GaMetal 2020 Song Ballot Results Recap!

*Note: currently the archived stream footage is oddly starting 40 minutes into the stream for some people, including myself. Hopefully it'll fix itself soon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hey Patrons!

Here's a recap for those who couldn't make it to the stream, or just as a reminder since we went through a lot of results from the ballot.

Reminder that the top 3 songs from the ballot will automatically be going on the to-do list!

Most Requested Song (Top 16)

1. God Shattering Star (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) - 58
2. Plantera (Terraria) - 23
3. Chaos King (Deltarune) - 16
4. Final Antasma (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)- 15
5. Fly Octo Fly (Splatoon 2) - 15
6. Drawcia Sorceress (Kirby: Canvas Curse) - 14
7. Elder Princess Shroob (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time) - 14
8. Serpent Eating the Ground / Devours the Horizon (Bravely Default) - 13
9. Floral Fury (Cuphead) - 13
10. Gym Leader Battle (Pokémon Sword / Shield) - 13
11. Silver Will (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky) - 13
12. The Apex of the World (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) - 12
13. Marnie Battle Theme (Pokémon Sword / Shield) - 12
14. Rivers in the Desert (Persona 5) - 12
15. The Sun Rises (Okami) - 11
16. Twilight of the Gods (Fire Emblem Gaiden) - 11

*3. Battle of Award 42 (A Hat in Time) - 21
*8/9/10/11. Confronting Myself (Celeste) - 13
*15/16. Life Will Change (Persona 5) - 11

*These 3 songs are already on our to-do list, so they're not included in this particular list.

Most Requested Series (Top 15)

1. Pokémon - 203 (Top song: Sw/Sh Gym Leader Battle - 13)
2. Mario - 165 (Top song: Final Antasma - 15)
3. Sonic - 131 (Top songs: Live & Learn, Perfect Dark Gaia, Vela Nova, What I’m Made Of - 6 each)
4. Fire Emblem - 119 (Top song: God Shattering Star - 58)
5. Mega Man - 102 (Top song: Departure - 8)
6. Kirby - 91 (Top song: Drawcia Sorceress/Soul - 17)
7. Persona - 82 (Top song: Rivers in the Desert - 12)
8. Touhou - 81 (Top songs: Entrusting this World to Idols - 7)
9. Final Fantasy - 80 (Top song: Dark Messenger - 6)
10. Xeno - 53 (Top songs: Counterattack, Zanza - 10 each)
11. Kingdom Hearts - 47 (Top song: Vector to the Heavens - 10)
12. Deltarune / Undertale - 43 (Top song: Chaos King - 16)
13. Terraria - 40 (Top song: Plantera - 23)
14. A Hat in Time - 39 (Top song:  **The Battle of Award 42 - 21, You’re All Bad Guys - 8)
15. Castlevania - 31 (Top songs: Heart of Fire, Tragic Prince - 3 each)

**If we were to not include Battle of Award 42 since it's already a part of the to-do list, A Hat in Time would drop down to #28/29 overall, Castlevania up to #14, and Hollow Knight would move into 15th place with 28 votes.

Most Requested New Series (Top 15)

1. Persona - 82 (Top song: Rivers in the Desert - 12)
2. Kingdom Hearts - 47 (Top song: Vector to the Heavens - 10)
3. Terraria - 40 (Top song: Plantera - 23)
4. The Legend of Heroes - 25 (Top song: Silver Will - 13)
5. Crash Bandicoot - 24 (Top song: Dr. Neo Cortex Battle Theme - 5)
6. Tales of - 20 (Top song: Fighting of the Spirit - 5)
7. Celeste - 20 (Top song: ******Confronting Myself - 13, Reach for the Summit - 3)
8. Cuphead - 18 (Top song: Floral Fury - 13)
9. Ace Combat - 17 (Top song: ******Zero, Daredevil - 3 each)
10. Danganronpa - 16 (Top song: Ekoroshia - 4)
11. DOOM - 15 (Top song: E1M1 - 9)
12. Okami/Okamiden - 14 (Top song: The Sun Rises - 11)
13. Shin Megami Tensei - 13 (Top song: SMT IV Battle B2 - 3)
14. Blazblue - 13 (Top song: Rebellion - 3)
15. Drawn to Life - 12 (Top song: Shadow Showdown - 9)*******
16. Cave Story - 12 (Top songs: ***Running Hell, Last Battle - 5 each)
17. King of Fighters - 11 (Top song: ****Soy Sauce for Geese - 4)

***If we were to not include Running Hell, which will be on the Side-Quests 3 album, Cave Story would fall off the list completely into the realm of games with only a few requests.
****This is only if we include requests for Soy Sauce for Geese from Fatal Fury, because it happens to be in both games. Otherwise, KoF also would fall into the games-with-only-a-few-requests category.
******Forgot to mention these in the original post, but Confronting Myself effects Celeste in the same way as the 2 above, as well as Zero from Ace Combat. AC, however, would still be around the #12 spot.
*******Catching this late, you'll notice I didn't mention this in the stream, but Drawn to Life had 12 votes which would put it in the #15 spot.

Top 50 Series Overall (Chart)*****

*****Bit of a rough estimate, especially towards the bottom 30 where entries range from around 10-20 votes. I might have missed a series on the very lower end.

There you have it! So what does that mean for these popular requested songs and games?

Well, as you already know, I've decided to go ahead and automatically throw the top 3 songs (God Shattering Star, Plantera, and Chaos King) onto the to-do list. Since they're so highly requested, I'd just end up getting to them any way, so for those on the Patreon Request List tier that would've/have requested these songs, you won't have to use a slot on them.

As for the others, I'm really hoping to knock out a lot of the top songs this year, so they all have strong chances of happening. I've completed about half of what was in last year's top 10, with others either showing back up this year (Antasma, Fly Octo Fly, etc) or already being a part of the to-do list (Battle of Award 42, Running Hell, etc). My main priorities at the moment are to knock out the current to-do list, get May Madness songs ready, and then work on the Side-Quests 3 songs. After the to-do list is cleaned up, MM is over, and while I'm working on SQ3, I will likely be throwing in a top 10 song here and there alongside our normal drawing/handpicks (bonus points if the drawing/handpick is from the top 10!).

So just because it wasn't a part of the top 3 doesn't mean it won't happen, because it probably will... just in a little more time, haha.

That concludes the 2020 GaMetal Song Ballot results. Now, to get back to work on more songs so we can get to some of these! :)

PS: Almost forgot, for those interested, you can see the entire ballot results here!