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Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Gets Piano Arrange Album

November 15, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | 1 Comment Share this

That was fast! We’re currently chugging through Skyward Sword so we can bring you our impressions of the audio as well as the included Zelda symphony disc, and it’s already shaping up to be one of my favorite Zelda soundtracks of all time. For that reason, I was excited to see a piano arrangement CD pop up on VGMdb this week that will be included with a book being sold in Japan.

We don’t have any details regarding the contents of the CD, but at 840 Yen for the book and included album, it seems as though the price is right. The game’s main theme and several of the landscape themes are quite amazing, so I have high expectations for the piano arrange album.

Are you looking forward to Skyward Sword? Will you be trying to get your hands on this piano arrange CD?
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Nintendo Lets Loose With the Goods… Sort Of

October 21, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | Comments Off on Nintendo Lets Loose With the Goods… Sort Of Share this

Nintendo has revealed details on their Club Nintendo Platinum member awards for 2011 in Japan, and it looks like they’re actually putting out some cool stuff this year. In addition to a pixel pillow featuring Mario, Nintendo has also surprisingly allowed those achieving platinum status this year to alternately pick some desk calendars or two of their five new soundtrack offerings.

What’s included? There’s Wii Fit Plus, Star Fox 64 3D, Mario Kart Wii, Pilotwings Resort, and Tomodachi Collection. Each apparently seems to be offered only to platinum members in Japan without a general release to Club Nintendo members. Once again, Nintendo gives us what we want, but then doesn’t! I’d love to get my hands on the Mario Kart Wii and Star Fox 64 3D soundtracks. Now, Nintendo, where’s that Twilight Princess soundtrack everyone has been asking for?

What do you think of Nintendo’s new goods and their decision to make it even more difficult to get your hands on them? Which soundtracks would you pick, or would you go straight for the pixel pillow?

[via Destructoid]
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That Seiken Densetsu Soundtrack Box Is Even More Beautiful Than We Imagined!

June 29, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | 7 Comments Share this

Square Enix recently launched a website dedicated to the Seiken Densetsu box set that we posted about a few weeks ago. Along with a confirmation of the box’s contents (original soundtracks and arrange albums), it’s also confirms that there will be a DVD with interview footage as well as an orchestral medley from the series. Perhaps this medley is the Secret of Mana suite from Symphonic Fantasies which is playing in the background on the website? It should be nice to have high quality footage of the performance of this is the case.

What really made me want to post about the official website, however, is the image of the box set. It’s gorgeous! The presentation is worlds better than the SaGa box, and I do have to say that I love the green color scheme. I also kind of think it’s funny that they set up a photo shoot for the box, complete with the velvety green blanket in the background.

Anyway, I’m more excited about this box than ever at this point. How about you? What are you looking forward to the most from this box set?

[via Andriasang]
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Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack Coming From Club Nintendo Japan

June 2, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this

Nintendo is once again making their fans outside of Japan jealous with their latest run of Club Nintendo goods. Along with some cute Kirby Epic Yarn pouches, Nintendo made the Donkey Kong Country Returns soundtrack available to Club Nintendo members. It will be available for 400 points, or 250 if you happened to have purchased the game.

I have nearly 800 points, and I’d give them all up for one of these Club Nintendo Japan CDs. While the soundtrack looks rather incomplete with only 25 tracks (some game rips going around have around 83 tracks), you can be sure that Nintendo has probably combed the soundtrack for the best of the best, and that a lot of the remixes of previous DKC material will be here. I really want this one for the groovy “Sunset Coast” and the Metroid-esque “Storm Beach,” however.

With music provided by Kenji Yamamoto and others, it should be worth checking out if you can ever get your hands on it. Guess I’ll have to wait until next time I’m in Japan! Are you interested, and are you still scratching your head as to why Zelda never gets this kind of treatment?

[via VGMdb]
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Comic Con 2010: Want Some Glowing Tron Headphones?

July 23, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this

Yeah, pretty crazy looking, but they should sound good. At the Tron booth here at Comic Con, there’s a display case containing a number of items sporting this fancy embedded blue lighting, from keyboards to controllers to, of course, these headphones. While different items are being produced by different companies, the headphones come courtesy of Monster, who you may know from their high-end product lines of cabling.

While we honestly don’t know much about the headphones, we do know that they’re meant to sound good when listening to music, making us think they’re more like headphones than a traditional gaming headset. We’ll certainly be hearing more about these in the near future, as they’re set to launch sometime before the end of 2010.

What do you think of the glowing goods? Think Monster has what it takes to make a great pair of headphones?

Hit the jump for another photo of display case containing all the Tron products. (more…)
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Okamiden Gets Limited Edition Soundtrack Disc and Other Goodies

July 19, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 4 Comments Share this

… In Japan. Capcom’s online store in Japan, e-Capcom, has listed the Okamiden Limited Edition which looks downright amazing. Contained within a fancy treasure box that’s been created to look like a treasure chest from the game is the game itself, a special edition stylus, a screen cleaner, an original storybook by the scenario writer, a plushy keychain (cute), Chibiterasu paw headphones (even more cute), and a music disc.

What’s on the music disc? Unfortunately only six tracks (the original Okami soundtrack was 6 discs). Three are said to be solo guitar pieces from the game, while the other three are arrangements of tracks from the game. There’s no word on an official soundtrack release yet, so this may be the best you’re going to get!

The limited edition will set you back 8,000 Yen compared to the standard edition’s 5,040 Yen (not a bad deal), so you better contact your importer from Japan if you want one.

What do you think of the box set? Wish we’d get something like this in the West?

[via Andriasang]
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Symphonic Fantasies CD Is Just Around The Corner!

July 13, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 10 Comments Share this

This is seriously one of my most anticipated releases of 2010. After watching the live Internet stream of Symphonic Fantasies in my underwear from the comfort of my own home, I’ve been looking forward to a CD release, and it’s coming in September. For those who don’t recall what the show was all about, you can refresh your memory with Audun’s extensive report, but to summarize, it features entire suites of music from Kingdom Hearts, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross, and Final Fantasy.

So, down to the details.

While it’s currently available for pre-order directly from the WDR website for those in Germany and around Europe for 19.95 EUR plus shipping and handling, it will release on September 24, 2010 in those regions with an international release to follow via Amazon. Those who pre-order get a little bonus in that they have the opportunity to win copies signed by Shimomura, Kikuta, Mitsuda, and Uematsu, all of whom were involved with the album by giving their approval of the final mixes. This album is a big deal in that it’s published by Universal Music, and it’s set to feature the Symphonic Fantasies “Fanfare” written by arranger and orchestrator Jonne Valtonen with suites for the titles mentioned above. Unfortunately the boss battle medley that acted as the performance’s encore is not on the album, but it will be available digitally (the disc is 73 minutes long without it). It will also come with a 16-page booklet, and I really love the official cover art pictured above (it certainly beats the bland logo they were using for the performance itself).

What do you think? Are you looking forward to getting your hands on this album?