(Full, current standings can always be found here)
Group 27 Results:
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| 72.00% | Super Mario Galaxy | Gusty Garden Galaxy |
| 56.00% | Eternal Sonata | The Mediocrity Sought out by Everyone |
| 48.00% | Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People | Handle My Style |
| 48.00% | Dissidia: Final Fantasy | Prelude Menu |
| 48.00% | Dissidia: Final Fantasy | FFVIII Don’t Be Afraid (Battle Theme) |
| 48.00% | Umineko When They Cry | Golden Slaughter |
| 44.00% | Overgrowth | Overgrowth Variations |
| 36.00% | DJMax Trilogy | Chains of Gravity (Tsukasa Yatoki) |
| 32.00% | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | K.K. Condor |
| 32.00% | DJMax Trilogy | Sunny Side (Croove) |
| 28.00% | Sigma Harmonics | Visiting Again Soon |
| 28.00% | Under Defeat | Can’t Come Back? [STAGE 1] |
| 28.00% | Super Paper Mario | Brobot L-Type Battle |
| 28.00% | Drill Dozer | File Select & Trailer Menu Screens |
| 28.00% | Ace Combat 6 | Liberation of Gracemaria |
| 28.00% | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | Main Theme |
| 24.00% | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Squeak Squad Theme |
| 20.00% | Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria | Ascend to the True Faith |
| 20.00% | Professor Layton and the Unwound Future | Memories |
| 20.00% | Lost Odyssey | A Return, Indeed… (Vocal Version) |
| 20.00% | The Witcher: Enhanced Edition | River of Life |
| 20.00% | Eternal Poison | The Door |
| 20.00% | Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria | Pursue the Awful Mystery |
| 16.00% | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dumbledore and Voldemort |
“Gusty Garden Galaxy” comes from humble origins, serving as the theme of a mid-game level of no particular note. Despite that, it has managed to become the de facto main theme of Super Mario Galaxy, both in public consciousness and in future Mario games. The song is undeniable, and it easily takes first here.
Elsewhere, we get some Homestar Runner love with SBCG4AP’s “Handle My Style”. HR comes from the good old days of Web 1.0, when a minimally monetized passion project could sustain 2 livelihoods for close to 10 years off of one 3-5 minute cartoon per week. This pre-Walking Dead Telltale game is probably the most corporate the series ever got, an idealized life not really possible today.
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Newly Eliminated 1Except for any that become wild card challengers at the end.
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| 30.77% | White Knight Chronicles | The Travelers |
| 30.77% | Final Fantasy XII | Rebellion |
| 30.77% | Kingdom Hearts II | Afternoon Streets |
| 30.77% | Trails in the Sky SC | Hamel |
| 30.43% | Marc Ecko’s Getting Up | Welcome to New Radius |
| 30.43% | Granado Espada | Pray for Soul |
| 30.43% | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | Dalaran |
| 30.43% | Yakuza Kenzan! | Brand-New Japanesque |
| 30.43% | Dead Space | The Necromorphs Attack |
| 30.43% | Mega Man ZX Advent | Crisis Zone |
| 28.00% | Sigma Harmonics | Visiting Again Soon |
| 28.00% | Under Defeat | Can’t Come Back? [STAGE 1] |
| 28.00% | Super Paper Mario | Brobot L-Type Battle |
| 28.00% | Drill Dozer | File Select & Trailer Menu Screens |
| 28.00% | Ace Combat 6 | Liberation of Gracemaria |
| 28.00% | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | Main Theme |
| 24.00% | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Squeak Squad Theme |
| 20.00% | Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria | Ascend to the True Faith |
| 20.00% | Professor Layton and the Unwound Future | Memories |
| 20.00% | Lost Odyssey | A Return, Indeed… (Vocal Version) |
| 20.00% | The Witcher: Enhanced Edition | River of Life |
| 20.00% | Eternal Poison | The Door |
| 20.00% | Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria | Pursue the Awful Mystery |
| 16.00% | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dumbledore and Voldemort |
Current Bubble: 30.77%
Projected Final Bubble: 42.31%
I have no idea who Marc Ecko is, but presumably if I did I’d find the fact that he once headlined his own video game to be very of its time.
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It’s time for group play! We have 1,358 songs this time; we’re trying out 24-song groups this time, so we have 56 groups of 24, plus a 57th of 14. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked based on how many upvotes they got compared to how many people voted in that round. 2For instance, if a group had 25 unique voters, and a song from that group got 15 upvotes, it would have a ranking of 60% After all groups are done, the top 384 songs from across all groups will advance to the playoffs.
…unless! After group play, but before the playoffs proper, there will be a wild card runoff! If an individual game places more than 10 songs into the top 384, songs 11+ per game will face off against songs 385+3Skipping any songs that would themselves be song 11+ for a given game in a play-in round.
We’ll be “feathering” groups; voting on group 29 will be active until Friday February 19th at 10:00PM Pacific. Group 28 will be active until 10:00PM tonight; vote here. Group 30 will start Friday and be active until Sunday, and so on. Please listen to every song! Don’t just vote name recognition.
You can listen to all songs in group 29 in this handy YouTube playlist! (Don’t worry, songs will also be linked in the comments, where voting will take place)
You can work ahead if you like:
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Or listen to every song here.
Again, voting for group 29 is open until Friday February 19th at 10:00PM Pacific