Round 3 Results!
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| Final Fantasy VII REMAKE | Hollow [Nobuo Uematsu, Singer: Yosh (Survive Said The Prophet)] | 3 | 9 | Paradise Killer | House of Bliss |
| 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | Feeling At Ease | 7 | 5 | Kingdom Hearts III | Dismiss (Terra-Xehanort) |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | F-ZERO Medley | 5 | 7 | Death Stranding | Cargo High [Joel Corelitz] |
| Final Fantasy VII REMAKE | Hollow Skies (Instrumental) [Nobuo Uematsu, Arr. Yasunori Nishiki] | 4 | 9 | Ys IX: Monstrum Nox | Lacrima Crisis |
| NieR:Automata | Vague Hope ~ Cold Rain [Keigo Hoashi] | 5 | 7 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Still, Move Forward |
| Persona 5 Strikers | Rivers in the Desert [SCRAMBLE Remix- MASA Arr. /w Lyn vocals] | 5 | 6 | Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair | Urban Uprise |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | MEGALOVANIA | 5 | 6 | Touken Ranbu | Nikkari Aoe |
| Persona 5 Strikers | Crossover | 4 | 7 | Death end re;Quest 2 | Leave The Haze |
| Paper Mario: The Origami King | Toad Town (Green Streamer Removal) | 8 | 3 | Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony | Despair Searching in Program World [Masafumi Takada] |
| 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | Self Sacrifice | 2 | 8 | Katana ZERO | You Will Never Know |
| Sonic Mania | Hi-Spec Robo Go! (Hard Boiled Heavy Boss) | 7 | 6 | Pokémon Sword and Shield | Boutique |
| Hades | On The Coast | 7 | 6 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Tarrey Town – Married |
| NieR:Automata | Memories of Dust [Kuniyuki Takahashi] | 6 | 7 | Lethal League Blaze | Ain’t Nothin’ Like A Funky Beat |
| A Hat in Time | Main Theme | 9 | 4 | 7 Billion Humans | The Work Continues |
| 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | A Cruel Thesis | 8 | 4 | Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise | Receive You (North Star Vers.) [Hyd Lunch, Vocalist: Pete Klassen] |
| A Hat in Time | Her Spaceship | 5 | 5* | Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight | Want to be Close- ATOLS Remix [Shoji Meguro] |
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Group play is over, and it’s almost time for the top 768! But before we start that, we have one last thing to take care of. It’s the play-in!
As our tournament field expands, so does the number of over-the-limit songs. Our preliminary top 768 features:
21 songs from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
18 songs from Final Fantasy VII REMAKE
16 songs from Cuphead
16 songs from 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
16 songs from Paper Mario: The Origami King
15 songs from NieR:Automata
15 songs from Sonic Mania
15 songs from Persona 5 Strikers
14 songs from Celeste
13 songs from Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
12 songs from A Hat in Time
12 songs from Splatoon 2
11 songs from Hades
11 songs from OMORI
These 65 songs will now face challengers who came just short of making the initial top 768. The winner of each head-to-head matchup makes it to the playoffs, the loser is forgotten to history.
Since this is something of a real phase of the tournament now, we’ve got multiple daily playlists!
Play-In Round 1
Play-In Round 2
Play-In Round 3
Play-In Round 4
And a playlist for all the songs that have sadly bubbled out. These are songs that fell outside the initial top 768, and were either from an overrepresented game (and thus unable to participate as challengers) or else had bad RNG tiebreakers and did not have a spot available for them. You can pay your respects here.
The play-in round is a single-elimination round! That means groups are now open for 24 hours only1. Every group ends at 9am Pacific the very next day, so be sure to vote quick! Due to the nature of the playoffs/play-in, I will also be calculating results before posting the next group, so expect group posting time to shift from ~9am to ~9:15am.
And…I think that’s it! Let the voting begin!
Voting will be live until Friday, March 24th at 9:00AM Pacific
Round 4 Results
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| OMORI | Ethereal CD (Snow Forest – A Single Flower Blooms) | 8 | 3 | Persona 5 Royal | I Believe |
| Persona 5 Strikers | Keeper of Lust [SCRAMBLE Remix- Gota Masuoka Arr.] | 2 | 11 | Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers | Shadows Withal |
| Sonic Mania | Chemical Plant Zone Act 1 | 6 | 7 | No Straight Roads | vs. EVE (EDM Version) |
| Celeste | Fear of the Unknown | 9 | 4 | Cytus II | Body Talk |
| Persona 5 Strikers | The AI and its Heart [Atsushi Kitajoh] | 4 | 8 | Kingdom Hearts III | Critical Crossroad |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | The Tragic Prince | 6 | 6* | 7 Billion Humans | Welcome, All 7 Billion Humans! |
| Where the Water Tastes Like Wine | Shining Isles of Ivory | 5 | 10 | Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory | Dearly Beloved |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Aria of the Soul | 3 | 8 | Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon | Defiler of Taboos |
| Splatoon 2 | Muck Warfare [Off The Hook] | 7 | 5 | Cytus II | Make Me Burn |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Napalm Man Stage | 4 | 7 | Team Sonic Racing | Ocean View |
| Final Fantasy VII REMAKE | On Our Way [Arr. Shotaro Shima] | 8 | 2 | Team Sonic Racing | Frozen Junkyard |
| 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | Good Times | 6 | 3 | Sonic Forces | Eggman’s Facility (Rhythm and Balance Remix) |
| Final Fantasy VII REMAKE | Let the Battles Begin! – A Merc’s Job [Arr. Shotaro Shima] | 5 | 8 | Katana ZERO | Hit the Floor |
| Splatoon 2 | Shooting Starfish [Turquoise October] | 2 | 10 | 198X | Kill Screen: Escape the Maze |
| Final Fantasy VII REMAKE | One-Winged Angel – Rebirth [Nobuo Uematsu & Masashi Hamauzu & Yasunori Nishiki] | 6 | 9 | Cultist Simulator | June the 28th |
| 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | The Ones Who Were Plugged In | 5 | 6 | Oninaki | Overture to Hope and Ruin |
| Final Fantasy VII REMAKE | Flowers Blooming in the Church | 9 | 5 | Hypnospace Outlaw | Granny Cream’s Hot Butter Ice Cream (The Chowder Man) [Hot Dad] |
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