#virtua quest

Voiced by Lisle Wilkerson

THE PILE PRESENTS: X-Play - WCG 2004 Special | 10/18/04

Who says you can't go home? Especially when you go...

Tsukiyoi Castle/Tsukiyoi Castle Battle Theme (Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation: Ambition of the Judgement Six/Virtua Quest [2004])

Another ancient area theme, this one sounds like how I’d want my own desert stage themes to sound like; emotional yet catchy, and never focusing on a single melody for too long, as to communicate a clear focus, something I feel most desert tracks seem to struggle with. The overworld theme containing Drums (The Tabla, perhaps? Just a guess I made in the dark) contributes to the atmosphere, one that’s kinda on the tragic side of things too.

In my imagination, if this game was more popular (And better designed to earn said popularity; mainstream competition for this early 2000s multimedia cyber-world RPG trend included .Hack// and Mega Man Battle Network, and the 90’s still-running Digimon, so it needed something more to coexist in the public space), most people would be here for the battle theme variant, which takes everything a step further; an Electric Guitar and faster pace to indicate the tension of combat, with an expanded melody that surpasses the length of the original even with the higher speed!

The other Strings also get more spotlight inis battle theme, changing in pitch more often throughout. I’d say more, especially about some other instruments I didn’t mention, if I wasn’t so behind schedule. There, a lot to appreciate here, that much is clear

(Length before loop [Normal]: 1.5+ minutes, [Battle]: Nearly 2 minutes)