The Surprisingly Complex Music of Wii Play's Tanks!

[@emmettmulhern2665]

There is now probably a music composer out there who is now very happy that they have received some sort of recognition for their very hard work on a small game years ago.

[@Definitely_a_Fox]

According to google, Wii Play's soundtrack was composed by both Ryo Nagamatsu and Shinobu Nagata. Now, I have no idea what one of them composed this track or if it was a combined effort. If anyone knows, that'd be something I'd like to know.

[@flimksi]

just use they

[@VerbDoesStuff]

They probably are Japanese and don’t know this video exists

[@doyi984]

We also mustappreciate the game designers. It's normally a joint effort between composers and them how to incorporate this sound work into the game. Such stellar collabs! wowow.

[@erinashlee2690]

@@flimksi cry

[@DE23]

Fun Fact: The levels actually change in layout slightly whether your playing in 4:3 or 16:9 to suit the play space.

[@thecelestialstarship]

That's honestly sick

[@ImmaSpam__________________Can]

That is amazing because most games would just stretch the screen

[@cloudtaker633]

Which aspect ratio is easier?

[@rhylinzux]

That's such a fun fact, I found a video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmHYp3ifmdJke6c The first example may not be obvious at first, but the brown tank is actually closer to the player in 4:3. Second example in the video is more obvious, where the 2 spaces North and South in 4:3 become 3 spaces in 16:9, literally squishing the whole playing field.

[@bertorrrr]

@@ImmaSpam__________________Can or have blank space

[@whatstuntman4876]

I remembered spending MONTHS on the Wii Play Tanks level trying to complete it in one setting. Got so bad that the music was engrained into my head and I memorized what song matched what tank. Been years since, and you talking about it kinda gave me a sorta Vietnam Flashback making me feel like I had unfinished business. Thanks for that mate.

[@tomc.5704]

Man, I've put so much time into this game. My brothers and I would compete (and sometimes kill each other), and a couple of us also made pushes into the late game. I probably made it into the 80's and 90's half a dozen times, but I only ever beat level 100 once. I can still hear the music, and the click of the green tank's missiles as they bounce off the wall to come get me. The death music, the next level music, the level up sound, mines activating....it's all burned into my head

[@littlechickeyhudak]

It's a sign, you've gotta dust off the ol' wii and finish what you started

[@Eliza-hb1nc]

the 20 level fake or the chad 100?

[@MadGameBoy]

WE GOTTA GO BACK BACK TO VIETNA- I mean WII PLAY'S TANKS

[@virtuousthing9070]

literal war trauma from all the tanks😭😭

[@michaelgillespie8097]

I literally never knew there were more than 20 stages. Me and my sister spent months even getting to the white tank level.

[@lifinale]

well, gotta go back and beat the 100th level for that platinum medal, then!

[@thecrusader6429]

All I knew was 10 because I always died

[@jymmykill1611]

@@lifinale wait there's something higher than gold?

[@lifinale]

@@jymmykill1611 Yup! Platinum requires you to rebeat a couple of games

[@Boi_819]

Yeah i managed to get platinum. i think i did it twice

[@moyai7594]

Can we talk about how intelligent that ai was for that mini game as well? Good god that mini game got tough.

[@Attaxalotl]

Tank Dark Souls

[@MersuneLiku]

i never managed to get past level 10

[@cringe2293]

​@@MersuneLikuI used to play with my older brother , sometimes we got to lvl 17 or sometimes we both die to lvl 5

[@EagleScout2019]

Seriously, I remember struggling in it as a kid but I loved it

[@sungear]

I LOVED this game. Played hard core but never defeated it.

[@QmanTheGamer]

YESSSS Wii play is one of those forgotten gems of the Wii era. Finally gets the love it deserves

[@Oyebadumn]

It's not fully forgotten thankfully. Tons of games try to recreate this, like Toy Tanks on Switch and Tank Hero on mobile.

[@RiahGreen]

you should watch silokhawk's video on it! it's a classic.

[@WhoEvenIsAndr]

Tanks alone is worth owning the game. For me, the others are just extras.

[@camo6465]

Wii Play is one of the biggest running gags for Scott the Woz, so I don’t think it’s as forgotten as you might think lol

[@Che8t]

@@WhoEvenIsAndr the tank game was the only reason to buy this game

[@Mr.Taco1111]

I hold so much nostalgia for this game, and the soundtrack. It is one of those memories I completely forget until something brings it back up. Thank you for bringing it back up.

[@PatientPete]

Me too, this is beautiful

[@lolymop333]

Bro, I remember waking up early on Saturdays to play the fishing game as a kid right when we first got our Wii

[@binoodle511]

This game brings back so many happy memories

[@themoocow7718]

I loved this game when I was younger. The green tanks shooting rockets always got me.

[@onyxrafle8066]

I actually forgot what the tanks looked like and If I ever played it until I heard the music again.

[@puzzLEGO]

Wii music to this day is the only music that consistently manages to wedge itself in my brain and stays there for the rest of my life

[@CaT-pv5ki]

minecraft flashbacks

[@BertJonesSon]

Nintendo games in general, breath of the wild had so much weird music

[@juanrodriguez9971]

Man, the only songs that get stuck like that in my head are meme songs I end up hating.

[@DarkLink1996.]

Wii music, but not Wii Music, right?

[@bananakinghaze8283]

You must not listen to much music.

[@Timmy-fk8uk]

i’d like to think that the people in charge of this “mini” game were having a lot of fun programming and designing it

[@romanmay2867]

i hope most games are like that for their makers at least part of the time

[@smizmi5467]

I think what they had in mind was to turn the enemy tanks into “characters” that the player can feel more in touch with. It talks to our subconscious to give us a hint in what to expect from these foes with familiar musical language, adding to the actual gameplay. The composer definitely has a thing for games.

[@necro_nova]

at the very least it makes the ai feel more human, which is always a great way to impress people

[@-meinjuaco-6439]

I never would've imagined how badly i wanted this video to exist

[@memele4991]

THIS

[@gamingmarci.002]

Same!

[@morgboat744]

that’s Scruffy’s channel in a nutshell haha

[@bren1314]

You know it’s going to be a good day when Scruffy uploads.

[@ze_glitchy_gamer7629]

FACTS

[@dvgames563]

AGREED

[@caio7208]

true

[@enkephalin3]

yup yup

[@vivmi01]

TRUE

[@regamae]

Over 100 levels for what could be considered a “WiiMote Demo” mini game, including wildly varying adaptive music… Amazing! And, as always, I find the ingenuity of your character’s design and the fluidity of how they’re animated, absolutely charming~

[@coded8527]

Compare that to the Nintendo switch demo games lmao. Like one two switch

[@nubmyr]

The levels after 20 are kind of randomly generated while using the level layouts of 1-20

[@Beancent_]

@@coded8527 which cost 50 bucks btw

[@MakenaForest]

@@Beancent_ so did wiiplay

[@Beancent_]

@@MakenaForest at least that came with a wiimote most of the time

[@maxodalpoco]

Awesome video, loved that nostalgia. At 1:18, there’s a code at the bottom: “SMM2:KNV-T2M-N0G” It’s a Super Mario Maker 2 level, made by Scruffy called “Advancing Tanks” Fun level, fun video. Keep it up Scruffy!

[@sheepcommander_]

Woah cool

[@amongsussyballs]

was about to point this out before i realised this video is like 3 weeks old or something

[@ralek592]

@@amongsussyballs Any video can get trendy more than once, not uncommon

[@Hacker1MC]

@@ralek592 true

[@mihailmilev9909]

Oh that's so cool, y didn't he say it lol

[@scluke]

I love how each tanks effect on the music kind of corresponds with what they do. Example: the red tank fires a ricochet pattern, resulting in two lines of travel for the bullet, and adds two instruments. Yellow tank has mines and adds the bass drum, simulating the explosive sounds in the music

[@isavenewspapers8890]

6 of the 9 enemy tank types fire once-ricocheting shells, so that isn't anything special. Plus, the pink tank adds anywhere from 1 to 3 instruments depending on the number of enemy tanks.

[@m90e]

Green adds two brand new instruments (their bullets ricochet twice)

[@peggsnbacon]

I broke out my Wii to play some a while back, and I thought I was just kinda hearing things when noticing the changes, but I didn't really get to appreciate it, so this is interesting insight into what's really going on!

[@Its_JustJae]

crazy bc I never even got passed level 15... after so many years

[@og_dumpster_fire4482]

Yeah tbh I just thought the music was static and changed based on what level you were on

[@duimaurisfootball8134]

I've always loved this bit of the game, but nobody else ever seemed to notice! the entire game was so underrated, with how surprisingly in-depth and creative it was!

[@Grane1234]

To be fair, it's kinda hard to notice a tiny change in the music while focusing on not dying. It becomes harder when you are playing with other people and everyone is talking over each other

[@keylimepie3143]

Man, It took me until the tubular bells to really notice it when I played the game.

[@noct8225]

yes i used to play it sm when I was younger 😌

[@geli95us]

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people that didn't even realize the music was changing still got the intended effects out of it (increased tension against certain tanks, for example)

[@BynineStudio]

this is so damn cool. they could easily have gotten away with a completely static track, but no they went the extra mile and it's awesome that you've documented it, and so well too

[@BassBanj0]

Good ol' Nintendo does that too ya

[@BeALight-i3z]

This is definitely the work of a developer who had ambitions far beyond Wii Play and put way more heart into the game than Nintendo expected.

[@raphaelnej8387]

or maybe they did put a way overkill budget into music and so the music team had nothing to do but to add more and more features to the already existing ones

[@gamerboy0499]

@@raphaelnej8387 thats great since the music team at Nintendo is impeccable and has ideas of music that no other game company can even dream about making

[@OhYeah10100]

The Wii era was really something special. Not as popular in the grand scheme of things, but the foundation of a lot of our childhoods

[@isavenewspapers8890]

The Wii sold 101 million units.

[@Deez927]

Wii was a good product. I think gaming just got shit because of activision

[@cc3]

@@Deez927 I mean Nintendo are greedy as hell too.

[@allypearlman5569]

The Wii was like the 5th most bought console of all time it was hugely popular

[@gustavoaraujopenha8463]

@@cc3 I prefer greedy and creative than greedy and... ahn... just greedy.

[@Anquilis]

This was my childhood and it's also my dad's favorite minigame, but I didn't even know there were black/white tanks and the fact there were 80 frkn stages to it?! Such an interesting video, thank you for this breakdown

[@MoaoAyt]

It’s an additional 80, making a max round of 100 stages total. :)

[@Anquilis]

Exactly, like how did they fit that much content into a minigame

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@Anquilis It’s incredible what video game consoles started being able to do in the 21st century.

[@hf7578v5]

my dad also spammed wii play tanks lol. he never really played video games before besides poker simulators so this was kinda a big deal!

[@Merip1214]

Congrats, you win! Now play again and... there's more?!

[@davedadino]

I love the tone when explaining how to get to the black tank. You can tell scruffy definitly didn’t enjoy that process.

[@TheMaplestrip]

Weird because I *loved* that process! It was kinda terrifying to suddenly make it through a lot of levels, knowing I could lose it all at any time, but damn I was in the *zone* ^_^

[@Sp3ctralI]

@@TheMaplestrip that’s what happened when I finally beat Mission 20 and tried to meet black tanks but died on Mission 43 (RNG caused a lot of purples with some others, can’t remember)

[@theknightikins9397]

A couple years ago, I was able to beat all 100 levels and I still love this game. I had always noticed the changing music but never thought it was this complex.

[@aydenegan8507]

Liar no one has beat this game

[@chizknowsdabizyeet7609]

CAP

[@theknightikins9397]

@@aydenegan8507 I’m pretty sure I did. Maybe I’m misremembering, it was a while ago, but I feel like I’ve beaten it.

[@SpikyBlade]

WAIT THERE'S 100 LEVELS ??? Bro I got to like 19 and thought I almost Beat the game

[@calebp6114]

No when you beat level 20 you unlock the rest of the levels (you have to start over). I remember being so happy beating them all at 8 years old :)

[@dogwithacoolhat]

Didn't expect to get a shot of wii nostalgia. This brought back so many old memories of playing with my sibling. Also I realize I must have gotten to a stage with green tanks because I remember hearing all the double plonks of the ricocheting rockets and also that I didn't make it very far past those levels because I never heard the themes of the more advanced tanks. Think it's kinda strange how my brain held onto the music and sound effects but not that much of the gameplay itself.

[@codyplayzgamez3874]

Same, I used to play this with my sibling all of the time back in the day. We ended up beating Mission 20 and abandoning it though... I never knew it went up to 100. Time to bring the old Wii back out...

[@yoshifan2334]

That seems likely yeah, since there's a certain stage where you're up against like 5 green tanks in a claustrophobic set of walls and its just generally a wall of a stage, because yknow, green tanks are the devil

[@mywither7878]

I have heard that the brain remembers music and tunes the best and when one is suffering from dementia, that's one of the last types of memory to go away, so if this is true, that would explain why you remember the sound patterns after all this time.

[@IgnatRemizov]

*_plink_* *_plink_* *BOOM* restart...

[@cosinex8361]

Not only I'd the music composer very talented, but the programmer who creates the code for what music plays when each tank is added or removed is very clever. There are probably a lot of overlapping loops and conditional statements

[@isaiahwarlock]

I used to play this game a lot growing up, and multiplayer is fun too. But I never knew there were stages after 20.

[@codyfarkas7673]

SAME!! When he showed that there were 80 levels after you finished the first twelve I gasped. Like what the FUCK

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@codyfarkas7673 twenty*

[@binoodle511]

It's great to know that little me wasn't stupid for genuinely thinking the Wii play tanks theme was a bop

[@razlight789]

I think one more rule that applies is that regardless of the tank's metronome condition, the metronome will always be active if there are three or more tanks present (Mission 12 is an example), as if to say "You got tanks to destroy, let's get going!"

[@turtleturt27]

This “mini” game was always my favorite and i spent so many hours trying to get to high levels. really interesting how dynamic the music gets and it felt so much more stressful at later levels with all the parts. awesome video!

[@foxface16s58]

We should play sometime bro

[@JaharNarishma]

We were 4 (+1 uninterested) that played this a lot for a while. We weren't particularily good, but we enjoyed it a lot. Had it not been for one of the friends losing vision due to a genetic illness, we would probably have continued playing and beat stage 13. Fun game! Liked the music too.

[@BurgoYT]

@@JaharNarishma I think 13 was the one I got stuck on as a kid lmao

[@brr4519]

@@JaharNarishma you can get it for free on PC and try to run it back.

[@Green_Bean_Machine]

same

[@razi_man]

Dynamic music that changes with the gameplay requires not just good musical skills, but also good programming knowledge. Honestly, this is amazing.

[@expired_esoup]

one thing I found interesting is that the trumpet fanfare heard at the start of every level is actually in a different key then the rest of the music. It's in Eb major, closer to the trumpets natural key signature and thus sounds more open and vibrant. Unless it's in C minor, which changes to C major for the main piece.

[@soupcangaming662]

69 likes, nice.

[@matthewmatthew981]

Just a reminder: i love the animated avatar, but I also love your content enough on its own that I'm not dependent on it to keep my interest (the sound of your voice is charming enough for me!). So don't be afraid to leave it behind anytime it becomes a burden to your work schedule!

[@globin3477]

It might not actually be that much work. That avatar could easily be a 2D rig; If that's the case, it could easily be animated with minimal work from the producers. In fact, a lot of 2D animation these days uses 2D rigs. They don't work for heavy action, or for super detailed animation, but they work very well as time-savers for casual animation where characters are mostly standing and talking.

[@rains0return]

Wait, I don't get ut

[@Jamesharveycomics]

Yeah I don't love the animated avatar. It doesn't add much, and if anything, it takes away from my imagined versino fo what Scruffy looks like. Plus, in a series about music, it makes sense to have a presenter who only exists as sound.

[@onon7976]

I’ve seen a handful of other Wii play “Tanks” music rundowns, and i think i learned more from this one than from the others combined. The attention to detail this guy has is beyond that of any other KZbinr I’ve come across. I’m very impressed!

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Where are the other videos about it?

[@dandischinosvarietyhour1655]

Yeah, that's par for the course with scruffy. I've watched a lot of KZbin explanations, and it's pretty hard to find someone in the same stratosphere as them.

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@kyarumomochi5146 Ditto.

[@Lagoonn]

1:13 ah the nostalgia of that little jingle..

[@zcoop98]

The idea of live, adaptive, MIDI instruments is absolutely blowing my mind; that possibility has never ever occurred to me… And in a game from 2006!! That’s so awesome.

[@tjtheknowledgeseeker7878]

Rock Band has this. It's a PS2 game.

[@upset3rdweel952]

The last time I saw my grandpa, about 5-ish years ago, I played this game with him. The last time I played this game was also then. I haven't heard that tune since then. My heart actually fluttered when that tune came on. Thank you so much for this improvement to my day

[@kilianta]

it's not often a video make me feel like "WHAT THERE IS ANOTHER TANK? AND HE DO SYNTHETIZER?! AMAZING!"

[@NuiYabuko]

I chuckled.

[@squiddesauce9589]

It's a very similar experience when playing the game, after you see the green tanks' absolute bullshit aimbot and ricochets, dying to them many times, and then slowly adapting to their shooting pattern, every time you see a new tank after that, it's terrifying. I remember getting to stage 20 on 1 life, seeing the white tank disappear and just metaphorically shitting my pants. Luckily it was pretty easy by looking at the tank treads. I never got to the black tank haha

[@MaritinleYoshi]

I don't get it. Every time Scruffy does a video about dynamic music in video games, I simply can not let the video wait in my to watch list. It's way too interesting, and way too greatly made. Thank you Scruffy for making these.

[@CrohnieMan]

I remember back when I was a kid playing this game with my friend and we could never get past level 15. Back then we never even payed attention to the complexity of the music, of course. It is so fascinating how a small game like this has this many layers to it.

[@GenericHuman54]

Not sure if you'll read this, but honestly I really appreciated the exaggerated delivery at 7:50. I know that your persona for these videos is much calmer, but that juxtaposition made it a whole lot funnier. wanna hear more voices like that now lol.

[@BleachWizz]

0:44 - dude. This music is literally in the rithim of the bounces... the beats aling exactly when the ball hits the table and the rackets. With more beats in between to try tricking your ears. I find it really cool

[@carsextendedwarranty]

rithim isn't a word lol u mean rhythm

[@jwbartel6]

it's not tho

[@StratophonicDubstep]

I think they purposely didn’t do that for whatever reason. But it’s definitely not on beat

[@LAN2D]

I actually love this game. Used to play it all the time. Thanks for making this video

[@kirbymaster4813]

I had no clue the music in this game was so complicated. Goes to show that Tanks truly is the best Wii Play game

[@cosmostardust5624]

Dude, the absolute NOSTALGIA I got from this was astounding. Great vid!

[@monheim9]

This production is next level. Wii Play is a great game! Good stuff.

[@dabi_]

Whoa, as someone that does a few of my own KZbin videos, I wanna pay respects how incredible this video is. The concept is not only fluid but the combination of animations, understanding the musical layers, and increasing complexity made me literally say wow multiple times. The level of effort for this video is insane. Well done you guys 👏👏👏 immediately subbed forever

[@hilalstein4236]

I had a music professor in Videogame Production who said to a classmate "the music of this game isn't complex enought for you to make your essay about it". Oh god, i'm gonna love this video.

[@geli95us]

Did he do it in the end?

[@jayhips625]

Well it’s not really complex, dynamic would be a better word as it changes through the game based on your actions which is what this video explains. You can make an essay on even the simplest music though it not really the goal to be complex either, it’s very fitting for what it was made for and that’s the thing to appreciate. The composer managed to not make it complicated as to not take away from the gameplay but to enhance it.

[@hilalstein4236]

@@geli95us no he didn't, the profesor was a jerk, so we just did what he wanted (just to pass the subject honestly) through the whole year. I can also say that, in a test, he desacredited mine (and other students) examples of videogames because he didn't played them.

[@hilalstein4236]

@@jayhips625 i mean, i bet i could fill a 4 pages (which he asked for) essay about the music of this game, saying "it's not complex enough" it's just so... arrogant and mediocre.

[@jayhips625]

@@hilalstein4236 well you can right 4 pages on literally anything. To be fair he might not have known how it changes with the gameplay and thought of it simply as a game soundtrack. But obviously you said he never played them so sadly he just brushed it off from his lack of knowledge. It was probably his goal to get people away from video games and into a frame of mind when he was younger learning about it but most people younger would not care about his experience just as he doesn’t understand theirs.

[@benjaminadams9607]

Amazing video, Scruffy! I always thought Tanks was an underappreciated gem when it came to smaller Wii games. All the other games on Wii Play are good, but Tanks was something else, so much so that it would be really nice to see it get some sort of installment in the near future. Though I don't think I even remotely made it close to stage 20 growing up, let alone get through the absolute plethora of stages.

[@DragstonDev]

5:45 That ricochet sfx still haunts me to this day.

[@Sp3ctralI]

OH SCRUFFY!!! There’s another few games… from none other than Wii Fit/Plus/U that have their music change based on progress, though not nearly as complex as TANKS! Table Tilt Hula Hoop Rhythm Parade (Wii Fit Plus Only) (Especially Advanced) Big Top Juggling…maybe (Wii Fit Plus Only) Obstacle Course Perfect 10

[@walrust225]

Nintendo is almost notorious for having very interesting music, as well as having the music being added in for other parts with many patterns for different stages, I first figured this out in a classic Wii Fit/U minigame called "Obstacle Cource" from many years ago, and each stage added a new part, but I never expected to see anything that took a very long time of thinking

[@Squicx]

This entire video had me sitting for legit 9:42 straight up thinking about the memories I had playing that game during the hot summers with my brother. Scruffy just single handedly made my week

[@oshawott5308]

I am so happy someone is finally talking about this, not only was the tank game pure bliss to play, the music was great as well for almost every mini game and adaptiveness is always 100x better than normal tracks.

[@PikaBolaChan]

duuuude the invisible tank level was so difficult for me i’ve only ever gotten to it once or twice, watching this video is so nostalgic

[@TranquillShot]

I think we also need to acknowledge how surprisingly complex this video was and how well it was done. Massive Kudos!

[@emperorza5777]

The original tank loop song made me. That was the ONLY Wii game my sister would ever play with me, we played for hours and it really symbolized our relationship at the time. That music brought me back to those times! Awesome video

[@wetube6513]

Ew.

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@wetube6513 Oh, get your head out of the gutter.

[@tacothedank]

@@wetube6513 saying ew says a lot more about you than it does them lol

[@Xcog]

Scruffy’s “hello” is one of the closest things to instant happy I’ve found in my 23 years of living..

[@AdeneTzr]

Kinda sad life ye got tbh

[@c0zmozys]

@@AdeneTzr so do you

[@nothingclever7582]

I've always loved the sound of the tank game. Mix of toy and army march

[@freddypowell7292]

I have bizarrely strong memories of going to a friend's house, playing this, and getting stuck on what I now know to be the fifth stage (having forgotten). The teal tanks were a nightmare.

[@titan1umtitan]

I don’t remember the stage (could be the one you’re talking about), but you’re left in a small square surrounded by holes with a horde having their sights on you, truly terrifying

[@isavenewspapers8890]

@@titan1umtitan That would be Mission 4. I find it interesting to think that there are “Tanks!” players who literally didn’t know that yellow tanks exist until they watched this video

[@MrFastFox666]

As a kid I did notice the music changing, but never realized how complex it actually was. Tanks was definitely my favorite game from Wii Play, and one of my favorites of the Wii, period.

[@joecardenas7015]

1:48 holy crap the wave of nostalgia that hit me when I heard this. Tanks used to be one of my absolute favorites on the Wii.

[@ashley_bl2]

this is insanely complex LMAO. i hope when you need something simpler to talk about, you do a short (probably less than 5 minute video) about pikmin 2's cave themes and their random measure selection. really well done video and the visuals are super helpful in describing whats going on, i used to love wii play tanks. edit: now that i think about it, have you ever done a video on the just basic overworld themes of pikmin and how they change based on what the pikmin are doing and time of day? its not crazy complex like wii play tanks, but it seems like something you would have covered - maybe i just can't find the video though

[@philyk.illagan3161]

This is so nostalgic. A few years ago, my brother and I made a spreadsheet of the instruments associated with the tanks, but we missed a lot of the nuances that this video covered.

[@camwoodstock]

Rewatching this for background audio, and I just noticed the scuba gear from the Subnautica & Snell's Window video can be seen in the "main menu" at 0:17! Gotta love that call-back. ;P

[@veronicatoothpaste8576]

7:40 I don't think you understand what you've done too me.... last year I hacked my wii and I downloaded wii play, I loved the tank game as a kid and i decided to try and beat it. After a week or two I hit 20 and celebrated....I did not know there's 80 more levels I had been missing out on.

[@GhostrifterOfficial]

how great the time was spending an entire day to finish 100 levels in one sitting

[@deviantgazer4626]

This was my favorite game to play whenever the Wii first came out. I played it with my cousin for hours ti hours on end, trying to beat the final level

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

Level 20 or level 100?

[@deviantgazer4626]

@@trickytreyperfected1482 we beat level 20, but not level 100. I think we got to 72 but stopped

[@azazellon]

Same. He tried for hours trying to get past the final level. Finally did. Never picked up the game again lol.

[@Spooglecraft]

the nostalgia hits hard with this one :'D really cool how a few short segments and some simple rules can create such dynamically adapting background music

[@HelicopterDown]

I'm actually making the soundtrack for an upcoming game, and we're implementing adaptive/dynamic music similar to this!

[@Lucheeto2]

What game?

[@airmanon7213]

Good luck!

[@thecurlyheaddude]

I never beat tanks but I came very close to level 100 with making it to level 92. This video is putting me on edge with the many hours of scraping by with 1 or 2 lives left dealing with trick-shoots in difficult positions.

[@ltsgobrando]

Thank you. I'm a game dev and have composed all of the music in my games... this is brilliant and I'll be implementing this in my future projects. Seriously, thank you!

[@gamecubebro]

The amount of effort You, DavoGato and Wolfgang put in these videos are things that I adore and appreciate to the end. You could just pop gameplay footage and I would've been fine with that but I love the extra mile you guys add

[@dillion308]

me and my cousins spent HOURS beating tanks at my grandparents’ house where the wii was. always wondered how that same tune was not insanity inducing as we played and replayed every level.

[@manoflego123]

Damn that's impressive. First off, 14 years after I first played it this is the first time I even knew Tanks had 80 extra levels, let alone music that complicated!

[@Xingchen_Yan]

This is amazing work that you broke it down. I have always been noticing those patterns in different gameplay design but never thought this clear about it, thanks!

[@sheonmybingbong]

3:18 (eight year old me is screaming out of fear.)

[@qwedsan3942]

That was a sick video dude. I love how random but surprisingly complex this games music was. Maybe I never noticed because of how bad I was

[@Spinnight]

I'm really impressed that this channel already has 346k subscribers, usually channels like this that are focused on niche topics especially music and sound theory have at most 50k subscribers, it's not all that surprising I suppose, these videos ooze with an unique style that's both minimalistic and bold at the same time that makes it easier to possess information on screen and keep your attention simultaneously. Fantastic work!

[@luigi64fan]

Never thought I'd see Wii Play's Tanks on this channel, but you did a damn good job covering it. Tanks for the Switch maybe?

[@luigi64fan]

@Master Shifu That's not really the same. They are both pretty damn different from eachother. There aren't many stages plus you can lob shots over walls. Generally moving is slower, too

[@Thanks4AllTheFunTimes1221]

6:22 Me, a percussionist: *Badass sobbing *

[@WarTubaFox]

Fantastic video! I really loved this game when I was younger. Friends would come over and try to get to 100. Side note tho, at 5:54, the tuba part would be written an octave lower than is shown on screen. We dont do the thing double basses do where they sound an octave lower than written. I'm so happy to see someone giving love to this game! Thank you for making the video!

[@davidarsham]

This is awesome! A friend and I played this a ton back in the day. Looking back years later now that I’m composing my own music I have a totally new appreciation for this gem of a mini game. Patiently waiting for the grand Tanks 2 Nintendo Direct reveal…

[@AG-zv9jo]

I’ll second that. For Tanks 2.

[@nanokapp7794]

Everybody’s known how and why the music changes but seeing it explained in detail is something I never knew I needed

[@kaitlynweeks4143]

I can't describe how excited I get from watching one of Scruffy's videos. They're entertaining, educational, and itch my love for music/audio. Keep up the high quality work Scruffy!

[@Sneeks416]

The way you used the short 1 second “stage complete/game over” bit for transitions was the best use of that sound you could’ve possibly had

[@firenzarfrenzy4985]

I love it when mini games turn out to not be mini but little thrillers on their own. I really wanna play Wii tanks being a tank enthusiast myself, though while I have an old Wii, I don’t know where to find this game

[@Cameo221]

I've always remembered this detail in the tanks game. It literally encourages the player to get better to find out what the next instrument is!

[@quinnxxe1445]

I never thought the music was actually this fascinating and complicated. But the most mind blowing thing for me is that I thought that stage 20 was the last stage throughout my entire childhood... So whenever I get to that stage I just do a little celebration like yay I finished the entire minigame. But you tell me now after what.. 5 YEARS that YOU CAN CONTINUE TO STAGE 80??? Guess who's going to boot up their wii and finish this once and for all. Edit: typo (said minigames)

[@DespOIcito]

does it not continue to stage 21 the second time you complete stage 20?

[@isavenewspapers8890]

You can continue to Mission 100, since 80 more than 20 is 100.

[@quesadeeowl7845]

Excellent and informative video! Music is one subject that I think is pretty underrated when it comes to video games so finding someone who actually talks about them in such detail is a breath of fresh air

[@idristhebean5199]

Tanks has always been my favourite wii game and is still high in my favourite games list tbh even tho I haven't been able to play it for years, such a cool video thank u

[@hellhound78]

You inspired me to the theme, I went with for my last school-project before I graduated.

[@ethernetcable4672]

Dude this is so cool! I had noticed the subtle music changes when playing, but I just figured they were tied to how far in you were or how many tanks were left, not that it would be changed based on a whole bunch of requirements and priorities! Ahhh, now I wanna go back and play this again, Tanks was my favourite game of Wii Play and now I have even more reason to love it!

[@mechanicaltrash929]

Loved this vid! You always have something interesting to talk about and the visuals are absolutely amazing!

[@cweoweo8838]

this game is so nostalgic to me. i only get to play it about 1 time a year and seeing somone go in debt of the music makes me very happy :)

[@sammikinsderp]

What an amazingly well put together essay. I played several hours of the game and never progressed anywhere close to the end of the first 20 levels, let alone the other 80. I had no idea the music was so complex in this (not so) little game. This was so delightful to watch, you've earned a subscription from me!

[@donmiko345]

Actually, this video contains quite a lot of hints on how to mix instruments to give your video a cinematic feel. I like the approach of Wii Tanks and that's something I'd probably use in my work too! Yay!

[@sillyman2]

1:18 SMM2 ID to a Mario Maker tank course made by scruffy.

[@black.baron_angel]

I was sitting here, bored out of my mind, wondering if I could find something gold to watch and sure enough, a video that would bring tears to my eyes the whole way through emerged! Thank you for bringing back my childhood in a whole new way.

[@Cochu]

I've heard this track before but I never knew ot was this complex! That was super interesting and very nicely explained

[@Noahjowow]

Very clever editing on the tanks indicating whether then can move or just shoot based on the rotating aspects!