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6. Dire, Dire Docks
Game: Super Mario 64
Score: 70/100
Nominator: Great_Paul

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Things I Liked: The underwaterness of the sounds
Things I Disliked: Lots of missed potential, kind of a weak melody

Its time to come clean with you all: until Mario 64 DS, I had only played about three minutes of the game at a dentists office. It had zero impact on my childhood. Because of this, Im often left to wonder if it really deserves its status as a classic for all time. If it came out today with modern graphics, would anyone care? I have to believe the answer is no.

That said, this song is so iconic that I still knew it even though I didnt touch the game as a kid. I dont know the word for it, but this song has lots of that weird reverby-sound that you hear in underwater video game stuff all the time, the kind of xylophone sound meant to seem like its underwater even though actual underwater sounds are nothing like it. The melody itself is okay, slow and plodding and kind of contemplative. Im not a big fan of it, but it works for what it needs to be. It gets a little more energetic as it goes along, but it never commits to that energy. I feel like this song has a lot of missed potential, but that doesnt take away from what the song does get right, which is why its so highly ranked.
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Started: July 6, 2005