And now for a "best of" compilation of Mother 3's battle themes:



Fate/Serious: is incredibly manly and badass and also fits the game's "tragedy" theme quite well



Dangerous Guys: one of the coolest jazz songs I've ever heard in a game, and also one of Mother 3's most criminally under-used tracks



Dry Guys: sounds more like French Guys to be honest, but I'm definitely not complaining



Intense Guys: is extremely over-dramatic and unfortunately is only (officially) used for a few rather standard enemies, but still



Natural Killer Cyborg: SPEAKING OF SONGS THAT ARE INCREDIBLY MANLY AND BADASS
 


Strong One: Is unfortunately rather notably prone to being used in terribly ironic ways (Negative Man is one of the weakest enemies in the entire game, the Barrier Trio's power comes from intelligence/sorcery rather than actual brute force, the Heftyheads and Hippo Launchers really aren't that strong when compared to how powerful your party members have hopefully become at their points in the game, and the Masked Man's ludicrously high attack power is basically his way of hiding how pitifully weak he is on the inside), but is a song that absolutely embodies hopelessness nevertheless



Master Porky's Theme: One of the greatest final boss themes of all time, and also a perfect send-off for the game's "Porky" leitmotif



Battle Against The Masked Man: Yet another one of the greatest final boss themes of all time, and also one of the most disturbing



And El Mariachi: Don Flamenco as portrayed by Punch-Out Wii, is that you?



Smashing Song Of Praise: Don't even get me started on those mood shifts of its
 
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Unfounded Revenge: Undertale called; it wants to use this as Papyrus' battle theme



Tragic Reconstruction: The official theme song of the game's infamous "Chimera" monstrosities



Rock And Roll: New Age Retro Hippie, is that you?



Piggy Guys: Now THIS is what I call a theme song for the Nazis



Audacious March: See what I just said about Piggy Guys
 
I've probably already said this a million times already, but I'm pretty sure this game has the best soundtrack I've ever heard.


Well, it might not be the best soundtrack I've ever heard, (I still think the SNES Donkey Kong Country soundtracks are the absolute best), but Shake It! definitely has the best OST of any Wario game. (With that of Wario Land 4 being second IMO.)
 
Despite it playing in a level that (audible shuddering) reveals how much N. Tropy wants to literally fuck himself, this song from Crash Bandicoot 4:

 
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Do you ever have that thing where a random piece of music pops up in your head and you don't know where it's from?
Well, I had that today, and although I knew it was from a Kirby game, I didn't exactly know from which one, since I haven't played one for a long time, but after looking through OSTs I found it rather quickly.
This might well be the most underrated theme in all of Kirby history. It's titled The Hero of Dreamland and that's exactly how it sounds: a very heroic and triumphant theme that perfectly captures Kirby's brave and heroic spirit. Let's hope this awesome theme will make a return someday.

 
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