Episode 3-2, Part 1: Let the Battles Begin! (RPG Battle Themes)

Greetings, Gamers! This time around, we ended up splitting our playlist into two episodes, because this topic – RPG Battle Themes – is just too big to narrow down to 14 tracks! This week, Shootkapow and I each bring you 5 tracks (out of a total of 10 we each picked) from tactical, turn-based, or adventure-style role playing games. There are some classics here, as well as some more obscure picks, but as always, everything is Very Good Music! Bear with us – I actually decided partway through this episode to split the tracks up instead of going for one full-sized, 20-song extravaganza. We hope you enjoy the format and the rare opportunity for some back-to-back episodes! Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. Links to their content can be found below the playlist on our YouTube video! You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us by e-mail at [email protected], on Twitter @Shootkapow, or by leaving us a voice message at anchor.com/vgmvgm. You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you! Playlist: Let the Battles Begin - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation, 1997, Square) Slay the Snake! - Kazumi Totaka - Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru/For the Frog the Bell Tolls (Game Boy, 1992, Nintendo/Intelligent Systems) For Achieve! - Motoi Sakuraba - Star Ocean (Super Famicom, 1996, Enix/tri-Ace) Assault - Naoki Kodaka - Albert Odyssey Gaiden: Legend of Eldean (Saturn, 1996, Sunsoft) Regular Battle 1 - Revo (Yasuo Kamanaka) - Bravely Default II (Switch, 2021, Square Enix/Claytechworks) Battle: Navi Clash! - Yusuke Beppu - Rockman.EXE N1 Battle/Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (Game Boy Advance/WonderSwan Color, 2003, Capcom/Inti Creates) Fight! (original and 8-bit) - Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto, Fumihiro Isobe - Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U, 2016, Nintendo/Intelligent Systems) Battlefield: Storm - Yuzo Koshiro - Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (3DS, 2012, Atlus) Dangerous Guys - Shogo Sakai - Mother 3 (Game Boy Advance, 2006, Nintendo/Hal Laboratory) GONG: Version Alpha III - Michiaki Watanabe, Koji Hayama, Naofumi Tsuruyama, Takuya Hanaoka, Takahiro Kamikawa, Yasufumi Fukuda, JAM Project - Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3: To the End of the Galaxy (PS2, 2005, Banpresto) Blooper Reel: Battle Against a Clueless Foe - Shane Mesa, Dani Person, Nick Elward - Oddity (PC, in development, fan game) Patron Links: Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/ The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA And thanks to our newest patron, Nathan! Artist Links: Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy