The Shrine

Oh, what would we do without the Japanese wasting their time on cool, but ultimately useless shit like this? Found this on a meme of Auto Mario.

I am sure the reason why Japanese people make videos to post on the internet are not any different as to why Americans do it.

Most of them didn't really go with the music. For example the Final Fantasy main theme one didn't really match what's going on. After you seen a couple of them you realize there's only certain sounds you can make by stomping on stuff in Mario and it limits what you can do. I actually know at least half of the music they used there and you can tell where they just cut out certain stuff to try to make it fit. The Megaman 2 Wily's Castle theme didn't really work either. The 10 or so Touhou themes used there seem to be just mass stomping and hope you'll miss the beat because of all the sounds on the screen, but they didn't really match either. The only one I thought that was good was the I Can't Beat Airman part but that song is way overdone I'm sure they know exactly where everything has to be placed to match the melody exactly.

I found the list of the soundtrack. How many you recognize?

No. 曲名 出典等
01 エージェント夜を往く ゲーム『THE IDOLM@STER』収録曲 / LindaAl-CUE
02 ハレ晴レユカイ アニメ『涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱』ED / 田代智一
03 患部で止まってすぐ溶ける～狂気の優曇華院 東方系アレンジCD『東方月燈籠』収録曲 / IOSYS
04 Help me, ERINNNNNN!! 東方系アレンジCD『東方ストライク』収録曲
/ COOL&CREATE
05 nowhere アニメ『MADLAX』挿入歌 / FictionJunction YUUKA
06 クリティウスの牙 アニメ『遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ』挿入曲 / 光宗信吉
07 GONG ゲーム『第3次スーパーロボット大戦α 終焉の銀河へ』OP
/ JAM Project
08 森のキノコにご用心 ゲーム『スーパーマリオRPG』BGM / 下村陽子
09 Butter-Fly アニメ『デジモンアドベンチャー』OP / 和田光司
10 真赤な誓い アニメ『武装錬金』OP / 福山芳樹
11 エアーマンが倒せない 同人サークル「てつくずおきば」オリジナル曲 / せら
12 勇気VS意地 ミュージカル『テニスの王子様』劇中歌 / 佐橋俊彦
13 アンインストール アニメ『ぼくらの』OP / 石川智晶
14 鳥の詩 ゲーム『AIR』OP / Lia
15 you ゲーム『ひぐらしのなく頃に解』BGM / dai
16 魔理沙は大変なものを盗んでいきました 東方系アレンジCD「東方乙女囃子」収録曲 / IOSYS
17 Dr. Willy STAGE1 / 思い出は億千万 ゲーム「ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎」BGM
18 God knows... アニメ『涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱』挿入歌 / 神前暁
19 もってけ！セーラーふく アニメ『らき☆すた』OP / 神前暁
20 ガチャガチャへるつ･ふぃぎゅ＠ラジオ ゲーム『ふぃぎゅ@謝肉祭』OP / MOSAIC.WAV(柏森進)
21 創聖のアクエリオン アニメ『創聖のアクエリオン』OP / AKINO
22 ふたりのもじぴったん ゲーム『ことばのパズル もじぴったん』テーマ曲 / 神前暁
23 つるぺったん 東方系アレンジCD「東方萃奏楽」収録曲
/ Silver Forest (Kana)
24 Here we go! ゲーム『スーパーマリオワールド』BGM / 近藤浩治
25 true my heart ゲーム『Nursery Rhyme -ナーサリィ☆ライム-』OP
/ ave;new feat. 佐倉紗織
26 kiss my lips ave;new feat. 佐倉紗織
27 RODEO MACHINE HALFBY(参照：少し楽しくなる動画)
28 序曲 ゲーム『ドラゴンクエスト』BGM / すぎやまこういち
29 FINAL FANTASY ゲーム『ファイナルファンタジー』BGM / 植松伸夫
30 ガチャガチャきゅ～と・ふぃぎゅ＠メイト ゲーム『ふぃぎゅ@メイト』OP / MOSAIC.WAV(柏森進)
31 あいつこそがテニスの王子様 ミュージカル『テニスの王子様』劇中歌 / 佐橋俊彦
32 レッツゴー！陰陽師 ゲーム『新・豪血寺一族 -煩悩解放-』挿入歌 / 田中敬一
33 さくら 日本古謡

I think that list pretty much covers every fad related to music in Japan possible.

Yeah, but think about just how long you have to spend to make levels like this. This must have taken a year or so to make.

Well they got like 20 guys on the level design on the credits. There's also a clear pattern to making these things, and some songs like "I can't beat Airman" has been done many, many times in Mario. If you just stick to some ultra safe level design where you're just moving forward + jumping it's probably not very hard. The ones I find impressive are the ones that involve more than just moving forward, like Mario falling down and land on Yoshi and that kind of stuff.