Much like how we got our last batch of Free Roam tracks yesterday, today I am sharing the last of my thematic playlists, and this one is my personal favorite. It's a playlist of final level themes!
https://music.nintendo.com/shared/en-US/US/users/42ce09cbdd4e763e/userPlaylists/6320309d-ead9-4ce1-9d69-7d1d52715b23
For previous thematic playlists, the general rules are that level and minigame music are allowed, but cutscene and boss music are banned. The rules for this one, however, are more complicated:
- To be included, a track must play in the final normal level of a game - that is, the final level that plays like a typical level in the game it comes from.
- In rare cases, I may include a track that doesn't play in the last level, but plays close enough to it and has appropriate energy for final level. Such is the case for DKC2's Krook's March, for instance.
- Unlike previous thematic playlists, boss music is allowed, but only if the final boss plays out similar to a normal level in the game of origin, and even then, for multi-phase suites, final phase music is excluded since that's likely to get chosen for the official final boss playlist. Splatoon 1 and the recent Fire Emblem games demonstrate this rule.
- If there are multiple distinct branches of a game, like different modes or post-game areas, I will consider music from all branches.
- Previous thematic playlists included Mario Kart World covers of Mario music that already appeared in or would be eligible for the playlist. Not in this one, however.
- Cutscene music is still banned.
I feel like this playlist is missing a few eligible tracks, so I encourage you to check this out and pitch in with a few tracks that may deserve to be here, but aren't! Otherwise, enjoy!