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…

The second entry of our second take on video game rivalries is Gruntilda vs Banjo and Kazooie! In time!

As you’d expect, there is the Intro Theme and Gruntilda’s Lair. In addition to that, I also included Mad Monster Mansion, Rusty Bucket Bay (including the part which was used for the final battle as well), Mr. Vile’s Bonus Game (!) and, to top it off, the 10 Jigsaws Fanfare.

Gruntilda was the main antagonist in ALL Banjo-Kazooie games. What started out as a basic hero-enemy constellation turned into a rivalry soon (as with many recurring villains)… as far as I see it anyway…

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I bet you’re already excited for the next one, it’s time for a little…Objection!

At last, with some delay after some website plug-in problems, I finally present to you:

The first entry of our second take on video game rivalries, Bowser vs Mario!

There were a lot of themes to choose from for this one, although the musical contrast between Mario’s happy-go-lucky music and Bowser’s dark and badass music certainly didn’t make this easy. In the end I went for the Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme, Bowser’s Theme from Super Mario 64, the Final Boss theme from Super Mario World, the Mega Starman from Super Paper Mario, Dark Bowser from Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (to show Bowser joins the “good” side if he has to), Final Battle with Bowser from Super Mario Galaxy and an arranged version of the Slide theme from Super Mario 64 in a victory-like way by Dr. Fruitcake on VGMusic.

Bowser and Mario have been maintaining a healthy rivalry over all this years which lead to many, many successful games. To this day I’m still not sure what Bowser’s actual intentions are. Conquering the Mushroom Kingdom? World domination? …Princess Peach? If the latter were true, there would be a certain rivalry between these two.

But even without that, Bowser knows that his only true enemy is Mario, whom he has tried to overcome countless times. And we certainly don’t want to forget the times where someone stronger shows up, in which case Bowser can to put his pride aside and team up with his arch nemesis if the situation calls for it.

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And that’s number 1, next in line is something we didn’t have for a while now: Gruntilda vs Banjo & Kazooie! This one hopefully in time…