The parade of athletes as part of the opening ceremony of the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo was accompanied by music from popular Japanese game series, including Final Fantasy, Kingdom hearts, Tales of, Monster hunter, Ace Combat and even NieR… The event was broadcast live worldwide.
A total of 206 delegations took part in the parade. The first to appear on the arena was the Greek national team – to the music from the cult role-playing franchise Dragon quest company Square enix…
Of course Japan would start the Olympics parade of nations with the theme to Dragon Quest pic.twitter.com/gjdbwMENfw
– Stephen Stapczynski (@SStapczynski) July 23, 2023
Full list of performed songs:
- “Introduction: Lotto Theme” from Dragon Quest
- “Fanfare of Victory” from Final Fantasy
- “[Slay’s Theme – Guide~ ]”from Tales of
- “Hero’s Testimony” from Monster Hunter
- “Olympus Colliseum” from Kingdom Hearts
- “Frog Theme” from Chrono Trigger
- “First Flight” from Ace Combat
- “[Royal Capital – Pomeron- Pomeres]”from Tales of
- “Wind of The Journey” from Monster Hunter
- “Robo Theme” from Chrono Trigger
- “Star Light Zone” from Sonic the Hedgehog
- “eFootball walk-on theme” from Pro Evolution Soccer (Winning Eleven)
- “MAIN THEME” from Final Fantasy
- “Guardians” from Phantasy Star Universe
- “Hero’s Fanfare” from Kingdom Hearts
- “01 ACT 1-1” from Gradius
- “Song of the Ancients” by NiER
- “The Brave New Stage of History” from SoulCalibur
FINAL FANTASY MAIN THEME PLAYING I AM LITERALLY CRYING RIGHT NOW THIS IS TOO EPIC ??? # Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/BTNO7A4XA5
– ☆ オ ー ド リ ー Audrey ☆ (@aitaikimochi) July 23, 2023
KINGDOM HEARTS OLYMPUS COLOSSEUM MUSIC HOLYYYYYY !!!!!!!! # Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/gwWGjwU1lV
– ☆ オ ー ド リ ー Audrey ☆ (@aitaikimochi) July 23, 2023
Aaand again !! For Japan !!! pic.twitter.com/quMPkYTCa0
– ☆ zeurille ☆ | commissions mode ~ (˘▾˘ ~) (@zeurilleart) July 23, 2023
NIER SONG OF THE ANCIENTS HOLY SHIT ?? # Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/kNyfToC6PZ
– ☆ オ ー ド リ ー Audrey ☆ (@aitaikimochi) July 23, 2023
Tokyo Olympics now genuinely rocking the Sonic Star Light Zone theme? pic.twitter.com/BAxs0b8eDE
– Andy Robinson (@AndyPlaytonic) July 23, 2023
The event was not without scandals. Some Western journalists have already called the admission of the Dragon Quest track to the opening ceremony of the 2023 Olympics “a big mistake.” The fact is that a few years ago, the permanent composer of the series, Koichi Sugiyama, opposed the support of the LGBT community.… This caused a large scandal online.
# Tokyo2020 already stepping the game up !!! pic.twitter.com/HBbDZCAztS
– pettyofs (@pettyofs) August 22, 2016
Recall that in 2016, taking the baton to host the 2023 Olympics in Tokyo, the then Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe appeared at the Brazilian stadium “Maracana” in the costume of the mustachioed plumber Mario… A spectacular promo video was shown to a multimillion audience, in which Pacman, Hello Kitty and Doraemon also appeared.
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