Jet Set Radio FutureTeknopathetic104Mario Kart: Super CircuitSky Garden
Cave StoryRunning Hell94Dynasty Warriors 3Superior
Mario Kart: Double DashPeach Beach/Daisy Cruiser710Dynasty Warriors 4Eve
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und BöseFatal Fight (Jin & Margulis)104Shin Megami Tensei: NocturneNormal Battle (Large Map)

Tough round for Parappa 2, which was on the wrong end of two blowouts.

Fun Facts About The Top 256:

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Top 256 By Game:

13 Songs:

11 Songs:

10 Songs:

9 Songs:

8 Songs:

7 Songs:

6 Songs:

5 Songs:

4 Songs:

3 Songs:

2 Songs:

1 Song:

Pretty wide distribution here, without too many heavy hitters dominating. This was helped a little by the new diversity runoff, but even without it this would have been a wider spread than the 96-00 tournament.

Super Smash Bros. Melee snuck into first thanks to the runoff, with Final Fantasy X close behind. Trails in the Sky Football Club makes a surprise appearance at 3rd, and GBA title Iridion II makes a downright shocking appearance at 5th.

If you added up all the songs from Mega Man Battle Network games, you’d get 13, ie tied for first and facing a runoff. Instead, they’re spread out across 4 different titles, a little-known advantage of Capcom’s saturation bombing release strategy.

Top 256 by platform:

First, a note on methodology. A game was assigned to a platform if there was an obvious first home for it; for example, if a game released for PS2 in February 2002 and then an Xbox port dropped that July, the game was marked as a PS2 game. The multiplatform label was only applied to games that first launched on multiple platforms simultaneously.

Unsurprisingly, the PS2 has a strong showing here, comfortably in first by both metrics. The GameCube takes 2nd by song, but 3rd by game, thanks to Melee’s heavy-hitting. The GBA is surprisingly close behind; will our love affair with the cronchy sound chip that could continue into the playoffs?

Also, congrats to the N-Gage! Because Asphalt Urban GT launched for the N-Gage 2 days before the Nintendo DS the forgotten mobile “””pioneer””” gets on the board.

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