Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Main Theme / Meta Knight's Revenge | Reacting To Video Game Music!

[@JessesAuditorium]

Oops, I have heard a bit of Ultimate before with Banjo Kazooie jk kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn3IhJx3rNVjocU

[@TheBeserkerLord]

Don't worry, I would've reminded you considering I requested that song. XD

[@Cool-Vest]

Here's the thing about Smash: it's got like 700 total songs in it. Most aren't original, but it's a great way to sample a lot of music in a reasonable way.

[@caolanleonard4515]

@@Cool-Vest it has over 1000

[@lanonyme-vod8090]

Funny enough, the main Brawl theme was composed by nonother than NOBUO UEMATSU Yeah, the madlad himself 😎

[@JessesAuditorium]

what the

[@lanonyme-vod8090]

​​​@@JessesAuditorium Yeah I learned that way later and had the exact same reaction I actually think it had a similar energy as Liberi Fatali from FF8 at times too

[@yubalesquer8495]

Sadly it was the only composition from him ever since (or so I believe). On the other hand, the main theme's motif is in many of Brawl's original songs. In later games we got the inclusion of Cloud (and then Sephiroth), so we got FF7 songs, and then some arrangements, yet none of the new stuff was by Uematsu.

[@seekittycat]

I was just about to type this 😂.

[@samuelchallis3420]

Dang I was hoping he would stumble across that in the video

[@nekorion]

"Is there a face back there?" So metaknight is wearing a mask, and he fights kirby In most iteration of the game when you fight metaknight, he drops a sword for you, and you're meant to fight him in 1 on 1 sword combat as opposed to normal kirby stuff. Whenever you defeat him in a game, you slice his mask apart and reveal completely identical blue looking kirby with yellow eyes. He's surprised for a beat then cloaks his face and whisks himself away. One of the alt colors kirby has in smash is usually a dark blue with yellow eyes

[@IllegallySam]

For some context, Kirby Super Star is a game that, instead of featuring one long adventure, features a bunch of smaller adventures, called sub games, one of which is “Revenge of Meta Knight.” In it, Meta Knight takes his flying battleship, the Halberd, and tries to take over Dream Land because its residents are too lazy. The song here in Smash is actually a medley of two of the main Halberd themes from the sub game. This sub game is also the only time in the franchise that explicitly has Meta Knight as the antagonist. While you do fight him in a lot of the games, it’s usually either a test or a spar in lore (or not actually Meta Knight for reasons). This subgame is also where Heavy Lobster comes from, whose theme comes from the game’s remake Super Star Ultra. It’s also worth noting that almost every Meta Knight song from Super Star onward references at least one song from the sub game, whether it’s the Halberd themes in the medley here or one of the other songs in it. Odds are, you’ll be hearing them at some point in the future though. Also Kirby Super Star is part of the SNES collection of games on Nintendo Switch Online, so if the urge ever strikes…

[@yubalesquer8495]

If I might add. Meta Knight is like some sort of mentor to Kirby, so most of the times Kirby fights him very close on his way to the final boss, like a test to measure Kirby's strength and skill for the danger that lies ahead. Brawl is the first time they went on with the music, not being limited to 1 or 2 songs per stage, rather a bunch of selected best songs of each series covering both originals (taken straight from the games) or new arrangements. The Halberd itself debuted as a stage in Brawl so a song related to it was expected, but is not always the case. Brawl also had a Story Mode where the Halberd was part of the story, which echoes its appearance in Kirby Super Star (both games were directed by Masahiro Sakurai, what did I expect). Kirby Super Star in my opinion is the basis for modern Kirby games, introducing multiple copy abilities with various attacks, Kirby hats (different looks that Kirby takes for each copy ability), enemy-turn-friend/co-op, mini-games, and being one of the games from which a lot of music is remixed from. PS: I know it is unrelated to this video, but for the food question, Super Star is the game that has the Gourmet Race mini-game and it's exactly what you expect from that title (both a race to the finish line and eating food), also the catchy song.

[@protossinator]

Fun fact! The 8 Bit Big Band did a cover of Meta Knight's Revenge and won a Grammy for it!

[@hundvd_7]

Not just that, it is only the second ever VG song to do so. Right after Baba Yetu

[@Dew8Dew]

I can't believe no one told Jesse's that an arrangement of Meta Knight's Revenge won a Grammy Award a couple of years ago, would've been great to see him react to that on video!

[@JessesAuditorium]

One of the requesters left this in a note, I just forgot to read it out loud once the vid started. But yea, pretty cool :)

[@mikedacoolnerd788]

YUP! 8 Bit Big Band is the name of the channel. That arrangement and their whole channel really is a Banger.

[@Dew8Dew]

@@JessesAuditorium Ahh, alright, I'm just glad you know !

[@PaintraSeaPea]

This is making me realize how much you would probably like the track "Sword of the Surviving Guardian." That's a recent Meta Knight-associated theme, I don't think it has any specific melodies in common with this Smash remix but there is a comparable jazzy vibe in terms of the instrument choice. He's a heavily recurring character so there are a lot of songs under his belt.

[@sheilo]

Btw there was another Green Green motif in these Meta Knight songs. When we tell you that motif is used a lot we REALLY mean it not even smash brothers is safe 😅

[@El_Omar2203]

With Brawl is insane because some songs that dont even originally had it got one as well

[@jellycore1316]

​@@El_Omar2203Oh my gosh! XD Wait, that's both funny and really cool

[@Lexical_Archive]

11:15 Kirby's triumphant return. Not technically green greens, but they show up together all the time (including in C-R-O-W-N-E-D) where KTR comes immediately after a minor GG.

[@stef96ify]

Another example is "Battle Scene/Final Boss" from Golden Sun 2, which plays in the Norfair stage: it's a hard rock remix of the normal and final battle themes from the original game, and they're delightfully amalgamated. Also the "Song of Storms" from Zelda Ocarina of Time, the Smash version amalgamates the original song with Ganondorf's theme and the Serenade of Water in a delightful way too.

[@calvinospina7307]

Well they got Cloud, Sephiroth, other square enix characters and Kazuya from Tekken as playable characters in smash ultimate now, and remixes for tekken themes, if snake and sonic didnt surprise you enough. Super smash bros, specifically Ultimate, is the biggest video game collaboration ever, no game tops it when it comes to VG collaborations

[@Ryouski]

The Brawl main theme is so so good! Brings back so many memories playing as a kid! I hardly ever skipped the intro when I booted it up.

[@sammorin254]

Here are the Brawl Theme lyrics translated from latin, since they're so sick and no one(?) seems to have posted them: I’ve heard legends of that person How he plunged into enemy territory How he saved his homeland I’ve heard legends of that person How he traveled the breadth of the land Reducing all he touched to rubble I’ve heard legends of that person I’ve heard legends of that person Revered by many -- I, too, revere him Feared by many -- I, too, fear him Now, that person Stands at my side Now that person stands at my side Now my friends are with me Some of them were once heroes Some, my mortal enemies And as we face each other in battle, locked in combat We shine ever brighter

[@Spark31Gaming]

You sure chose the right character to represent brawl lol. Meta Knight and Brawl are almost synonymous these days. Fun fact, a fan cover of Meta Knights revenge actually won a grammy a year or two ago. It's come a long way

[@Big_Trev]

Brawls main theme is only technically the main theme for brawl, but because of how iconic it is and how brawl was the best selling game in the series until Ultimate, it has essentially taken the mantle as the theme people think of when you think "Smash". The theme shows up in Final destination as you said, but also battlefield, trophy gallery, the menu theme (both versions), and a few others.

[@thend4427]

Rip etika

[@Fuzunga]

When I think of Smash Bros, the first song that comes to mind is Melee’s main menu.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Probably cause it's newer and people were using it for meme and younger people played it, even though I think it's the best I think Melee's is more iconic.

[@windsgrace688]

How much nostalgia? Too much lol. Many hangouts back in the day were spent around a TV playing Smash Brawl (and Project M). Also, fun fact: an arrangement of Meta Knight's Revenge by The 8-Bit Big Band won a Grammy in 2022 for "Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella". The song is available on KZbin titled "Meta Knight's Revenge - Fusion Big Band version ft. Button Masher GRAMMY WINNER 2022". Me finding out about that over a year later was part of the reason why I requested the song. So, music in Smash. Most of the music in Smash is remixes and arrangements of existing music but there are a few original tracks like the main themes of each game. The songs are usually tied to the invidual stages and, at least in Smash Ultimate, you can select or deselect songs you want to play on each stage in the menu (a bunch of Kirby songs for a Kirby-themed stage for instance). If you have multiple songs selected for a stage, it'll choose a random one from the selected songs each time you play on that stage. Smash Ultimate takes after its own name in that it's basically the "ultimate" Smash game, especially in terms of music. The game has so many tracks that it's like a library of video game music. The game even has its own music player built in and since it's on the Switch, you can bring it around with you on the go.

[@lw62345]

The part that plays near the end of Meta Knights Revenge is a motif called "Kirby's triumphant return". It's essentially an extra section of green greens first added in Kirby Super Star's "Crystal Fields" (Itself being a more triumphant version of Green Greens) It's been in countless Kirby songs since and is probably one of the most recuring lietmotifs EVER. You've listened to three songs with it now, thats how much it shows up!

[@itsyaboi.1645]

The brawl main theme. An absolute classic of a theme

[@kellytamia9152]

No fucking way, jesse reacting to peak ost

[@celadore]

Just a fun little piece of trivia - the brawl theme was composed by Nobuo Uematsu

[@richardp5893]

Green greens motif at 20:11 hello againnn Kirby music really is incredible

[@JessesAuditorium]

One day I'll catch it...

[@cattooma]

..Heeeh. That's Kirby's Triumphant Return, which definitely is related to green greens but it's not instantly recognizable as such. it's more so its own motif from Kirby Super Star

[@richardp5893]

​@cattooma I believe it's also included in a few green greens arrangements

[@cattooma]

@@richardp5893 Yes, they are definitely closely related themes, but i still would not call it the "Green Greens" motif

[@richardp5893]

​​@@cattoomayea but he has heard it before in crowned and it's followed by the green greens section (Triumphant return), it's basically the same thing imo kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmmthaKprcirZrcsi=L1g0U-6X-UQxvIK8 the moment the lemotif is included In a song just called green greens I think it's fair game

[@Arksimon2k]

"I don't know who composed it." GOAT Uematsu: "Allow me to introduce myself!" It is the main theme of Brawl! Every Smash (except 3DS/WiiU) has had their own unique motif that you hear in the menus and Final Destination etc. But they're all very uplifting and feel like they belong in Smash. It's cool.

[@rubberwoody]

Smash 4 had a unique notif what are you talking about ?

[@Arksimon2k]

@@rubberwoody 3DS and Wii U weren't different I mean. I wasn't counting Smash 4 as a single entity.

[@rubberwoody]

@@Arksimon2k I see. Thank you for clarifying

[@ThePoltergust5000]

Oh my GOD the 1-2 punch of seeing those two song titles in my feed. It's not my birthday!!!!! Brawl was like, pretty much the first game I ever experienced the "pre-release hype" for, when they had the "Smash Bros. Dojo" online (hey, incidentally, sakurai just released a video about that _today!_ what are the odds lmao), and the remix of Meta's Knight's Revenge was one of the few songs they had on there as a preview that you could listen to. My god, I was SO EXCITED for this game, and both the main theme and that BANGIN JAZZ REMIX of MK's Revenge are just... guh. audio crack

[@Fefe65800]

Meta knight's theme sounds clunky and energetic because it originally plays as you run trough meta knight's flying ship while its being destroyed and slowly sinking, so its pretty fast paced and has sounds that resemble clanking metal and sirens

[@tedgonzalez985]

To think, Brawl is over 15 years and will be 20 years by 2028. How time flies by, and Brawl's music will remain timeless.

[@liamregiskim]

OH I'M SO, SO GLAD YOU LISTENED TO THIS. Meta Knight's Revenge has one of my favourite instances of the Green Greens and Kirby's Triumphant Return leitmotif!! I'm sure I've mentioned this in some comment before, but Kirby's Triumphant Return is my favourite leitmotif, and it is usually paired with Green Greens (usually seen as Kirby's theme, which is why it appears in so many songs). It makes me so delighted to see you react to it, I certainly wasn't expecting it. I truly hope you react to more songs that have the Kirby's Triumphant Return leitmotif in it!

[@Fossilized_Nerd]

One thing to note with Masahiro Sakurai since you mentioned having heard of him now - he has a KZbin channel! He talks about game development ideologies and weaves in his own experience with Kirby, Smash, and a bunch of other titles he was responsible for. It's an awesome resource for aspiring game developers and he provides a lot of exclusive footage from games-testing tools that nobody else can use in there. Highly recommended

[@LazyLotus]

Brawl’s theme holds a special place in my heart, not only because it’s awesome but because Brawl was my fist Smash game so I have so much nostalgia tired to it. Ah, good times.

[@MemoryTAS]

So, Meta Knight's Revenge is a combination of two songs from Kirby Super Star. The first being Halberd Nightmare Warship and the second being Taking Over the Halberd. Both play in the game mode "Meta Knight's Revenge" and both original songs are on the request list.

[@schizophrenia1]

Brawls main theme gives me chills pretty much every time I hear it every now and then, the nostalgia hits too hard

[@chipi4179]

meta knights revenge is my fav smash brawl song, It reminds me of the good old days playing the game, and story mode with my friends, and playing as Meta Knight, the KING of brawl

[@HeraldBFC]

I was about to say "Well I'm not surprised it's a very faithful recreation considering Masahiro Sakurai is ALSO literally the creator of Kirby (he literally voiced King Dedede!), so HAL is probably directly involved" but he left HAL Labs in 2003 so... Ultimate's very mixed OST wise - some stuff is just "Guys, Brawl was already the best version of the song, just make the quality a bit higher" and then you get stuff like Gang-Plank Galleon where they went "If we're adding K-Rool, we CAN'T let HIS theme just be a jaunty cute thing". So Meta-Knight's Revenge was already good, so it stayed good xD

[@HelloSayEm6]

MIXED OST?! Have you NOT listened to the MegaMan, Final Fantasy and Castlevania remixes?!

[@HeraldBFC]

@@HelloSayEm6 By mixed here I was meaning "Sometimes a track that's already been remixed in a previous game will be presented as is, with just a more HD mix, whereas sometimes you'll go on something and just DAMN." I mean, c'mon, the only choices I gave here were Meta Knight's Revenge which was pretty great and SSBU Gang-Plank Galleon blowing SSBB's GPG out of the water, lol. Can't actually think of any SSBU songs that are BAD off the top of my head. Maybe a bit uninspired, but not "Oh, eww, banning this song."

[@HelloSayEm6]

@@HeraldBFC Oh okay, my bad.

[@nathanperquin9910]

@@HeraldBFC call me old fashioned but i actually like the original GPG better than the remixed ones every time i hear the remix deviating from the original i get pulled out since i have the original deeply settled in my brain. same with Meta knights revenge, i grew up with the original super star

[@HeraldBFC]

@@nathanperquin9910 I think in the context of a fighting game, a character's signature music should be some of the hypest music in the game. Purely comparing SSBB vs. SSBU I think SSBU is better at that hype vs. SSBB is better as regular level music. All the OG DKC OSTs are GOATed so I don't even bother comparing them - they do a better job in the context of the job they're aiming to do. Same with Revenge, honestly - all the individual themes in the OG do the job better, SSB's MKR does a good job at making it a fighting game piece.

[@mojojojox5043]

The Brawl theme is legendary in the vgm space. Regarded as one of the best. It's in my collection but you having heard the song before deterred me from requesting the main theme. Just the start of the song is legendary, I love the intensity and the choir is perfection. Such great orchestration as well. There isn't too much for me to comment on, it's just a masterpiece. The rest of the songs shown in this video are really good too. :)

[@Jiggleslinky]

Ripple Star from Kirby 64 is another great jazz jam, super unique for the soundtrack and Kirby games in general.

[@liraco_mx]

I hadn't noticed that BASS for Meta Knight's song. One of my favorites ever since Kirby All Stars on the SNES. Smash's remixes are fire. Half the time you don't even notice the BG music as you fight (this being one of those) when you're too busy not getting killed.

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

Nah they ruined it for me. Electric synth bass doesn't do it justice. The slap bass in the original slaps.

[@Greekanese31]

As described by some other commenters, Meta Knight's Revenge is a medly of songs from Kirby Super Star, which was composed by Jun Ishikawa, the original composer of Kirby. He still is on the Kirby sound team to this day, working with other Kirby composing mainstay Hirokazu Ando to lead a new generation of composers further developing Kirby's signature sound. The Brawl and Ultimate arrangement of the song were both arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare, whose name is most recognizable to fans of PS1/Dreamcast JRPG fans for the Lunar and Grandia series as well as the later Ace Attorney games. He would also work with Sakurai again on Kid Icarus: Uprising among its all star composer lineup!

[@Bozebo]

Back in my student days we just had Brawl and a little Mele or Double Dash running on the tv pretty much all day xD right on campus with whoever we'd met for whatever reason popping in for some games and chill in the big student hangout house, good days.

[@eagleye8167]

Thanks to the requestors and Jesse! I've wanted a reaction to Meta Knights Revenge for a long time. One of my favorite video game songs and characters of all time. The brawl and ultimate remix's are my favorite versions of this song but the Kirby Super Star version is also a banger and holds a special place in my heart. Here's to a reaction to Meta Knight, Sword of the Surviving Guardian from Kirby and the Forgotten Land!

[@VALDiesel01]

how much nostalgia is going through my head!? ALL of it!! man, me and my childhood friends went to WAR on this game!! This game definitely defined the peak of my childhood man, the fun times were just unreal!

[@FiveTimeFiveTimeFiveTime]

Smash has some of the best arrangements/remixes of all time particularly when it comes to classic Zelda, F-Zero and Pokémon tracks.

[@Medz98194]

Didn't expect Mango to get name dropped. He's on his fitness kick right now, so you picked a good time to look him up, haha. Boi's been on fire lately in life and in game. I watch a lot of competitive Melee, hahahaha

[@Taidower]

@@Medz98194 Who dat

[@exetone]

​@@Taidowerone of the first professional Smash Bros Melee players back in 2007, overall good guy

[@JessesAuditorium]

I had a collection of screenshots at some point of people saying I look like him. Good for him though.

[@ZeroMH]

@@Taidower one of the best Melee players, especially during the game's golden era. So good he's part of the "5 gods of Melee" along with Mew2king, Hungrybox, PPMD and Armada (those 5 players dominated every mayor tournament for years)

[@Andrew-qu7lq]

I just love the whole concept of Smash Bros, and even just the guts to bring this out in the first place from Nintendo. From the first commercials with Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Pikachu in full size costumes, just start beating the tar out of each other. So out of place for the "family friendly" Nintendo, and just turning into this great collaboration between even other developers willing to share their IP and turn it into something even more than just a Nintendo thing.

[@bakedroyal_727]

Brawl was the first video game I ever played so its very nostalgic to me

[@SophisticatedGoat222]

Every Smash game has a distinct main theme, and that theme will be presented in its rawest form with a cinematic like this, as well as being given variations for menus, stages, and boss fights. Even though Smash is best known for its remixes, I hope you get the chance to hear other Smash-original songs.

[@Ignotus519]

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER META KNIGHT. For context, 8-bit Big Band’s cover of Meta Knight’s Revenge won a grammy a couple years ago, its amazing.

[@vi6ddarkking]

Honestly the assault on the Gunship in Subspace Emissary is still one of the most nerdgasm inducing cutscenes in gaming. And concidring they used this main them for the background music. I'd say the Smash team knew exactly what they had.

[@ryancurtis5425]

Brawl is VERY nostalgic for me. I remember watching a bunch of "Misheard Lyrics" videos of the Brawl theme. I think it's supposed to be in Latin, but I'm not sure what it translates to. Also, Meta Knight's Revenge one of the songs I remember most from Brawl because I was a HUGE Kirby kid growing up and Meta Knight was my favorite character in the game.

[@lawthirtyfour2953]

It ain't a small world, Sakurai is just that big.

[@JetLagRecords]

Jesse's Auditorium, This made me laugh so much! Thanks for sharing!

[@alejandrotti10]

If you wonder why Meta Knight's theme doesn't sound royal (although it slaps so hard), ask the King himself.

[@JessesAuditorium]

@lebronjames

[@peridrawland5955]

Most tracks belonging to Meta Knight's Revenge (as in the actual game mode within Kirby Super Star, named the same as this theme you reacted to) is super good, high energy just like the actual game, as this game mode specifically features a time limit on every level, which matches the high energy perfectly

[@Gameboy-kl8br]

Been liking these longer multi-feature videos. More music per watch is always a plus.

[@yokkykuma]

Oh wow, just yesterday as I was watching your previous Kirby upload I was thinking to myself "if only someone requested Meta Knight's Revenge" and lo and behold! Though it would have been nice to have the two Kirby Super Star songs that the Smash remix is primarily based on here as well, this was still an incredibly pleasant surprise to wake up to. Kirby music goes hard, Smash remixes go hard, what's not to love!

[@Heathenshalt]

I haven't thought about the soundtrack of that game in forever. It was all the rage when I was in the fifth grade and I became the toast of the town for having a copy and the guidebook. My dad was active duty Navy which afforded us a lot of games... Within some amount of time I pretty much never played the game without music and texture packs on thanks to people making that very easily done and applicable with SD cards, I put tons of music I liked into it, from prog rock to other video game songs. I never cared much for the actual in game soundtrack because it was basically the same melody over and over for all menu themes and stuff, and when I was that young I actually wasn't into rock music and thought there was too much rock. It wasn't until I was in 8th grade and beyond that that became my focus and last time I played the game I think was literally into adulthood with music hacks and rock songs were all over the place in it. The games that finally got me into rock were Sonic (especially Sonic Adventure, pretty much my favorite soundtrack for a long time) and F Zero X, especially the guitar arrange for that soundtrack. And Meta Knight was my favorite character in this game. Muhahahahaha Brawl was pretty much my dropping off place with the series. After that I became a high schooler and my brain couldn't handle buying more massive party fighter games with billions of unlockables and secrets and more characters I may or may not know. Gameplay wise though I swear by Melee. GC was my first console, and pretty much the first console we had, got it for my 8th birthday, before that all we had was my sister's GBA which I didnt like. So I swear by the generation of the GameCube, PS2, and XBox, that's where everything I remember most came from

[@JessesAuditorium]

Thanks for your story :)

[@Heathenshalt]

Those two soundtracks were also what ended up making me become a drummer and start listening to regular music by bands and all

[@tkc1129]

I understand the sensation you are talking about; that road "not traveled" sensation.

[@seekittycat]

This is so peak I absolutely love these songs.

[@vivithegr8389]

I asked for the Reaction for the Brawl intro in the comments way back. Yay!!

[@AntlionUncletruthin]

Smash melee has different music and its own motifs that are pretty unique. I'm sure you have melee requests so you'll definitely notice a big difference when you get around to that game too.

[@insomniko]

love hearing the skullgirls background music in between that game has such a good soundtrack :]

[@SaturnSnapple]

Finally we got Mang0 reacting to smash music

[@randommaster06]

Brawl was one of the games that broke the internet, especially when Sonic was revealed. The main theme has been arranged, remixed and parodied so many times that most people have heard it, even if unintentionally. Each Smash game has a different main theme, but Brawl's is probably the most memorable.

[@BobzBlue]

Kirby's Triumphant Return is the most epic leitmotif in the series. You've heard it a few times already, how about listening to a compilation video? a supercut about 5 minutes long.

[@malachihill8677]

I have so much nostalgia for this game.

[@SoujiaSoldierKitty]

Someone's GOTTA send Queen Sectonia's first phase theme!

[@BobzBlue]

:) ... so good you reacted to it twice.

[@elijahdarden1275]

Another common Kirby motif can be heard in both of the Meta knight themes eventually it will be hard to miss especially if you keep listening to Kirby songs in the future.

[@Multigameguy35]

It's crazy to think about; I played Brawl before Super Star/Ultra. I didn't know Meta Knight as a villain, but the guy who's in-between and helps in Nightmare in Dreamland. I had absolutely no idea who Marx was, but his theme was so haunting in Brawl that I now WANTED to know! Good times, thinking back

[@softsounds8453]

For Smash most stages have certain themes attached to them but you do have the option to choose music for your stage. This song mainly played with Meta Knight's stage with his ship, the Halberd. And yes Meta Knight does have a face behind his mask! He looks just like Kirby but with glowing yellow eyes. No one knows if they're the same species though.

[@ongoingprocessfailed]

So I played Brawl with my brother and childhood friends we played against each other constantly. It was the argument settler or just something to turn on if we wanted to wail on one another. Theres actually an achievement if you played 5999 matches, a penny for every match. Money well spent.

[@GamingWithPatrick87]

This song gives me Pokemon: Battle Revolution vibes with the upbeat music

[@reliczurge]

smash music is hard, my second favorite to see you reacting to

[@Shritistrang]

Well, the way Smash music works (at least from Brawl onwards) is that they put in several songs and remixes from each of the franchises in the game. So there are several Mario songs, Pokemon songs, Kirby songs and so on. And there is a special menu called 'My Music' where you can choose which of these songs is played how frequently on the corresponding stages. For example, Meta Knight's Revenge will only ever be played on a Kirby stage, but you can choose if you want to hear it all the time, half of the time or only sometimes (there are percentage sliders for that). It was only back in Smash 64 and Melee where the fighters had only one main song to represent their franchise, so you could say that back then, it was 'their' song in Smash. But ever since they introduced 'My Music' in Brawl, that wasn't the case anymore.

[@mrcloudark787]

Also I like the idea of having footage for the songs. Yeah might be distracting but is always fun to actually see the epic stuff is happening while the song is ocurring! And yes I understand that feeling, we missed out so much and just now days the only way of experience it is the remaining as music or vague stuff. The only console I had in my life was a Switch so yeah, all I can do its, watch the years of games and else I couldn't.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Crazy that you haven't done Brawl's theme yet. One of the best songs ever. And yes you get the video too!! Mang0 is one of the all time top 5 players of Melee, still winning tournaments today. Nothing going on with Final Destination haha. It's infamous for "blinding" people with how bright it goes at one point. Hurling through space. In Brawl and Smash 4 you could pick songs for the stages but only the songs from the games the stage is from, and original Smash stages used Smash specific songs. It was this way in Ultimate too but then they patched it and let you pick any song for the original Smash stages. More Smash please! You gotta do the themes for all the games.

[@m160e]

Interesting that Nobuo Uematsu was hired just to compose this one track for Smash Brawl and turned out to be one of the most beloved themes in the entire series. Super Smash Bros Ultimate has rearrangement of beloved FFVII tracks that you might want to check out as well such as: Opening~Bombing Mission, FFVII Main Theme, Aerith's Theme, and Cosmo Canyon. Cosmo Canyon rearrangement was made by none other than Yoko Shimomura herself. Talk about that synergy!

[@berrgp64]

Fun fact about Smash Bros. Ultimate: counting all the DLC, it has 1068 songs in its soundtrack! It being a celebration of games like you mentioned is really true in all aspects of the game.

[@cattooma]

Ok so... Meta knight behind the mask basically looks like a blue Kirby with Yellow eyes, yet it is never confirmed if they are truly related in any way, or if it even is the same species. Btw, as someone pointed out, yes, there is Green Greens AGAIN, but also not really. There is another motif that you have encountered which is basically in part green greens, but it is considered its own thing. You have heard it a few time, especially in C-R-O-W-N-E-D and in here. At 13:09/20:11 that motif is called "Kirby's Triumphant Return" and it's from Kirby Super Star but it is recurring in the games., usually in final boss related tracks but not exclusively. I kinda wish you heard the original Kirby tracks here too, but the smash version are also very good

[@BJGvideos]

I doubt they're related but they're clearly the same species

[@rubberytatsu]

Awesome! I also hope you get around to looking at the Melee, smash 4, and ultimate themes as well. Melee's opening cinematic is still so memorable for me :)

[@siverwrites]

Huh, yeah I guess there really hasn't been much Smash. Nostalgia? Oh yes. The main theme for Brawl is still so iconic for me. I loved the Subspace Emissary mode too and played through it with my dad. The cutscenes were awesome. Ultimate is the latest Smash. According to wikipedia the composer for Kirby Super Star was Jun Ishikawa.

[@Ikronix007]

One thing about smash and the rest of the series is that the main theme is 100% re occuring thorugh the game and it menus. My favorite is Smash Ultimates Piano Solo. Just something about it hits different. @6:41

[@marche800]

Well there is a main theme for smash bros but the brawl theme is not it

[@Omnitron-x]

Damn after watching this video I wonder how cool it would be to see you play the big solo mode of smash ultimate to experience those remixed nintendo sounds goodness

[@skysamfreeman]

I'd love to see you react to the Super Smash Bros. Melee theme/Multi-Man Melee 2.

[@1234_Flux]

Christmas came early

[@Kniffel101]

18:00 Those are the exact song details as Smash Ultimate lists them. For example, for Banjo-Kazooie tracks (original _and_ arrangements), instead of crediting Grant Kirkhope it says "(c) Rare Ltd." even though for the one arrangement Grant did, they did credit him for it. So: Arrangers got named, original composers did not, except for Toby Fox and the MEGALOVANIA Smash Ultimate arrangement, since he's indie. =P 19:00 And many songs and arrangements from previous Smash Bros. titles get either used 1:1 or slightly touched up for newer entries. And some people doing KZbin reups upload them as coming from Smash Ultimate, anyway.

[@SacredFaerie]

As you saw in the description, Meta Knight's Revenge is a medley of themes from the mode "Revenge of Meta Knight" from the game Kirby Super Star. Namely, it's a medley of the two themes "Boarding the Halberd" and "Havoc Aboard the Halberd". Speaking of Sakurai, yes, Sakurai was the person who originally created Kirby. However, and somehow this isn't common knowledge, he left HAL Laboratory 20+ years ago and was only responsible for three mainline Kirby games (Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Adventure, and Kirby Super Star) and some spin-offs such as Air Ride. Sakurai took Smash with him (Or rather, Nintendo forced Smash back on him) and Smash has been made by his company Sora Ltd. since Brawl onwards, but Kirby stayed with HAL Laboratory. If anyone has an at least equally valid claim to be 'the Kirby guy' it would be Shinya Kumazaki, who has been the director of Kirby games since 2008, with the mainlines Super Star Ultra, Return to Dream Land, Triple Deluxe, Planet Robobot, Star Allies, Forgotten Land, and Return to Dream Land Deluxe. All the spinoffs since, including Rainbow Curse (Except Battle Royale it seems), are directed by him. If you take a look, of the twelve Kirby songs you've listened to on this channel, EIGHT of them were from Kumazaki games and only two of them were from Sakurai games (Those being Green Greens and Checker Knights). This should speak for itself how influential Kumazaki is on the Kirby series compared to Sakurai, but despite that an unfortunate amount of people think Sakurai is still the one making Kirby games.

[@datpuertorican2495]

If you check out Smash Ultimate besides the main theme on that one, you really need to listen to the Beneath The Mask remix on there. I hope it's been requested some time. That's one of the coolest remixes that the smash composer has arranged.

[@TruExtentChannel]

So you're correct that the motif heard on Final Destination is the same that's heard in the opening tune. This is the motif of Brawl and it gets used all over the game within menus and Smash Bros themed stages (Battlefield and Final Destination) being mixed with many different instruments add musical styles. Here's a list of all the tracks that use the motif: Opening Menu 1 Sticker Album Trophy Gallery Stage Builder Coin Launcher Cruel Brawl Battlefield Battlefield Ver. 2 Final Destination Online Practice Stage Target Smash!! Master Hand Battle (same as Final Destination but with a different start) All Star Rest Area Adventure Map Boss Battle Song 1 Step: The Plain Step: The Cave Step: Subspace Step: Subspace Ver. 2 Step: Subspace Ver. 3 Save Point Tabuu / Boss Battle Song 2 Credits (note there's a small 20 second segment at the end that a lot of music uploads miss, you'll have better luck hearing it by watching a video of the credits itself) Also note that Smash Bros. reuses song names so when you go looking for these songs, you need to specify Brawl in the search. If you want links to the songs, I can add them.

[@Mattt417]

Id love to see Jesse react to the smash remixes of metak gear music

[@JessesAuditorium]

Me too tbh, it's been so long and I vaguely just remember it "sounding like mgs"

[@Mattt417]

@@JessesAuditorium The remix for Snake Eater and Love theme are my personal favourites

[@rodrigobarrera2281]

Jess, you ask in your last stream of Xenoblade 2 about a merc merc bug in a mission. That's not a bug, you realize in a future 👍. What a playthrough of 6 hours! 😅 Good videos Jess ❤❤❤

[@static_gmedina]

These were def my go to stages.

[@wesleyjudson599]

Smash Bros Ultimate I believe has an original song called World of Light. Also, the lyrics for the main theme of Brawl are really good. Final note, I'm interested in your thoughts about the music for the video game "Nikke: Goddess of Victory", specifically 'Red Ash' and 'Overzone'

[@nathanperquin9910]

i like the originakl meta knights revenge over the remix, the new jazzy sound is nice, but the original suits the related situation better. as for the brawl main theme cinematic, it has a bunch of scenes from the brawl story mode spliced in with gameplay, it was the only smash game with a full on cinematic narrative that you could probably find on youtube if you look for it, the gameplay is still the same as always and yes every smash has its own main theme. i do know there is a remix album with a track mixing all the final destination themes up to smash brawl together

[@gatr2897]

Yeah Smash Bros and Kirby were both made by Masahiro Sakurai, although the latter was eventually handed off to another director in the late 2000s/early 2010s. Meta Knight was one of Sakurais creations in the series tho, he was all the way back in the second game in the series. He's kind of an anti hero. Him and Kirby have gotten into fights a lot but most of the time Meta Knight is being controlled by some other force, there's only been a couple times the two of them have had a real grievance with eachother. In general Meta Knight seems to see Kirby as his pupil almost. He can be seen looking after Kirby during vulnerable moments. Meta Knight also craves power, like physical power, he wants to train to become the strongest warrior in the galaxy, and he uses his power to protect Popstar all the time, he's usually the first to notice when a big world event happens. It's also implied that he's the same thing as Kirby. Whenever you defeat him in the games his mask shatters and his face is identical to Kirbys, only with a more stern expression lol. Kirby is most likely the product of a force in the universe known as Void, coming into contact with powerful positive emotions, and reincarnating itself into that emotions image, so if Meta Knight is a product of Void too then maybe Void came across another knight somewhere in the universe who was acting courageously. We don't know for sure though, but given the implication between Kirby and Meta Knight it's possible. In Smash Bros Brawl Meta Knight was infamous, Brawl Meta Knight is debatably the most broken character in the series, but also one of the most fun to use. Insanely large and fast attacks on a character with a small body, amazing recovery, runs circles around most other characters, it's just ridiculous. Because of that, his theme in Brawl is also similarly infamous lol. He was tuned down in Smash 4 but was still pretty great, but in Ultimate he kinda sucks. Btw Mang0 is debatably the best Melee player ever. He's but one of many claims to that title but I mean he's got reason to. He came into the scene really young but now he's one of the oldest top players lol, correct me if I'm wrong but I heard him say recently that he's both the youngest and oldest person to win a major lol. His persona is pretty huge he's definently a shit talker but not super mean from what I've seen.

[@superplushroompower-up]

Man, now I kinda want him to hear Ashley's theme. Both the original, and the Brawl version. Or maybe Kraid's lair from Ultimite. But that should probably be pared with the versions of that theme from NES Metroid and Metroid Zero Mission.

[@breakerboy365]

I wish it was the main theme of the series, it's really legendary. I'm not particularly a fan of the other series' main themes (except Super Smash Bros Melee), probably because this one exists.

[@0072.0]

You like Meta Knight's jazz, right? You HAVE to listen to Meta Knight's theme from Kirby and the Forgotten Land, called Sword of the Surviving Guardian! It is easily one of the best Meta Knight themes to exist.

[@felicia4017]

He definitely needs to With Mila’s Divine Protection. I don’t know if anyone has told him this but Nobou Uematsu did the main theme for SSBB

[@JohnnyLeven]

Yeah, I don't think I knew any friends with two consoles in the 90s. Most didn't even have one in the early 90s.

[@KingKuron_]

Grammy Award-winning Meta Knight!

[@darkarpatron]

The Evolution of King Dedede's theme would be interesting.

[@aratherbritishdinosaur]

Meta Knight is one of the most important Kirby characters, starting out as a villain in the older games, but over time becoming more like a rival to Kirby. I’d recommend checking out his bossfight theme in the most recent game, “Sword of the Surviving Guardian”.

[@marche800]

I don't think you can accurately describe Meta Knight as a villain. He's always been more of a mentor type to kirby. He only ever pretends to be the villain. The only exception is Revenge of Meta Knight which is his only role as a villain.

[@Thorozak]

Now you need to listen to Super Smash Bros Brawl- Boss Battle 2 vs Tabuu