Board 8 > Mega Man Music Mania R1D10: Splash Arr./Aqua, Better be Nippy/Tundra Inst [mmmm]

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Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=477617
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFj0gJtesYY9C00ZRX4vLwnNvJg1O8M_w

Rules
-Please listen to both tracks in a match, up to the noted loop points, before voting. Many of the songs in this contest are remixes and may be different from the versions you're thinking of!
-You may vote for one track in each match. You do not have to vote in both matches.
-Please make your vote clear.
-Each match lasts 24 hours. If a match is tied after this point, it will remain ongoing until the next vote is cast.
-No deleting posts.
-Please do not provide any updates to the scores.

Match 1
Splash Blue (Splash Woman Stage) (Mega Man 9 Arranged)
Composed by Hiroki Isogai
Arranged by Luna Umegaki
Loop point: 4:17 (Doesn't loop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUmH36qC-k/
v
Enigma of Aqua (Whirlpool Man Stage) (Mega Man Unlimited)
Composed by Kevin Phetsomphou AKA Kevvviiinnn
Loop point: 1:43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuQ3o21RAE0

Match 2
You'd Better Be Nippy (Ice Stage Medley) (Rockman Dystopia)
Original games: Mega Man X, X2, X6
Composed by Yuki Iwai, Naoto Tanaka
Arranged by Azusa Chiba
Loop point: 5:38 (Doesn't loop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk3a5_SZkyU
v
Tundra Man Stage (Instrumental) (Mega Man 11)
Composed by Marika Suzuki
Loop point: 1:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3DG2VqfZWg

You can listen to all of today's tracks together here (37-40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUmH36qC-k&list=PLFj0gJtesYY9C00ZRX4vLwnNvJg1O8M_w&index=37

Easy vote form (Delete as appropriate):
Splash Blue (Arranged) / Enigma of Aqua
You'd Better be Nippy / Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Splash Blue (Arranged)
You'd Better be Nippy

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Most of 9's arranged soundtrack doesn't vibe with me. Ke(v*3)+(i*3)+(n*3)'s Megaman-likes do (hence why I tried for Rock Force soundtracks, which were also by them)

Meanwhile, 11's "arranged" soundtrack should've been the original and is better in almost every other case other than Fuse Man. The Ice Stage medley (especially Crystal Snail's portion) is neat but isn't Megamanny enough for me, and the glitching-on-purpose portion leading into Chill Penguin's part, meh (and this is from a known Blue Orb lover.)

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Rough draw for Enigma of Aqua.

Splash Blue (Arranged)
abstain

Splash Blue (Arranged)
You'd Better be Nippy

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Enigma of Aqua (Whirlpool Man Stage) (Mega Man Unlimited)
You'd Better Be Nippy (Ice Stage Medley) (Rockman Dystopia)

painful voting against luna umegaki but enigma of aqua is way too good lol

match 2 evil but both are great and deserving to move on!!

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Enigma of Aqua (Whirlpool Man Stage) (Mega Man Unlimited)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Splash Blue (Splash Woman Stage) (Mega Man 9 Arranged)
You'd Better Be Nippy (Ice Stage Medley) (Rockman Dystopia)

that is the most bizarre take on Chill Penguin's theme I have ever heard

brrrr!

Splash Blue (Arranged)
You'd Better be Nippy

Enigma of Aqua is really cool.

Splash Blue
Tundra Man Stage (Instrumental)

Some really cool songs today. Match 2 was pretty difficult, but my piano bias is too strong.

Tundra Man > Splash Blue > You'd Better be Nippy >>> Enigma of Aqua

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

So glad Splash Blue was eligible! Of all the MM water music, this is my favorite for being chill. Aqua does a pretty good job at feeling like the original NES tracks too.

I don't get Nippy. It never seems to go anywhere, and I can barely hear the melody. Tundra Instrumental has an awesome core melody, though it is somewhat repetitive. Still has that classic MM feel.

I've been pretty transparent about my general enjoyment over low and mid energy pieces of vgm over high energy. And man, two days in a row with chill water vgm? Yes please. Not as cool as using fricken sonar pings as instruments, but no less wonderful.

And it's opponent isn't that much more high energy (as far as chiptune goes). The wizardry behind making this feel like an authentic piece of water level music can't be understated, even though I prefer Splash Woman.

I'm in love with this song's (appropriately!) chilly intro, the spacy, glitchy vocals ... This song feels so heavy, and I mean this with affection. An excellent atmospheric piece, that's for sure.

I forgot how much I love the main piano melody of Tundra Man. Pretty fun little piece. And we love another song that isn't ridiculously fast paced in this house!!!

Votes:
Splash Woman Arrange
You'd Better Be Nippy

Enigma of Aqua
You'd Better be Nippy

kinda sad i dont like splash blue arrange that much considering how much i love the original
holy shit i love you'd better be nippy, it sounds so ethereal and weird and i LOVE that
tundra man is fun but not much more than that for me sadly

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Match 1 is tough. If only the Splash Woman rap were here!

Enigma of Aqua
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Enigma of Aqua
You'd Better be Nippy

slow day

Enigma of Aqua (Whirlpool Man Stage) (Mega Man Unlimited)
Tundra Man Stage (Instrumental) (Mega Man 11)

Splash Blue (Arranged)
Tundra Man (Instrumental)

Match 1 is a solid battle with water themes, but Splash Blue sounds super cool. Really nice instruments!

Nippy sounds neat too, but there's no way it was going to win over Tundra Man for me. Tundra Man Instrumental is also one of the few Mega Man songs I know by heart, everything about it is just delightfully adventurous and super Kirby-like in my ears.

Splash Blue (Arranged)
You'd Better be Nippy

Jeez, I was supposed to vote last night and fell asleep and didn't. Alright then...

Dude, I love Mega Man arranges that make melodies feel natural and acoustic. This one gives a very nice coastal adventure vibe, and it keeps me engaged all the way through. Fantastic, really. Ohh, on this other side we have some really good chiptune. The intro is mysterious, and the song goes on a nice intensity. Wow, tough as hell match here. Splash Woman is just much more impressive, but Enigma deserves its flowers as well.

Hot damn, I wasn't expecting this medley to turn into this! The vocals and this electro elements are really impactful. Crystal Snail's melody sounds very nice and Chill Penguin's is even better. What a crazy transformation we got into this, and I'm all out for it. Tundra Man... yeah, this is also just as great. Adventurous jazz-like tracks like this are always lovely to be around. Why did this corner happened to be so stacked? Agh, picking Nippy, but Tundra deserves the win as well.

Corners with this much goodness needs to be researched.