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I'm inordinately excited for Mario 3D World. Mario 3D Land is one of the finest Mario games I've played and I played it to death, even after 100-percenting it. The control, the level design, the pacing, the aesthetic, everything came together in an incredible package. 3D World looks like it's going to continue that.

Hey these tracks are pretty good.

I do have to say, participation in this competition has been a disappointment. I don't think we've had a single week where all 12 contestants have submitted tracks. Oh well, just one more round and then we can start putting things together for the new WCRG.

Gonna move this over to R&C. Mods, let's keep this one open.

Well, I don't know about that. I was at Apex 2013 in January, which is the biggest Smash tournament in the world, and all three Smash games had competitors with an absolutely insane level of play going on. The Brawl matches were incredible.

Yes! Let the toku spirit burn!!! Also holy shit. This is killer. Really impressive sequencing and such a great, cohesive sound. I don't know why but this has such a Konami sound to it, like something out of the original NES TMNT game. Really excellent. YES

Piano's killing me. Forgive me for saying so, but the entire affair sounds incredibly lo-fi. What's going on here? Piano is very messy and muddy, and your synth pad lead thingy isn't very interesting or expressive at all. Needs lots of mixing and sound design attention. NO

Killer arrangement. Wicked energy. I love bein' a turtle. I agree with Vig and Deia. Gets a bit crowded. Needs to go back to the mixing board for some balance adjustments. NO, resub as soon as possible

I agree with Vig. I think you have a killer soundscape here, but it really feels like the whole arrangement sort of just dances around the Requiem. I think working in a B-section with a strongly stated melodic line from another source would really help anchor the piece. NO, but definitely resub. Need this on OCR.

Sounds pretty kickass to me. Vinnie's source breakdown helps; good expansion of a short source tune. Nice breakdowns with the filtered percussion. I like it. YES

Awesome arrangement. Needs production fixes. Let's close this out. NO, resub

In agreement here. For a big ol' dance track, it feels awfully empty. Like Larry said, needs more source usage too. There's a lot of unrelated vamping going on. Not a bad start but it needs work. NO

In agreement with Deia and Larry. This is a great take on the source. Really personalized; going full-on rock is a great choice, and executed really well. Could really see this on a Mass Effect montage video. Great performances; I thought the drums were a little thin, but no deal-breakers. Really nice dynamics too. YES

I was digging this up until the inexplicable tempo change. It's such a weird thing to do in a straight up four-on-the-floor dance track. It's a gradual change and it's not jarring or anything, but I don't understand why it's there in lieu of an actual b-section breakdown. I like the synth design and the overall energy of the piece, but I feel like it gets a little static and auto-piloty around the fourth minute. Would love to see this on the site but it needs some variation in the middle that's not just a tempo change. NO, resub

Yes Round 4. Music's up.

I really like the whole look and feel of this series. I played the first one but got stuck in Elec Man's area and sort of gave up, but I always wanted to get back into it. I also had Network Transmission, the highly underrated Gamecube platformer that combined all the Battle Chips from the GBA series with the platforming of the Classic series. It had one of the truly great Mega Man soundtracks too.

I wonder if they're just going to call it Super Smash Bros. or give it a subtitle.

Music going up tonight. Sorry for the delay, folks.

My current mouse has been acting up lately. Funky middle-click and scroll-wheel issues. I'm in the market for a new mouse, preferably something wired and with a lot of customizable buttons (for gaming and the like). Any recommendations?

Hey. This is a thread about Xbox One, not Diablo 3 or SimCity. It's alright to make a couple of points with those games as an example but let's not let the discussion get completely off-track. Let's table D3 and SimCity discussion in this thread. If you want to talk about those games, you can do so in their respective threads in the Community forum. Just do a forum search and you can find them. E3 is approaching. Microsoft should be showing off a couple of games. Hopefully we'll get a look at Halo 5.

Again, for specific game discussion (i.e. Sonic: Lost World), use the game's thread.

The expression is "without further ado." "Adieu" means farewell.