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Retronauts Episode 199: Nintendo's Stairway to Rhythm Heaven

Added 2019-02-01 14:51:10 +0000 UTC

Another chronicle of a Retronauts live appearance has arrived! As always, apologies for the slightly hissy sound, but with any luck you'll find the content makes up for it?

Bob and Chris and I joined forces cross-country last month for a live panel at MAGfest, and give the musical focus of that event, we thought it might be best to focus on music for the panel, too. So we put together a survey of Nintendo R&D1's musical evolution as a studio, from the bloopy days of Donkey Kong to R&D1's final swansong: 2006's Rhythm Tengoku, aka Rhythm Heaven. There's a very small amount of visual context missing here (the panel was accompanied by a musical slideshow of sorts), but 95% of the presentation comes through just fine.

If you missed us in D.C., we've already announced plans to talk about Game Boy's 30th anniversary at Midwest Gaming Classic in April! And who knows, maybe we'll be at PAX East, too. See you somewhere, we hope!