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Xander Martin requested a WL4 cover of this from me. Unlike some of his past requests this one seemed easy enough to warrant actually following up on. So I took a stab at it. 

At first I was using WarioWare, inc. as my standard for which sounds I could use. Actual Flute and Pan Flute sounds would be open to me this way, and the choir as well. 
[30,2] was an absolute shoe-in for the chorused plucked string, so that was obviously the first thing I did. I also went to the trouble of making this with Sappy playback in mind, unlike some of my other recent WL4 covers. 

Because of these 2 things I'd been flip-flopping on the idea of going full Arabian Nights with this waarangement. Finding ways of limiting the # of sound channels and # of voices while keeping audio seamless put the idea of also limiting myself to base WL4 instruments (justl ike good old day) in mind. 

So, after the initial arrangement was finished, I basically halted production for a while. I finally took a drug holiday this week, and I may resume it tomorrow (not sure just yet).
But anyway, today I came back to work on it a little more, since I remembered not being satisfied with it where it was. I did a bunch of patch event changes, and spruced up the choir part (which is now strings). 
For a while I had the 1st Flute set to be the Soft Electric Piano, but ended up changing it to [113,2], the Arabian Nights shanai. I ended up leaving the echo as [5,2] though, because it sounded like an echo for just the flutier portion of [113,2]'s sound. This gives the illusion that the lead is a doubling.

Cursed Wathedral - Wario's Mystery Meat

[Intro]
In the pixel realm of chaos and fight,
Three toad warriors embrace the night.
Rash, Zitz, and mighty Pimple,
Bound by fury, their mission's simple!

[Verse 1
Crashing through the enemies, fists of rage unfurled,
A quest to save the princess, a challenge for the world.
From the Wookie Hole to the caverns deep and dark,
Every step’s a battle, a brutal, punishing lark.

[Chorus]
This game is so damn hard, it's tearing me apart,
Every level's a nightmare straight from the dark!
I suck at it! Yeah, I admit!
But I'll never quit, no, I'll never quit!

[Bridge]
Yo, listen up, here’s the tale of a tunnel,
Where your hopes and dreams get funneled.
Turbo Tunnel, spawn of Satan’s own device,
Speeding bikes, walls of doom, ain't nothing nice.

Jumping gaps, dodging walls, it’s a relentless test,
Every second’s a trial, there's no time to rest.
Crash, burn, start again, the cycle's brutal and vile,
This level’s a demon, it's so insanely hostile.

[Verse 2]
Double-tap to run, then smash with a smack,
Combo moves, flying fists, gotta watch your back.
Floating platforms, ice, and all that’s slippery,
Unique mechanics, in this game, they're no mystery.

[Bridge]
Snakes that twist and caverns that collapse,
Surfing on snakes, no time for perhaps.
Cling to your controller, with sweat on your brow,
It's not just a game, it's a battle vow.

[Chorus]
This game is so damn hard, it's tearing me apart,
Every level's a nightmare straight from the dark!
I suck at it! Yeah, I admit!
But I'll never quit, no, I'll never quit!

[Outro]
Toads of war, with wills of iron, in the gaming lore,
Battletoads, our fight forever, legends evermore.

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Original composition by Tommy Tallarico.

Transcription and arrangement by Tony Grayson.

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