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Ripple Star: Stage Select
| Ripple Star: Stage Select | |
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Sample of "Ripple Star: Stage Select" from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. | |
| Details | |
| Debut appearance | Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) |
| Last appearance | Kirby Fighters 2 (2020) |
| Other appearance(s) | Kirby Super Star Ultra Kirby's Epic Yarn Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Kirby: Triple Deluxe Kirby: Planet Robobot Kirby Star Allies Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn |
| Composer(s) | Jun Ishikawa or Hirokazu Ando |
"Ripple Star: Stage Select"[Japanese title] is a recurring theme that first appeared in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards while selecting one of Ripple Star's stages. It has since been remixed several times over the course of the series.
Composition[edit]
"Ripple Star: Stage Select" follows a simple 4/4 time signature with a single melodic bar in its simplest incarnations. It is notable for being a short song in most cases despite its prevalence in the series, since it was originally composed for a stage select screen (an area the player is not meant to spend much time in). Most subsequent uses of the track keep it short, though the versions used in Kirby's Epic Yarn and Kirby: Triple Deluxe are notable exceptions.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards[edit]
This theme first appeared here, as the stage select theme for Ripple Star. This version is somewhat loud and active in nature, featuring many layered flute-like instruments and percussion at a high tempo.
Kirby Super Star Ultra[edit]
This theme appears on the Game Over screen in Revenge of the King and in Helper to Hero's rest area, named "Helper's Rest".[1] This was the first instance of the theme being used in a more calm tempo with a relaxed instrumentation. It can be found as Music 93 in the Sound Test.
Kirby's Epic Yarn / Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn[edit]
This theme appeared here as Dream Land's stage select theme. The key has been moved a step down (B-flat major), and it follows the mellow tone from the Kirby Super Star Ultra version. A glockenspiel is used as the primary instrument, backed by piano.
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[edit]
When selecting Kirby's Epic Yarn in the Kirby's History mode, that game's arrangement of the theme plays.
Additionally, the "Helper's Rest" version from Kirby Super Star Ultra is reused as the file selection theme for the New Challenge Stages mode. After clearing the mode, there's a rare chance for the original version from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards to play on the file select menu instead.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]
This theme appears twice in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, appearing as the rest area and Game Over themes in both The Arena and The True Arena.
The version featured in The Arena is a rearrangement of the "Helper's Rest" Kirby Super Star Ultra version, with wind chimes playing at the start of the track. It features a bend in the tempo near the beginning and end of the track, and uses a flute and a harp as the primary instrumentation. This version is arranged by Jun Ishikawa.[2]
The version featured in The True Arena, named "A Well-Earned Rest" on the Kirby: Triple Deluxe Soundtrack CD, follows the mellow tone from the Kirby's Epic Yarn version, though it uses more elaborate instrumentation and is by far the longest iteration of the theme, lasting over two minutes before looping. Interestingly, the track features two distinct variations of the same tune back-to-back, with only the second variation playing when the music loops. This variation is arranged by Hirokazu Ando.[2]
Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]
This theme appears as the results screen theme for The True Arena under the name "Well-fed Victory". It is similar to the version from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, but with different digital-sounding instruments. This version is arranged by Jun Ishikawa and can be found as Track 157 in that game's Jukebox.
Kirby Star Allies[edit]
This theme was combined with "Miracle Matter" and "0² Battle" for an arrangement in Kirby Star Allies, used for the fight against Morpho Knight when playing as Adeleine & Ribbon in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! or on Soul Melter difficulty or higher in The Ultimate Choice. The track is named "The Girls Who Fought the Darkness" on Nintendo Music, and was arranged by Hirokazu Ando. As of Version 4.0.0, this remix can be heard as Track 178 in the Jukebox.
Additionally, "Helper's Rest" is present in the game's files, but otherwise goes unused. Interestingly, its filename follows the naming scheme present in that of most Soul Melter EX rest area themes.
Kirby Fighters 2[edit]
A medley of "Training" from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, "Green Greens", and "Ripple Star: Stage Select" named "Training with Rivals" plays in the Training Mode and Online waiting rooms for Kirby Fighters 2. This medley has two distinct versions: an orchestral and chiptune version; the game selects one of the two at random to play. The regular version is arranged by Yuki Shimooka.[3]
Other arrangements[edit]
Variants of "Ripple Star: Stage Select" have appeared outside of the games themselves. Two in particular appear on the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert CD set. One comes from the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert and is featured as part of the "Kirby's Dream Land 3 / Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Medley", while another comes from the Kirby Memorial Arrangements track "Epic Yarn". Both take cues from their respective versions from the games represented in the medleys.
An acoustic arrangement of "Helper's Rest" is also featured at the beginning and end of the bonus track ステージメドレー／アコースティックver. (Stage Medley / Acoustic ver.) on the Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track.
On the Kirby 30th Anniversary Site, the original version of the theme plays when viewing Kirby number 07 ("Ripple Star").
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"Helper's Rest" in "Stage Medley / Acoustic ver." from the Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track, arranged by Tadashi Ikegami and performed by HAL Laboratory staff.
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"Ripple Star: Stage Select" in "Kirby's Dream Land 3 / Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Medley" from the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert, arranged by Shogo Sakai and performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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"Ripple Star: Stage Select" in "Epic Yarn" from Kirby Memorial Arrangements by Megumi Ohara.
Names in other languages[edit]
Ripple Star: Stage Select[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | リップルスター：ステージセレクト[4] Rippuru Sutā: Sutēji Serekuto |
Ripple Star: Stage Select |
Helper's Rest[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘルパーたちの休息[5][1] herupā-tachi no kyūsoku |
Helpers' Rest |
| English | Helper's Rest[1] | - |
Dream Land[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | プププランド Pupupu Rando |
Pupupu Land |
| American English | Dream Land | - |
| British English | Theme from Dream Land | - |
| French | Dream Land | - |
| German | Dream Land | - |
| Italian | Dream Land | - |
| Korean | 푸푸푸랜드 Pupupu Landeu |
Pupupu Land |
| Spanish | Dream Land | - |
A Well-Earned Rest[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 真のやすらぎ[6] shin no yasuragi |
True Rest Area |
| English | A Well-Earned Rest[6] | - |
Well-fed Victory[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゴハンを食べた勝利[7] gohan o tabeta shōri |
Having a Victory Meal This is a reference to a line from the Starship's description in the Japanese version of Kirby Super Star:「マルクのやぼうを さっさとくいとめ、ゴハンたべて ねよう。」("Let's take care of Marx's mad plan first, then eat a meal and take a nap.") |
| English | Well-fed Victory[7] | - |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Compilation Soundtrack
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kirby: Triple Deluxe Jukebox
- ↑ Kirby's Dream Buffet
- ↑ Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert pamphlet
- ↑ Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kirby: Triple Deluxe Soundtrack
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kirby: Planet Robobot Original Soundtrack
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- Music in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
- Music in Kirby Super Star Ultra
- Music in Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Music in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition
- Music in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
- Music in Kirby: Planet Robobot
- Music in Kirby Star Allies
- Music in Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn
- Music in Kirby Fighters 2
- Music from Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert
- Music in Kirby Memorial Arrangements
