Round 3! We’ve already eliminated 2/3rds of our finalists, but this dark harvest was not enough to satisfy our vile lord.
Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00 AM Pacific the day after they post,1 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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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, April 29th at 9:00AM Pacific
Previous Round Results:
| Portal | Still Alive | 9* | 9 | Eternal Poison | Cursed Blood |
| Opoona | Restaurant Regina | 4 | 11 | Mass Effect | Uncharted Worlds |
| Persona 4 | Signs of Love | 7 | 10 | Wild Arms 5 | The Vth Vanguard |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | Objection! (2001) | 5 | 11 | Trails in the Sky the 3rd | Parallel Universe |
| Persona 3 | Memories of You | 7 | 10 | Civilization IV | Baba Yetu |
| Kingdom Hearts II | Dearly Beloved | 11 | 5 | Sigma Harmonics | Showing Heart- “Dance of Cornered Rat” |
| Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica | EXEC_SPHILIA/. | 10 | 6 | Persona 3 FES | Brand New Days |
| We Love Katamari | Disco x Prince | 9 | 5 | White Knight Chronicles | Shards Of Time ~ Chronicle Love |
| Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice | Poem of a Vagabond | 5 | 9 | Deathsmiles | Fury of the Gravekeepers |
| Ys Origin | Beyond the Beginning | 6 | 10 | Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness | Time Gear |
| Odin Sphere | Odin Sphere’s Theme (Shanachie Version) | 11 | 5 | Vantage Masters Portable | And Down A New Road (Opening Version) |
| Umineko When They Cry | Golden Slaughter | 5 | 10 | Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box | Theme of Diabolical Box |
| Professor Layton and the Unwound Future | The Unwound Future/The Lost Future | 8 | 8* | The Lord of the Rings Online | Lay of the Free Peoples |
| Wild Arms 5 | When the Heart Ignites | 9 | 6 | Rune Factory | Gigant Mountain |
| Wii Sports | Title Screen | 13 | 6 | Final Fantasy XII | Boss Battle |
| Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | The Price of Freedom | 8 | 10 | Shadow of the Colossus | Epilogue ~ Those Who Remain |
Two ties! I at least like all the songs involved this time, but I still have to make a call. “Lay of the Free Peoples” moves on, as does “Still Alive”. I know we got excited for an upset, but if you want to take the #1 seed out, you can’t leave it up to a decision.
Fun Facts:
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Top 128 By Game:
8 Songs: (1 Game)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl [-5]
6 Songs: (2 Games)
- Persona 3 [-6]
- Persona 4 [-6]
5 Songs: (1 Game)
- The World Ends With You [-1]
4 Songs: (4 Games)
- Shadow of the Colossus [-5]
- Kingdom Hearts II [-2]
- Sigma Harmonics [-1]
- Persona 3 FES
3 Songs: (6 Games)
- Super Mario Galaxy [-5]
- Final Fantasy XII [-4]
- Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia [-3]
- Wild Arms 5 [-1]
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana [-1]
- Eternal Poison
2 Songs: (15 Games)
- Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica [-5]
- Opoona [-3]
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney [-3]
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [-3]
- Eternal Sonata [-2]
- Mega Man 9 [-2]
- Rhythm Heaven (DS) [-2]
- Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria [-2]
- Mega Man Battle Network 6 [-1]
- Sonic Unleashed [-1]
- Ys Origin [-1]
- Etrian Odyssey II
- Lost Odyssey
- Trails in the Sky the 3rd
- Umineko When They Cry
1 Song: (39 Games)
- Mass Effect [-3]
- Rhythm Tengoku [-3]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) [-3]
- We Love Katamari [-3]
- Trails in the Sky SC [-2]
- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War [-1]
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII [-1]
- Okami [-1]
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness [-1]
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future [-1]
- Psychonauts [-1]
- Super Paper Mario [-1]
- Xanadu Next [-1]
- Aoi Shiro
- Baten Kaitos Origins
- Castle Crashers
- Castlevania Judgment
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Civilization IV
- Deathsmiles
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
- Halo 3
- Lumines II
- Mirror’s Edge
- Nanostray 2
- Odin Sphere
- Omega Five
- Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
- Portal
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
- Rune Factory
- The Lord of the Rings Online
- Vantage Master Portable
- White Knight Chronicles
- Wii Shop Channel
- Wii Sports
- Wild Arms 4
- Word of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Remember The Fallen (34 games):
- Granado Espada [-3]
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger [-2
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII [-2]
- Ikaruga [-2]
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army [-2]
- Tales of Legendia [-2]
- Aether
- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
- Blue Dragon
- Brain Age
- Corpse Party Blood Covered
- Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
- FFXI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan
- Guilty Gear 2: Overture
- I/O
- Killer7
- Kirby Canvas Curse
- La-Mulana
- Mario Kart Wii
- Patapon
- Patapon 2
- Phoenix Wright: Justice for All
- Pokemon Diamond / Pearl
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
- Quartet! The Stage of Love
- Rinne
- skate.
- Sonic Rush
- Suikoden Tactics
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
- Wii Fit
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
It becomes more and more clear that we have exactly 3 leaders in this tournament. Super Smash Bros. Brawl keeps some separation from the Personae, sitting at 8 songs to each of their 6. However, Persona 3 FES is sitting strong at 4, having not lost a single song in either of the previous rounds. So if you like, you may think of Persona 3 + FES as being on top, with Brawl and P4 in 2nd and 3rd.
But outside the top tier things are really getting squashed, with earlier favorites like Ar tonelico II and Opoona falling all the way to the 2 song tier. No room for fat now; only the best jams can move on.
Top 128 By Platform:
PS2: 46 songs (17 games)
DS: 22 songs (12 games)
Wii: 19 songs (8 games)
PC: 13 songs (8 games)
360: 9 songs (7 games)
Multiplatform: 8 songs (6 games)
PSP: 3 songs (3 games)
GBA: 3 songs (2 games)
PS3: 2 songs (2 games)
N-Gage: 1 song (1 game)
GameCube: 1 song (1 game)
Arcade: 1 song (1 game)
The shape here remains remarkably consistent. The PS2 retains a commanding lead. The Wii continues to fall, as every tentpole except for Brawl comes down to earth. And despite having so many platforms near extinction, none left last round; the only platform to duck out since the playoffs started as been the OG Xbox, which just has to feel more and more slighted by the N-Gage sticking around.
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