We've had this one in store for last week, but the incursion of a Tatsudon-shaped interlude made us move out this pick for the week after... and away we go!
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udtkkr (UNDERTALE Kokoro no Itami)Last week, it was revealed out of the blue how the nicknamed Toby Fox's UNDERTALE videogame sequel -Deltarune- would have another of its chapters being distributed for free on PC after the Halloween-framed release of its first one, some years back. Given the ties within the game and several characters from the earlier it, it would have had sense for us to finish off the Taiko trilogy, but our Taiko de Time Travel quick spotlight rule comes first and foremost as stated in the past... it's a good thing I got served with an excuse to talk about it today and still being topical, as this ending week has seen the sudden reveal of the Deltarune Chapter 2 getting ported to the Nintendo Switch just a few days back!
Known in the Japanese version of UNDERTALE as Kokoro no Itami (lit. 'Heart Pain'), this is the tune that is played for the game's very first boss monster fight, against the ever-protective Toriel, a Nubian Goat-donning monster who's up to protect the protagonist from the dangers of the monster world outside the Ruins she lives in. As revealred by its author, Heartache is one of six songs (including the infamous MEGALOVANIA) that was specifically made for other projects that ultimately has ended up in UNDERTALE; more specifically, it's one of 3 tracks from the game to be originally devised for a different RPG idea, alongside Nyeh Heh Heh! and Bonetrousle. Furthermore, the song's original title of 'Joker Battle' would lead to assume that this was originally planned for what is becoming Deltarune, seeing as the game's first chapter stars a hidden boss battle against a jester-looking character named Jevil. Toriel herself also appears in the nearing-completion title, as one of the many returning characters from UNDERTALE.
With an astonishingly-high BPM value that runs at 2/3 its speed thanks to scrolling modifiers, this could be seen as a lite version of the infamous Metal Hawk BGM1 for the Oni department, with both songs being primarily charted under 1/12 with some nasty stunts along the way. For this UNDERTALE track, said stunts don't shy too far away from really-dense small Kat clusters and off-beat placing dictated by the musical notation approach that was taken for its charting.
