[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 114 Voting/WEEK 115 Nominating

I've been considering a nomination from Phantasy Star Gaiden, a Japan-only Game Gear side game no one's heard of/played/listened to. In fairness, it's only really a weak consideration, but I don't want to see the game banned simply because it has "Phantasy Star" in the name when I think it more than meets eligibility requirements.

Note: this is not a joke. I am not trying to be difficult.

Note: okay, I am. I don't like blanket "this whole series should be banned" proclamations because a lot of them have overlooked installments that aren't particularly well known. "Everyone knows Sonic music" is not the same as "Everyone's heard the music from S1-3&K, the Adventures, CD, 3D, R, Rush, Secret Rings, Spinball, 360 version, and so on god there are a lot of these, but I guess there are a bunch of weird handheld ones like Sonic Labyrinth and Sonic Triple Trouble and Tails Adventures that no one really knows. And let's not forget the best soundtrack in the series, that of the horrible Mario Party knockoff, Sonic Shuffle." Let's not get carried away and say that every member of a series with high profile games must be high profile. We should certainly take a close look at nominations from those series, perhaps closer than usual, but let's not throw them entirely off the boat.

Note: I have supported and still support a ban on PS1-4 and PSO/U.

Note: I am definitely going to nominate something from Sonic Shuffle unless someone can honestly make the case that its music is well known.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'd prefer to say "X, Y, and Z are banned" over "all of X is banned, unless you can make a case for something." The former just seems more intuitive to me, but if more people want to see it the second way, that's cool.

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Banning series is a nice, simple shorthand. People have successfully challenged it on a case by case basis before, so there's nothing really new about any of that. If you really want to nominate something that has a popular series name attached, just make your case and be done with it.

When has it happened before that we've said an entire series was ineligible and later an obscure member from that series was let in? As far as I can remember, there's only been one time that we've specifically banned an entire series, and that was Wild Arms a little while back. Everything else like Final Fantasy has just been implied because, well, it's FF. Come on.

These sweeping bans just seem to me to be a recent occurrence that have yet to be challenged, but please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm definitely thinking we should be keeping track of these on the wiki somewhere.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Forgot to post this nomination for Dragon God. :|

• Artist: Motoaki Furukawa, Tappy Iwase, Mami Asano, Tanaka Toyoyuki
• Composer: Konami Kukeiha Club
• Album/Game Title: Kukeiha Club pro-fusion ~Salamander~
• Track Title: SENSATION
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 7
• Catalog Number: KICA-7702
• Year: 1996
• Source(s): KICA-7702: Kukeiha Club pro-fusion ~Salamander~ - VGMdb beta

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [20] Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
2). [19/15] Double Dragon (Neo Geo CD Red Book Audio) - Kochinda (Rebecca's Theme)
3). [19/10.5] Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Premium Arrange - Jungle
4). [18/13] Savage (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - Intro
5). [18/10.5] Phantasy Star Collection — Sound Collection I - Field Medley
6). [10] SKYGUNNER Original Sound Tracks - Merveilleux ~ Setting Out (Bonus Track)
7). [8] Z.O.E. - Zone of the Enders Original Soundtrack - KISS ME SUNLIGHTS - Opening Theme
8). [7] Gradius IV Fukkatsu Original Game Soundtrack - Gaia

This one was really close.

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