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Manga artist Sui Ishida (most famous for his work on manga series "Tokyo Ghoul" and "Choujin X") was responsible for the game's lyrics, character designs, in-game illustrations, and helped work on the worldbuilding. He decided to personally write the game's lyrics because he wanted the character's songs to better reflect them. To that end, he convinced composer Akira Kosemura to work on the game after being inspired by his songs.
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The song "Cursed Cathedral", which plays in the Spoiler:upside down level after Sponge turns into a clone of Meat was not designed with Mario's Mystery Meat in mind, nor did it originate from another game. The song predates the ROM hack by 6 years, being released by composer RednGreen in a general music pack for Super Mario World modders to use.
Longplay with "Cursed Cathedral" level:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61CR8ItIzkA?t=3247
Forum thread where "Cursed Cathedral" was first posted:
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=76280
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61CR8ItIzkA?t=3247
Forum thread where "Cursed Cathedral" was first posted:
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=76280
Collection: pop'n music
subdirectory_arrow_right jubeat (Collection)
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In JAEPO 2020, Konami unveiled two new rhythm arcade titles that were never released:
• "NEW pop'n music Welcome to Wonderland!" was created as a reboot to the long standing "pop'n music" series. The game used a different arcade cabinet with smaller buttons and a touch panel meant for new slide notes. Aesthetically, the game also utilized 3D models for the characters as opposed to 2D sprites. Both licensed songs exclusive to this cabinet, "Phantom Joke" and "少年よ我に帰れ", were added to "pop'n music peace" on August 3rd, 2020.
• "jubeat (2020)" was also meant to be a reboot, this time to the identically-named "jubeat" series. Unlike "Welcome to Wonderland", the gameplay remained identical between it and previous entries. The arcade cabinet itself was roughly 1.2X the size of previous iterations and ran at 60 fps, as opposed to 30fps. The cabinets also supported music videos and would have come in several colors. In 2021, a mobile version of jubeat released utilizing similar aesthetics to this cancelled version. 2022 saw the release of a new iteration, "jubeat Ave.", which utilized the previous arcade technology.
• "NEW pop'n music Welcome to Wonderland!" was created as a reboot to the long standing "pop'n music" series. The game used a different arcade cabinet with smaller buttons and a touch panel meant for new slide notes. Aesthetically, the game also utilized 3D models for the characters as opposed to 2D sprites. Both licensed songs exclusive to this cabinet, "Phantom Joke" and "少年よ我に帰れ", were added to "pop'n music peace" on August 3rd, 2020.
• "jubeat (2020)" was also meant to be a reboot, this time to the identically-named "jubeat" series. Unlike "Welcome to Wonderland", the gameplay remained identical between it and previous entries. The arcade cabinet itself was roughly 1.2X the size of previous iterations and ran at 60 fps, as opposed to 30fps. The cabinets also supported music videos and would have come in several colors. In 2021, a mobile version of jubeat released utilizing similar aesthetics to this cancelled version. 2022 saw the release of a new iteration, "jubeat Ave.", which utilized the previous arcade technology.
RemyWiki page on cancelled BEMANI titles:
https://remywiki.com/Cancelled_Games#jubeat_(2020)
https://remywiki.com/Cancelled_Games#NEW_pop'n_music_Welcome_to_Wonderland!
RemyWiki page on NEW pop'n music Welcome to Wonderland!:
https://remywiki.com/AC_NEW_pnm
Gameplay of Welcome to Wonderland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbVlUpMS71I
RemyWiki page on jubeat (2020):
https://remywiki.com/AC_jb_2020
Footage of jubeat (2020):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1sl8C338Fs
https://remywiki.com/Cancelled_Games#jubeat_(2020)
https://remywiki.com/Cancelled_Games#NEW_pop'n_music_Welcome_to_Wonderland!
RemyWiki page on NEW pop'n music Welcome to Wonderland!:
https://remywiki.com/AC_NEW_pnm
Gameplay of Welcome to Wonderland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbVlUpMS71I
RemyWiki page on jubeat (2020):
https://remywiki.com/AC_jb_2020
Footage of jubeat (2020):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1sl8C338Fs
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According to the game's composer Allister Brimble, when sample waveforms are changed in a Game Boy Color game's music, the console will produce a clicking noise. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, which makes heavy use of the Game Boy Color's re-definable sample channel, had its music specifically composed so that the click would only occur to the beat of the song, making the click part of the percussion.
subdirectory_arrow_right Tagin' Dragon (Game)
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The credits theme to the Hummer Team bootleg version of Super Mario World on the Famicom is not taken from its SNES source material, but is rather a rearranged version of the title theme of Tagin' Dragon. The latter game is believed to be one of composer and Hummer Team founder Hummer Cheng's first projects, if not his first.
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At one point, the official Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube releases of the song "Bone Yard" from Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy opened with a GEICO insurance commercial as part of the song. This seemed to have not been part of its initial upload in 2017, and has since been fixed.
Two Reddit posts and a Twitter thread talking about the same error:
https://www.reddit.com/r/crashbandicoot/comments/kfcpqo/does_anyone_know_why_there_is_a_geico_ad_and_a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/crashbandicoot/comments/l7nt6h/the_song_bone_yard_in_the_trilogy_sound_track_has/
https://twitter.com/mantia/status/1390844805874286594
https://www.reddit.com/r/crashbandicoot/comments/kfcpqo/does_anyone_know_why_there_is_a_geico_ad_and_a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/crashbandicoot/comments/l7nt6h/the_song_bone_yard_in_the_trilogy_sound_track_has/
https://twitter.com/mantia/status/1390844805874286594
subdirectory_arrow_right Full Tilt! Pinball (Game)
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Space Cadet: 3D Pinball was a demo for a game called Full Tilt! Pinball. Full Tilt! Pinball had two extra boards compared to 3D Pinball, with the main differences in Full Tilt's Space Cadet board specifically being an expanded soundtrack, a more realisitc CGI side-art as opposed to the Buzz Lightyear-esque 2D cartoon art, and a multiball feature.
Full Tilt Space Cadet - expanded soundtrack starts at 1:19:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zi7kCqtN1M
Video of Multiball in Full Tilt, note that when the video says "Windows version of the game", it means "the version bundled with Windows":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cvzf8vHzhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zi7kCqtN1M
Video of Multiball in Full Tilt, note that when the video says "Windows version of the game", it means "the version bundled with Windows":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cvzf8vHzhw
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Star Wars: Monopoly contains a set of two unused lyric music videos, which are both in-jokes welcoming new employees to Artech Studios.
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One of the few tracks included from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze within the soundtrack for both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is "Swinger Flinger". However, actually listening to the track reveals it to instead be the theme for the Bopopolis stage.This error is not presented in the Japanese versions of these games, where the "Swinger Flinger" track is properly referred to by its Japanese name equivalent to Bopopolis, ふみふみラビリンス (Fumifumi Rabirinsu), or Stomping Labyrinth. In comparison, the actual Swinger Flinger track and stage in the Japanese version of Tropical Freeze is called バインラビリンス (Bain Rabirinsu), or Vine Labyrinth.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Swinger Flinger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L99owHdoU-A
"Swinger Flinger" aka Bopopolis/Stomping Labyrinth from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwba4WwyGuA
Mario Wiki articles:
https://www.mariowiki.com/Swinger_Flinger
https://www.mariowiki.com/Bopopolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L99owHdoU-A
"Swinger Flinger" aka Bopopolis/Stomping Labyrinth from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwba4WwyGuA
Mario Wiki articles:
https://www.mariowiki.com/Swinger_Flinger
https://www.mariowiki.com/Bopopolis
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Many of the game's equipment items, enemies, and levels are named after popular music:
• The Feedbacker is named after the 2003 album by Japanese drone metal band Boris at Last.
• Whiplash is named after the 1983 song of the same name by American thrash metal band Metallica.
• Schism is named after the 2001 song by American progressive metal band Tool.
• Streetcleaner is named after the 1989 album by English industrial metal band Godflesh.
• In "Overture: The Mouth to Hell", V1's bootup sequence dates their firmware to the year 2112, referencing the 1976 album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush.
• "1-1: Heart of the Sunrise" is named after the 1971 song by English progressive rock band Yes.
• "1-2: The Burning World" is named after the 1989 album by American experimental rock band Swans.
• "1-3: Halls of Sacred Remains" plays on the song "House of Sacred Remains" from the soundtrack to Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.
• "1-4: Clair de Lune" is named after the third movement from French impressionist composer Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque. "4-3: Clair de Soleil" further plays on the song, replacing "lune" (moon) with "soleil" (sun).
• "2-1: Bridgeburner" is named after the 2015 song by American heavy metal band Mutoid Man.
• "2-2: Death at 20,000 Volts" is named after the Tokyo Nightclub 20000V.
• "2-3: Sheer Heart Attack" is named after the 1974 album and 1977 song by English glam rock group Queen.
• "2-4: Court of the Corpse King" is a play on the 1969 song "The Court of the Crimson King" by English progressive rock group King Crimson.
• "2-5: All-Imperfect Love Song" is named after the 2002 song by Japanese electronic musician World's End Girlfriend.
• "3-1: Belly of the Beast" is named after the 2014 song by English experimental musician Gazelle Twin.
• "3-2: In the Flesh" is named after the 1979 song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
• "4-2: God Damn the Sun" is named after the 1989 Swans song.
• "4-3: A Shot in the Dark" is named after the 1986 song "Shot in the Dark" by English heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne.
• "5-1: In the Wake of Poseidon" is named after the 1970 King Crimson album and its title track.
• "5-2: Waves of the Starless Sea" references the 1974 King Crimson song "Starless".
• "5-3: Ship of Fools" references the 1970 song by American psychedelic rock band the Doors.
• "5-4: Leviathan" references the 2004 album by American heavy metal band Mastodon.
• "6-1: Cry for the Weeper" references the 2005 song by American drone metal band Sunn O))).
• "6-2: Aesthetics of Hate" references the 2007 song by American heavy metal band Machine Head.
• "P-1: Soul Survivor" references the 1972 song by English blues rock band the Rolling Stones.
• "P-2: Wait of the World" references the 2013 song "The Wait of the World" by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot.
• The Feedbacker is named after the 2003 album by Japanese drone metal band Boris at Last.
• Whiplash is named after the 1983 song of the same name by American thrash metal band Metallica.
• Schism is named after the 2001 song by American progressive metal band Tool.
• Streetcleaner is named after the 1989 album by English industrial metal band Godflesh.
• In "Overture: The Mouth to Hell", V1's bootup sequence dates their firmware to the year 2112, referencing the 1976 album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush.
• "1-1: Heart of the Sunrise" is named after the 1971 song by English progressive rock band Yes.
• "1-2: The Burning World" is named after the 1989 album by American experimental rock band Swans.
• "1-3: Halls of Sacred Remains" plays on the song "House of Sacred Remains" from the soundtrack to Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.
• "1-4: Clair de Lune" is named after the third movement from French impressionist composer Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque. "4-3: Clair de Soleil" further plays on the song, replacing "lune" (moon) with "soleil" (sun).
• "2-1: Bridgeburner" is named after the 2015 song by American heavy metal band Mutoid Man.
• "2-2: Death at 20,000 Volts" is named after the Tokyo Nightclub 20000V.
• "2-3: Sheer Heart Attack" is named after the 1974 album and 1977 song by English glam rock group Queen.
• "2-4: Court of the Corpse King" is a play on the 1969 song "The Court of the Crimson King" by English progressive rock group King Crimson.
• "2-5: All-Imperfect Love Song" is named after the 2002 song by Japanese electronic musician World's End Girlfriend.
• "3-1: Belly of the Beast" is named after the 2014 song by English experimental musician Gazelle Twin.
• "3-2: In the Flesh" is named after the 1979 song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
• "4-2: God Damn the Sun" is named after the 1989 Swans song.
• "4-3: A Shot in the Dark" is named after the 1986 song "Shot in the Dark" by English heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne.
• "5-1: In the Wake of Poseidon" is named after the 1970 King Crimson album and its title track.
• "5-2: Waves of the Starless Sea" references the 1974 King Crimson song "Starless".
• "5-3: Ship of Fools" references the 1970 song by American psychedelic rock band the Doors.
• "5-4: Leviathan" references the 2004 album by American heavy metal band Mastodon.
• "6-1: Cry for the Weeper" references the 2005 song by American drone metal band Sunn O))).
• "6-2: Aesthetics of Hate" references the 2007 song by American heavy metal band Machine Head.
• "P-1: Soul Survivor" references the 1972 song by English blues rock band the Rolling Stones.
• "P-2: Wait of the World" references the 2013 song "The Wait of the World" by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot.
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During the game's first case "Turnabout Memories", defense attorney Marvin Grossberg makes several references to his hemorrhoids acting up, with one being that they are "doing the Harlem Shake". While the English localization of the game wrote in several pop culture references and memes that were popular at the time of its release in 2007, this reference to the Harlem Shake was not a reference to the 2013 viral dance since it did not exist yet, but was actually a reference to the pre-existing Harlem Shake dance that first originated in New York City in 1981. However, according to the official Ace Attorney series timeline, Trials and Tribulations takes place in 2019, and in the events of that game, the Turnabout Memories case takes place five years beforehand in 2014, which is coincidentally one year after the Harlem Shake meme went viral. This makes it plausible for unaware players to assume that Grossberg is referencing the viral dance in the time when it was relevant, unintentionally predicting the meme's popularity and ostensibly inflating the number of meme references in the English script.
Alternatively, the German translation of the game instead has Grossberg say his hemorrhoids are doing "den Ententanz", also known as the Chicken Dance, another fad dance originating from Switzerland in the 1950's.
Alternatively, the German translation of the game instead has Grossberg say his hemorrhoids are doing "den Ententanz", also known as the Chicken Dance, another fad dance originating from Switzerland in the 1950's.
Turnabout Memories (English) in-game footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yB6txqsa8#t=2160
Turnabout Memories (German) in-game footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bdrsQiSRQ#t=1148
Scans of official Ace Attorney timeline as taken from the book "Gyakuten Taizen 2001-2016" (Turnabout Encyclopedia 2001-2016):
https://aceattorney.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DeeSeF256/Gyakuten_Taizen_2001-2016_Brief_Rundown
Harlem Shake 2013 meme Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(meme)
Harlem Shake 1981 dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_shake_(dance)
Chicken Dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yB6txqsa8#t=2160
Turnabout Memories (German) in-game footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bdrsQiSRQ#t=1148
Scans of official Ace Attorney timeline as taken from the book "Gyakuten Taizen 2001-2016" (Turnabout Encyclopedia 2001-2016):
https://aceattorney.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DeeSeF256/Gyakuten_Taizen_2001-2016_Brief_Rundown
Harlem Shake 2013 meme Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(meme)
Harlem Shake 1981 dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_shake_(dance)
Chicken Dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Dance
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Unlike the rest of the game's soundtrack, the introductory music is programmed to play exclusively in mono. Despite this, it features fully functional stereo mixing, which can be enabled by forcing the game to begin with one of the three Headphone modes enabled. In this configuration, the only part of the audio to remain in mono is the Game Freak logo, which would not receive a stereo version until the Generation II titles.
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Pokémon_Yellow#Unused_Stereo_Mixing
YouTube video showing the intro with stereo mode enabled:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YupZKvxeSEI
https://tcrf.net/Pokémon_Yellow#Unused_Stereo_Mixing
YouTube video showing the intro with stereo mode enabled:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YupZKvxeSEI
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The Japanese and Korean releases radically alter the final boss theme, adding a second movement and raising the pitch of the French horn soundfont. This version of the music also changes the loop to start at the added portion rather than going back to the beginning of the song. The extent of these changes implies that the music was unfinished when the original international release came out.
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On April Fools Day, 2021, Taiko no Tatsujin's Twitter Account posted a QR Code, along with a foreboding conversation between Don-Chan and Ka-Chan. By scanning this QR Code on a compatible Arcade Cabinet, the unique song "彁" (pronounced "Ka") by composer LeaF is unlocked. A harder Hidden Oni difficulty was distributed via QR Code the next year on the same day. The song is notable for a few reasons:
• "彁" is currently the only song in the game that is unlocked through scanning a QR Code; all other Codes provide cosmetic options for Don-Chan. Likewise, the song is added to a genre folder separate from the rest of the game's music, labeled as "Hidden Data", with the subtitle translating to "That's No Good".
• The name of the song technically does not exist. "彁" is a "Ghost Character", a character that exists in Unicode, but does not anywhere else. While other Ghost Characters have some sort of explanation for their existence, "彁" has no definitive source. Its pronounciation of "Ka" was provided by LeaF herself, as the character otherwise has none.
• Upon selecting the song's Hidden Oni chart, a unique transition effect plays with glitchy effects. No other song in the game has a unique animation for going from Oni to Hidden Oni difficulty.
• The Hidden Oni Chart is considered one of the hardest songs in the series. This is attributed to a heavy utilization of multiple scrolling speeds and polyrhythmic patterns. Only one individual is known to have full comboed it when it first debuted.
• "彁" is currently the only song in the game that is unlocked through scanning a QR Code; all other Codes provide cosmetic options for Don-Chan. Likewise, the song is added to a genre folder separate from the rest of the game's music, labeled as "Hidden Data", with the subtitle translating to "That's No Good".
• The name of the song technically does not exist. "彁" is a "Ghost Character", a character that exists in Unicode, but does not anywhere else. While other Ghost Characters have some sort of explanation for their existence, "彁" has no definitive source. Its pronounciation of "Ka" was provided by LeaF herself, as the character otherwise has none.
• Upon selecting the song's Hidden Oni chart, a unique transition effect plays with glitchy effects. No other song in the game has a unique animation for going from Oni to Hidden Oni difficulty.
• The Hidden Oni Chart is considered one of the hardest songs in the series. This is attributed to a heavy utilization of multiple scrolling speeds and polyrhythmic patterns. Only one individual is known to have full comboed it when it first debuted.
YouTube video explaining the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky73qsfqYes
Article on April Fools 2021:
https://taikotime.blogspot.com/2021/04/acn-quality-romp-down-april-rabbit-hole.html
Article on April Fools 2022:
https://taikotime.blogspot.com/2022/04/taiko-no-tatsujin-fools-in-april-2022.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky73qsfqYes
Article on April Fools 2021:
https://taikotime.blogspot.com/2021/04/acn-quality-romp-down-april-rabbit-hole.html
Article on April Fools 2022:
https://taikotime.blogspot.com/2022/04/taiko-no-tatsujin-fools-in-april-2022.html
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Golden Plains was another of Krystal's stages in Dinosaur Planet that was cut in the transition to Star Fox Adventures. It was an open desert area that Krystal and Kyte would have to trek through in order to reach the Desert Force Point Temple. It would be home to other interests, such as the spell page for the Portal ability required to open the way into the Desert Force Point, another jetbike race, and as well as Krystal's final Krazoa shrine test, the Test of Knowledge. Golden Plains featured a unique mechanic in that Krystal would take damage by vising this area during the day because of the extreme heat, hence why the SpellStone guardian previously encountered at CloudRunner Fortress (who appears in Star Fox Adventures under the name of "Gradabug") warns her to instead travel at night when the sun is gone.
Golden Plains was removed in the final Star Fox Adventures, but some of its elements would remain: the Desert Force Point Temple was reworked into the Ocean Force Point Temple and would be now accessed through Cape Claw. The Ocean Force Point would even inherent Golden Plain's original background music. The Test of Knowledge would be moved over to the top of the temple in the Walled City and fittingly enough would be Fox's final true Krazoa test, although one more was planned in place of the General Scales "boss fight" in Krazoa Palace.
Dinosaur Planet - Golden Plains:
https://youtu.be/oz9q086xjTc?t=10
Dinosaur Planet - Test of Knowledge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6tvLPYnNwI&t=146s
https://youtu.be/oz9q086xjTc?t=10
Dinosaur Planet - Test of Knowledge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6tvLPYnNwI&t=146s
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One of Krystal's many areas from Dinosaur Planet that got scrapped in the transition to Star Fox Adventures was Discovery Falls, which consisted of a massive series of waterfalls and hidden caves. This was the first area that Krystal was meant to visit after rescuing Princess Kyte from the SharpClaw within Cape Claw, and was also home to her first Krazoa shrine test, the Test of Combat. Other notable characters encountered here include a member of the HighTop tribe (a race of sauropods), a friendly SharpClaw that teaches Krystal the Foodbag mechanic, and a mysterious mole creature that Krystal must feed in order to to help her dig additional tunnels within one of the caverns. This mole creature, internally referred to as "DFmole" in the game files, has been affectionately named "Capy" (short for "capybara") by some within the Dinosaur Planet community. This area was also where Krystal would eventually acquire an artifact of the Krazoa that would let her access more areas previously barred off in Cape Claw.As mentioned before, this area would be scrapped entirely in the final Star Fox Adventures game, but some elements of it would live on elsewhere, namely the Test of Combat (which now exists in Moon Mountain Pass, fittingly as Fox's first test) and its background music, which now plays in Cape Claw, and was also remixed in romantic saxophone form as Krystal's theme.
Dinosaur Planet condensed story:
https://rarethief.com/dinosaur-planet/
Dinosaur Planet - Discovery Falls:
https://youtu.be/cf2c8VII3sA?t=1
https://youtu.be/MVV-DQa9HOY?t=162
Star Fox Adventures - Fox partaking in the Test of Combat in Moon Mountain Pass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8D-goTwpVc
https://rarethief.com/dinosaur-planet/
Dinosaur Planet - Discovery Falls:
https://youtu.be/cf2c8VII3sA?t=1
https://youtu.be/MVV-DQa9HOY?t=162
Star Fox Adventures - Fox partaking in the Test of Combat in Moon Mountain Pass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8D-goTwpVc
subdirectory_arrow_right PaRappa the Rapper (Franchise)
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During the mission "Initiation 4" (also known as "We Sing"), Alan goes through a surreal set while his psyche Mr. Door and other characters sing "Herald of Darkness", a musical summarizing Alan's story up to that point. Notably, the music for this sequence was provided by Poets of the Fall as the fictional band "The Old Gods of Asgard". According to director Sam Lake, the idea was inspired by both the first Alan Wake's concert standoff and the Ashtray Maze level from Control, both of which were set to Poets of the Fall's music. Lake knew that both Michael Porretta and David Harewood (the actors behind Alan Wake and Mr. Door, respectively) could sing, and Poets of the Fall helped with the choreography.
During development, however, developers questioned the need of the musical sequence due to both the strangeness of the sequence in a horror game and the difficulties that came with pulling it off. Despite this, Lake insisted that the sequence be kept. The sequence proved to be highly popular, so much so that "Herald of Darkness" was performed live at The Game Awards 2023 by Poets of the Fall, with Ikka Villi, Matthew Porretta, David Harewood, and Sam Lake all reprising their roles from the game during the performance.
During development, however, developers questioned the need of the musical sequence due to both the strangeness of the sequence in a horror game and the difficulties that came with pulling it off. Despite this, Lake insisted that the sequence be kept. The sequence proved to be highly popular, so much so that "Herald of Darkness" was performed live at The Game Awards 2023 by Poets of the Fall, with Ikka Villi, Matthew Porretta, David Harewood, and Sam Lake all reprising their roles from the game during the performance.
Article about the sequence:
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/23935450/alan-wake-2-we-sing-flare-gun-talkshow
Development details:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/alan-wake-2s-best-scene-was-nearly-cut-from-the-game-sam-lake-reveals/1100-6518924/
The Game Awards 2023:
https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23992657/musical-guest-alan-wake-2-old-gods-of-asgard
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/23935450/alan-wake-2-we-sing-flare-gun-talkshow
Development details:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/alan-wake-2s-best-scene-was-nearly-cut-from-the-game-sam-lake-reveals/1100-6518924/
The Game Awards 2023:
https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23992657/musical-guest-alan-wake-2-old-gods-of-asgard
subdirectory_arrow_right Dinosaur Planet (Game)
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In the E3 2002 Kiosk version of Star Fox Adventures, CloudRunner Fortress contains a handful of elements from the Dinosaur Planet version that got scrapped in the final game, some of these being:• The level is set on a stormy night in this version of the game, just like in Dinosaur Planet. The weather changes to daytime in the later areas of the fortress after Fox is captured.
• Certain sections of the stage use the "Sound Test 09" and "Sound Test 28" music tracks which go unused in the final version of Star Fox Adventures outside of the jukebox. Both music tracks were originally composed for Dinosaur Planet, and one of which is played while Krystal makes her approach into its version of CloudRunner Fortress.
• Interactive Krazoa-pattern-framed info screens appear throughout the fortress, which are also in the N64 version. In Dinosaur Planet, these info screens would provide advice and also occasional lore, one of which mentioning the Kamerian Dragon, which the CloudRunners thank for providing their wealth.
Curiously, the demo contains an unused map of the interior of General Scales' galleon separate from the one used during the intro. Its internal name is "insidegal"; Dinosaur Planet also has this map and it can be visited while the galleon is docked at the back of CloudRunner Frotress, so it's possible General Scales' galleon was at one point planned to appear here in Adventures, too. Hidden warp zone objects exist floating where the lower deck doors would be positioned if the ship was docked there, even in the retail version.
Dinosaur Planet CloudRunner Fortress footage:
https://youtu.be/HWZvhC_qKss?t=378
https://youtu.be/MEWGNBGf6CI?t=253
E3 2002 kiosk version of CloudRunner Fortress:
https://youtu.be/V_VXgGItIIU?list=PLomVB6kf6CCPD3sMrd1_Cd_34yhZUZu7J&t=2604
https://youtu.be/u8AR70WOTnY?list=PLomVB6kf6CCPD3sMrd1_Cd_34yhZUZu7J&t=65
Cut SFA music tracks that were originally composed for DP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDJjGjrcvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYuiTl4fwT8
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Star_Fox_Adventures/E3_2002_Demo#CloudRunner_Fortress
https://youtu.be/HWZvhC_qKss?t=378
https://youtu.be/MEWGNBGf6CI?t=253
E3 2002 kiosk version of CloudRunner Fortress:
https://youtu.be/V_VXgGItIIU?list=PLomVB6kf6CCPD3sMrd1_Cd_34yhZUZu7J&t=2604
https://youtu.be/u8AR70WOTnY?list=PLomVB6kf6CCPD3sMrd1_Cd_34yhZUZu7J&t=65
Cut SFA music tracks that were originally composed for DP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDJjGjrcvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYuiTl4fwT8
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Star_Fox_Adventures/E3_2002_Demo#CloudRunner_Fortress
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Mafia: Definitive Edition features two radio stations that can be played while driving vehicles, but when putting on a song, the quality will be lower and muffled and take a few seconds to be at full quality. This was to reference the technology of the 1930's when the game is set in, where most radios were made with vacuum tubes or valves and would take time to warm up for sound to properly be carried.