I hope they include the meaning of the red-colored and black-colored "Remix" text within the game and/or in the game manual for
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, because that could get a bit confusing.. I feel like the terms could have been elaborated to specify "OLD Remix" and "NEW Remix", with "Old Remix" being colored black and "New Remix" being colored blue (I personally feel like "red vs. blue" contrasts a bit better than "red vs. black", not to mention more distinguishing from the black "Original" text).
These terms can get a bit unwieldy.. >_> You have things like
"Battlefield (Brawl)" labeled as 'Original' in
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, when one could arguably consider that song as a remix of the
Super Smash Bros. Brawl main theme rather than its own thing.
Uh..excuse me, Sakurai? Other than "rights issues" or something, exactly what prevents you guys from changing the name of the background music of
Super Smash Bros. Melee's Corneria stage? The way it is now is arguably more confusing, in my opinion. The
Super Smash Bros. Melee Corneria stage's music and the actual "Corneria" music (remixing the Corneria music of Star Fox 1) are both labeled as deriving from
"Star Fox" (by which I presume they mean the first-released
Star Fox game, which I refer to as
Star Fox 1), yet the music that
isn't an actual "Corneria" remix is the one that gets no suffix? And "Corneria (Brawl)" makes it seem like the track being titled is the music of the Corneria stage from
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (which is actually ported from
Super Smash Bros. Melee). If they're going to use stage names for titles, at least use "Corneria (Melee)" and "Corneria" like
Super Smash Bros. Brawl did, since we didn't get any new Corneria remixes in
Super Smash Bros. 4 to my knowledge.
In my opinion, the song-naming team should have just started from scratch and renamed all the songs as what they
are, not as what stage they played on (it seems like mostly
Super Smash Bros. Melee songs suffer heavily from this issue).
In terms of the 2 "Corneria" tracks being confused, the music of the Corneria stage from
Super Smash Bros. Melee should be titled as
"Venom (Star Fox 1) / Space Armada" (SSBWiki describes the track as
"This track is an orchestral remix of the music that would play when Team Star Fox flew through the Venom area in Star Fox, with small excerpts of Space Armada inserted." However, apparently the "Space Armada" music is also known as
Star Fox 1's Map Screen music, so there's that...) in the fashion of a lot of the other
Super Smash Bros. 4 medleys that contain excerpts from 2 songs.
The remix (that debuted in
Super Smash Bros. Brawl) of
Star Fox 1's Corneria theme should simply be designated as
"Corneria (Star Fox 1)". Since the "game origins" appear to be listed for each track, I guess you can omit the "
Star Fox 1" parts, although I prefer more clarity (particularly since 'Star Fox' alone could be confused as the whole
Star Fox franchise rather than the first game, and multiple "Corneria" settings throughout the franchise have different music.).
Well, the song-naming team for
Super Smash Bros. 4 apparently changed the title of the
"Pokemon Gold/Silver battle theme medley" (originally known as "Battle Theme") from
Super Smash Bros. Melee:
--"Battle Theme" (its original name in
Super Smash Bros. Melee, possibly
the most generic song title in the entire game)
--"Battle Theme (Melee)" (in
Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Although it apparently keeps the entirety of the original title, the "(Melee)" addition should count as a slight change.
--"Pokemon Stadium 2" (in
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. I haven't seen this track's name on-screen, so I don't know if there's any additional suffixes, but people have been confirming it as the "alternate music from
Super Smash Bros. Melee's Pokemon Stadium stage"). Not only did the whole title change, this track didn't even play on the Pokemon Stadium 2 stage in
Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
---In my opinion, while it's good that the song
finally got a less generic name, the renaming
really didn't help matters.. I felt like it should be called "
Pokemon Gold/Silver Battle Theme Medley" or "Battle Theme Medley (
Pokemon Gold/Silver)" or
something along those lines, as wordy as that potential title is..
Also, the
Super Smash Bros. Brawl remix of "Stickerbrush Symphony" (known as "Bramble Blast" in
Super Smash Bros. Brawl) got (sensibly) renamed in
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U to the true title of "Stickerbrush Symphony"..
In any case, those changes demonstrate that the team (at least the English localization team) is opposed to outright changing the names of certain songs/remixes. I really wish there was more consistency/order to the song names, though.. You have song names that get titles inexplicably changed for no reason, songs named after the stages that they debuted on, and other song names that only increase confusion.
This.
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In summary (Opinions abound! Also, this list assumes that the "game origins" are displayed and the "original version of song, old
Super Smash Bros. remix, new
Super Smash Bros. remix" distinction is made):
--"Corneria"/"Corneria (Melee)/Corneria" song of
Super Smash Bros. Melee's Corneria stage should be called
"Venom (Star Fox 1) / Space Armada"
--The remix (that debuted in
Super Smash Bros. Brawl) of
Star Fox 1's Corneria theme (known as "Corneria" in
Super Smash Bros. Brawl) should be called
"Corneria (Star Fox 1)"
--"Battle Theme (Melee)"/"Battle Theme"/"Pokemon Stadium 2", the song that originally acted as an alternate music track for
Super Smash Bros. Melee's Pokemon Stadium 1 stage should be known as
"Battle Theme Medley (Pokemon Gold/Silver)" (as much as I really hate the wordiness and genericness of my suggested title).
--Song namers, please get a bit more organized.
I'm loving the progress, though!
