The fifth and final entry of our second take on video game rivalries is nothing less than King Dedede vs Kirby! I know you’ve been waiting for this one.

These two…now THAT’s a true rivalry. King Dedede tried to clobba dat dere Kirbeh since day one, even copying some of his moves (most specifically the swallowing and flying) to get the upper hand. They often fight over food or nothing at all when they’re not helping each other fighting a greater evil. Although in about half of their battles by now Dedede was possessed or controlled by someone…

For this mix I chose the most representing themes for both characters and their rivalry, like Green Greens (Kirby’s Dreamland) and Popstar (Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards) for Kirby, King Dedede’s Theme (Kirby Super Star) and Masked Dedede (Kirby Super Star Ultra) for King Dedede and Bumper Crop Bump (Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards) and Gourmet Race (Kirby Super Star) to get their rivalry down. As an addition, I also used the Card Collection and Mini Boss Theme (Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards) because these tunes are pretty cool.

There were some other themes I would have liked to include, but they either didn’t work well or the song would have lost its direction with it. Those themes include Revenge of the King Ending (Kirby Super Star Ultra), Spring Breeze Ending (Kirby Super Star), Victory Dance (*insert any Kirby game*) and Submarine Battle (Kirby and the Rainbow Curse).

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Now we’re pretty much done with our second Arch Rival “Month”, although I want to share a little extra with you next week, in 2 weeks the album VG Arch Rivals Vol. 2 will be officially released on bandcamp.

The fourth entry of our second take on video game rivalries is Dr. Albert Wily vs Mega Man (Rockman)! With a little delay, because the polishing of the song took a little longer than expected…nah, honestly, I’ve just been slacking off a little too much~

The whole setting reminds me a lot of Eggman vs Sonic which was featured in the first VG Arch Rivals. The protagonist is blue, the antagonist is a scientist…and they’ve been enemies since the first game. The entire (!) original Mega Man series was about stopping Wily’s plans. Now if that doesn’t deserve a place here (despite the fact that Bass would be a much more suited rival) then I don’t know.

There are tons of Mega Man tunes in this mix, naturally quite some Boss and Wily Stage Themes, also Bass, Proto Man and even Metal Man (being one of Wily’s first creations) make an appearance. To represent Mega Man I chose the Intro Theme from Mega Man 2 this time. I usually use the one from Mega Man 3, but this one is more fast-paced and should be equally iconic. A worthy mix, don’t you think?

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The great finale awaits…or does it? The next entry is gonna be the one that was announced way before the others and it’s one I hope you’ve been looking forward to as well.

The third entry of our second take on video game rivalries is Klavier (Gavin) vs Apollo (Justice)! I know you’ve been waiting for this.

I took a lot of inspiration from last time’s Edgeworth vs Wright. Naturally we have the themes of the two rivals in court Pressing Pursuit ~ Cornered and Guilty Love. But apparently some magicians found a way to sneak in the song…

I admit that I don’t have nearly as much experience with Apollo’s Cornered theme as I have with Phoenix’s and Guilty Love isn’t exactly my favorite song ever, but I think this one still turned out okay.

So there’s not much to say about this rivalry, it’s the Ace Attorney-typical constellation of defense attorney vs prosecutor, only heated up by Klavier’s “Herr Forehead” sayings, which Apollo naturally doesn’t appreciate much.

By the way, did you know that “Klavier” means “piano” in German? So I found that name a bit odd…speaking of German, since Klavier knows a few junks of German (“ja Fräulein“), he shouts “Einspruch!” instead of “Objection!“. At least this time it makes sense, yes?

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That means we’re halfway through Arch Rival Month 2. Next up we have a scientist battle…more or less…