despite the GBA only being active for like 3-4 years, it has a really specific sound to it that you don't really get anywhere before or after and I'm not just talking sound quality, though that's a big factor, but the way songs were composed - ThreadSky

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hatok.bsky.social • 66 days ago

despite the GBA only being active for like 3-4 years, it has a really specific sound to it that you don't really get anywhere before or after

and I'm not just talking sound quality, though that's a big factor, but the way songs were composed

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hatok.bsky.social•66 days ago

it's a lot like how the gameboy and gameboy colour has a very specific sound that can be attributed to those systems despite appearing across many games and composers

hatok.bsky.social•66 days ago

the GBC was defined by very bouncy music and a lot of the time instead of a melody with backing you'd get two complementary melodies and a bassline or percussion

boto.gay•66 days ago

The learning curve on composing on the GBA was rough but by the end of its lifespan people were making truly incredible sounding music

deepblank.bsky.social•66 days ago

Mother 3 really stretched it to the limits, I don't know how they crammed that many unique songs into one GBA game. Then they throw in something like this for one jukebox song option of 4 in a single room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY0DtL9oBrg

batvulgar.bsky.social•66 days ago

It's fucked up that the gba version of 13th struggle is one of the better ones because it's the only one where the melody is actually at the forefront

vanillamewlk.bsky.social•66 days ago

The GBA was peak imo, I still hear Ruby and Sapphire's trumpets whenever I think of it lol

technicallyfood.bsky.social•66 days ago

Those trumpets were peak

antheraea.bsky.social•65 days ago

there is nothing on the planet that has the sauce that Zero Mission Norfair does. not even Yamamoto's other works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oY6TvKdlWQ

antheraea.bsky.social•65 days ago

like, it *has* all of the ingredients of a metroid track but something about how it's rendered in this game particular is so GOOOOOD

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