Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
I couldn't find any WarioWare DIY fanart, so I opted to use a picture of Penny and Ashley again just like last time. Unlike before, I actually know who these characters are now thanks to my recent WarioWare binge :P
Anyway, I finished and completed my first WarioWare game yesterday! It was the first game in the series that came out on the GBA. I really liked the game a lot. Actually playing one of the games made me appreciate the microgame concept a lot more. The clever quantity-over-quality style gameplay really was a revolutionary concept that Nintendo nailed down super well.
Since I finished the first Wario game, I felt like remixing a song from the game. Sadly, I couldn't find a decent midi for one of the songs. So I decided to do one from WarioWare DIY again.
One instrument that stands out in particular is the alto saxophone sample. I took it from the Touhou soundfont pack, and it sounds surprisingly close to what a real sax sounds like (well to me at least), which is helpful since I was kinda going for a jazzy disco vibe. You can kinda see this at 1:04 where I turn the funk up by using a four-on-the-floor rhythm and having a clav play the bassline. Aside from the sax sample, I also used some pizzicato/plucking samples a couple times (the first use is at 0:11), which I think gives those parts a pleasant and bittersweet feeling. For the last bit of the song, I had to tweak the notes to resolve themselves since the song was never designed to end. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, considering I don't manipulate the notes inside midis too often.
Original Song for Reference:
youtube.com/watch?v=KfuMGk0Sak0
Picture of Penny hugging a grumpy Ashley (I used AI to make the original image 16:9):
pinterest.com/pin/105482816260521758
Midi File:
musescore.com/user/58664464/scores/11196088
Credits:
- Original Composers: Kenichi Nishimaki and Takeru Kanazaki
- Midi Sequencer: brobgonal
- Remixer: LuminousVale (GarageBand)
I couldn't find any WarioWare DIY fanart, so I opted to use a picture of Penny and Ashley again just like last time. Unlike before, I actually know who these characters are now thanks to my recent WarioWare binge :P
Anyway, I finished and completed my first WarioWare game yesterday! It was the first game in the series that came out on the GBA. I really liked the game a lot. Actually playing one of the games made me appreciate the microgame concept a lot more. The clever quantity-over-quality style gameplay really was a revolutionary concept that Nintendo nailed down super well.
Since I finished the first Wario game, I felt like remixing a song from the game. Sadly, I couldn't find a decent midi for one of the songs. So I decided to do one from WarioWare DIY again.
One instrument that stands out in particular is the alto saxophone sample. I took it from the Touhou soundfont pack, and it sounds surprisingly close to what a real sax sounds like (well to me at least), which is helpful since I was kinda going for a jazzy disco vibe. You can kinda see this at 1:04 where I turn the funk up by using a four-on-the-floor rhythm and having a clav play the bassline. Aside from the sax sample, I also used some pizzicato/plucking samples a couple times (the first use is at 0:11), which I think gives those parts a pleasant and bittersweet feeling. For the last bit of the song, I had to tweak the notes to resolve themselves since the song was never designed to end. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, considering I don't manipulate the notes inside midis too often.
Original Song for Reference:
youtube.com/watch?v=KfuMGk0Sak0
Picture of Penny hugging a grumpy Ashley (I used AI to make the original image 16:9):
pinterest.com/pin/105482816260521758
Midi File:
musescore.com/user/58664464/scores/11196088
Credits:
- Original Composers: Kenichi Nishimaki and Takeru Kanazaki
- Midi Sequencer: brobgonal
- Remixer: LuminousVale (GarageBand)
