Round 4! Things are really heating up now; this is the part of the tournament where it still feels like we’ve got a lot of songs left, and then you blink and we’re down to just a handful.
Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00 AM Pacific the day after they post,[footnote]Or the Monday after, for Friday groups[/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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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 Wednesday, May 5th at 9:00AM Pacific
Previous Round Results:
| Portal | Still Alive | 17 | 5 | Mass Effect | Uncharted Worlds |
| Wild Arms 5 | The Vth Vanguard | 10 | 5 | Trails in the Sky the 3rd | Parallel Universe |
| Civilization IV | Baba Yetu | 17 | 5 | Kingdom Hearts II | Dearly Beloved |
| Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica | EXEC_SPHILIA/. | 12 | 5 | We Love Katamari | Disco x Prince |
| Deathsmiles | Fury of the Gravekeepers | 8 | 9 | Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness | Time Gear |
| Odin Sphere | Odin Sphere’s Theme (Shanachie Version) | 13 | 4 | Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box | Theme of Diabolical Box |
| The Lord of the Rings Online | Lay of the Free Peoples | 6 | 11 | Wild Arms 5 | When the Heart Ignites |
| Wii Sports | Title Screen | 12 | 10 | Shadow of the Colossus | Epilogue ~ Those Who Remain |
| Shadow of the Colossus | Revived Power | 13 | 6 | The World Ends With You | Make or Break |
| Mega Man 9 | Splash Woman Stage | 8 | 11 | Umineko When They Cry | Dreamenddischarger |
| Wild Arms 4 | Nightless City Guara Bobelo | 8 | 9 | Ys: The Oath in Felghana | Valestein Castle |
| Persona 4 | Specialist | 10 | 7 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | Totems of the Grizzlemaw |
| The World Ends With You | Calling | 9 | 7 | Trails in the Sky SC | Gravestone Struck by Lightning |
| The World Ends With You | Someday | 9 | 10 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Waluigi Pinball |
| Sigma Harmonics | Gentle Timbre | 12 | 8 | Castlevania: Curse of Darkness | Legendary Belmondo |
| Castle Crashers (Xbox 360) | Winter Bliss (Cycerin) | 8 | 12 | Castlevania Judgment | Bloody Tears |
No ties. Sadly, it’s the end of the line for “Nightless City Guara Bobelo”, one of the more unique songs in the tournament.
Fun Facts:
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Top 64 By Game:
4 Songs: (3 Games)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl [-4]
- Persona 4 [-2]
- Shadow of the Colossus
3 Songs: (5 Games)
- Persona 3 [-3]
- The World Ends With You [-2]
- Kingdom Hearts II [-1]
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Wild Arms 5
2 Songs: (3 Games)
- Sigma Harmonics [-2]
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana [-1]
- Mega Man 9
1 Song: (31 Games)
- Persona 3 FES [-3]
- Final Fantasy XII [-2]
- Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica [-1]
- Lost Odyssey [-1]
- Mega Man Battle Network 6 [-1]
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney [-1]
- Trails in the Sky the 3rd [-1]
- Umineko When They Cry [-1]
- Aoi Shiro
- Castle Crashers
- Castlevania Judgment
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Civilization IV
- Deathsmiles
- Mass Effect
- Mirror’s Edge
- Nanostray 2
- Odin Sphere
- Omega Five
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness
- Portal
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
- Rhythm Tengoku
- Super Paper Mario
- The Lord of the Rings Online
- Trails in the Sky SC
- We Love Katamari
- Wii Sports
- Wild Arms 4
- Word of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Remember The Fallen (26 games):
- Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia [-3]
- Eternal Poison [-3]
- Eternal Sonata [-2]
- Etrian Odyssey II [-2]
- Opoona [-2]
- Rhythm Heaven (DS) [-2]
- Sonic Unleashed [-2]
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [-2]
- Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria [-2]
- Ys Origin [-2]
- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
- Baten Kaitos Origins
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
- Halo 3
- Lumines II
- Okami
- Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
- Psychonauts
- Rune Factory
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Vantage Master Portable
- White Knight Chronicles
- Wii Shop Channel
- Xanadu Next
A pretty consequential round! We see a shakeup up top, as Brawl falls into a tie for first, and Persona 3 falls out of the top 3, in exchange for Shadow of the Colossus. FES also loses for the first time, dropping 3 out of four matches.
Down below, we see many dark horse favorites ending their runs, with Ar tonelico 1, Eternal Poison, and Opoona among the games eliminated. It’s crunch time now; do you like these songs, or do you like like them?
Top 64 By Platform:
PS2: 24 songs (12 games)
Wii: 10 songs (5 games)
DS: 10 songs (7 games)
PC: 8 songs (7 games)
Multiplatform: 5 songs (4 games)
360: 4 songs (4 games)
GBA: 2 songs (2 games)
Arcade: 1 song (1 game)
We say goodbye to some of the platforms on the margins, as the GameCube, PS3, PSP, and N-Gage all leave us. The 360 also takes a hit here, falling to just 4 1-song games. Still, it’s holding on really well for a Microsoft console, in what will almost certainly be the company’s best showing in these tournaments.
Up top, PS2 dominance continues unimpeded. The Wii ties the DS with 2 fewer games, thanks to the hard work of Brawl.
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