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    A series of games featuring the DS debut of New Super Mario Bros. and its sequel, New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the Wii.

    What's your opinion on the "Wah Wah" music?

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    RE_Player1

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    #1  Edited By RE_Player1


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    #2  Edited By RE_Player1

    I thought it was cute in the first game but they should give it a rest.

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    #3  Edited By shiftymagician

    I picked D but with a twist - it's something else that kills the game for me. 2D plane mario games have gotten quite stale for me in every new release and that is killing the games for me personally. The annoying Wah Wah sound just adds to my distaste for the latter entries of the 'new' series.

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    #4  Edited By Samaritan

    I fucking hate it. It was kind of nice at first, the first time it showed up, it was cute and charming and I dug it. Now? After what feels like 100 games later? Sick of it. LOSE THE DANCING TURTLES.

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    #5  Edited By august

    2d mario games, back when 2d mario games were the mainline series, could be relied on to have incredible graphics and music and to look dramatically different from each other.

    The "New" series of Mario games is the most generic shit imaginable when it comes to presentation.

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    #6  Edited By TheHBK

    I fucking hate it. Also, I noticed Jeff retweet someone mentioning this, how did we get on this topic because since the first game, I thought it was stupid and since then, Nintendo seems to think that it should be the default Mario music cue or something.

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    #7  Edited By Hamst3r

    It's terrible.

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    #8  Edited By aleryn

    It was okay in the first New Super Mario game on the DS. Really despise it after that.

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    #9  Edited By eskimo

    Can someone please post an example of said music? I am confused as to what "wah wah" is.

    edit - nm, I googled mario wah wah music and found my answer. I am indifferent.

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    #10  Edited By BestUsernameEver

    Wah Wah and Wub Wub music is very different. I like 90s house, dislike dubstep, if that is what OP means.

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    #11  Edited By egg

    I dislike it, it drives me away from the series.

    But it might be a combination of the music itself and the fact the stage/enemies dance to it. (at least in the original NSMB, not quite sure if the others do it) Just admitting that maybe if I didn't see that I wouldn't think the music is that bad.

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    #12  Edited By BisonHero

    Did not expect those poll results.

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    #13  Edited By Opus

    My brother had an electronic keyboard capable of emulating 100 "instruments". From the Grand Piano to the scratches of a Vinyl record on a DJ's table. Instrument #100 was an assortment of fart sounds. Being only the tender age of 10, it was immediately one of his favorites. He would press a single key over and over, to some rhythm only he can hear in his head.

    The "wah's" in these soundtracks are the equivalent of that fart music. There is an actual soundtrack to those stages, as charming as any other stage music, but it's drowned in unnecessary "wah's". Someone took that soundtrack and went "I should add an unnecessary sound to this every so often, also this sound should take precedence over the rest of the theme, people must hear my genius."

    D. Just get through the level and get on with the game. A good castle theme will make things better.

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    #14  Edited By SpunkyHePanda

    It's weird how much they're into that one track. It's even weirder that none of these games have THE Mario theme. I dunno if you heard, but that was a pretty good theme.

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    #15  Edited By OllyOxenFree

    No, sir, I do not like it.

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    #16  Edited By TobbRobb

    I googled the song. Not a fan.

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    #17  Edited By emem

    When I heard just the "wah wah" part for the first time (I don't even know in which game, it has to be pretty old?) I thought it was totally fine, but too much is too much.

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    #18  Edited By Tylea002

    I have literally no clue what you're going on about, so if anyone could point me in the direction of a youtube video to the soundtrack explaining what this elusive wah wah music is?

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    #19  Edited By ervonymous

    @Tylea002 said:

    I have literally no clue what you're going on about, so if anyone could point me in the direction of a youtube video to the soundtrack explaining what this elusive wah wah music is?

    I haven't played them, but I guess this is an extreme example.

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    #20  Edited By Tylea002

    @ervonymous: Man, that one A Capella sample just reminds me of how amazing that Crash Twinsanity soundtrack was. That game was all wah. Nothing but.

    But it sounds fine, it's a deliberate soundtrack styling clearly, though I can totally see why people would want less of that one sample over and over.

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    #21  Edited By ervonymous

    @Tylea002: Oh yeah, Nsanity Island! I loved the music but really didn't like the game otherwise, finally had to give up on Crash there.

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    #22  Edited By Tylea002

    @ervonymous: I really liked the game, wasn't as huge a leap forwards as it could have been, but I just wanted more crash in a different format, and that's what I got. And man. MAN.

    All that haven't should listen to this. This is how you do "wah" right.

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    #23  Edited By SaFt

    It doesn't really bother me but It's not very interesting and pales in comparison to games like Galaxy and 3D Land which both have incredible music.

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    #24  Edited By ExplodeMode

    I don't like it but, once the Mario sound effects (jumps, coins, fireballs, whatever) are placed on top of it, it probably won't stick out so much.

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    Similar to Jeff's opinion on the bombcast I really really hate it and find it emblematic of everything that's wrong with that series. The music needs to change, the art needs to change, the level design/world design needs to change. The music is just the constant reminder of how completely rote that series has become.

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    #26  Edited By PolygonSlayer

    I thought it was very neat first time around, especially the enemies dancing to the sound, but man... they have done it to death by now.

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    #27  Edited By MooseyMcMan

    I clicked that I liked it, only to realize shortly thereafter that the "wah wah" music is not what I think it is.

    Yeah, this is not great stuff.

    Also, I should have listened to this week's Bombcast before voting here, but whatever.

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    #28  Edited By abendlaender

    I couldn't agree more with Jeff. I hate it, HATE IT! I still love NSMB (despite NSMB 2 which just was not a great game) but the WAWAWAWAWAWAWA is driving me insane

    @Marokai said:

    Similar to Jeff's opinion on the bombcast I really really hate it and find it emblematic of everything that's wrong with that series. The music needs to change, the art needs to change, the level design/world design needs to change. The music is just the constant reminder of how completely rote that series has become.

    Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes!

    Mario is a franchise where they can do literally EVERYTHING, There is no theme that cannot be turned into a Mario Level yet we still just see Forest/Desert/Ice/Lava again and again. It's just soo much wasted potential

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    #29  Edited By Sayishere

    Eh, i still like it.

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    #30  Edited By MEATBALL

    It's pretty awful, particularly knowing Nintendo can do better, just look at Paper Mario Sticker Star, some of the music in that Quick Look was excellent. It won't stop me from enjoying NSMBU if it's good, though.

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    #31  Edited By imhungry

    I definitely thought it was fine in the first game that I played with it. Now it's definitely starting to get a bit grating. And now that you've pointed it out to me it's become 10x worse.

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    #32  Edited By Lautaro

    I must be missing something, I think it's fine. Definitely wouldn't detract from my enjoyment of the game or whatever.

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    #33  Edited By kagato

    I dont care to be honest, its not my favourite Mario tune but it kind of goes along with the game now, when i see a Mario Bros title with "new" in the title i kind of expect to hear that noise. Ive never let the music of a game put me off playing it, i hate dance music but i still like wipeout, solution? Turn my own damn music on and turn off the games music in the settings leaving just the sound effects.

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    #34  Edited By Baillie

    What the fuck is going on here? I have never ONCE heard anything against the music in Mario games before, and now that Jeff has said it on the Bombcast everyone is up in arms about it. If people hated it so much, you would have vented this before.

    Hello, sheep!

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    #35  Edited By Dimsey

    It's alright I guess. I don't hate it but it definitely isn't the best Mario music.

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    #36  Edited By colourful_hippie

    I didn't like it much when it first started showing up but now I'm at the point where I can no longer stand it. I couldn't agree more with what Jeff was saying.

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    #37  Edited By Phatmac

    I'm with Jeff. It's ruining Mario music wise. I still like the gameplay but they have to stop using that music.

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    #38  Edited By Phatmac
    @Baillie

    What the fuck is going on here? I have never ONCE heard anything against the music in Mario games before, and now that Jeff has said it on the Bombcast everyone is up in arms about it. If people hated it so much, you would have vented this before.

    Hello, sheep!

    You haven't been on online forums on this topic, clearly.
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    #39  Edited By Ktargo

    I've only played the original New Super Mario Bros DS game. I recently played it again and found the music pretty catchy for the most part. I didn't really notice an over abundance of "wah wah." Didn't realize so many people disliked it. Did it get a lot worse in Wii and 2 or something? I listened to the video posted in this thread and it's definitely more noticeable in that track but I wouldn't say it bothers me or anything.

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    #40  Edited By Baillie

    @Phatmac said:

    @Baillie

    What the fuck is going on here? I have never ONCE heard anything against the music in Mario games before, and now that Jeff has said it on the Bombcast everyone is up in arms about it. If people hated it so much, you would have vented this before.

    Hello, sheep!

    You haven't been on online forums on this topic, clearly.

    Well, if you don't mind. Can you link me to these topics?

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    #41  Edited By RazielCuts

    reminds me of Rugrats -

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    #42  Edited By Baillie

    @RazielCuts: I see no problem with being reminded for Rugrats.

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    #43  Edited By Hizang

    Don't get me wrong, I really did like it back in the DS one, but It's just laziness now, get fucking rid of that shit.

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    #44  Edited By AuthenticM

    I hate it. I don't think Koji Kondo knows how to write old-school music, which is super weird considering what he's done in the past.

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    #45  Edited By ProfessorEss

    @msavo said:

    I thought it was cute in the first game but they should give it a rest.

    I feel exaclty the same way.

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    #46  Edited By TheSouthernDandy
    @Baillie

    What the fuck is going on here? I have never ONCE heard anything against the music in Mario games before, and now that Jeff has said it on the Bombcast everyone is up in arms about it. If people hated it so much, you would have vented this before.

    Hello, sheep!

    Oh come on dont start that bs. Just cause you don't agree with the general take in the thread doesn't mean you have to dump on everyone else.

    Not a fan of it but it doesn't kill the game for me. The lack of any originality in the series sure does.
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    #47  Edited By JasonR86

    I don't really care about it. But I would be really aware of that music, but not necessarily embarrassed by it, while playing the games that have the 'wah wah' in front of someone else.

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    #48  Edited By RazielCuts

    @Baillie: I didn't say there was, I like Rugrats. Just reminds me of a particular 90's era when you found the wah/bah sound on your old Casio keyboard and thought it was really cool but now 20 years later it's quaint but ultimately played out.

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    #49  Edited By Benny

    Always hated it, and I thought I was the only one.

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    #50  Edited By AngelN7

    Wasn't that track in like the first New Super Mario Brothers for the DS?... oh well they talk about it on the bombcast so I guess now is relevant, is a silly song that plays mostly on the first world it's not a big deal.

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