Battle!! - Torna [8-Bit; VRC6] - Xenoblade Chronicles 2

[@MusikageKira]

Bran. Please tell me you are doing more Xenoblade 2 stuff, cause this is amazing. That triangle bass is so lovingly arranged.

[@wherediditgo5140]

What, is this a crossover episode or something?

[@eggsbenedict624]

Musikage Kira, Stand: Killer Theme, Hello.

[@branflakes325]

i think i need a break from xenoblade 2 music for a few years, but after that maybe!!

[@thepurplemudkip9998]

@@branflakes325 how would you ever need a break the soundtrack is AMAZING

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@thepurplemudkip9998 I mean he's been listening to it for a couple months straight, at least, just to make this, so I think he'd rather change things up

[@SSB_Seal]

I feel like you don’t get enough credit for how great your pixel art is. It’s really impressive, especially since it’s not even the main focus of your videos! I guess all of us viewers are too enthralled by the awesome chiptune to even think about it haha.

[@Mabra51]

Theme that might play when you fight against a one eyed monster.

[@SirJeffhog]

M-Mabra! You do know "one-eyed monster" usually means...?

[@mwilliams7511]

“Oops! I went and revealed my awesome power!” - Zeke

[@siposmarton8324]

@@SirJeffhog Shut up! *slap*

[@magblevideos]

*Convenient boulder then proceeds*.

[@pablothecoffeelover2551]

SHUP UP! *a slap that casually breaks the 4th wall*

[@AlexMoukalaMusic]

Man, this is nothing short of amazing. Great arrangement!

[@Drewtendo]

How are you doing today, Alex? 😁

[@EternalSushiMusic]

Ayyy Alex, nice to see you here as well, man! Great to see a lot of musicians gathered here. Thanks to your advice, I put out two new videos too!

[@Yugifan-ti7ty]

I would like to see more Xenoblade music on the channel! Maybe some shadow of the colossus as well.

[@stealthrockdamage]

the fact that you can turn something with as much jazz influence as this into a faithful 8-bit adaptation is seriously insane like this is really good

[@lumena-tan]

One of your best yet! The way you allow all the channels to breathe while still retaining a high level of texture on your chords is terrific! Collab bro?

[@porfiriorojas2973]

im shipping this collab, i love both channels creations

[@grey1598]

best collab 2020

[@branflakes325]

yes *cough* a collab would be nice idea now wouldn't it *cough*

[@lumena-tan]

@@branflakes325 hey uh bran you wanna get that cough checked out?? 👀

[@lewis9s]

This sounds good.

[@ColesWorks]

Very happy to see someone acknowlege how awesome Xenoblade 2's soundtrack is. Well done!

[@morsthetakerofsouls2295]

Xenoblade Content is always welcome. This is perfect in every way shape and form.

[@SeriousStriker]

"They're trying to take Persona out" - Etika RIP

[@untitleddocument5231]

I CLICKED ON THIS AS SOON AS I GOT THE NOTIFICATION NO IDEA WHAT THIS SONG IS BUT I KNOW ITS GONNA BE GOOD CUZ ITS BRANFLAKES

[@trackernivrig]

Same here

[@wilsonklingelhofer1005]

How do you not know this song?

[@untitleddocument5231]

@@wilsonklingelhofer1005 im not a xenoblade fan

[@Phoenixmage50]

@@wilsonklingelhofer1005 torna is somewhat niche, definitely not a super popular well known game

[@wilsonklingelhofer1005]

@@Phoenixmage50 I know but if you are at least familiar with Nintendo content you hear this song everywhere.

[@anhductran1714]

Thoroughly floored with how you managed to maintain the jazzy spirit of the battle theme while working within the limitation of 8-bit synthesized instruments. Now I wait and pray for Fog Beast battle theme ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[@DiddyKingLP]

FOG BEAST BATTLE YES. But Time to fight FC would also be cool!

[@blockcabin]

god damn how do u make something insanely good like this EVERY SINGLE TIME. YOU DONT MISS

[@woopboop1481]

KZbin recomdantions with the perfect timing once again

[@conyXcony253]

Addam and Milton when Myhtra stops cooking:

[@ChristopherMoom]

Chuggaaconroy fans are absolutely ecstatic right now

[@SkywardKkalox]

Xc2 fans in general, such a jammer.

[@tiki-nagasvoice7919]

I saw this in my recommends under a Chuggaa video Very happy :3

[@Joltz9]

You're goddamn right

[@MrLuigiBean1]

I was going nuts. :P

[@Doublee73]

I will never forget how satisfying it is to set up a complete elemental burst combo

[@charxthekoopaking5673]

It feels so rewarding!

[@lewis9s]

A surprise, but a welcome one!

[@northweast5857]

Bran has singlehandedly made me play or want to play Celeste, Persona, Xenoblade, ARMS, and many other titles.

[@cheesebslls6203]

HIGHLY reccomend celeste personally, I havent played the others you mentioned though.

[@northweast5857]

@@cheesebslls6203 I have played Celeste, incredible game 11/10

[@fluffyeevee383]

Yes, play Xenoblade. Not just 2, the original is just as good if not better imo

[@SoundCirclet]

I went into this wondering how the heck you were gonna handle the insane jazz solo sections from the original--and you somehow pulled it off gracefully. The way you simulated the portamento strings in the background were especially impressive to me, it's unbelievable to me how you have the patience to input all of those signals into a tracker, Amazing work!

[@Void_Dawn]

This right here, this is someone who loves what they are doing, knows their tools, and knows how to use these tools well. Keep up the great work!

[@ElemXCR]

I wonder how large the song file size is. Every time I hear 8-bit music.. I think it'd be small enough to fit into old retro games like the first zelda game.

[@DearAnem0ia]

If we're talking the files used in the consoles, then yeah, it's minuscule. But it's not something like .wav or .ogg. Retro consoles use a completely different type of file in their chips.

[@Reach_W]

Outside of heavy sample usage, file size isn't often going to be a problem with music for these systems since you're essentially just writing a set of basic instructions for the sound chips to read and ouput rather than say, putting an mp3 onto the cart. The problem you'd run into is whether the cart contains the sound extension if one is used. For example, a Legend of Zelda cart isn't going to be optimal for this track since it's trying to output through the VRC6 module, which isn't present in that cart. To my knowledge, you'd still get the native 2a03 channels though, so that's something. All that to say, theoretically yes. There have even been a few Famitracker albums put out on reproduction carts over the years and it's such a nice way to enjoy the music.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Branflakes releases NSF files of all his covers for free on his Patreon, along with MP3s. This one's around 95 KB! (And yeah, NSF is like a specialized MIDI file, it doesn't actually contain any information about what the waveform should be like, only instructions for which notes to play when.)

[@banjofries]

I am literally over the moon that you just uploaded this.

[@tobinus]

I kept wondering while listening how you would solve the drum solo, but I had no reason to worry. It's great to hear 8-bit arrangements of tracks that require such a high degree of creativity from the arranger 😄

[@JackiW]

Xenoblade 2 had it's issues but my LORDS did it have an amazing OST.

[@RemasterXenobladeX]

This. May not be my favorite game in the franchise, but hey, catch me vibing to the soundtrack anyday!

[@Brent515]

Welp I’m only here because of smash bros

[@williaml3025]

YES! We finally got a Xenoblade song! Thank you so much! It’s just as great as I hoped it would be!

[@LeRielbe]

I just was hearing the OST from the main game and this popped up. Perfect timing

[@WingedSupernova]

KZbin is just blessing me today god dayum. Excellent as always, Branflakes.

[@atomicmelodies]

I never thought I'd see the day that someone would cover this song props

[@Spaghettitron]

this whole song sounds amazing, but once 2:30 hit, god damn! also, the solo parts sound incredible! amazing work as always on this one!

[@bagel4943]

When you finally arrive in Smash:

[@agidayne2385]

Lol

[@frog_phone]

Tiger tiger beta 1.2.0

[@coolioman9606]

I see you combined the Smash Bros Mythra costume with the OG cleavage for the pixel art. I approve! PS - Keep up the Xenoblade tunes!!

[@smolse6854]

Kinda weird, but okay.

[@adamkampen]

This sounds great! I don't know much about chiptune stuff to give detailed feed back but it sounds clean and fresh! I see you combined her original and Smash designs for the pixel art, tights really are the best look for Mythra

[@supahstarclod]

Xenoblade 2's soundtrack slaps so hard it makes me incredibly happy to see you make a cover of this. Like seriously this grooves I don't know how you do it

[@TAKESHI24PERFUME]

好きすぎる

[@fuhbree]

This made my day, thank you so much!! Also hoping that I can make tracks in famitracker like you one day, but that's not too important

[@cactusdip4680]

I know that this will probably never happen, but I have a request to Bran to do an 8-bit version of the battle theme from persona 2 innocent sin Edit: if bran ever does see this, I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm ungrateful, or whining this song, to be clear, I'm only suggesting this since I've seen other chiptuners (Leoder) ask for suggestions before. I really like the music you make, and I don't care about this song at all, I just made this edit so I don't sound like I'm whining or I'm ungrateful for what you do.

[@SirCheeseburgur]

that song sucks

[@adamkampen]

That song is pretty great

[@cactusdip4680]

@@gollliath I'm asking about this song since whims of fate already has a lot of 8 bit variations on youtube by other chiptuners. The only vrc6 persona 2 battle theme I found is really old and lacks the polish that chiptuners like branflakes and Lumena-Tan have. If you wanna find a good whims of fate chiptune Lumena-Tan released one a while back

[@ShadowEclipse777]

With you on that. Persona 2 music gets overlooked alot even though it's really great (albeit very different from later Persona games music)

[@justaguy3983]

@@ShadowEclipse777 It ain’t a bad song either. Just not one you wanna hear all the time.

[@hadokenexe]

This sounds so good! I could see this as a Blaster Master 0 track

[@miiks...5...3...9...]

XB2 really is a SNES/PS1 era JRPG that somehow time traveled into the future

[@anthonygerardotorresgonzal6269]

Approved!!, By the Way Miiks. Super Mario and Nintendo's Music in General are Awesome to Epic Levels. Plus Mega Man Music.

[@zamanfu2935]

Glad to see this. Torna's Battle theme has to be one of the best "Normal Battle" themes ever composed.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

ooooOOOH NEW BRANFLAKES ARRANGEMENT Time to put this in the Drive folders (Edit: done)

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

MP3 folder: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RXgkSBT8CY9WKX0y8tQZJ1VikZtdwauU?usp=sharing NSF folder: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GHWS-rH4xQqCW7DyI2-5dzKbW0aLtd6t?usp=sharing Haven't done FTMs yet but I'll probably get to them eventually, they'll be supporter-locked on Patreon anyway if they do get link-shared

[@branflakes325]

@@Nat_the_Chicken big thank you ;-;

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@branflakes325 Of course man, it's really my pleasure. As long as I can appreciate your awesome covers I want other people to be able to appreciate them better too!

[@Magic0YT]

oh fuuuckkk yeaaaahhhhh xenoblade jams! BROOO IM ULTRA LIKING THIS I am also gonna share this with the xeno communities I chat with

[@bctalicorn809]

ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Branflakes did a cover of Torna?! Today is great day!

[@gamkht]

Been listening to this nonstop since you uploaded. Amazing music, and loved the pixel art too

[@nothingtoreport1918]

This is really great! Nice work!

[@soupahmario5869]

Oh HELL yeah, Torna's OST SLAPS. Another great cover, Bran Flakes!

[@pindagreat]

This is great. The song itself is already fantastic, so making 8-bit just gives it such a great flair. I love it so much.

[@eeeecca]

I have watched your content for about 2 years now, never ceases to amaze me.

[@stufs27]

Another upload another amazing cover! Keep up the awesome work my dude :)

[@modermousev2ofthegoldendeer]

I feel like my ears went to heaven after listening to this.

[@つきかげ-x2z]

すごい好みの8bitアレンジでした！ very very good arrange!

[@usagismile]

I didn't even need to watch to know that this would slap, love seeing XBC2 content

[@i_cam]

This is really solid all around, absolute banger!

[@MK73DS]

I hope you will make more Xenoblade musics, they're amazing !

[@vit_log]

So unusual to see chiptune on such rare chip) Nice work

[@yes7281]

Bless you sir for this nugget of current day Xenoblade Chronicles 2 content

[@EternalSushiMusic]

AWWW YEEEE I remember you telling me that a Xenoblade track was coming out. Not the ones I hoped for but this track is still such a banger Once again, amazing job translating this to 8-bit! I still stand by the thought that you're the best chiptune transcriber, certainly the most accurate!

[@user-tm3eq7nv8f]

Didn't know I needed this till I saw the thumbnail. Thank you, you just made my day.

[@JoeLikesBlue]

I was just listening to this banger of a track and I have no problem hearing it again in your vision

[@gadgetclockwork474]

This works so well as chiptune! Love it.

[@snooPINGAS]

god this sounds so good amazing job

[@MarsGhoul]

I'm so happy I found this, thank you your work is amazing!

[@MattStarzing]

Your pixel art is amazing

[@haisekaneki4962]

One of my favorite normal battle themes. Great job for this one. P.S I hope Silver Will(any version but Super Arrange preferably) from Trails in the Sky gets a 8-bit mix someday.

[@ClexYoshi]

Man, this almost makes me wish I hadn't fallen off of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 around the time I first got to Uraya. I always felt like I was never playing that game correctly and I'm pretty sure my playtime consisted more of me playing Tiger! Tiger! then it did of me playing the actual RPG.

[@Mr3DLC]

I feel like you have to do the sidequests to avoid being underlevled because nornal grinding is too slow

[@rosheafan]

The story really kicks off during Uraya. Insert miner stopping right before hitting jackpot meme here.

[@ClexYoshi]

@@rosheafan But is it the point where the battle system finally picks up/stops consisting of you waiting for Auto-attacks to nebulously fill your bars for Artes? I found the battle system so less intuitive than the original game or Xenoblade chronicles X that I just wasn't having fun in the same way I was with the first game.

[@rosheafan]

@@ClexYoshi You never really had to wait for auto-attacks, you can stutter-step to fill arts faster, and eventually you can cancel arts into eachother. The system has already picked up, it's just hard to utilize everything immediately. You use blade combos, build 2-3 orbs, then use a chain attack to destroy orbs and eradicate the second half of the opponent's HP. Right after Uraya you unlock another story related blade that is helpful in terms of support and damage dealing for Rex. TL;DR: Yes, it is.

[@Alastorchaos]

There it is. My dosage of branflakes in audio format. Thank you!

[@火を点けろ燃え残った全てに]

圧　倒　的　日　本　人　の　少　な　さ

[@your-name.]

海外人気が強いゲームだし、多少はね？

[@ryanhunter6029]

Why does everything you put out fucking SLAP!?

[@hanyun287]

lets goooo amazing battle theme and amazing arrangement

[@jonathanbarrus2326]

Oh yeah, Xenoblade 2 and Torna. I wish that I had 90 hours to play through it again

[@remis8623]

I think it's cool how much this could fit into shovel knight as an actual song and I could legit think it was part of the OST

[@keeysOST]

Ah Xenoblade 2! The music slaps hard just like every Xeno game. This one is one of my favorites, than you so much!!

[@snooPINGAS]

Beautiful profile pic!

[@thesupremegamer]

I love your pfp!

[@anclareal]

how in the world do you manage to just roll out these amazing chiptune tracks like tf

[@ElusiveEllie]

Commenting for the algorithm, more people should see this. Very well done.

[@justaguy3983]

Imagine roaming the wastes in 8-bit.

[@neon8292]

I’ve been doing pixel art for a while now and HOLY MOLY your pixel art is always SO DANG *GOOD* How do i obtain this power

[@Shuriken255]

Practice.

[@kentpriore9531]

Please do more Xenoblade songs. You have translated this amazing song into 8-bit beautifully and I want to hear more Xenoblade in this style.

[@acetalos-4242]

This sounds like something out of streets of rage almost

[@Addy0302]

Probably the shortest time ever between the video starting and me subscribing. Holy crap, this is good!

[@oopsiexistnow]

I wish I could say exactly what felt so underwhelming about XC2 but its a shame I felt that way for whatever reason, because the music in XC2 is fucking amazing

[@arbitrary5226]

this channels amazing youtube actually did something correct with tis reommendations

[@conard121]

all your arrangements are amazing! (technically and musically) you really know how to do 8 bit

[@theskullboy8700]

Comments: god this comment is great Me: we must fight. For mercenary dad

[@yamivolcarona2592]

That bass with good headphones is just amazing

[@TDarkyx]

WOOOW very Amazing !!! Congrats !

[@glubby2262]

anyone ever told ya how good you are at pixel art ??

[@smolse6854]

Yes, some people did.

[@EmrlsCommunity]

This was incredibly done. Gobsmacked

[@linkmastro4980]

I’m really feeling it!🕺

[@scythe1005]

I completed Xenoblade 1 and 2 last month. Love for Xenoblade x Love for Chiptune = ∞Infinite Love∞ I love this work!! Thank you

[@ひは-q1l]

どことなくロックマンシリーズ感があるのは何故だろうか

[@mateoguanuco4154]

Good job your job is amazing. Thanks :, )

[@anurbanskier]

I would love to hear an arrangement of the fogbeast battle theme from Future Connected, I could only imagine...

[@misszazia7866]

It sounds so great! I usually don't like 8-bit arrangements, but this one is just perfect

[@wbjeg]

the vibrato makes me very happy

[@quinnbethel6788]

branflakes you’re an absolute legend

[@ericthib1239]

Je viens de me rappeler que j'ai acheté le DLC Torna the Golden Country y'a genre 2ans et que je n'y ai pas encore joué

[@santiagob.1071]

A yes Zenoblade Chronicles 2 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System

[@nebulatheowl]

I heard pieces of this song many a time, but I never knew it's origins. Now I can say I do, and hearing this rendition in it's entirety is awe-inspiring.

[@MatthewGagliardoMusic]

Really awesome! I just covered this on my channel. It's my favorite track from Torna!

[@TheAndoExperience]

Why do you have the best taste in music.