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

I forgot to mention that I would be away on vacation but I’m back now so let’s continue on with the third round! Results from the last matchups saw Metroid Dread come out on top at 4-3, Ace Attorney Investigations 2 at 3-2, Silent Hill 2 at 4-2, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney at 4-3, and Super Mario 3D World at 4-3.
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Round 3

Fallen Down (Toriel’s Theme) - Undertale vs. The Fragrance of Black Coffee (Godot’s Theme) - Ace Attorne...

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Doll Eyes (Cammy’s Theme) - Street Fighter Alpha 3 vs. Xion’s Theme - Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

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Dark Pit’s Theme - Kid Icarus: Uprising vs. Revival of the Prosecutor (Kazuma Asogi’s Theme) - The Grea...

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Kefka’s Theme - Final Fantasy VI vs. Olivia’s Plea - Paper Mario: The Origami King

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Professor Layton’s Theme - Professor Layton and the Curious... vs. Partner’s Theme - Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

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For me, Fallen Down (I’m the only one? Really?), Cammy, Dark Pit, Olivia’s Plea and Partner’s Theme (Professor Layton’s theme’s link is to a deleted video, fyi)

God Dark Pit vs Kazuma's Theme is such a brutally hard decision since I think they're some of the most iconic songs of the 3DS era. I went with Kazuma myself (in addition to Cammy, Godot and PMD Partner) for having the most personal impact on me but jesus was this round tough.

Olivia's Plea makes me remember the ending of Origami King.

The feels, man.

@BabyYoda71 Fallen Down is an absolutely excellent song (especially for how short it is), but it's very hard to stop the suave coffee man's theme, I think you'll probably agree.

@Fizza Yeah for all songs for Fallen Down to lose too, that one’s one of my favourites.

Toriel's theme is nearly bottom tier by Undertale standards while Godot's theme is very much top tier by Ace Attorney standards.

I do still think Godot's theme is still a lot better, but it doesn't help that one is widely considered one of the best songs of an entire series, and another is probably very rarely considered that for merely its one game.

Similiarly, and I might've said this before also, but Linebeck's theme is helped a lot by being in the worst Zelda soundtrack, which helps makes it look even better by comparison.

How is Layton losing by so much? I honestly thought that one would get to the final.

Moving on we have Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations at 7-1, Street Fighter Alpha 3 at 5-3, Kid Icarus: Uprising at 6-2, Paper Mario: The Origami King at 4-2, and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon at 5-3.
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Round 3

A Wish (Luma’s Theme) - Super Mario Galaxy vs. Rose of May (Beatrix’s Theme) - Final Fantasy IX

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Vega’s Theme - Street Fighter II vs. Aerith’s Theme - Final Fantasy VII Remake

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The Man With the Machine Gun (Laguna’s Theme) - Final Fanta... vs. Kapp’n’s Theme - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Mii Channel Theme - Nintendo Wii vs. Calem / Serena’s Theme - Pokémon X & Y

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Mipha’s Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild vs. Queen - Deltarune Chapter 2

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Heart of Fire (Julius Belmont’s Theme) - Castlevania: Aria ... vs. Groose’s Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

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Since Groose's theme is loose again, I'll post this version of it just for fun

@Eel As someone who's going to be playing Skyward Sword for the very first time soon, I am absolutely ecstatic to see Groose for the first time as well. I know the exact voice I'm giving him and I cannot wait to do it.

As for my own picks, I went with Rose of May, Vega's Theme (though I will not be mad in the slightest if Aerith's Theme wins out), Kapp'n's Theme, Calem/Serena's Theme, Mipha's Theme and Groose's Theme (I love Julius Belmont's Theme as well, but it's hard to beat the Groose when said Groose is loose).

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Luma, Aerith, Kapp’n, Mii Channel, Queen and Groose for me… most of my favourite Undertale/Deltarune songs have or are losing, so Groose is pretty much who I’m cheering for right now.

Yeah this came across harsher than I meant it. Undertale's soundtracks is legitimately an all time great video game soundtrack, I refuse to believe otherwise. The Toriel theme is merely good, which is unquestionably below the average song quality of the songs in the game.

To bring it back to Phantom Hourglass again, it is a bottom-tier Zelda game but I still liked it overall.

@Dogorilla Sad Layton hours.

Also, you've painfully reminded me how much I want to play this series, even though the company who created it is as radio-silent in the West these days as a graveyard. I'm slightly tempted to just pick up a used 3DS online and play it that way because, unlike a series he later crossed over with, it doesn't seem we'll be getting any re-releases anytime soon.

Layton retired before they could transform him into an NFT

@kkslider5552000 That’s how I feel about other Undertale songs… but Fallen Down is my favourite song from it. I guess in “quality” it’s less good, but I like it for its simplicity.

@Fizza That honestly might be worth doing if you don't have a 3DS. The first few Layton games are on mobile at least but whether the later ones will ever be rereleased is up in the air, and even if they do I think the Ace Attorney crossover will probably stay exclusive to the 3DS. Plus there are so many other great games on the system that may never come to Switch or anything else.

Closing out the third round are Final Fantasy IX at 5-3, Street Fighter II with the tiebreaker at 4-4, Final Fantasy VIII at 5-3, Mii Channel at 4-3, Breath of the Wild at 6-2, and Skyward Sword at 5-3.
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Round 4

Theme of Samus - Metroid Dread vs. Joking Motive (Raymond Shield’s Theme) - Ace Attorney Inves...

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Theme of Laura - Silent Hill 2 vs. Detective Gumshoe, Pal - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

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World Bowser - Super Mario 3D World vs. The Fragrance of Black Coffee (Godot’s Theme) - Ace Attorne...

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Doll Eyes (Cammy’s Theme) - Street Fighter Alpha 3 vs. Dark Pit’s Theme - Kid Icarus: Uprising

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I voted Theme of Samus, Theme of Laura (that song’s still amazing), Fragarance of Black Coffee (that one was hard though) and Dark Pit.