AverageOliver98

Fun Fact: Playing a guitar or ukulele deep in the woods helps prevent attacks from a land bass. It may however attract Yoshies that are incredible at Mario Kart.

The first game is great, but I enjoy Mega Man X2 more.

We may have gone out on this quest without any funds, but the kindness of fellow VGS members will make sure it will not end because of it.

With today's special guest, Jeevan!

And it begins.

Quick Note: The description for Day 24 has been altered slightly. Also a quick @ing to previous participants: @PII @Gaia Gensouki @0xDEAFC0DE @rdrunner @AstralSoul @koifish @ookii_risu @Jeevan @TriHart

The 2nd thing: To just share some of your favorite video game tunes that fit the days category.

AO98's 31-Day VGMC 3 Challenge List Hard Difficulty Day 1 (Introduction): Zero Wing - Introduction (Part 1) - 1991 Day 2 (Title Screen): Hollow Knight - Main Theme - 2017 Day 3 (Stage Select): Thunder Force III - Beyond the Peace - 1990 (1 Game Reused, 4 Remain) Day 4 (Heroic): Kirby's Return to Dreamland - The Adventure Begins - 2011 Day 5 (Forest/Jungle): Devil Engine - Crafted Beasts - 2019 (2 Games Reused, 3 Remain) Day 6 (Music You Like, Game You Don't): Odallus: The Dark Call - Aqueducts 1 - 2015 Day 7 (Rock): Sonic Adventure 2 - That's The Way I Like It (Metal Harbor) - 2001 Day 8 (Educational): Arthur's Camping Adventure - Main Theme - 2000 (The only "educational" games I remember playing as a kid were this and 'Mario is Missing' for NES) Day 9 (Since 2010): Kirby Star Allies - Prayer Song to God - 2018 Day 10 (Underrated): Super Spy Hunter - Stages 1 & 4 (Part 1) - 1991 Day 11 (On the Open Seas/Skies): Kick Master - Stage 5 - 1992 Day 12 (Never Played): Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood - 2002 Day 13 (Unreleased): Hero Quest - Title Screen - N/A Day 14 (Ambient/Calming): Pikmin 3 - Garden of Hope (Morning) - 2013 Day 15 (Boss Battle): Naval Ops: Commander - Wirbelwind Theme - 2002 (Why is this the theme of the first boss?) Day 16 (Evil): Earthbound - Pokey Means Business - 1994 Day 17 (Medley): Elemental Master - "Brother" by Megalixir - 1990/2020 (Honorable Mention: "Rockman 6 Non-Stop Remix Medley" by Max Vegetable) Day 18 (Get Pumped): Mega Man 9 - Flash in the Dark - 2008 Day 19 (Modern Retro): Cyber Shadow - Mekacity Ruins Underground - 2021 Day 20 (Snow/Ice): Hebereke/U-Fouria: The Saga - Slippery Slope - 1991 Day 21 (Follin Bros): Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos - Intro - 1990 Day 22 (Similar/Inspired): Mega Man X3 - Neon Tiger - 1995 (Inspired by/Similar to: My Michelle - Guns N' Roses) Day 23 (Chaotic/High-Energy): The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner - World Theme - 1987 Day 24 (Sega Exclusive): Mega Man: The Wily Wars - Wily Tower 1 - 1994 Day 25 (SiivaGunner): Super Mario 64 - Ultimate Koopa - 1996/2016 (TerminalMontage makes funny things) Day 26 (Classical): Gokujou Parodius/ Fantastic Journey - The Cat Battleship Forever - 1994 (Original Song: The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa - 1896) Day 27 (Outer Space): Thunder Force AC - Stage 4 - 1990 (Bonus: Arrangement from Thunder Force IV - "Omake 2") Day 28 (Final Area): Super Paper Mario - Castle Bleck - 2007 Day 29 (Final Boss): Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Zero Two - 2000 Day 30 (Ending/Credits): Thunder Force V - Last Letter - 1997 (Bonus: Broken Thunder Arrangement)

DAY EXPLANATION, SERIES/FRANCHISE DIFFERENTIATION, AND Q&A Transcribed Day Chart and Explanations/Clarification If Needed Day 1 - Introduction/Prologue - Plays Before or After Title Screen Day 2 - Title Screen Day 3 - Menu/Stage Select Day 4 - Heroic Day 5 - Forest/Jungle Area Day 6 - Music from a Game You Don't Like Day 7 - Rock Music Day 8 - Educational Games Day 9 - Games Made Since January 2010 Day 10 - Underrated Music Day 11 - On the Open Seas/Skies - Boat/Airship Areas Day 12 - Music from a Game That You Never Played Day 13 - Prototype/Scrapped/Unreleased Music - Different arrangement compared to Final Game, Hidden in Sound Test, Game Never Released Day 14 - Ambient/Calming Day 15 - Boss Battle Day 16 - Evil Day 17 - Medley - If not all songs in the medley are from the same game, just list the game that has its song featured the most. Day 18 - Music That Gets You Pumped Day 19 - Modern Retro - Music from Officially Licensed Games for Modern Platforms (7th Console Gen and Forward) with Clear Retro Influence (5th Console Gen and back) Day 20 - Ice/Snow Themed Area Day 21 - Super Follin Bros. - Music composed by Tim or Geoff Follin Day 22 - Music Using Samples/Heavily Inspired By/Sounds Very Similar to Other Song - ie; Sonic CD's JPN Boss Theme(samples "Work That Sucker to Death" by Xavier) or Pictionary's Mini Game Theme 1(Inspired by "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen) Day 23 - Chaotic/High Energy Music Day 24 - Sega Exclusive - A game that could only be found on a Sega System for at least a year. May originally have been a Sega published Arcade release. Day 25 - SiivaGunner Remixes - Find Something from this YouTube Channel. Day 26: Opera/Classical Music - For Classical Music, The Original Song(s) used should have been composed before the year 1900 Day 27 - Outer Space Area Day 28 - Final Stage/Area Day 29 - Final Boss Day 30 - Credits/Ending/Epilogue Day 31 - Your Best of "31-Day VGMC 3" List - Create a New List Using Songs from the Other Participants SERIES VS FRANCHISE Affects Custom, Maniac, and Lunatic Difficulty Participants So any game and its sequels(if there are any) can be considered both a series and a franchise. In order for a 'spin off' to be considered its own series, there should be at least 3 titles to make up that series. Or if there are 3 games unrelated to the 'main series', but are not similar to each other, that can warrant a 'Spin Off' series. The Final Fantasy Franchise Main Series(1, 4, 7, 12, 14) Tactics Series(PS1, Advance, A2) Crystal Chronicles Series(Original, Ring of Fates, The Crystal Bearers) Chocobo Series(Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Chocobo Racing, FFF: Chocobo Tales) Dissidia Series(Original, 012, NT) Spin Offs(Mystic Quest(SNES), 4 Heroes of Light, World of Final Fantasy) The SaGa Series/Franchise(Final Fantasy Legend 1, 2, and 3 are part of this series despite the name change for the US). The Kirby Franchise Main Series(Adventure, Squeak Squad, Triple Deluxe) Spin Offs(Pinball Land, Star Stacker, Tilt 'n' Tumble) The Metroid Franchise Main Series(Original, Super, Fusion) Prime(1, 2, 3) Prime Spin Offs(Pinball, Hunters, Federation Force) And to potentially help someone out: the Donkey Kong (Country, Jungle Beat, Barrel Blast), Yoshi (Island, Story, Touch & Go), and Wario (Land, World, WarioWare) games would be considered their own franchises, not part of the Mario franchise. Hopefully, this helps with the differentiation of what is considered a series and/or a franchise. From this point on, I'll leave it up to judgement's of "The Brave Few" to make the best call of whats what. Q&A @Gaia Gensouki asks: I have a question regarding the distinction between series and franchise. Let's imagine something such as Final Fantasy. Does something like Final Fantasy Tactics/Crystal Chronicles/Legend or Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon etc. belong to the same series or the franchise? Where exactly do you draw the line? Please check the section above this. @Hammerfestus asks: What do you do? So starting March 1st, you look at the chart/list of whatever day it is(so Day 1), find a video game track on You Tube that would fit the category for that day(Title Screen), then link it back in your list post here. You keep doing this for the remainder of the days and... yeah. PARTICIPANTS AND THE ORDER THEY APPEAR IN Page 1 AverageOliver98 fox Sumez Aguy ZeldaFreak nesmaster14 sp1nz AstralSoul rdrunner acromite53 tigerwolf OxDEAFC0DE Page 2 PII koifish

Spring(or Fall) is almost here and with it... THE 31-DAY VIDEO GAME MUSIC CHALLENGE 3 !!! Guidelines/Rules The current day in March corresponds with the day listed above (ie: March 5th is Day 5). When making your list (Day 1 through 30), please confine it to a single post and edit it as the days go on. And when linking the song videos, make sure they are text links, not in-thread videos. Day 31 will be an exception as it will be an entirely separate list. If you would like to participate, but are worried that you might not be able remember to keep updating your list, you can just post it ahead of time and keep the days that haven't passed hidden with a spoiler(On or After March 1st). Please mention which Difficulty you want to try and use for your list. The choices available are: Custom Make Your Own Rules/Guidelines (That user who suggested "Ultra Lunatic", have fun. Easy Multiple Tracks from the Same Game Returning Participants: 5 Tracks from Previous List Allowed 15 Games from Previous List Allowed Normal 2 Tracks from the Same Game at Most Returning Participants: 1 Track from the Previous List Allowed 10 Games from Previous List Allowed Hard 1 Track Per Game Returning Participants: No Tracks from the Previous List Allowed 5 Games from Previous List Allowed Maniac 1 Track Per Series Returning Participants: No Tracks from the Previous List Allowed 1 Game from Previous List Allowed Lunatic 1 Track Per Franchise Returning Participants: No Tracks or Games from Previous List Allowed(DOES NOT INCLUDE SERIES/FRANCHISES) IN REGARDS TO 3RD TIME PARTICIPANTS: Any games from your 1st list (June 2020) are no longer restricted UNLESS you used a game from there on your 2nd list (October 2020), then it would fall under the rules above. Even though this won't start until the 1st, feel free to reserve your post spot ahead of time(if you would like to do so). If you have any questions about anything, just ask. Any questions will be answered in the post below this one, along with some clarifications for some days. With that out of the way, let the fun begin... on March 1st! ... it's March 1st so you can start now.

Happy Birthday to both @speeddemon and @Tulpa. Hope you both have a great day! Also take a listen to, IMO, some awesome music.

The problem I had was that I couldn't watch the Twitch stream because it would just keep buffering. I don't know if you have to have a Twitch account in order to have different stream quality options, but my only options were '720p' (which my Internet will never handle) or 'Auto'(which wasn't any better then 720). I was still able to join in on 'Guesspionage' and 'Drawful' (the first two rounds done) but without the stream, its nearly impossible to play(Drawful more so then Guesspionage). Aside from that, I did enjoy what little I played and heard. And the next time Smash Bros or Mario Kart comes up, I'd love to join in. Out of curiosity, how would everyone feel about "*insert game title* Race" being an option? You know, picking a game of 1-3 hours in length, everyone trying to beat the game before anyone else/get the best time. Possible games being something like Mario 1/2/3(warpless), Mega Man 1-6, Kirby's Adventure, Sonic 1/2/3, Super Metroid(maybe Randomizer).

You gotta use a spinner to determine whether or not a poll is needed to gauge interest in using a spinner. In all seriousness though, the spinner is fine.

Fibbage (any of them), Quiplash (any of them), and Drawful (along with the other DRAWING GAME variations) are fun, but I'd be up for anything.

The post-person stopped by early this morning and guess what they brought: (If you were guessing a good camera... you were wrong) Thank you very much to whoever was my Secret Santa! I saw Little Medusa a few years back and I've always been curious about it. Also, thanks to @SNESNESCUBE64 for running this years Secret Santa. And to the person I was Secret Santa to: I'm glad you liked/loved your gifts.

Thank you to those who participated and I wish you all a Merry Christmas* and a Happy New Year! *or a Happy Holiday, for those who don't celebrate Christmas

Is it... THIS MAN? Seriously though, is it @Jeevan? (First staff member to come to mind)

Question concerning the 3rd "31-Day VGMC": Would any of you that are planning to participate like to have your avatar be included as characters for the daily banners?

6>3>5>11>9>7>10>4>2>1 (haven't played 8 yet) I'll try my best to explain why Mega Man 6 is my favorite: The theme of the game being a 'World Tour' is pretty cool, resulting in visually striking stages and the accompanying Robot Masters are my favorite designed bunch. Stages with branching paths are more plentiful here(Cossack 4 from MM4 was the first I believe) and design like that is always welcome. I like the Rush Adapters more then Rush Coil and Jet. Most of the weapons from the Robot Masters pack quite a punch and the ones that don't make up for it in creative ways. Also, Beat the Bird is overpowered. (If the games code was altered to have Beat attack bosses, you'd essentially have an "instant win" button.) The music is great and Flame Man's theme is my personal favorite track from the series.

This sounds like fun. NES Darkwing Duck Little Medusa Gameboy Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Parasol Stars Super Mario Land Super Mario Land 2 Sega Genesis Gleylancer SNES Darius Twin Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country 2 Mega Man 7 Yoshi's Island PS1 Mega Man 8 Mega Man X4 Mega Man X5 Gamecube Super Mario Sunshine Wii Epic Mickey Mega Man 10 Muramasa the Demon Blade Rodea the Sky Soldier Zack and Wiki Wii U Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams Tokyo Mirage Session #FE Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Cave Story+ Cyber Shadow - Beaten January 28th, 2021 Note: It is possible to get killed after beating a boss and you will have to re-fight the boss(Including the Final Boss). Hollow Knight - Beaten January 9th, 2021 Shantae: Risky's Revenge Timespinner Xenoblade Chronicles Xenoblade Chronicles 2

I don't know why, but I wasn't expecting you to have done Violen too. Still amazing work as usual, Casual.

No pun intended, this is my pick for the coolest one you've done so far. I will also recommend that you play X2 (Note: This is coming from someone who loves X2 more then any other game in the series).