Days after Warner Bros. decided to shelve yet another completed movie, a new report says that all hope may not be lost.
31.10.2023 - 00:51 / destructoid.com
The Grammy award-winning The 8-Bit Big Band and Lawrence are releasing a new cover of the Marvel vs Capcom 2 song “I Wanna Take You for a Ride.” It’s been covered many times by the VGM community, but in this instance, new verses and a bridge accompany the admittedly repetitive tune.
Yo! @lawrencetheband x The 8-Bit Big Band! So excited for this one.. asked the Lawrence gang to join me in this tribute to Marvel vs Capcom 2!! It's the iconic "I Wanna Take You for a Ride" loop from the character select but it's a full song with verses and a bridge?? HELL YES. pic.twitter.com/LMfjFr59EM
Despite the original release from Marvel vs Capcom 2 repeating the same line over and over again, it’s one with a special place in fan memories with a funky beat too delicious to ignore. Thankfully, The 8-Bit Big Band and Lawrence bring their own vision to the bop with a full song based on the loop. This version adds new lyrics, verses, and a bridge next month on November 10.
The 45 seconds released on social media from The 8-Bit Big Band has an outstanding suite of brass instruments and thrilling vocals. Almost time for MAHVEL, baby.
Last year, the 8-Bit Big Band (and Button Basher) won a “Best Arrangement – Instrumental or A Capella” Grammy for its cover of “Meta Knight’s Revenge” from Kirby Super Star. Since its release in 2021, the theme received over 1 million views on YouTube.
Perhaps with this upcoming Marvel vs Capcom 2 cover, they’ll get another Grammy. Nevertheless, The 8-Bit Big Band has an upcoming show in New York on December 15. Its fourth album, “Game Changer,” accompanies the Marvel jam on November 10.
Days after Warner Bros. decided to shelve yet another completed movie, a new report says that all hope may not be lost.
brought back an enduringly popular figure from the previous games in the series, but it did so only to almost immediately kill him off in one of the most unbearably emotional scenes in the entire game. weaves a dramatic narrative with numerous characters, and though this tug at the heartstrings of long-time fans of the series is quite cheap, it is devastatingly effective. Ultimately, brought back one character for no reason but to die — their death is not narratively important, nor does their death present a lingering point of conflict.
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Next week marks the third year since PS5 launched and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank the more than 40 million players who’ve joined our global PS5 community. In these first three years, PlayStation Studios and third-party developers have introduced more than 2,500 PS5 games for players to enjoy, including fan-favorite titles in recent months like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Final Fantasy XVI.
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When you have a team like Insomniac Games working on a set of Marvel Comics characters, you might feel they would “connect” the two titles in various ways. With the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and the very positive reaction to it, many expected a hint of what might come next with Marvel’s Wolverine, a game that we haven’t gotten any new details on in some time. To that end, there are no direct crossovers or “hints” of where Wolverine might be in this world or what his game might entail. According to the creative director for the projects, that was by design, but they are still “connected.”
Starting this weekend, Hyundai is opening clinics in five US cities where drivers can take their vehicles for a software update it says will prevent the type of vehicle theft made popular on TikTok.