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The second remake up for May Madness 2019 is the almighty Bowser’s Rage / King of the Koopas arrangement from Paper Mario that I first made all the way back in 2011.

This also includes Wish of the Princess which plays during the scene in between final battles where Peach wishes for Star Spirit help, making this a complete medley of the entire final battle from Paper Mario.

King of the Koopas is cool and all, but Bowser’s Rage has always been one of my favorite Bowser fight themes for quite a while. It has this dark, black metal feel to it that you don’t hear much in Bowser themes.

For this new version, I did something I normally don’t do and extended it rather than shorten it. I felt my cut off points in the old 2011 version were kinda sucky, so all 3 songs in this remix are a little longer this time.

The song I changed most was Wish of the Princess, the 2011 version was just far too weak for my liking. While the other 2 are mostly the same (aside from ya know, better layering and stuff like that), I pretty much remade WotP from scratch.

This song almost didn’t make the cut this year, it was a very popular choice in the Patreon May Madness vote, tying for the top spot, and did so-so in the public form, where it was in top 10. Like Golden Sun Battle, this was one I wanted to remake last year but I got pushed out in favor of others, so that helped lead to my decision to remake it this year, and I’m really glad I did because I think it turned out stellar.