Favorite Tunes #155: Tide Goes Out

I didn't intend for this to be a Nintendo themed Favorite Tunes originally but as I was making the list, that's the direction it took so I decided to roll with it. We've got music from two Kirby entries, a game that never made it outside of Japan, a gone but not forgotten series and Splatoon.

Rainbow Resort - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Wii U)

Rainbow Resort has been a Kirby theme I've held near and dear ever since I heard it way back in 1993. One of the best things about Rainbow Curse is all the unlockable remixed music from numerous Kirby games. The Rainbow Resort remix is vastly different from what you might expect. It's rock based but still keeps that soothing feel of the original.

Staff Roll - Famicom Detective Club Part II (SNES)

Originally released only in Japan, the second Part of Famicom Detective Club was ported over to the Super Famicom with a graphical and audio overhaul. The music was already fine to begin with, but the SNES gave it an added punch. The bass guitar is far more pronounced in the SNES version and that electric guitar is killin' it.

Arabic - Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)

I just resumed playing this game after not having touched it in a over a month for some strange reason. I left off at the beginning of the token desert world and was greeted by this super lively Arabian-themed tune. Granted Kirby has had a history of have some truly exceptional desert music in his games (Air Ride, Return to Dream Land) but this arguably tops them. It's hard to really appreciate how grand this theme is when playing the game without a set of headphones on.

Grasp Power!- 1080 Snowboarding (N64)

I love how critics and detractors give Nintendo flack for having only a handful or franchises. In truth, Nintendo has a ton of franchises. Sadly, they don't do much or anything with most of them. Take 1080 for example. The last 1080 game we had was Avalanche on the GCN and it wasn't nearly received as well as the first game. Listening to more of 1080's music not only makes me wish more music from the series had been featured in Super Smash Bros., but for Nintendo to bring the series back.

All-Star Rest Area - Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U (3DS, Wii U)

What is this? Music from the Super Smash Bros. games being featured for the umpteenth time? Who could have seen that coming? In all seriousness, Each entry in the Smash series gives us even more music than the previous games. Brawl's soundtrack was huge but Smash 4 makes it seem tiny in comparison. Even when you don't include reused songs, Smash 4 has a lot of original tunes. Nothing like relaxing after a hard fought battle in All-Star mode. Which I still need to clear with all the characters.

Tide Goes Out - Splatoon (Wii U)

To all those people that said "The next Splatfest should be Callie vs. Marie," congrats! You got your wish! Annnnd it was the last Splatfest. I guess all good things really do come to an end. The final Splatfest was a blast. Splatfest may be no more but Splatoon goes on and the game's beats are still stuck in my head. Nintendo was even kind enough to give us two new songs from the Squid Sisters. Well, if you picked up the Callie and Marie amiibos, you get them.

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Downloads #19

Have I been flooding the blog with too many Mega Man posts? You'll have to forgive me for that. It is little boy blue's 25th anniversary and all and with him being one of my favorite video game characters, well, I can't help but celebrate. But I'm taking a break from the festivities in this post to tell you about my latest downloads. The Mega Man posts will resume shortly.

1080 Snowboarding (N64)

I picked up a copy of 1080 Snowboarding in the early 2000s. I've never stepped on a snowboard in my life but all the good things I heard about this game prompted me to pick it up. I never did play much of it and this was mostly due to the steep learning curve with the controls. This game takes a lot of practice to get down and I never really committed myself to doing so. But Club Nintendo currently has the game for 150 coins until January 6. Despite doing poorly at the game all those years ago, I'd like to give it another shot and 150 coins beats 1000 Wii points.

Mario Party 2 (N64)

1080 Snowboarding was originally the only game I was going to mention but in the middle of making this post, I went to Club Nintendo's website and saw some more games going for 150 coins, Mario Party 2 being among them. I never did play any Mario Party beyond the original. Though I loved the first one, I was one of the many (along with my friends) that suffered from blisters on his hands from rotating the control stick in the mini games. I'm guessing that for this reason, the original Mario Party won't being seeing the light of day on the Virtual Console. I figured my nieces would want to play Mario Party 2, but I've always been wanting to get back into the series so yeah, I got the game for myself, too.