With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?
Personally i would go for advance wars 1 and 2 on the gba (there is no remake and never will be)
the artstyle, the music, the game-play is just simple, yet effective, a sublime experience of very fun times.
Whats yours?
I owned a physical copy of that album for awhile! Not sure where it went, though :/
Wow. I’ve gotten mitsuda’s works through… other means… but i’d buy it in a flash if I came across it. It’s one of my favorite albums. I’m also a fan of caseopea. Are you familiar with them? Their work really puts a lot of videogame music into perspective. It seems like the Japanese have a different, and i’d say more healthy, sense of borrowing/honoring other artist’s works. You can definitely hear how they influenced a lot of, particularly kondo’s works. I could talk about/listen to videogame music for days.
The band behind Mint Jams? Yes! They’re something else. Can’t say I’ve listened to Caseopea’s other works but that album is a hell of a vibe.
Mint jams is great. I also particularly like eyes of the mind and crosspoint. Did you recognize any game tunes in mint jams? There are a couple tracks that inspired some.
Fantastic recommendation on Casiopeia, and yeah - jazz fusion ended up having quite a large influence on VGM. I was amazed when a buddy of mine started pointing out some of the connections. T-SQUARE is also worth a listen, for anyone wanting more music in this style.
