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The downloadable song list for Daigasso! Band Brothers DX is promising. You have “Flavor of Life” from Utada Hikaru, the Eccentric Shonen Boy’s theme, and a Gundam song. All of the downloadable tunes won’t appeal to everyone and that is A-OK. The expandable music selection is diverse and it should have something for everyone. Great.
Unfortunately, the 31 announced songs on the cartridge aren’t as varied. There are five recognizable J-Pop tracks with an abundance of classical music. Mozart (Symphony No. 40 1st Movement), Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker Suite), and other notable composers are the bulk of the announced music selection on the Daigasso! Band Brothers DX cartridge. Nintendo attempted to diversify the music list by giving some compositions a modern twist such as Swan Lake Rock version and Liebestraum No.3 Samba version. However, the pre-packaged selection is tilted towards music you would hear in Carnage Hall.
Clever youngsters take note: you can use this knowledge and attempt to convince your parents Daigasso! Band Brothers DX is a mini Music Appreciation course.
In case you’re curious about the J-Pop songs they are:
Images courtesy of Nintendo.
4 Responses to “Band Brothers DX is heavy on the classics”
June 10th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
@Jenni - Yeah, the first Band Brothers has a solid blend on the cart that Band Brothers DX doesn’t. I agree that the limited scope is probably because there is so much downloadable content, but owners without access to Wi-Fi are really out of luck.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:44 am
@tealovertoma - Thanks for the heads up. I fixed the links so they should be working now.
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June 10th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Hm. The announced songs on the cart don’t seem as varied as they were with the first game. Perhaps this is because there are going to be the 200 downloadable tracks and many of those are more popular songs?
I’m excited about “Flavor of Life” and “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
Those are both great songs.