New Snake Eater Instrumental Arrangement featured in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Jonneh · Jul 18, 2018

Seeing quite a few people miss it in the OT so figured it could do with its own thread, especially with how massive MGS is outside of Smash.

Looks like Nobuko Toda supervised the arrangement, great to see her back on Metal Gear!

Have a listen! Completely different style to the original piece but I think it works really well.
https://www.smashbros.com/en_GB/sound/index.html

SinCityAssassin · Jul 18, 2018

Youtube:

Sign My Guestbook! · Jul 18, 2018

Naked Snake, in a tuxedo, riding waterskis on his way to the Shogohod

Datajoy · Jul 18, 2018

SNAKE EATER IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME

change my mind

Shark · Jul 18, 2018

Sounds like something straight out of a Bond film even more now. It's pretty rad.

Takyon · Jul 18, 2018

FORRR UUUUUUUUUUUU

FormatCompatible · Jul 18, 2018

Datajoy said:
SNAKE EATER IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME

change my mind

I can't. I'm sorry.

JusDoIt · Jul 18, 2018

Wish it had the vocals thooooo

Crayolan · Jul 18, 2018

Might wanna specify this is just a sample, not the full song.

The Booktastic Bus · Jul 18, 2018

Datajoy said:
SNAKE EATER IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME

change my mind

Fiddly and unintuitive controls.

Zomba13 · Jul 18, 2018

Yeeeeah! I'm into it.

wiill64 · Jul 18, 2018

This is an awesome arrangement, love how Bond like it sounds.

Mr_Blue_Sky · Jul 18, 2018

It's absolutely insane the amount of respect Nintendo shows in representing characters from their franchises in Smash Bros, the remixes of themes in particular being one of the areas they excel. Can't wait for Smash Ultimate.

jwhit28 · Jul 18, 2018

It's a great arrangement. That Vega theme is amazing though.

Het_Nkik · Jul 18, 2018

I didn't know they were throwing up music samples. That Vega Stage arrangement is AMAZING.

Herb Alpert · Jul 18, 2018

Datajoy said:
SNAKE EATER IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME

change my mind

Yeah I mostly agree with this.
It's definitely one of my favorite games

Easy_D · Jul 18, 2018

Those are some crappy sounding synths. Give me Cynthia Harrel pls

Broken Joystick · Jul 18, 2018

That was pretty horrendous.

tatwo · Jul 18, 2018

I prefer the original.

Ryouji Gunblade · Jul 18, 2018

Datajoy said:
SNAKE EATER IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME

change my mind

Subsistence.

linko9 · Jul 18, 2018

Instrumental... kind of removes the best part of the song :(

It's ok, I'll sing along anyway.

Dreamboum · Jul 18, 2018

That's a really bad arrangement but I guess they're forced to make upbeat, snappy arrangements for Smash

Noppie · Jul 18, 2018

Dreamboum said:
That's a really bad arrangement but I guess they're forced to make upbeat, snappy arrangements for Smash

Not really.

SergioFerrazJr · Jul 18, 2018

Jonneh · Jul 18, 2018

Dreamboum said:
That's a really bad arrangement but I guess they're forced to make upbeat, snappy arrangements for Smash

Smash has quite a variety of low tempo tracks, even some from Metal Gear:

NotLiquid · Jul 18, 2018

Oh lawd those guitars

TheBaldwin · Jul 18, 2018

What a thrill.....

Man those guitars make it extra james bond like

roguesquirrel · Jul 18, 2018

wish it had the vocals but i like the vibe

Deleted member 28386 · Jul 18, 2018

SinCItyAssassin said:
Youtube:

I just today saw the video that gif is from on a Defunctland video.

Neoxon · Jul 18, 2018

I like the song in general, but I'm not too fond of the MIDI instruments used. It would have been nice if they used live instruments like the original.

Sparse · Jul 18, 2018

Goddamn, I dig it. They went full Bond.

rude · Jul 18, 2018

Beautiful arrangement.

Don't sleep on this either, done by Shimomura herself.

thefro · Jul 18, 2018

Neoxon said:
I like the song in general, but I'm not too fond of the MIDI instruments used. It would have been nice if they used live instruments like the original.

Yeah, hopefully they do a live recording or at least replace the horns with live stuff.

If Snake Eater was a John Barry Bond theme, this sounds like something that would play during the Bond film.

SixelAlexiS · Jul 18, 2018

Wow, it really sounds like a bad Bond midi... burn it with fire, pls :/

Neoxon · Jul 18, 2018

rude said:
Beautiful arrangement.

Don't sleep on this either, done by Shimomura herself.

Vega's been getting a lot of great arrangements as of late (SFV, USFII, & now Smash Ultimate).

Jawmuncher · Jul 18, 2018

That's jamming. Fits much better for a fighting game than the Brawl one.

NightShift · Jul 18, 2018

Not a fan but I got to say, it's very Smash. They did a great job.

Defect · Jul 18, 2018

Wow City Trial and Brinstar Depths are good.

Deleted member 16039 · Jul 18, 2018

I eat Snack too and no one ever wrote a song about me.

But yeah, MGS 3 was good.

BAN PUNCHER · Jul 18, 2018

AxkilAvenger · Jul 18, 2018

This is some good news. Tune will carry in my head all day now

Skronk · Jul 18, 2018

Awesome, makes me want to play that game again.

They should put that 3DS version of Snake Eater on Switch

NotLiquid · Jul 18, 2018

Also if people haven't heard it yet (since we're posting other arrangements from the game), Jun Senoue of Crush 40/Sonic the Hedgehog arranged a Mega Man 4 medley.

Future_TraX · Jul 18, 2018

Shark said:
Sounds like something straight out of a Bond film even more now. It's pretty rad.

wiill64 said:
This is an awesome arrangement, love how Bond like it sounds.

TheBaldwin said:
What a thrill.....

Man those guitars make it extra james bond like

Sparse said:
Goddamn, I dig it. They went full Bond.

thefro said:
Yeah, hopefully they do a live recording or at least replace the horns with live stuff.

If Snake Eater was a John Barry Bond theme, this sounds like something that would play during the Bond film.

This version is just horrible, my god!

If you guys want an alternative bond version, check out the "abstract camouflage" version:

MrSaturn99 · Jul 18, 2018

You haters are crazy. This is one of the best ones they've shown yet.

Cathcart · Jul 18, 2018

I thought Smash Snake was based on Solid Snake, though.

Spring-Loaded · Jul 18, 2018

Cathcart said:
I thought Smash Snake was based on Solid Snake, though.

He's just snake

Terraforce · Jul 18, 2018

Dreamboum said:
That's a really bad arrangement but I guess they're forced to make upbeat, snappy arrangements for Smash

Yeah I get why they changed the pacing, but it sounds significantly worse imo. The original being slow and somber was part of the appeal I found. But I can see why it wouldn't fit in the background of a fighting game.

Kickmaster Kim · Jul 18, 2018

No I don't like that! The original was fine in Brawl.

Deleted member 14002 · Jul 18, 2018

Absolutely god awful. Feels like an intern ran it through FL studio with the edirol orchestra

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