Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2005-2008: Group 41

(Full, current standings can always be found here)

Group 39 & 40 Results

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Group 39:

50.00%	Sonic Unleashed	Empire City (Night)
50.00%	Lumines II	tiny piano
50.00%	Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations	Questioning (Allegro, 2004)
50.00%	Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica	Eternally Bonded
50.00%	Let’s Tap	Tap de Papapaya
41.67%	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	On the Verge of Assault
41.67%	Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice	Extreme Outlaw King
37.50%	Valkyria Chronicles	Fierce Combat
37.50%	Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars	Mushroom Men Theme
37.50%	Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 2	Epic Battle
29.17%	Assassin’s Creed	City of Jerusalem
29.17%	LocoRoco	LocoRoco’s Song (Pink Version)
29.17%	Sonic Unleashed	Savannah Citadel (Night)
25.00%	The Lord of the Rings Online	The Grey Havens
25.00%	Mirror’s Edge	Flight (Combat)
20.83%	Shadow the Hedgehog	Heavy Dog
20.83%	The World Ends With You	Detonation
20.83%	Mega Man ZX Advent	A Wind Continuing Toward The Future (Credits Theme)
20.83%	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	Bloody Blades
16.67%	Metal Gear Solid 4	Father and Son
16.67%	Advance Wars: Days of Ruin	Flight of the Coward – Waylon
16.67%	ObsCure	Give Us Eternity
16.67%	The Lord of the Rings Online	East of the Sea
16.67%	Dreamfall: The Longest Journey	Tibet Ambient

A 5-way tie for first! If that sort of thing mattered anymore we’d have a real pickle on our hands; instead we simply get to celebrate the diversity on display. We’ve got a JRPG, a Sonic, a Puzzle Game, a Visual Novel, and a Weird. We’re a Nintendo flagship away from a full house!

Group 40:

54.17%	Persona 4	Never More
54.17%	Civilization IV	Baba Yetu
50.00%	Mass Effect	The Normandy
50.00%	Kingdom Hearts II	The 13th Dilemma
50.00%	Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)	Tropical Jungle (The Jungle ~ The Swamp)
45.83%	Aoi Shiro	Drawing Water
41.67%	Super Mario Galaxy	Melty Molten Galaxy
41.67%	Final Fantasy XII	Esper
37.50%	Professor Layton and the Curious Village	Curtain of Night
37.50%	Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney	Apollo Justice ~ A New Trial is in Session!
33.33%	Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen [Fatal Frame 4]	The Tsukimori Song
33.33%	Metal Gear Solid 4	Metal Gear Saga
33.33%	Infinite Undiscovery	Forgotten Bard
33.33%	Fire Emblem Path of Radiance	Power-Hungry Fool
33.33%	Etrian Odyssey	Ecstasy
33.33%	Knights in the Nightmare	Her Highness’ Tactical Instruction
29.17%	Yakuza	Intelligence for Violence
29.17%	Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria	Dancing Without Malice or Mercy
29.17%	Ibara	Robot No.28
25.00%	No More Heroes	Steel Python
25.00%	Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box	Iris (music box version)
20.83%	ObsCure	The First Queen
20.83%	Mass Effect	Refinery
20.83%	No More Heroes	Samurai Summer

“Baba Yetu” is pretty famous, being the first video game song to win a Grammy, at a time when The Gamers™ were desperate for mainstream approval. But in that context 54.17% is honestly kinda low; will it be able to live up to its reputation in the playoffs?

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Newly Eliminated 1

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37.50%	Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 2	Epic Battle
37.50%	Professor Layton and the Curious Village	Curtain of Night
37.50%	Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney	Apollo Justice ~ A New Trial is in Session!
37.04%	La-Mulana	Sabbat
37.04%	Bully	Boxing: Boss
37.04%	Lunar Knights	Monster Hunt
37.04%	Trails in the Sky SC	Central Tower “Axis Pillar”
37.04%	Rhythm Heaven (DS)	Remix 9
36.84%	Opoona	Matia Mine
36.84%	Super Paper Mario	Lineland Road
36.84%	Dead Rising	Frank West
36.84%	Super Mario Galaxy	Overture
36.84%	Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts	Main Theme
36.36%	Persona 4	Game
36.36%	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Ocarina of Time Medley
36.36%	God Hand	Yet Oh See Mind
36.36%	Aion	Forgotten Sorrow
36.36%	Odin Sphere	Attic Archive Orchestra Version
36.36%	Final Fantasy XII	Rabanastre Downtown
36.36%	Yakuza Kenzan!	Dance Music from Ancient Japan
33.33%	Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen [Fatal Frame 4]	The Tsukimori Song
33.33%	Metal Gear Solid 4	Metal Gear Saga
33.33%	Infinite Undiscovery	Forgotten Bard
33.33%	Fire Emblem Path of Radiance	Power-Hungry Fool
33.33%	Etrian Odyssey	Ecstasy
33.33%	Knights in the Nightmare	Her Highness’ Tactical Instruction
29.17%	Assassin’s Creed	City of Jerusalem
29.17%	LocoRoco	LocoRoco’s Song (Pink Version)
29.17%	Sonic Unleashed	Savannah Citadel (Night)
29.17%	Yakuza	Intelligence for Violence
29.17%	Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria	Dancing Without Malice or Mercy
29.17%	Ibara	Robot No.28
25.00%	The Lord of the Rings Online	The Grey Havens
25.00%	Mirror’s Edge	Flight (Combat)
25.00%	No More Heroes	Steel Python
25.00%	Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box	Iris (music box version)
20.83%	Shadow the Hedgehog	Heavy Dog
20.83%	The World Ends With You	Detonation
20.83%	Mega Man ZX Advent	A Wind Continuing Toward The Future (Credits Theme)
20.83%	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	Bloody Blades
20.83%	ObsCure	The First Queen
20.83%	Mass Effect	Refinery
20.83%	No More Heroes	Samurai Summer
16.67%	Metal Gear Solid 4	Father and Son
16.67%	Advance Wars: Days of Ruin	Flight of the Coward – Waylon
16.67%	ObsCure	Give Us Eternity
16.67%	The Lord of the Rings Online	East of the Sea
16.67%	Dreamfall: The Longest Journey	Tibet Ambient

Current Bubble: 37.50%
Projected Final Bubble: 41.67%

The projected bubble’s been working its way down all last week, and it finally crosses down into the 41 tier. I personally don’t expect it to settle much lower than this, but encouraging news for any fans of bubble songs.

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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. 2 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+3 in a play-in round.

We’ll be “feathering” groups; voting on group 41 will be active until Tuesday March 9th at 10:00PM Pacific. Group 42 will start Tuesday and be active until Wednesday, and so on. Please listen to every song! Don’t just vote name recognition.

You can listen to all songs in group 41 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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