Stream #78 Recap + Handpicked PRL Choice + 2023/2024 Finale/Premiere Reveal! (Patreon)

Hey Patrons! I've got a big exciting post for ya. 😉

First up, the Patreon Request List song chosen from today's stream was:

Hey, Let's Fight! from Mystic Ark, from the list of Usaga! Another awesome song from a game we didn't originally receive here in the West. If you're a fan of songs like Spirit Chaser or Battle Theme (SMT II), this one'll be right up your alley.

The end of the year, and with it the beginning of a new one, is approaching... so it's time to drum up some hype with some songs that'll surely thrill many in the GaMetal community!

I know I may have appeared a bit abstinent from hitting up the 2023 Ballot, but it's time for that to come to and end.

First up, my final handpicked PRL song for the year will be:

Coming from the #6 spot of the 2023 Ballot: Morpho Knight from Kirby and the Forgotten Land from the list of The Real Yinger Binger J-Felton! Of all the high ranking Kirby songs, I've been most interested in tackling this one next.

Since I'm focused on finishing up the final 4 songs of the year at the moment, both Hey Let's Fight and Morpho Knight will most likely end up being early 2024 songs, so you can expect for them to be done sometime around January/February

Moving on now to the big two: the 2023 Finale and 2024 Premiere.

I was deciding between doing a few different things for these 2 spots, but I simply couldn't bring myself to not end the year of 2023 with:

The 2023 Finale will be none other than a double remix of the final two battle themes from Super Mario RPG: Fight Against Smithy and Fight Against Smithy, Who Likes Transforming! It's been a major year for Super Mario RPG fans (which of course would include myself!), SMRPG also plays a key role in GaMetal history (with the 2012 mega medley still being brought up regularly to this day), so I think these two songs are a perfect fit for the 2023 finale spot.

Ok, ok, that's not a ballot song (the SMRPG Remake wasn't revealed till long after the ballot closed), you're absolutely right. So i'll be countering my own bias with my pick for the 2024 Premiere:

The year of 2024 will officially be the beginning of Pizza Time!! From, of course, Pizza Tower. This game dominated the 2023 ballot with the top two most voted songs as well as another in the #8 spot. I'll definitely be getting to that #1 song, Unexpectancy, in time, but I've mentioned wanting to do this song before that one. (Don't worry, I won't make it the 2024 Finale 😅)

With that, the next 5 songs are now set in stone! I hope you all are looking as forward to the coming weeks as I am. Let's take this year out with a bang like we always do! Thank you all as always for being the best, I'll see you in the next post! 😃