Wednesday, August 11, 2021

MIDI Week Singles: "Bianca City" - F-Zero Maximum Velocity (GBA)


"Bianca City" from F-Zero Maximum Velocity on the Game Boy Advance, Wii U (2001)
Album: No Official Release
Composer: Masaru Tajima, Mitsuteru Furukawa, & Naoto Ishida
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer ND Cube


F-Zero Maximum Velocity is a game that played quite a bit back in the early 2000s, but I realized I was never that great at it.  The formula is closer to the original F-Zero with Mode 7-type mapping and is all about taking tight turns, avoiding hazards, and having stupidly fast reflexes.  

The opening track in the Pawn Series, Bianca City, is a great introduction, music-wise into how this game is played.  Right out of the gate, the song is trying to push you along at, roughly, 180 bpm, or 3 beats per second.  Now that is pretty fast for a lot of music, maybe not music used in a racing game, but for the opening track on the easiest series, this is a track to get your blood pumping and keep you on your toes.  Or at least it can be if you are playing on Standard or higher difficulty settings.


~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian
Cause Everyone's Just Too Weird

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