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Always looking forward to NSM April Fools' announcements. Great work to everyone involved!

Awesome continuing along with that every Kirby game rep I see

That's right! Once this is on-site, every game in the franchise up through Kirby: Triple Deluxe will be represented, leaving only a few more Kirby titles to go.

I don't want to hear anything about the canceled Kirby Family embroidery program for Game Boy Color. It only has one track and we've already covered it.

Remind me again what this track is used for? I forgot this game had any exclusive music at all...

The collection has very little exclusive music, but as for this one, it plays during Magolor Race Level 3 in the New Challenge Stages sub-game.

It's tricky finding information about these track titles because most Google results bring you to the listing for the bonus CD, not the collection's in-game music.

Woo, congrats to our new updaters on their first completed submission cycle! And good job, Vanitas, getting your first sheet on site!

[12 Days of Sheet-Mas 2024]

YouTube upload by yours truly, as I could not find any non-extended versions anywhere on the platform.

I'm pleased with how this arrangement turned out for my 12 Days of Sheet-Mas 2024 event, but far from satisfied. Transcribing the bass was difficult, and so was incorporating everything in-between, so I'd really appreciated the extra help on this one. I want this to be an arrangement I can be proud to have my name on, and at the present moment, it does not meet the NSM standard.

Oh, and if anyone has reason to believe the title should be something else, please speak up.

We're one step closer to completing Mega Man 2. As always, the title should have "stage" at the end of it.

Addressed the feedback with Latios over DMs and updated the files. Thanks, you two.

Just putting this here, I'll be able to address this newest feedback very soon, within a few days. DM me if it's urgent.

Removed the harmonic support notes from m. 13 for playability's sake, and reformatted m. 14 to the best of my ability. How does that look?

Title should be "Heat Man Stage".

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree here, I think in a chromatic passage like this it's important to spell the diatonic notes normally so that the nondiatonic notes are clear to the performer. Using a sharp here obscures that the enclosed An is outside the key signature, and is especially confusing given that G# is enharmonic to a diatonic note (Ab) that you've already used earlier in the measure as part of the same motion (Ab to An). Plus, going from G# to Fn in the next measure creates an awkward augmented second interval. I'd highly advise using flats here for all these reasons.

Ok, I'll change that pitch to a flat for this measure. Files are updated.

Title of the sheet should be "Air Man Stage".

Thank you for all that you've done in checking sheets so far, Kricketune. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that I hope your presence here at NinSheetMusic is a lasting one.

Jas and Radiak, super excited to hear you two are being brought on! We could really use your talents and keen eyes for detail, and I have no doubt you'll be valuable assets here.

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I shall leave my approval then~

Thank you, Latios. Just want to leave this reminder here for the second updater:

Title of the sheet should be "Air Man Stage".

To me it still doesn't really convey what your stated intent with the X noteheads is, it just describes a timbral quality of the original track (which the performer may not have even heard).

Hmm, I would sure hope the performer was familiar with the original before seeking out my arrangement.

Hello!... long time no see, submissions board.

Yes, it's been awfully quiet around here since July, hasn't it?

- Ending the ascent on the Bn in m. 26 doesn't... quite feel right to me. It doesn't seem to stay on it as long as writing it would imply. It's hard to say since it's a slide, but how would you feel about writing it as a grace note to a Bb half note? (Either way, I think Cb makes more sense with a root of Ab here.)

Sure, I'll add a grace note and change the B-natural to a B-flat. Good call.

- How about a 2 page layout? This piece is fast and most systems are pretty stretched at 3 measures each.
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The squished m. 20 didn't sit well with me at first, but now I see that this orientation is a much more efficient use of space overall.

^^ These two points have been updated. Thank you, Latios.

[twelfth]

Would you believe me if I told you this is the first Mario & Luigi sheet I've ever arranged? Neither would I!


On the twelfth day of Sheet-Mas, my true love gave to me...


12th/537th

[3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team - "Try, Try Again"

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When Mario & Luigi: Brothership was announced, I knew I had to make sure I was all caught up on the series before I started the newest entry. I replayed Superstar Saga (it's still peak), and for both Partners in Time and Dream Team, I started new save files so I could finish them for the first time. And you know what? All I learned was that I stopped enjoying this series after Bowser's Inside Story, and that a ten-year wait for a new game isn't gonna change that. Sorry if you liked Brothership, but during my playthrough, I could not wait for it to be over.

At least the music slaps; shout-out to Yoko Shimomura for making "Try, Try Again" her best battle theme yet. I couldn't have picked a better 50th Super Mario franchise sheet!

Thanks for sticking it out with me this Sheet-Mas! There were a few points at which I wasn't sure I could keep up, and I've been feeling especially unmotivated these past couple weeks, but we made it, and I couldn't be happier. I appreciate you all for tuning into these updates, and if you liked what you saw this year, leave a reply detailing which Sheet-Mas arrangement was your favorite.

Enjoy!

[eleventh]

On the eleventh day of Sheet-Mas, my true love gave to me...


11th/536th

[Wii] Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition - "Distant Traveler"

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Time for my most ambitious sheet of the year, an arrangement of a track I've wanted to do for a very long time now. If I'm to have every Kirby game represented on the site eventually, there'd be no better candidate than "Distant Traveler" for Kirby's Dream Collection, though I'm not even sure that's the best title for it. I've seen "Final Magolor Race" and "Interdimensional Traveler" thrown around, but in the end, I settled on my best bet that I hope can keep everybody happy. Speaking of this collection, this year I finally got around to mastering the New Challenge Stages, meaning that, in addition to earning full completion for each of the six included games, I was done with the entire package. Took me long enough, some 12-ish years, but I feel I owe it to myself as a Kirby fan. So what's a guy to do when there's no more games to complete while I wait for the next announcement from HAL Laboratory? Find another series to play, jackass! Enjoy, and I'll see you all tomorrow for the last day of Sheet-Mas. I think you have an idea of what's in store, but it won't be ready until late because I haven't even started it yet

[tenth]

On the tenth day of Sheet-Mas, my true love gave to me...


10th/535th

[SNES] Final Fantasy VI - "Searching for Friends"

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I felt really strange playing the SNES version of Final Fantasy III (or VI, as we know it as now) this past summer. Here I was, witnessing firsthand what many people hold up as the greatest RPG of all time, and I could not for the life of me enjoy it to the same extent that most Final Fantasy fans do. It wasn't that I didn't understand how to play the game; as a matter of fact, I recruited every character, completed every World of Ruin side quest, and taught every Magicite spell to my entire party, excluding Gogo and Umaro. I just don't get it—what about this game is so engaging to others? I would hope it's not the gameplay, I've come to loathe the Active Time Battle system and will probably avoid the similarly acclaimed Chrono Trigger for that reason alone. Maybe if the script had retained any of its serious tone before the American localization butchered it, I could've appreciated it a little more. Ah well, if there's one thing I can say I loved, it was the excellent soundtrack. "Searching for Friends" was not a terribly complicated track to arrange, but during my many hours of grinding to teach my entire party magic, I came to know it well. Enjoy!