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Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Top 128 (Part 1 of 4)

Part 8 Results

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Fate/ExtraFourth Chimeric Lunar Sea – 2nd Floor58Legasistabgm_12
The 3rd BirthdayBlue of the End [Yoko Shimomura]94Professor Layton and the Miracle MaskRobot Battle
Ciel NosurgeCode Ethes Wei (Class::ETHES_WEI=>
extends.COMMUNI_SAT/.)
76Brandish: The Dark RevenantNinja-Master
Steins;GateBelieve Me29Final Fantasy XIVIn the Shadow of the Colossus
NieRGods Bound by Rules96Star Ocean: The Last HopeNight of the Chase
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchKokoro no Kakera77*L.A. Noire[I Always Kill] The Things I Love [The Real Tuesday Weld]
World of Warcraft: Mists of PandariaSong of Liu Lang (Orchestral)67Professor Layton and the Miracle MaskThe Toy Robot
The MunchablesGreenish Illusion85Mass Effect 2Samara
DJ Hero 2Superstition vs War – Stevie Wonder vs Edwin Starr96Final Fantasy XIIIThe Gapra Whitewood
Mighty Switch ForceWoah I’m in Space Cuba86Bar OasisMojito
CatherineAn Die Freude69Frog FractionsRimushotto Bungie Jump! [Jim Crawford]
Pokémon Black and White 2Colress Battle8*8Resonance of FateAlbona
Final Fantasy XIIIBlinded by Light125Adventure Time: Hey Ice King Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!It’s So Cold
Ghost Trick: Phantom DetectiveAwakening510Summon Night GRANTHESEThe Wind Rustles the Green Meadow
NieRDeep Crimson Foe69999: 9 Hours 9 Person 9 DoorsBinary Game
Professor Layton and the Miracle MaskMonte d’Or – City of Miracles8*8Kirby’s Return to Dream LandC-R-O-W-N-E-D

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The tournament’s really heating up now! We’ve had two elimination rounds already, with many more to come. The top 128 has been broken up into 4 groups, meaning we will progress to the top 64 on Thursday; less than a week per round now!

Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00 AM Pacific the day after they post1The Monday after, for Friday groups., ie 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

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 Monday, November 8th at 9:00AM Pacific

Fun Stats!

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Top 128 By Game:

7 songs (1 game)

5 songs (2 games)

4 songs (2 games)

3 songs (6 games)

2 songs (14 games)

1 song (57 games)

Remember The Fallen (36 games)

Well now things are heating up! NieR remains the unquestioned top dog, but the Final Fantasy XIIIs have fallen way off; XIII-2 is down tied for 4th with the 4-songers, while XIII-1 is all the way back at 2. Meanwhile, Bayonetta continues to rise the ranks, joined by the latest Shinigami Special, Legasista, which is the most exposed game to go undefeated in the last round. Last round that honor went to Gravity Rush, which proceeded to lose over half its tracks, so don’t get cocky, Legasista.

On the other end of the list, Nintendo continues to take heavy losses, with one-time big game Kirby’s Epic Yarn all the way at 1, and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land at 0. Sonic, being Different Nintendo at this point in history, follows, with both Colors and Generations down to 1 apiece. The Generations song is Planet Wisp: Modern, which A) means that Colors spiritually has 2, and B) means we’re finally down to one Planet Wisp, resolving one tournament subplot.

Top 128 By Platform:
Multiplatform: 15 games (31 songs)
PC: 12 games (19 songs)
PS3: 9 games (17 songs)
PSP: 10 games (15 songs)
Wii: 8 games (13 songs)
3DS: 6 games (10 songs)
DS: 8 games (9 songs)
PS Vita: 3 games (7 songs)
Xbox 360: 3 games (3 songs)
Arcade: 3 games (3 songs)
Mobile: 2 games (2 songs)
PS2: 2 games (2 songs)
DSi: 1 game (1 song)

Multiplatform continues to be the top dog, and with Nintendo’s flagships completely decimated it is joined not by a Nintendo system but by the humble PC and 2 different PlayStations. This is basically reflective of the era at large; Nintendo was waning at the end of the Wii’s lifespan, the 360 was doing well but had very few new exclusives, while the PS3 was making a surprising late generation charge. Of course, in our tournament the PS3’s bell cow is Legasista, so don’t go writing any history papers off of this just yet.

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