As a lifelong coast-dweller, I am well aware of the fact that hurricane season is upon us. With this in mind, I feel that it's the right time to bring out my favorite island-hopping adventure game, StarTropics from Nintendo. Here's the happy little ditty that plays in Chapter 6: Reunion when your young adventurer finally finds his missing archeologist uncle, Dr. J:
I find this track incredibly peaceful and welcoming, an impressive achievement of chiptune considering the relatively brief loop and the extremely minimal use of the NES's five audio channels. People complain about the lack of a true Punch-Out! game on the Wii, but StarTropics never even left the NES. I would love some waggle-based yo-yo combat in a tropical Twilight Princess. Oh well, at least I still have my original immersive letter...
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