SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs - Post-Season VGM Edition

Major League Baseball is deep within its post-season with dramatic upsets, dramatic at-bats, dramatic strikeouts, and dramatic home runs. SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs are getting into the baseball spirit with five completely unrelated VGM volumes. That's dedication!

This week, SuperPhillip Central presents music from a wide range of games, as how this usually goes. We kick things off with Panzer Dragoon, go to a South Korean-made MMORPG with Ragnarok Online, go retro with Donkey Kong Land, go chill with Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, and cap things off with an early Halloween treat from Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

Checking out past VGM volumes from a WIDE selection of games is as easy as heading to the VGM Database. There are lots of musical selections from lots of games to enjoy.

v986. Panzer Dragoon (SAT) - Flight

This symphonic delight named Flight comes from Panzer Dragoon, a Sega Saturn classic that brought with it on-rails flight combat similar to something like the majority of levels in Star Fox 64. A sequel would appear on the Xbox called Panzer Dragoon Orta, which would have the original Panzer Dragoon as a bonus game.

v987. Ragnarok Online (PC) - Peaceful Forest

The Japanese aren't the only ones in Asia who can deliver a masterful fantasy MMORPG. In fact, so can South Korea with this Korean MMORPG with some of the most delightful music heard in such a game. Peaceful Forest is a relaxing tune boosted by its wonderful piano. Hopefully through listening to this song, you'll find yourself wanting to hear other tracks in this game.

v988. Donkey Kong Land (GB) - Kremlantis

The Donkey Kong Country franchise isn't the only one with very nice music. Okay, "very nice" might be pushing it considering the Game Boy sound chip isn't the best. However, Dave Wise's compositions are just as structurally sound as evidenced with this track from Donkey Kong Land, Kremlantis.

v989. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (DS) - Jowd ~ A Captive of Fate

How about something nice and chill for VGM volume 989? Okay, you're pulling my arm! Here it is! It's a song from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Jowd ~ A Captive of Fate. Ghost Trick would arrive on iOS with a port. However, future iOS updates made the game incompatible and recently taken off the App Store. Hope you didn't delete the game from your phone, or you'll never get to play it again on it!

v990. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GCN) - Gateway to Destiny

Halloween is a couple of weeks away, but that doesn't mean SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs can't delve into some spooky and Gothic goodness prior. This choir-filled theme for the epic final boss battle of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem delivers thrills and chills as you take on the last enemy between you and the ending of the game.

Review Round-Up - March 2015

Mario Party 10 was fun for the whole family
(and the whole Mushroom Kingdom crew, too).

First off, I hope everyone enjoyed my April Fools' prank for SuperPhillip Central this year. In the past, Filbert from Animal Crossing took over the site, a special edition of SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs was had, and several games were given my judgment in the Review Round-Up.

Now that April Fools' 2015 is over and done with, let's check out the games SuperPhillip Central covered and reviewed for my multiplayer madness month of reviews last month!

Eleven reviews were documented and placed inside my ever-growing SPC Review Archive. As for today, SuperPhillip Central has seen 576 individual reviews!

We kicked off this multiplayer-centric review month with the PlayStation 2 version of Unreal Tournament. While enjoyable, this version is the weakest available, getting a B-. Next, on again, off again contributor Bean and I took looks at both the Wii U eShop and 3DS eShop versions of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, which received a B- from yours truly. If you're interested in some levels created by me, check them out here.

Five more eShop games were reviewed in a row: the 3DS eShop's KAMI (C+), the Wii U eShop's excellent Trine: Enchanted Edition (B+), the disappointing 3DS eShop game Zombie Incident (C-), the brightest eShop game on either Wii U or 3DS with Elliot Quest (A-), and the 3DS eShop's fun and engrossing Adventure Bar Story (B).

More multiplayer madness was had with TimeSplitters 2, shooting and warping its way to an A-; Mario Party 10, which partied hard to a respectable C+; XIII, which was a heavily stylized cel-shaded shooter that got a B-; and finally, to cap off the month with a disappointing game, IronFall: Invasion, which proved that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but flattery will only get you so far. The game received a less than fantastic D+.

With that, March 2015's month of multiplayer madness reviews has come to a close!

Unreal Tournament (PS2) - B-
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (Wii U eShop, 3DS eShop) - B-
KAMI (3DS eShop) - C+
Trine: Enchanted Edition (Wii U eShop) - B+
Zombie Incident (3DS eShop) - C-
Elliot Quest (Wii U eShop) - A-
Adventure Bar Story (3DS eShop) - B
TimeSplitters 2 (PS2, GCN, XBX) - A-
Mario Party 10 (Wii U) - C+
XIII (PS2, GCN, XBX) - B-
IronFall: Invasion (3DS eShop) - D+

Luigi doesn't want Mario getting his mitts all over
his collectible "Mario" amiibo.