12-04-2009, 05:08 PM
I... really don't like where this is going.
Those were my 2 cents.
- Despite the fact that Geno is a third party character, he should still have the original Super Mario Bros. fanfare, seeing as we all already decided that his icon would be that mushroom.
- All characters in this game should have at least similar sounding victory fanfares if they're from the same series. Remixing it to have it fit the character more is okay, but it's really an ass-pull to suddenly give Bowser the game over song or something. Different fanfare means different series. Bowser is still a Mario series character.
- In fact, the only one that perhaps should have a differing fanfare would be Meta Knight, but only because he originally had a differing fanfare. In my opinion I'm perfectly fine giving him the same fanfare as Kirby and King Dedede.
- HOWEVER, since we've unofficially decided that we would use victory jingles (the looping jingles after the original fanfare), we could play with that all we want. Hell, give Bowser his imperial march or Geno his leitmotif, and I'm perfectly fine. Hell, every character could have his or her own victory jingle for all I care.
- Remember, so far only a few (me included) were able to provide actual fanfares and jingles, and as far as I know I'm the only one actually making new fanfares. Using the original soundtrack as fanfares would be a generally bad idea, with the rare exception where the original song actually WAS a fanfare to begin with, and actually fits in with the other orchestrated / mechanic fanfares. I do not like to boast about my knowledge of music, but using chiptuned fanfares together with the orchestrated fanfares on Brawl do not work. At all.
Those were my 2 cents.