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And so it begins.

31-Day Video Game Music Challenge II - Hard Difficulty Day 1 - Title Screen: Jagd Flieger - Herzog Zwei - 1989 Day 2 - Desert Area: Scorching Dunes - Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - 2014 Runner Up: Sand Hell - Thunder Force IV (No returning TF4 just yet) Day 3 - Nintendo Exclusive: Taking Over the Halberd - Kirby Super Star - 1996 Day 4 - Game Made Since 2010: Underworld 2 - Blaster Master Zero - 2017 Day 5 - Jazz: Bushroot's Forest - Darkwing Duck - 1992 Day 6 - Underground Area: Lion Heart - Gimmick! - 1992 Day 7 - Indoor Area: Laser Lab - Mega Man X5 - 2000 Day 8 - 8-Bit: Scrap Brain Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - 1991 Day 9 - Arranged/Remixed: Battle 2 - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (Arranged by Stone McKnuckle, Original by Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami) - 2020/1992 Runner Up: Supremacy - Arranged by SIDNIFY, Original by Jeroen Tel - 2017/1991 Day 10 - Water Area: The Grubby Dark Blue - Thunder Force III - 1990 (1 Game Reused, 4 Remain) Day 11 - Funny: Chu Chu Polka - Sexy Parodius - 1996 Runner Up: Anything Else from 'Sexy Parodius' Day 12 - I Hate It: Full Throttle - Thunder Force VI - 2008 Day 13 - Sports Game: Main Theme - Wii Sports Resort - 2009 (BOWLING IS TECHNICALLY A SPORT... ALSO THE ONLY OTHER SPORTS TITLE I CAN REMEMBER PLAYING IS "MARIO SUPER SLUGGERS"... THE MUSIC ISN'T REALLY MEMORABLE) Day 14 - Boss Battle: Crisis - Summer Carnival '92 Recca - 1992 Day 15 - Stage Clear/Victory: End of Chapter - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - 2004 Day 16 - 16-Bit(plus Neo Geo and 32X): Seascape - Knuckles' Chaotix - 1995 Day 17 - Sky Area: Stage 3 - Alisia Dragoon - 1992 (2 Games Reused, 3 Remain) Day 18 - Arcade: The 4-Heroes - Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - 1993 (Almost used a remix of "Like a Squall" (also from C's&D's) for Day 9) Day 19 - Inspired By/Sounds Similar: Luxurious Overture - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 2019 The Similarly Sounding Song: The first 10-12 seconds of "The Justice Ray Part 2" - Thunder Force V - 1997 (If it doesn't sound similar then that means I'm just crazy ) Day 20 - Sega Exclusive: Tidal Surge - Vectorman - 1995 Day 21 - Fighting Game: Invisible Full Moon - Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - 2008 Day 22 - Ambient: Golden - Celeste - 2018 Day 23 - Industrial: Of Devious Machinations - Shovel Knight - 2014 Day 24 - 32/64 Bit Era: Chaos Breaker - Blast Wind - 1997 Day 25 - Techno(?): Laboratory - Shantae and the Seven Sirens - 2020 (I don't really know what is considered techno so I'm just winging it) Day 26 - Fire/Volcano Area: Chains of Fire - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 - 2020 Day 27 - Scary/Startling: Guardian Battle - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 2017 (I'm not a fan of Horror games so this was pretty hard for me. And then I remembered my first time hearing this. 3 years later, this isn't really scary or startling, but its the only thing I can remember that fits for today.) (Also, 3 Games Reused, 2 Remain) Day 28 - Final Boss: Immortal Abstract - Devil Engine - 2019 Day 29 - Ending/Epilogue: Ending - Mega Man V - 1994 Day 30 - Credits: Stand Up Against Myself - Thunder Force IV - 1992 (Here, have a remix too) (also, 4 Games Reused, 1 Remained)

DAY EXPLANATION, SERIES/FRANCHISE DIFFERENTIATION, AND Q&A Transcribed Day Chart and Explanations If Needed Day 1 - Title Screen Day 2 - Desert Area Day 3 - Nintendo Exclusive - The game must have only been available on a Nintendo console for at least 1 year since it originally released. Day 4 - Game from Last Decade Day 5 - Jazz Day 6 - Underground Area Day 7 - Indoor Area Day 8 - 8-Bit Music Day 9 - Arranged, Covered, or Remixed Day 10 - Water Area Day 11 - Funny/Hilarious - As long as you associate it with humor of some sort, it'll work. Day 12 - Awful/Hated Music Day 13 - Sports Game Day 14 - Boss Battle Day 15 - Victory/Stage Clear Day 16 - 16-Bit - Including Neo Geo and Sega 32X Day 17 - Sky Area Day 18 - Arcade Game - Must be from the Arcade Version if Home Console Ports Exist Day 19 - Music Using Samples/Heavily Inspired by/ Sounds Very Similar to Other Song - IE: Sonic CD's JPN Boss Track(samples 'Work That Sucker to Death' by Xavier) or NES Pictionary's Mini Game Theme 1(sounds similar to "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen) Day 20 - Sega Exclusive - The game must have only been available on a Sega console for at least 1 year since it originally released. Day 21 - Fighting Game Day 22 - Ambient Music Day 23 - Industrial/Mechanical Area Day 24 - 32/64-Bit Era Music Day 25 - Techno Day 26 - Fire/Volcano Area Day 27 - Scary/Startling - As long as you associate it with you being scared/startled, it'll work. Day 28 - Final Boss Day 29 - Ending/Epilogue Day 30 - Credits Day 31 - Create a New List Using Songs from the Other Participants - Take your favorites of the other participants(as long as you did not use the same song too) and compile them into a brand new list. Your difficulty selection doesn't need to be enforced here, just pick your favorites. 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 October 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. Here's a link to the first challenge that was done back in June.

The sequel some of you have been waiting about 3 months for, its almost time to begin the... Guidelines/Rules The current day in October corresponds with the day listed above (ie: October 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(On or After October 1st). Please mention which Difficulty you want to try and use for your list. The choices available are: Free Play/Custom Make Your Own Rules 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) 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 Oct. 1st! Wait... it's October 1st? LET THE FUN BEGIN!!!

Most First/Third Person Shooters Ratchet and Clank Halo Animal Crossing Madden and every other sports series from EA

Saturn

Game Gear

City Slickers?

Mr. Wunderful?

Modded SNES Classic?

Hamburger Helper?

Dr. strangelove A Clowork Orange

I'm in.

Kirby's Return to Dreamland on Wii. I would also say Kirby's Epic Yarn, but unless you want to 100% it, its too easy.

I'm going to have to skip some letters because I haven't played that many NES games. 3-D World Runner Adventures of Lolo Battleship Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Darkwing Duck Earthbound Beginnings Gimmick Hebereke Journey to Silius Kirby's Adventure Legend of Zelda Mega Man 6 Ninja Gaiden Pac-Man Recca Super Mario Bros 3 TMNT III: The Manhattan Project Yoshi's Cookies

As of 07/06/2020, the first 9 confirmed categories for The 30 Day VGM Challenge Strikes Back will be: Title Screen 8-Bit Remix/Arrangement/Cover Boss Battle Stage Clear/ Victory 16 Bit (plus Neo Geo and 32X) 32/64 Bit (3DO, Jaguar, Saturn, PS1, N64) Final Boss Credits The remaining 21 categories will be randomly picked from the list below: Unsettling/Creepy Startling/Scary - Horror/Jumpscare Water Level Educational Awful Music/Music You Hate Sports Game Fire/Lava Themed Ice/Snow Themed Unfinished/Scrapped/Prototype Music - Game Never Officially Released, Never Put to Use in Game, Different Arrangement from Earlier in Development Fighting Game Menus/Stage Select Arcade - No Home Conversions. (ex; NES 'Contra', SNES 'Turtles in Time', Genesis 'Altered Beast') Mini/Bonus Game Outer Space Strange/Weird Cave/Underground/Mines Forest/Jungle/Swamp Sky/Airborne Epic/Grand Farming/Gardening Games Made Since January 01, 2010 Chaotic Happy Defeating Heavy Metal Rock & Roll Jazz Techno Country/Western Heroic Evil Computer Games(Pre 2003) Unlicensed Games Music Using Samples/Inspired by other Songs (ie: Sonic 3 "Ice Cap", Pictionary "Mini Game Theme 1") Ported/Reworked Music - ie: NES Music Ported/Reworked for the SNES, ('Super Mario All Stars', 'Ninja Gaiden Trilogy') or Sonic Generations Act 1/2's and Boss Tracks Ending/Epilogue Final Stage/Area Dungeon Introduction/Prologue Cult Classics Spin Offs Reboots/Remakes Funny/Hilarious Sewers Ruins/Temple The Great Indoors Name Entry/High Score Screen Grass Lands Desert Mechanical/Factory Ambient Nintendo Exclusive - For at least 1 Year PlayStation Exclusive - For at Least 1 Year Sega Exclusive - For at Least 1 Year Acapella I will hand pick some should similar topics both get picked (ex; Startling/Scary and Unsettling/Creepy). All leftovers(along with popular List 1 categories) will be set aside for the eventual 3rd VGM Challenge. Just to be on the safe side, if 2 or more users can agree that a category shouldn't be on this pick list, that category will be removed(say something before 12:00 AM VGS Time on July 11th).

So far, for the "30-Day VGM Challenge 2", six categories will definitely be pulled over from this one, those being: Title Screen 8-Bit Boss Battle 16 Bit (Now Including Neo Geo and Sega 32X) Final Boss Credits There were about 4 more that I would like to pull over, but thought that you guys should have a voice in whether or not they should be included. Cover/Arranged/Remixed Licensed Indie Calming Also if you feel like another category from this list should be brought over to "Challenge 2" that isn't listed above, you can vote to bring it over as well. The ones that aren't currently going to be included (unless voted on) are: Console Exclusive Series(Even if Voted to be brought back, it will not. Why? Because "Mario Bros" and "SegaSonic the Hedgehog".) Sad Hub/Overworld Shooter Puzzle Music You Like From a Game You Don't Music with Vocals Never Tiring Racing Frustration Town/Village Underrated Stuck in Head Music that Gets You Pumped Music from a Game You Never Played Handheld Nostalgic RPG Battle Game Over Opening Level And as for new ideas, these are the ones that some of the participants and I have come up with so far: 32/64 Bit Era (Saturn, PS1, N64, 3DO, Jaguar) Unsettling/Creepy Water Level Educational Awful Music/Music You Hate Sports Game Fire/Extreme Heat Themed Ice/Cold Themed Unfinished/Scrapped/Prototype Music (Game Never Officially Released, Never Put to Use in Game, Different Arrangement from Earlier in Development) Fighting Game Menus/Stage Select Arcade (No Home Conversions. ie; NES 'Contra', SNES 'Turtles in Time', Genesis 'Altered Beast'.) Mini/Bonus Game Outer Space Strange If you see a category that should be on here but currently is not, or if it shouldn't be here, please say something . There are 15 listed up above, but I would like to reach at least 30 ideas in total so I can toss them in a random name picker for choosing the remaining day slots. I also thought that there should be more varied difficulty options. Freeplay Must Fit Category and Must Be From Game Multiple Tracks from the Same Game Previous Participants: Reuse as many songs from Challenge 1 as you like Easy Multiple Tracks from the Same Game 5 Tracks from Previous List Allowed 15 Games from Previous List Allowed Normal 2 Tracks from the Same Game Only 1 Track from the Previous List Allowed 10 Games from Previous List Allowed Hard 1 Track Per Game No Tracks from the Previous List Allowed 5 Games from Previous List Allowed Maniac 1 Track Per Series(Mario Kart and Super Mario are different series) No Tracks from the Previous List Allowed 1 Game from Previous List Allowed Lunatic 1 Track Per Franchise(Mario Kart OR Super Mario) No Tracks or Games from Previous List Allowed I'm not too sure if the rules concerning returning tracks are too lenient so feedback would be nice. And that is currently it for now.

My Day 31 List(Selections from Other Participants) Day 1(Title Screen) - Mega Man 3, Title Screen - 0xDEAFC0DE Day 2(Opening Level) - Ibara, Showtime - Sumez Day 3(8-Bit) - Supremacy - nesmaster14 Day 4(Console Exclusive) - Okami, Reset(Thank You) - 0xDEAFC0DE Day 5(Hub/Over World) - Final Fantasy IV(DS), Overworld - ookii_risu Day 6(Relaxing) - Deltarune, You Can Always Come Home - ZeldaFreak Day 7(Indie) - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Gears of Fortune - ookii_risu Day 8(Shooter) - Goldeneye 007, Facility - fox Day 9(Licensed) - Smurf's Nightmare, Bottomless Well - Aguy Day 10(RPG Battle) - Etrian Odyssey III, Hoist the Sword with Pride in the Heart - Sumez Day 11(Puzzle) - The Lost Vikings, Factory - rdrunner Day 12(Sad) - Mother, Mother Earth - Aguy Day 13(Game You Dislike) - Mega Man X5, X vs Zero - Sumez Day 14(Vocal) - Double Dragon Neon, Credits - rdrunner Day 15(Boss Battle) - Super Fantasy Zone, Boss - Sumez Day 16(16-Bit) - Final Fantasy VI, Terra's Theme - 0xDEAFC0DE Day 17(Never Tiring) - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Scorch 'n' Torch - Sumez Day 18(Game Over) - Total Distortion, You Are Dead - Aguy Day 19(Remix, Arranged, Cover) - Guild Wars 2, Fear Not This Night(Embrace the Night) - rdrunner Day 20(Racing) - Mario Kart 8, N64 Rainbow Road - ZeldaFreak Day 21(Frustration) - Mario Kart Double Dash, Baby Park - rdrunner Day 22(Town/Village) - Nier, City of Commerce - Sumez Day 23(Underrated) - Gun Frontier, In The Sky - Sumez Day 24(Stuck in Head) - Parasol Stars, Main Theme - Sumez Day 25(Pumped) - Ducktales Remastered, Mount Vesuvius - rdrunner Day 26(You Never Played) - Stubbs the Zombie, Strangers in the Night - AstralSoul64 Day 27(Handheld) - Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney, Investigation ~ Cornered - rdrunner Day 28(Nostalgic) - Sonic 3&K, Endless Mine - nesmaster14 Day 29(Final Boss) - Bravely Default, Serpent Eats the Earth - Aguy Day 30(Credits) - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Staff Roll - ZeldaFreak Also, be on the lookout in the coming hours (or days) for a post on the 31 Day VGM Challenge II. I've got about 10-11 new ideas but I'll need about 9-14 more.

The only toppings I'll eat on my pizza, aside from cheese(crust and sauce would be pretty boring) is pepperoni and salami.

And today marks the end of the 30-Day Video Game Music Challenge... sort of. In case you missed it, a Day 31 has been added, which is: Create a New List(on a separate post) made up of entries from the other participants' lists. The only rule will be that if you have a track/song on your original list that appears on someone else's original list, you won't be able to put it on your new list. (Also, any people who may not have participated over the past month, don't be afraid to make a list too. Let us know if you found any new favorite songs.) And following Day 31, it'll be time to start planning for 30-Day Video Game Music Challenge #2, coming this fall.

Just one 'normal' day left before we reach the finale.

Round 1, No Music: 10 Round 2, Music: 11

Yeah, I really don't know what I was going for here.