Kirby Sky High Remixes
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Sky High (Japanese: スカイハイ) refers to a style of MAD videos and YTPMVs that use the audio track “Dynablade Area 4”, also entitled “Candy Mountain” in later series, from the Nintendo’s 1996 game Kirby Super Star.[1] This song is written by Jun Ishikawa, the main composer of Kirby series.
Simillar to Kirby’s Gourmet Race, Sand Canyon and Masked DeDeDe, this audio track has been a popular music resource for online parodies through YouTube and the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND).
Origin
According to Nico Nico Pedia[2], an internet encyclopedia for NND, this song began to be used in MADs on NND in the first half in 2008. And the first video that led to a substantial increase in popularity of the series was “Kirby of the Star : Super Misao Deluxe” (星のカービィ スーヴァーみさおデラックス) posted to NND on May 16th, 2008.[3] This video features the Japanese anime Lucky Star[4], and its title based on the Japanese original title of Kirby Super Star.
In addition, Because this song was also played in the other stage “Sky High Planet”, This song and its video series became to be called Sky High as a popular name among NND users.
Spread
On Nico Nico Douga
Other MAD editors began to follow this video, make MADs with this song and entitle their videos “(Kirby of the Star :) Super X Deluxe”. More than 800 videos related to this song have been posted to NND.[5]
On YouTube
This song is also popular among YTPMV editors outside Japan. This “Supr falcon Punch Deluxe”, one of the imported videos from NND[6], was able to reach a large audience partly due to it’s incorporation of the Falcon Punch fad.
Many Kirby Sky High remixes have been posted to YouTube as well.[7]
Examples
For more videos, check out the videos section in this entry.
Super Tom and Jerry Deluxe : 【スカイハイ】 スーパートムとジェリーデラックス[8] / 1 million+ views on YouTube
Resident Evil 1 : バイオハザードでスカイハイ Full.ver[9] / 1 million+ views in total
Westerners’ Draw
【Super Mario Brothers+Sky High】
Mama Luigi’s Secret Weapon is Sky High (See also : Mama Luigi)
External Rerefences
[1] Wikipedia – Kirby Super Star
[2] Nico Nico Pedia – スカイハイ (Japanese)
[3] Nico Nico Douga – 星のカービィ スーヴァーみさおデラックス / Posted on 05-16-2008
[4] Wikipedia – Lucky Star (manga)
[5] Nico Nico Douga – Search results for スカイハイ
[6] Nico Nico Douga – スーパーファルコンパンチデラックス（イ゛ェアアアアアMIX） / Posted on 08-12-2008
[7] YouTube – Search results for スカイハイ or sky high
[8] Nico Nico Douga – 【スカイハイ】 スーパートムとジェリーデラックス / Posted on 12-13-2008
[9] Nico Nico Douga – バイオハザードでスカイハイ Full.ver / Posted on 07-19-2008
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