Bleh...didn't ever finish
Pikmin 3, but let's give this a shot.
It's a shame that this contest's based on playing it safe...
Name: Garden Of Hope
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin 3 (Wii U, 2013)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeeCZADts1E
Relaxing music...I really like it, although the upbeat version doesn't have much energy...
Name: Mission Mode
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin 3 (Wii U, 2013)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B4CvrbUAjY
GOD THIS THEME'S AWESOME! It really feels like music that pushes you to work as a team to reach your goals, this has both elements that make you want to be fast and precise, while also encouraging you to think
(Like a good Smash game). I really think this song's the
Pikmin song that fits Smash the most, especially when the percussion kicks in!
Name: Title Theme
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin 3 (Wii U, 2013)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXdNLpOrwFQ
Was going to do a
Pikmin Title Themes medley...but I decided againist it because the third game's main theme sounds much more...adventurous than the other two's! It's like walking alongside a river, shoving gigantic leaves off your face as you collect more and more Pikmin to fulfill your selfish goals with their little lives.
Name: Perplexing Pool
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin 2 (GCN, 2004)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIbGvr6W3Gk
Sounds like a mix between
Metroid music and
Dire Dire Docks...that's OK with me! I love the slightly-creepy piano track, it gives the song some sort of strange, unsettling feeling that makes it very interesting to listen to! Also very atmospheric, but fast-paced, not your usual Pikmin track!
Name: Wistful Wild
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin 2 (GCN, 2004)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW-MEqhiGzc
For a game that has a much more laid-back storyline than the first one, Pikmin 2 has some of the strongest music on the series, leaving the atmosphere as background sometimes and giving the songs more of a main melody...Wistful Wild here combines usual jungle-music tropes with a sort of savannah feeling, it's really interesting to listen to.
Name: Ai No Uta
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin (GCN, 2001)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJIcYXWdHc
I
LOVE this song! And so goddamn ICONIC! Nuff' said!
Name: World Map (Pikmin 2)
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin 2 (GCN, 2004)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-gdJXxcbxw
Perfect balance between adventurous and happy! I've loved this theme since the moment I heard the Brawl version...it's just so...amazing! And certainly fits much better on
Garden Of Hope than on
Distant Planet, since GOH's like, happier and stuff :3
Name: Plasm Wraith
Universe: Pikmin
Origin: Pikmin 3 (Wii U, 2013)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDf1x88r_vU
Really epic
Final Boss theme! It's got thoughtful and dangerous sounding parts!
Special Mentions:
Brinstar - Overgrown With Vegetation
Despite
Fit being judged wrong on this contest, I was going to include this song...but listening to it a couple times...it really doesn't fit Garden Of Hope that much, I think it'd be a perfect fit on Distant Planet, though...the problem's that
Brinstar - OGWV sounds way too sinister for a nice, relaxing, outdoors stage like Garden Of Hope, while Distant Planet is slightly more threatening, being a perfect fit for this
'Alien Jungle' kind of song. This also applies to
Piranha Creeper Creek from SM3DW.
Frog Forest
Now, this one's completely ridiculous on this stage because the only thing that remotely fits it are the aesthetics, unlike the Metroid song, but I still really like it! It could be a
Blue CD!