Tokyo Olympic Games opening features suite of game music • Eurogamer.net

A yr late and below a cloud of controversy, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games has formally kicked off to a soundtrack of acquainted online game music.

The Olympics’ conventional Parade of Nations noticed athletes from all competing nations enter the Tokyo Olympic Stadium to the sounds of Ultimate Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Sonic the Hedgehog.

Music from Monster Hunter, Soulcalibur, Chrono Set off and Dragon Quest was additionally performed. Even the recently-rebranded PES received a look-in.

This is a number of clips folks have noticed:

There?s Track of the Ancients from @NieRGame on the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics! pic.twitter.com/TmZl6iVUqX

— Jordan Oloman (@JordanOloman) July 23, 2021

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DID THEY REALLY PLAY KINGDOM HEARTS AND FINAL FANTASY MUSIC AT THE OLYMPICS?!?

YES LOOK pic.twitter.com/x8tlnRhDKD

— Maku (@TropicalMaku) July 23, 2021

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Performed over Oman and the Netherlands. #SonicNews pic.twitter.com/UhQLAcmaqJ

— Sonic the Hedgehog Information & Updates · Tails’ Channel (@TailsChannel) July 23, 2021

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There was no music from Nintendo, nevertheless – regardless that Mario himself appeared within the closing ceremony of the earlier Olympic video games, teasing Tokyo taking on the baton.

In line with Nikkei, the complete itemizing of the tracks used throughout the ceremony comprises 19 themes from Japanese video games, if you wish to try to rewatch and decide them out:

• Dragon Quest – “Introduction: Lotto Theme”
• Ultimate Fantasy – “Victory Fanfare”
• Tales of Sequence – “Sley’s Theme – Guru”
• Monster Hunter – “Proof of Hero”
• Kingdom Hearts – “Olympus Coliseum”
• Chrono Set off – “Frog Theme”
• Ace Fight – “First Flight”
• Tales of Sequence – “Royal Capital – Dignified”
• Monster Hunter – “Wind of Departure”
• Chrono Set off – “Robo’s Theme”
• Sonic the Hedgehog “Star Mild Zone”
• Successful Eleven (Pro Evolution Soccer) “eFootball walk-on theme”
• Ultimate Fantasy – “Fundamental Theme”
• Phantasy Star Universe – “Guardians”
• Kingdom Hearts – “Hero’s Fanfare”
• Gradius (Nemesis) – “01 ACT 1-1”
• NieR – “Initiator”
• Saga Sequence – “Makai Ginyu Poetry-Saga Sequence Medley 2016”
• Soulcaliber – “The Courageous New Stage of Historical past”

In case you’re in search of one thing to fill a couple of minutes of your time (or a number of hours, most likely), Google has launched a brilliant Japanese-themed Olympics RPG on its homepage at the moment.