[Poll] Nintendo Music

[Jason Liang]

These popped up on Youtube today





I think it's fascinating that a frankly mediocre game like Simon's Quest could leave such an iconic musical legacy.





http://bestnestracks.captaintortilla.com/results/index.php?back=5

 

[Lemming42]

Final Fantasy unquestionably runs away with it. I do find Nobuo Uematsu a bit overrated, and the bulk of his stuff is derivative, but he can really make magic happen from time to time.

Also, it's SNES rather than NES, but bringing it up anyway. EarthBound was the best soundtrack ever in a Nintendo-system game. So much so that it completely blows gay shit like Zelda out of the water forevermore.

 

[polo]

Probably nostalgia driven but

 

[Xelocix]

Don't have one because I'm not a boomer, don't play ancient games made for kids, and 8-bit soundtracks are annoying.

 

[Machocruz]

Mega Man 2 has more iconic tracks than 3. Didn't even know the latter was considered a contender.

 

[MRY]

To me, the ultimate achievements of those old school soundtracks were:

(1) Songs that added an intensity of pace to the game -- Mega Man 2's Wily Castle is a great example of it, when you hear that song you want to rush forward into the level. Contra stage 1 is another. By propelling the player forward, these tracks helped make the games play in a more exciting way, rather than encouraging the forward-crawl pace that is sometimes more effective (but less fun). IMO, Simon's Quest's famously great tracks don't quite work in this regard because the game's controls are fairly sluggish, so even if you're excited by the music there's not much you can do about it.

(2) Songs that added an intensity of mood to a scene -- basically, early console games could to some degree convey awe by having a giant enemy or an insta-kill enemy attack or something, but other moods (tragedy, love, foreboding) were often accomplished only by music. There's more of this in 16-bit games than in 8-bit games, but even in 8-bit games, little things like Proto-Man's whistle accomplished a lot.

I would say that I have 20+ NES songs stuck in my head in category one and 20+ SNES songs in category 2, but strangely I don't remember that many SNES games having the same pace-setting music, except for maybe F-Zero.

 

[sser]

Excite Bike.



Such a simple tune.

The NES Batman game had some jams, too. I also faintly remember a lot of the beat 'em up games like Double Dragon and Ninja Turtles having dope music.

Edit: as good as I remember it. This track could probably be ripped to the radio if some producer wanted to be sneaky.

 

[Morenatsu.]

Final Fantasy II. Or Mother.

 

[TemplarGR]

I loved many tunes back in the day, but i think the Megaman 2 one in the video is the coolest and most memorable.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

SEGA DOES
WHAT NINTEDON'T

 

[Morenatsu.]

SEGA DOES
WHAT NINTEDON'T

hell yeah they do




nintendo is fuckin gay lol

 

[TemplarGR]

I like how the SEGA FAGGOTS are using Mega Drive (Genesis was only in the USA faggots) samples to compare with NES samples.... Really punks? How about you try going against SNES samples then, and get your asses owned?

Faggots. There is a reason SEGA failed, it sucked.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I like how the SEGA FAGGOTS are using Mega Drive (Genesis was only in the USA faggots) samples to compare with NES samples.... Really punks? How about you try going against SNES samples then, and get your asses owned?

Faggots. There is a reason SEGA failed, it sucked.

genesis released years before the snes

 

[Thac0]

Nobuo Uematsu

Uematsu begins to really flex his muscles on the SNES.
FFV and FFVI have incredible soundtracks, better than many FFs after them.

NES music is a bit simplicistic but FF2 had a few fun tracks. The second good thing that that game did next to spawning SaGa.

 

[Morenatsu.]

I like how the SEGA FAGGOTS are using Mega Drive (Genesis was only in the USA faggots) samples to compare with NES samples.... Really punks? How about you try going against SNES samples then, and get your asses owned?

Faggots. There is a reason SEGA failed, it sucked.

ok then explain this faggot

Spoiler

actually this is cheating because this is with the FM module, plz poast famicom disk system in response. also i only know phantasy star dont hurt me

Seriously though, Nintendo is generic trash for the most part. Zelda's all right, and then...? Star Fox and Mother, I guess, but those aren't really real Nintendo games. What a totally fucking lame company. SEGA actually did interesting things (and died for it).

 

[kangaxx]

Sega > Nintendo without any doubt IMO. I had and loved both as a kid, but Sega's games always appealed to me a lot more.

Sega failed because they completely porked up with the Saturn's release (which I thought was alright, but lost out badly to PSX) and then the Dreamcast. It really had nothing to do with the Megadrive.

 

[TemplarGR]

genesis released years before the snes

The Genesis was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis. In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe, Ozisoft in Australasia, and Tec Toy in Brazil. In South Korea, it was distributed by Samsung as the Super Gam*Boy and later the Super Aladdin Boy.[c]


The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES),https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System#cite_note-15 also known as the Super NES[c] or Super Nintendo,[d] is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea,[16] 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America.

Oh noes..... 2 fucking years? That is a loooooooooooooooooooooong time, they are like, 3-4 console generations apart!

Faggot.

 

[TemplarGR]

Sega > Nintendo without any doubt IMO

Your opinion sucks

I had and loved both as a kid, but Sega's games always appealed to me a lot more.

Yeah, because they had blood and boobs and you thought those made you more grown up.

 

[Morenatsu.]

I had and loved both as a kid, but Sega's games always appealed to me a lot more.

Yeah, because they had blood and boobs and you thought those made you more grown up.

Perhaps not, but being a Nintentard Mario fanboy does actually make you infantile.

 

[kangaxx]

Sega > Nintendo without any doubt IMO

Your opinion sucks

I had and loved both as a kid, but Sega's games always appealed to me a lot more.

Yeah, because they had blood and boobs and you thought those made you more grown up.

Well aren't you just a barrel of laughs?

 

[DalekFlay]

I freaking LOVE Castlevania IV's soundtrack, but only vaguely remember the first three and am not sure they hold up as well. So I picked Mega Man 2, which I still remember a lot of and also really enjoyed.

I was more of a SNES kid because of my age I guess.

 

[Reality]

Richie is my go-to 2nd opinion on things like this and as far as I can tell his standout music for NES was something like

Gremlins 2, Journey to Silius, Rad Racer, Castlevania, Super Turrican, Gargoyle's Quest 2

For me personally

Megaman 2 >Castelvania > Mario 3 > Journey to Silius

I also want to shoutout to Solstice even though it's disqualified from having best Music due to basically only have title theme + 1 gamelong background theme

 

[Gastrick]

Final Fantasy has some amazing songs, but Ninja Gaiden has the best soundtrack while playing. That's mostly because for half the game in Final Fantasy you are being interrupted by the battle theme.
1:12 7:10 15:23

 

[Fedora Master]

Everything related to Nintendo is aimed at children.

 

[Gerrard]

Not NES, but still 8bit sound: Link's Awakening