ReMix: Super Mario Bros. 3 'Staff Battle'
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- Game: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo, 1988, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Selecta Novel
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): 'Fortress Boss'
- Posted: 2002-08-13, evaluated by djpretzel
Here's a nice little funky hip-hop bit of SMB3 shiznit from newcomer Selecta Novel that mixes hip-hop beats and numerous hits + fx with a traditional NES-style synth (love that audible release on the ADSR envelope) that's got a bit of delay on it. A dirtier synth joins in at 1'22" and does some jiggy soloing that does give the piece some extra life. Overall, not an amazing effort - could have been more soloing and interpretation and more variety in general - but for a piece like this I think the general attitude is more important. The construction is solid, there's a definite hip-hop flavor to it, and with the NES synth it feels semi-jazz at times. There's room for Selecta Novel to grow, but this initial piece does work, and had me "noddin' my head" (does Will Smith annoy anyone else? I feel like I can't use that phrase anymore . . . ) Tasty.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Way too low fi for me to seriously get into, I even recognize some
of the $15 Casio keyboard samples. The lack of melody makes it
uninteresting to me as well.
It's not OMG BAD, but it just feels like no care was put into it either. Didn't like it; sorry.
- OA on February 11, 2008
It's not OMG BAD, but it just feels like no care was put into it either. Didn't like it; sorry.
- OA on February 11, 2008
No one gives Selecta Novel credit! All his remixes are very unique,
and I like basically all of them (most are from vgmix). They are
most in the style of music where one would expect rap, or music
that is heard in a ghetto (a cool ghetto, yeah I make no sense).
And yet they're all pleasing. Must be the Video-game Effect. No
actually it's that drum programming. His beats are all immensely
enjoyable, each song. He needs to submit more stuff!
- Audity on October 29, 2006
- Audity on October 29, 2006
wow, pretty impressive. very cool mix.
reminds me at ska, such as "the hotknifes" do.
thats why i've to skank around, when i hear this title. :lol:
- archi on February 7, 2006
reminds me at ska, such as "the hotknifes" do.
thats why i've to skank around, when i hear this title. :lol:
- archi on February 7, 2006
This song is pretty cool, I don't know why everybody's ragging on
it. The bassline is pretty cool even though it's repetitive. I also
like the funkiness of all the crazy synth instruments.
- Mxyzptlk on December 24, 2003
- Mxyzptlk on December 24, 2003
The old-style synth was my favorite part of this interesting mix,
though it made me think of Pac Man more than Mario. I don't know
why everyone thinks it's off-key, sounds fine to me.
- SquishyMon on October 7, 2003
- SquishyMon on October 7, 2003
[play]random noises... WANK!!!!!!!!! random noises... WANK!!!!!!!!
random noises... WANK!!!!!!!![/play]
- LibertyCabbage on October 6, 2003
- LibertyCabbage on October 6, 2003
While this a grooving little piece, it lacks polish. The off-key
main synth, which seems like it's only off-key when it hits that
first note, just kills it for me. I mean, it's like *BOOP*
*boodeboodeboo etc.* and that first boop just makes me wince. How
hard is it to get it right? Anyway, volume levels are also a little
wonky, as the drums eat everything else (yes I know it's hip-hop
but let's be reasonable) and you can barely hear the synth that
comes in at 1:22. If the main synth wasn't so off I would just be
nit-picking and could love this piece. As is though, it makes me
cry.
- Kamikaze Noodle on May 11, 2003
- Kamikaze Noodle on May 11, 2003
Selecta Novel... what can i say. This is probably one of the worst
remixes i have heard. The baseline is repetitive, the notes are
off, and i didn't really like the whole execution. It was a great
idea, but a poorly executed one. Good try.
- A10WaveRacer on May 10, 2003
- A10WaveRacer on May 10, 2003
Not terrible, just needed a little more variety. I understand where
this comes from, like picking the theme from original Mario Bros.
It's a nice treat for us who had these strange mute paks that were
silent in the beginning. Overall, different. At least it attempted
for form and ended, unlike a few other mixes. Mediocre.
- Lakilelet on August 16, 2002
- Lakilelet on August 16, 2002
Hey I really liked that... but I agree it did seem to go out of key
in the second part of it... But I think it was really cool, I
really liked the beat and the square wave thing, however, the bass
line needs a little more definition in order for people not to
think its out of key. But over all... cool idea, I liked it a lot!!
- VicksCornatto on August 16, 2002
- VicksCornatto on August 16, 2002
I really like this one. Though it does not suit the game at ALL, it
is really cool. Very Funky!
- PlatformerMastah on August 15, 2002
- PlatformerMastah on August 15, 2002
Actually, "Rapper's Delight" in it's full glory is around 14:30
though on my 12" version, the printing on the inset says 15 even.
Anyway...
I realize there is some rhythmic value to this song. I won't dispute that, and the idea is rather unique if not down-right weird, since it took me a while to figure out which theme this was a remix of. However, I will say... that square/triangle wav sound that comes in at :31 is off. Well... no. at :31 it's fine, but at :41 when it does the second part of its riff, it's... sadly out of tune. It maketh me to wince. And every time it repeats that section (:56, 1:13, 2:13) it's just as out of tune. And actually, after relistening to it, the part at :31 (and all of its repetitions) is also out of tune, just not as noticeably so.
Imagine for a moment, you're sailing along in a sailboat, smoothly, quickly, with little to no friction, the wind at your back, and all of a sudden, the bottom of the boat scrapes along a long stretch of steel that's somehow submerged just below the surface and makes this terrible screeching scraping noise as the boat grinds over it, and then after a few seconds, returns to its smooth sailing again. That's what this piece felt like for me. Nice idea, nice instrumentation, but I'd ask that next time, he get someone who isn't tone deaf to take a listen before submitting...
DC
- Disco Dan on August 14, 2002
I realize there is some rhythmic value to this song. I won't dispute that, and the idea is rather unique if not down-right weird, since it took me a while to figure out which theme this was a remix of. However, I will say... that square/triangle wav sound that comes in at :31 is off. Well... no. at :31 it's fine, but at :41 when it does the second part of its riff, it's... sadly out of tune. It maketh me to wince. And every time it repeats that section (:56, 1:13, 2:13) it's just as out of tune. And actually, after relistening to it, the part at :31 (and all of its repetitions) is also out of tune, just not as noticeably so.
Imagine for a moment, you're sailing along in a sailboat, smoothly, quickly, with little to no friction, the wind at your back, and all of a sudden, the bottom of the boat scrapes along a long stretch of steel that's somehow submerged just below the surface and makes this terrible screeching scraping noise as the boat grinds over it, and then after a few seconds, returns to its smooth sailing again. That's what this piece felt like for me. Nice idea, nice instrumentation, but I'd ask that next time, he get someone who isn't tone deaf to take a listen before submitting...
DC
- Disco Dan on August 14, 2002
Staff Battle has a good compilation of instruments and Nintendo
synth styles. The bass line is awesome and the number of claps,
snares and hats used is interesting. The only thing I'm not too
keen about is the volume of that "Kiddie" snare (that's what the
hip-hoppers call it).
Yes, it's also repetive but really hip-hop has allot of repetitive tracks. Just listen to the 13 minute version of Rapper's Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang.
- A-RoN on August 13, 2002
Yes, it's also repetive but really hip-hop has allot of repetitive tracks. Just listen to the 13 minute version of Rapper's Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang.
- A-RoN on August 13, 2002
Now, this is a cool laidback drum 'n bass ReMix. Not something I'd
listen to every day, but this particular mix does a good job
catching my interests. Nice mixing and mastering.
Nice to be hearing from new ReMixers, looking forward to hearing more by Selecta Novel.
- DarkCecil13 on August 13, 2002
Nice to be hearing from new ReMixers, looking forward to hearing more by Selecta Novel.
- DarkCecil13 on August 13, 2002
Super Mario Bros. 3 'Staff Battle'
Very... funky. And cool, but I do have one gripe with it. The whole thing got pretty repetative, since the bassline didn't change much. Nor did the drums. But there was obviously a lot of effort put into making this interesting even with such repetative elements, so the end result isn't very boring at all. I really liked it overall.
- orkybash on August 13, 2002
Very... funky. And cool, but I do have one gripe with it. The whole thing got pretty repetative, since the bassline didn't change much. Nor did the drums. But there was obviously a lot of effort put into making this interesting even with such repetative elements, so the end result isn't very boring at all. I really liked it overall.
- orkybash on August 13, 2002
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