Nailed the intro, it sounds a lot like the original

For such a short song, this was surprisingly difficult to cover, mostly because of the percussion. I also didn't realize how many times this song changes time signatures, going from 13/8 to 12/8 to 8/8 back to 13/8. 

The mixing was also really hard to get right because volume works a little differently with VRC7 compared to 2A03, but I was able to use one of the FM channels to make some decent percussion, which I'm happy about.

Mega Man X2 - Crystal Snail [VRC7]

Fang is a stupid thing to call Nack the Weasel.

Tried my best to limit the number of sounds here, as well as the number of voices. It doesn't go above 18 at any point, I'm pretty sure.
I didn't want to use PM's piano sounds for the de facto lead, because the note ranges didn't work too well for it, and on top of that it didn't mesh with a lot of the other colors. The piano is pretty rare to hear in Paper Mario to begin with anyway, so it actually makes sense to use something else.
Keeping as many of the parts as possible without using the stated patches was a challenge. Part of it was because of instruments not being suited for certain ranges again, like the left-pan guitar. In the end it uses 4 different patches. The rest was wanting to have a proper PM64 sound, like the song was begging to have applied to it on a compositional level. I wanted a sound where you could imagine gameplay of the fight easily.

MIDI uses the official 2.2 sequence. Speaking of which, the Arid Canyon sequences were exactly the same as the ones I used for my recent uploads. That Juan Esparza guy either did MIDIs for the game and thus had the right to post it, or he's a hack. I'd like to think it was the former. (Update: HACK confirmed by Cobalt herself in these here comments).

VS. Fang - SRB2 (Paper Mario Arrange.)

This is the overworld theme for hybrid beat 'em up/salvaging game, Rusty Seas! I really enjoyed working on this and would greatly appreciate you checking out its kickstarter!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rustyseas/rusty-seas

Sand of Northshore

this song was entered into the "Infloresce & Friends: Charity Festival" at BotB  - https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/Gentle+Leafy+Road/60576/

enjoy~ ^-^*

Gentle Leafy Road

This was the last stage theme to get started and finished - and incidentally is also the theme that was used in the game's trailer (albeit in a remixed form). I think it's one of my favourites out of all of them, it's short and sweet. Accomodates "One Snowy Christmas Eve..."

Play the game here: https://sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/mega-man-y-1-operation-x-m-a-s.1959/

Altitudinous Apogee - Mega Man Y+1 Operation X.M.A.S. [2A03]

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Aquila

Bowser doesn't want people to know, but he really loves dancing.
Admire his skills here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7J1EPqQ20

Bowser's Dance

TLoZ: Oracle of Seasons - Dancing Dragon Dungeon (RSE Arrange)

Also known as Final of Puyo Puyo (Satan's Theme) from Puyo Puyo.

There's a few different versions of this song but the DRMBM version is still my favorite for how hard it goes. Really adds some intensity to a game about stacking goo!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Dxtbikq6SIM

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 2 Player [2A03]

From Sonic Chaos: Aqua Planet Zone
I tried to mix a bit both Master System and Game Gear versions of the music with a funky vibe.

Sonic Chaos: Aqua Planet Zone ~ Submerged Ruins

Here's another song that's been stuck in my head. Really underrated song, if you ask me. I love the way it starts out kinda slow and ominous, then you have the build-up before the arpeggiated chorus section, and the bridge is a very classic Wily stage sort of melody.

Not much to say with this cover tbh. Most of my arrangement ideas had to do with percussion this time around.

Mega Man V (Game Boy) - Wily Stage [2A03]

This was a dumping ground for new songs since I ran out of space on my main account, but now I'm out of space on this account, too. Go to @zerojanitor3 for new releases.

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Mega Man X2 - Crystal Snail [VRC7]

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