I guess I'm getting old, because I can't keep up with the endless action in Super Smash Bros Brawl. For some reason, my character is always flying off the screen! One of the things that I do love about Super Smash Bros Brawl is that it doubles as massive treasure chest of all things Nintendo. Being a fan of game music, my favorite feature of Brawl is the expansive selection of songs from Nintendo games, old and new.
While the song selection is already pretty great, it seems that a few songs fell through the cracks. Apparently several songs were created (or at least planned) but not used. EditorArtist uncovers these song names from a listing in a file named "smashbros_sound.brsar" on the Brawl game disc. And, for your listening pleasure, they're all listed here in a sort of unofficial album. It gets even better with this detailed chart, which gives the reasons behind the song choices, as well as their history. There's an unfortunate misspelling in that list of "cookie" -- I don't want to think about Yoshi's Cockie.
As much as I like this fake album, I would have rather heard the Brawl version. There are some really great songs in here that deserve the upgrade. It's a bummer to see that some of the Earthbound songs didn't make it. I would kill to hear a new version of "Ballad of the Windfish" from Link's Awakening. You'll just have to settle for my version of this song for now.
What other songs do you think they missed from the Brawl lineup?
[Thanks to CaffeinePowered and J.R.]
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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1:17 PM on 03.31.2008
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Yoshi's Cockie sounds like the best game ever.
Earthbound got the shaft.
Yoshi's cookie IS the best game ever.
Copyright issues :(
The piece was composed by an American composer, don't remember the name, who didn't work for Konami and who maintains the rights over the songs. Nothings for sure, but my guess as to why it got cut was that he didn't want it used in Brawl for some reason.
I'm disappointed that "Master Porky's Theme" isn't in the game, as it's an epic track (I'd trade "You Call This A Utopia?!" for it in a heartbeat).
That said, "Snowman" is absolutely beautiful, and the soundtrack is my favorite thing about SSBB. It's got to have one of the very best soundtracks ever.
I was really hoping that either that or Theme of a Bad Boy would make it in, but I really like You Call This A Utopia?! I love the synth they added to it. Sucks that I have to play on the worst stage in Brawl to enjoy it though :(
...give us Mother, NoA! >=(
They didn't even give us the awesome song that went on Fourside. They gave us the DK Rap but not that?
I like Onett a lot though. It's probably my favorite of the Melee stages. NPC is so... disappointing though. I was especting it to be awesome like Temple but alas, what can you do?
Hamaza CTZ read my blog :D
And CTZ, if you liked that Mario RPG track, there are more like it.
Pokey Means Business! is one of the best tracks in Earthbound. I love how it randomly turns into a heavy rock song. Such an awesome fight.
You can download it here:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=53074
It's not offical but its probably the best we'll get.