Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Happy New Year, everyone!
First things first, this was the song I did for the 2020 Mario Paint Secret Santa event, in which I drew my good friend VolcanBrimstone. Now, there's a story behind this one: this came about as a result of a long-running inside joke. The first two times I participated in Mario Paint Secret Santa events, I drew Volcan both times and did Sonic songs both times. He joked to me "So, whatcha gonna do for me next year?", and I jokingly replied "If I do get you again, then I don't care, I'm going all in and doing City Escape". Lo and behold, I drew him again for 2020's event, and the joke has finally come full circle!
WHEW, this song was a -doozy-, lemme tell ya. I spent the better part of a month on this one. I started this shortly after the Donkey Kong community event ended, then started taking it a bit slowly and making sure I got little details sorted out here and there, then, after building the foundation for the song, and slowly tackling the first verse, totally blitzed the second verse and made it to the ending in no time. I was very careful to make sure I captured every detail I could pick out; I absolutely -had- to do this song justice.
This is one of those quintessential video game anthems; people who don't even -play- video games know this song. And it's one of my favorite songs in gaming :P
Well, I hope you all enjoy! Happy New Year to all!
Happy New Year, everyone!
First things first, this was the song I did for the 2020 Mario Paint Secret Santa event, in which I drew my good friend VolcanBrimstone. Now, there's a story behind this one: this came about as a result of a long-running inside joke. The first two times I participated in Mario Paint Secret Santa events, I drew Volcan both times and did Sonic songs both times. He joked to me "So, whatcha gonna do for me next year?", and I jokingly replied "If I do get you again, then I don't care, I'm going all in and doing City Escape". Lo and behold, I drew him again for 2020's event, and the joke has finally come full circle!
WHEW, this song was a -doozy-, lemme tell ya. I spent the better part of a month on this one. I started this shortly after the Donkey Kong community event ended, then started taking it a bit slowly and making sure I got little details sorted out here and there, then, after building the foundation for the song, and slowly tackling the first verse, totally blitzed the second verse and made it to the ending in no time. I was very careful to make sure I captured every detail I could pick out; I absolutely -had- to do this song justice.
This is one of those quintessential video game anthems; people who don't even -play- video games know this song. And it's one of my favorite songs in gaming :P
Well, I hope you all enjoy! Happy New Year to all!
