NekoMika's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[FF8 Premonition - Remastered]

Great cover

I just enjoyed this piece as it was one of the more relaxing boss battle pieces strangely. I always found it sad when after disc 2 you find out Edea only acted as she did due to sorceress from a different timeline. Really nice cover of the boss theme, nice work on it.

The drums are very nice here and to the theme. The flutes were really pretty sounding yet harsh as well making it sound cool. The bells, xylophone, and trumpets were all quite dynamic and adding to the feel. The ambient violins were also quite well done and give that quality feel as if this is the last battle ever.

Overall, beautiful cover, good times, great boss battles.

[Pixelated Waters - DKC Remake (Aquatic Ambiance)]

Bad times, good cover :-)

I have no idea but I could never truly stand the aqua levels in Donkey Kong Country, the music just creeped me out and made me think of Resident Evil if anything. However I will say you did a wonderful cover version here.

The bass is very soft yet heavy at the same time. The synths kind of creep me out here as well since they just have a real eerie effect to them in the game. The drums sound very simple yet calming here as well, nice.

Overall, good cover.

BallinFatty responds:

thanks. glad you enjoyed it. i didnt mind the waters levels, at least not in DKC. i've always liked the music too. really enchanting, if thats the right word... the ones in DKC3 were the ones i hated, but they too, had pretty awesome music.

the synths in the wasp section dont sound as good when you lower the pitch so much. the one that is used for bass was too soft, and couldnt be heard, so i had no other choice but to use the one i did. i need the full version of FL8...

anyways, im glad you enjoyed it. thanks for the review, 9, and your time in listening

[Deoxys Battle RMX]

Psycho remake

Well I think this is rather fitting of it since that thing takes a bit of time to wake up and then it stands before you. You challenge but only have one Poke Ball, good luck catching that thing. Nice to see how it had more than one form though.

The drums sound real good here. The xylophone like sound here is really pleasing. Also the synth sounds quite cool here. The whole tune together just lets one know that Deoxys is rare and nutty yet cool. Only other space Pokemon I know of is the Clefairy family.

Overall, nice cover.

[The-Rising]

Nice one

Remember when you made this one as well. The lyrics are greatly done. Once more double bass is always a pleasure to hear from the drummer.

The guitar sounds quite great and I really love how it sounds The bass is pumping and playing a very deep and great beat. The vocals sound very charming and harsh, awesome.

Overall, metal!!

[Pokemon Gym Victory!]

Cheery

This just sounds completely light and overly cheesy at the same time which is nice to know. Reminds me of when I always whipped the gym leader after sometimes being left down to only one Pokemon and just halfway on hit points.

The drums sound very nice here. I like how it sounds like you recorded using a real piano as well. The synth and high sounding xylophone thing are also nice to hear. This seems to have turned out nicely.

Overall, great job working on this one.

[Tension Rising ~RDZ Mix~]

Great remix

Heh, yes this does remind me of when I had some heavily annoying battles early on in the game since the nobodies were more annoying with their attack pattern as well. Really great remix though. The battle just reminds me of how annoying the start was but once you reach their castle they are not so hard any more as you are stronger. I still did not ever like the Xigbar battle, took forever.

Have to say though, really cool remix, captures the heart of things in the game, loved it.

DesoloZ responds:

lol agreed thanks man or lady lol _XD imma make more soon

[Pokémon XD: VS. Miror B.]

Dance

I like how he always had an obsession for dancing. Sadly I prefer the song used in Colosseum instead actually since it was more fitting and made the battle feel so much faster as well. I still have to say though that you did a really fine job of doing a cover of his XD theme.

The trumpet is just victory up there I think. The bass line is also really groovy sounding here and I liked it. The drums were simple and quite nice to me in my eyes anyways.

Overall, really nice cover.

KatzuyaSagara responds:

Thanks man =)
I hope you continue to listen to my covers. It's such an honor to make music for you =)

[+=\Friendship Zone/=+]

Red Zone

Really crafty yet funny remix of the Red Zone song. I haven;t heard one of these in awhile either. You did a pretty nice job with the voice though so that turned out nicely I guess.

[Pokemon - Lavender Town]

Spooky

Well I have to admit it does capture the original spooky atmosphere of the town. Maybe a slight giggle or moan added to the mix could have made it even creepier. Very nice work though.

[Pokemon: Lance+Silver remix]

Remix

This is just another great and epic remix of the battle against Lance. Also I think this tune was used when battling against Ash/Red later in the game as well. The orchestra like background makes this sound truly amazing. The drums sound really cool here as well. Really nice piece.