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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi

@mikangamerprime.bsky.social

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Greetings my name is Mika, I am a major fan of music and sound for games in years. I also really love cooking and stuff like it. Music Producer, Audio Director for Danaganronpa Another Remake, and for certain games in my portfolio as shown below. Age: 28

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · Oct 19

Here is a list of projects I have worked on.

before I share on what I worked on.

I will not include projects where I left due to creative differences and ones that are cancelled too soon.

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 11h

youtu.be/64tnwQ8la1M

Content warning: Gore and pretty violent content.

@kurkogames.bsky.social got me involved of being a soundbank programmer for this project, I want to thank him for having me on board of this project.

Same goes to @ripostebk.bsky.social and looking forward to this one.

Banjo Kazooie Halloween 2025

YouTube video by Mark Kurko

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Steve Burke @steveburkemusic.bsky.social · 16h

Get in to the mood for playing Yooka-Replaylee out tomorrow (9th October). Early drafts and unused tunes written for the Rextro Arcade minigames, found deep in the subfolder lair of my musical ideas backup folder! Swing on over to @playtonicgames.com
youtu.be/OMsAW-WT1Wg

Yooka Replaylee / Yooka Laylee (Playtonic Games) Rextro Arcade Early Sketches and Unused Tracks

YouTube video by SteveBurkeMusic

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 13h

This is interesting.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 4d

Watching the last of the 80s era Red Dwarf season/series was interesting.

Series/Season 3 had my favorite episodes overall and I noticed it has the least amount of BGM or Cues too. But the silence does add in the atmosphere.

Looking forward to series/season 4, this is a very funny show I'll say.

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Casey Mongillo (ケイシ・モンジロ) @caseymongillo.bsky.social · 4d

Important for Windows 10 users (thank you @azushark.bsky.social 🙏)

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 5d

Whoa that is a lot of money for a game.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 5d

One of my pet birds got sick with Fat Finch Disease again...

I been trying to find a cure or treatment for it, but most of the helpful videos are in a another language like tamil or hindi.

Which sadly I can't understand at all, the lack of english subtiles makes this even more stressful.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 5d

Ohh cool! I did recalled Emu releasing sf2 files for there samplers to be used in them based on the legacy hardware.

It interesting to learn you used soundfonts in Adventures either way.

Thanks for sharing this David. :)

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Playtonic @playtonicgames.com · 6d

Yooka & Laylee got a glow-up, so of course, the soundtrack had to as well. 🎶 Brand-new tracks + fully orchestrated classics from Wise, Kirkhope, Burke, Murdoch & Griffin — with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra bringing it all to life. Turn it up! 🔊

Yooka-Replaylee launches October 9th.

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 6d

n64vault.wikidot.com/pd-levels:da...

The perfect dark mod is I've worked on is finally in the n64 vault.

This features the talents from @caseymongillo.bsky.social and John Slike. Sadly this project was cancelled due to the director having health problems.

I wish him the best overall.

Dark Noon - N64 Vault

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 7d

Do you ever recalled which Emu Proteus model you own for Adventures? Was it the Proteus 2000 or the older models like the 1 to 3 and FX?

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for the answer, to clarify the first edition of VSL came out in December 2002. I imagine it would been the Kontakt conversions with it libraries included as that came out I believe in May of the same year.

It was the first project where it all done on computer software tools right?

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 8d

Some cases like that in my end are rare. I got like two MP3 files from Shane Kneip did for Maximo 1 and 2. Also info for the sampler cds he used for the first game.

One time Robert Buckley gave me unreleased cues from Scary Godmother which was awesome btw.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 8d

All seriousness, a lot of the composers I spoke with were amazing to speak with. I managed to interview Alexander Brandon and we are planning to collab for a project or so.

My favorite interview to do was the one I did with Nelson Everhart.

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 8d

@davidwise.bsky.social Hi there, while in Star Fox Adventures you have Advanced Orchestra for the game.

Do you ever recalled using a sampler that can be used with it?
Cheers!

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 8d

Don't you mean the "first" american to work on Sonic? I heard his mother is very proud.

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 9d

My portfolio will be updated in the future. We'll see.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 9d

Speaking with the lessor known composers who contributed to some great stuff is very fun to interact with.

I have interview a couple of them through a google doc and a podcast.

Generally speaking these are western based composers then anything.

Don't be shy either way. :)

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 9d

Tell your favorite artists you love their work

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 9d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 9d

This relates to me so much.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 10d

Actually the score by someone else, my bad he seems to contribute only the trailer music which is decent I say.

Still I am not impressed with the score at all.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 10d

Beside my criticisms, I liked the animation and overall voice direction.

The art direction is pretty decent and fits the tone of the comics.

Besides that all of the things I can share.

I wish I liked the pilot, but I wasn't pleased with it in the end.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 10d

The pacing is a bit too fast, while homestuck can be hard to follow in terms of that too.

It just don't feel well developed for a pilot, I have to rewatch a couple of stuff to actually get it.

To be fair it kinda on par of the comics. It just too little all over the place.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 10d

I wasn't really impressed with the music, I felt it sounds like something I hear from animation parodies or anything with a typical orchestral score.

Toby Fox tend to make a lot of amazing tracks, but I feel this score from him wasn't for me.

Power to those who liked it actually.

Mikan Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 10d

I felt a lot of the dialogue did not fit the time period of the comics, in fact I heard the term "mid" which did not existed in 2009.

It feels like it written to appeal to the "modern" audience.

The overused swearing is just unfunny to me.