HADOKEN! GET OVER HERE! C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! All of these are sounds of the arcade and fighting game scene in general. But what about the fighting games that we didn’t play to death? On this episode of XVGM Radio, we dive into the music from fighting games to which we have zero nostalgia. From heavy discussions about balls..er…ballz, Alice Deejay comparisons, to the surprising lack of memories from giants like Sega, SNK and Konami, this is an episode full of monster tunes of an eclectic nature. New Jack Swing, 90s techno, jazz and funk are all represented. Get ready for a VGM tournament of which these two hosts haven’t attended as our No Nostalgia series continues with No Nostalgia Fighting Games!
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TRACK LISTING:
Intro – Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors (ARC/NG/NGCD/SAT 1995, PS1, 1996) “Here We Go! (Character Select)” Masato Araikawa, Takayuki Sasaki, Atsushi Mihiro
1 – Art of Fighting (Ryuuko No Ken) (SNES, 1993 GEN/NGCD 1994, NG/ARC, 1992) “Mr. Big” Seisuke Ito
2 – The King of Fighters ‘96 (ARC/NG/NGCD/SAT-1996, GB/PS1-1997) “Trash Head (Goenitz Theme)” Akihiro Uchida, Hideki Asanaka, Kazuhiro Nishida
3 – Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Ultimate All Stars (Wii, 2010) “Orbital Ring Systems Cargo Bay” Yasumasa Kitagawa, Kota Suzuki, Akihiko Narita, Reo Uratani
4 – Samurai Shodown (ARC/NG-1993, GB/SGG/GEN/NGCD/3DO/SNES-1994, FMT-1995) “Tokyo Kabuki Theater” Hiroo Ikeda
5 – Battle Arena Toshinden (GB, 1996) “Eiji’s Theme” Yasuhiro Nakano (original), Dota Ando
6 – Ballz: The Director’s Cut (3DO, 1995) “Boss” Kurt Harland Larson, Ted Hommel, Brendan McCarthy, Aaron Winett
7 – Virtua Fighter 2 (ARC 1994, SAT, 1995, GEN, 1996) “Akira’s Theme/Ride the Tiger” Takayuki Nakamura, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Youichi Ueda, Akiko Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Kouchi
8 – Garou: Mark Of The Wolves (ARC-1999, NG,2000, DC, 2001) “Ninja or Monkey (Hokutomaru)” Akihiro Uchida, Masato Horiuchi, Yasuhiro Naka
9 – TMNT: Tournament Fighters (NES/SNES/GEN, 1993) “Track 4” Junichiro Kaneda, Ayako Nishigaki
10 – Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (ARC-2011, PS3/XB360-2012) “Tulip Festival (Netherlands)” Akitaka Tohyama, Nobuyoshi Sano, Keiichi Okabe, Rio Hamamoto, Taku Inoue, and Go Shiina
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