Happy Monday, folks, and welcome to the Weekly Video Games Thread!
It’s been a long time since I had a music prompt, and while it goes against this sweltering, far too long summer, I think it’s good for fall: music that makes you think of water. This can be music from water levels of all kinds, music that incorporates water noises, or just music that’s evocative of water. Rain, waves, whirlpools, and rushes. As always, I’ve got a list that shows the relaxation, melancholy, and joy of watery spaces. Again, some of these aren’t from actual “water levels” (though most are), but I think this music highlights the relaxation, melancholy, excitement, beauty, and aesthetics of watery environments.
Music that makes me think of water.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons, “Museum (Fish Room)”
- Banjo-Kazooie, “Rusty Bucket Bay”
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, “Forgotten Jade”
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, “Malaks Labyrinth”
- Deadly Premonition, “York and Zack”
- Dredge, “Main Theme”
- Hollow Knight, “City of Tears”
- Katamari Damacy, “Angel Flavor’s Present”
- Kentucky Route Zero, “Too Late to Love You”
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, “Zora’s Domain”
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, “Temple of Droplets”
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, “Water Temple”
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, “The Great Sea”
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, “Squeaky Clean Sprint”
- Pikmin 2, “Submerged Castle”
- Plants vs. Zombies, “Night Time in the Front Yard (Horde)”
- Pokémon Black 2 & White 2, “Virbank City”
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village, “Something Happens!”
- Resident Evil 4 Remake, “Water of the Cursed”
- Return of the Obra Dinn, “The Doom”
- Shovel Knight, “A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale)”
- Super Mario 64, “Dire Dire Docks”
- Super Mario Galaxy, “Buoy Base Galaxy”
- Super Mario Odyssey, Bubblaine”
- Super Mario Sunshine, “Sirena Beach”
- Super Metroid, “Brinstar (Underground Depths)”
- UNDERTALE, “Waterfall”
Of course, whether or not you want to pour over that prompt, please tell us how your weekend went when it came to playing games. And be thankful I didn’t tell you the origin story of this prompt—or my review of the Borderlands movie.