Topic: The NintendoLife VGM Tournament: Best City / Urban Theme (Round Two)

Paper Jam for the win baby

@Dogorilla Where’s my reward for recommending this masterpiece?!

@TheJGG Your reward is you get to replay Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam for the 3DS! What do you mean that's not a good reward?

By the way, it's cool that both of the finalists in this tournament are by female composers.

With a score of 3-2 the winner of the tournament is...

Mountantop Secrets from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam!

Thanks to everyone who participated this time. Feel free to leave suggestions for a theme if you want to do another tournament.

It really was a good song, deserving of that win but man I didn't expect that

'Grats again to @TheJGG for the great choice and the win! Might be a niche song but it's always one of the first snow themes that springs to my mind. Happy my songs fared well too.

For next round(s): I think basing contests off of a general location archetype works quite well in thte context of VGM. Desert themes, forest themes, ruins/temple themes should all be interesting, I'd say.

I nominate "Ancient Tech Ruins" as the next theme.

Music played in ancient, abandoned places that display evidence of long-lost (advanced) technology.

Thanks for the opportunity everyone, glad to have been a part of this exciting competition!

And if @Eel’s suggestion is anything to go by I have a few perfect picks.

Ruins would be nice.

I don’t think we ever did a temple / ruins theme so that could be interesting. If everyone likes that idea then let’s go for it.

Skyward Sword Lanayru tracks for my first wave of song recommendations.

Why do I have a feeling this soon is going to turn into a “Zelda Songs” theme?

'Cos that's the beauty of Zelda themes; they have that feeling that's rare to replicate.

I don’t really know if this counts, but if so it should be nominated.

Not all look super ruined, but here's a few from me:

Gladsheim - Etrian Odyssey Untold 1 - The most literal of the bunch, a dungeon set in a very ruined, very ancient, very advanced laboratory.

Ginnungagap - Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 - A bit less evidently advanced, but served a similar purpose to Gladsheim.

Tower of the Gods - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - An ancient trial made to test the hero, filled with robots and shiny surfaces. Was left hidden for many many years, waiting for a hero to test.

Shrine - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Basically the Tower of the Gods times 120.

Within the Giant - Final Fantasy IV - A giant machine created a long time ago by an alien race to destroy humanity. Although it's technically an entity, it's large enough to hold a city.

Technical Difficulties - Portal 2 - I'm sure the Aperture Science labs count as ruins by the time of this game.

Chozo Ruins - Metroid Prime - Ruins left by the Chozo, basically count by default.

So ruins it is! Here's the ones I came up with so far, should be a decently varied selection. If I remember some more obscure stuff I'll submit some more later.

Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) - Celeste
Quiet and Falling - Celeste (the track above is a remix of this one, still unique enough to warrant a second submission I'd say)
Sog-Gee's Realm - Snake Pass — This one is admittedly a bit of a stretch. I'd argue the entire game is set in a world of ruins.
Hyrule Temple - Super Smash Bros. Melee
Chomp Ruins - Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Dragonspiral Tower - Pokémon Black/White
Hidden Highland - PMD Explorers
Planet Towara - Kirby Star Allies

Where the Ancestors Sleep - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive ...

Thwomp Ruins - Mario Kart 8

I’ll try to post a couple songs tomorrow but we still have plenty of spots for anyone else that has some ideas.

Curse you! I wanted to pick that song, it's perfect! You're gonna win now because of the sheer might of this song.