I've written about this over on NinSheetMusic, so this will mainly be a rehash of that post.
For the past 8 months or so, my main music-related project has been creating arrangements of video game music for the guitar. The bulk of the work was done over a period of 5 months from late August 2022 to February 2023. So far (as of this post's creation), I've made 72 guitar arrangements.
A Dropbox link containing all of the PDFs
A YouTube playlist with all of the video transcriptions
Until I did about twenty-or-so of them, I was just using a recording of the MIDI for the video transcriptions, but I later decided to put some more effort into them. Although by "effort", I really mean 30 minutes to an hour spent in a DAW. The results were mixed, but some of them I like.
It was definitely a great learning experience, and I am still learning all the little details of notation, making it easier for performers to read. I cringe looking back at the mistakes in the sheet music - especially when I was still using Guitar Pro to make them - but it's not a bad thing to be able to do that, I think.
In regards to the quality of the arrangements themselves, I'm reasonably proud of my work. That was the vast majority of the time spent, after all.
Anyway, here's a list of the songs I covered (as of 6/10/23):
1. Main Plaza (Night) (Nintendo Land) - Ryo Nagamatsu
2. Lavender Town (Pokémon Red & Blue) - Junichi Masuda
3. Loading the Game (Isabelle) (Animal Crossing/ New Leaf) - Kazumi Totaka
4. Main Theme (Papers Please) - Lucas Pope
5. Death (Papers Please) - Lucas Pope
6. Patch Castle (Kirby's Epic Yarn) - Tomoya Tomita
7. Main Theme (Mario Kart 64) - Kenta Nagata
8. A Requiem (Castlevania II/ Simon's Quest) - Kenichi Matsubara
9. Stage Builder (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) - Nobuo Uematsu
10. Grass Land (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) - Ryo Nagamatsu
11. Age, Regret, Retribution (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
12. Reminiscence/ Light and Shadow (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
13. Investigation/ Opening (2001) (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
14. Sunrise & Onett (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
15. Buy Somethin' Will Ya! (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
16. At the Bottom of Night (Chrono Trigger) - Yasunori Mitsuda
17. Sad Song (Super Mario RPG) - Yoko Shimomura
18. StreetPass Mii Plaza (Nintendo 3DS)
19. Mii Maker (Nintendo 3DS)
20. Daisy Circuit (Mario Kart Wii) - Asuka Hayazaki
21. Dry Hands (Minecraft) - Daniel Rosenfeld
22. Bergentrückung (Undertale) - Toby Fox
23. Reminiscence/ Forgotten Legend (Apollo Justice/ Ace Attorney) - Toshihiko Horiyama
24. Helper's Rest (Kirby Super Star Ultra) - Jun Ishikawa
25. Sheik (The Legend of Zelda/ Ocarina of Time) - Koji Kondo
26. There She Is (Portal 2) - Mike Morasky
27. Scars Etched by Flame (Ace Attorney/ Justice For All) - Naoto Tanaka
28. Character Select (Super Mario Bros. 2) - Koji Kondo
29. Donut Plains (Super Mario World) - Koji Kondo
30. Astral Observatory (The Legend of Zelda/ Majora's Mask) - Koji Kondo
31. Ashley's Song (WarioWare/ Touched) - Masaru Tajima
32. Elegant and Excellent (The Great Ace Attorney) - Yasumasa Kitagawa
33. Title Theme (Animal Crossing/ City Folk) - Kazumi Totaka
34. Detective Itonokogiri (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
35. Littleroot Town (Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire) - Gō Ichinose
36. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (Pokémon Diamond & Pearl) - Junichi Masuda
37. Boy Meets Girl (Twoson) (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
38. Dungeon (The Legend of Zelda) - Koji Kondo
39. Hyrule Castle Courtyard (The Legend of Zelda/ Ocarina of Time) - Koji Kondo
40. Lava Landing - Temper Temple (Kirby's Epic Yarn) - Tomoya Tomita
41. Drew Studio (Apollo Justice/ Ace Attorney) - Toshihiko Horiyama
42. Menu BIOS (SNES Classic Edition)
43. Title Screen (The Legend of Zelda/ Majora's Mask) - Koji Kondo
44. Athletic Theme (New Super Mario Bros.) - Koji Kondo
45. Objection (2004) (Ace Attorney/ Trials and Tribulations) - Noriyuki Iwadare
46. Water Land (Super Mario Bros. 3) - Koji Kondo
47. Creative Exercise (Mario Paint) - Ryoji Yoshitomi
48. Lon Lon Ranch (The Legend of Zelda/ Ocarina of Time) - Koji Kondo
49. Eterna City (Night) (Pokémon Diamond & Pearl) - Gō Ichinose
50. Meeting Place (PokéPark Wii/ Pikachu's Adventure) - Kenichi Koyano
51. Main Street (Animal Crossing/ New Leaf) - Kazumi Totaka
52. Puzzle Swap (Nintendo 3DS)
53. Afternoon on the Island (Tomodachi Life) - Daisuke Matsuoka
54. Title Screen (Kirby's Dream Land) - Jun Ishikawa
55. Rocket Jump Waltz (Team Fortress 2) - Mike Morasky
56. Village (SimCity) - Soyo Oka
57. Flower Garden (Super Mario World 2/ Yoshi's Island) - Koji Kondo
58. The Scenery of Dusky Bridge (Ace Attorney/ Trials and Tribulations) - Noriyuki Iwadare
59. KG-8 Incident (Ace Attorney Investigations/ Miles Edgeworth) - Noriyuki Iwadare
60. Treasure Hunter! Monolith (Danganronpa V3/ Killing Harmony) - Masafumi Takada
61. Closing Argument (The Great Ace Attorney) - Yasumasa Kitagawa
62. Ending (Mega Man 2) - Takashi Tateishi
63. You've Come Far, Ness (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
64. Unfounded Revenge! (Mother 3) - Shogo Sakai
65. Twinkle Elementary (Mother) - Keiichi Suzuki
66. Bein' Friends (Mother) - Keiichi Suzuki
67. Kay Faraday (Ace Attorney Investigations/ Miles Edgeworth) - Noriyuki Iwadare
68. Blooming Flower In The New World (The Great Ace Attorney) - Yasumasa Kitagawa
69. Results (Pac-Man Championship Edition) - Junko Ozawa
70. Welcome to Dangan Island (Danganronpa 2/ Goodbye Despair) - Masafumi Takada
71. Ikoroshia (Danganronpa 2/ Goodbye Despair) - Masafumi Takada
72. Beautiful Ruin (Danganronpa 2/ Goodbye Despair) - Masafumi Takada