The Koopa

(Former) Splatoon, Fire Emblem, Tetris and Clone Hero player.
Listening to OSTs, 五木ひろし and Sound Horizon.
Surreal content creator.
Posts Nintendo Switch Clips.

[Daily Genshin Impact Music @genshin_music]

Exploring the Folk Music of Nod-Krai. 🍃❄️🌕

Genshin Impact is built on a blend of musical styles, but folk has always been one of its core foundations.

But which folk genres shaped Nod-Krai's soundtrack?
We invite you to get to know each one of them.

[Arvin @yourvinished]

"Concentrate All Firepower!!" from 碧の軌跡/Trails to Azure

comp: Takahiro Unisuga
arr: yourvinished
Gt: @__rammyyy__

Happy birthday, Unisuga🧎‍♂️
#falcom #gameaudio #vgm #dtm

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

Happy Birthday Takahiro Unisuga !!! 🎉🎉🎉

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

Funny bonus one

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

My PS4 teapot photos from before the servers shut down (Part 4) #GenshinImpact #sereniteapot

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

My PS4 teapot photos from before the servers shut down (Part 3) #GenshinImpact #sereniteapot

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

My PS4 teapot photos from before the servers shut down (Part 2) #GenshinImpact #sereniteapot

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

My PS4 teapot photos from before the servers shut down (Part 1) #GenshinImpact #sereniteapot

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

Original Composition - Shuntaro Koguchi Inspired - "I heard Koguchi's songs in Ys X"

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

7 Do you remember when you joined X? 7 I don't! 7 #MyXAnniversary 7

[兼子 拓真 / 熊吉郎 @kumakitirou]

DEZOLVE New Album 『Biblion』

が本日よりリリースですー！！
はちゃめちゃに頑張ったので、いっぱい聞いてくださると嬉しいですー！！

トレーラーもあるらしいので是非✌️
https://t.co/KpCvpUUlOC

[DEZOLVE【公式】 @dezolve_ofc]

🎮スタジオライブ映像公開🎮

3/18(水)発売
＃DEZOLVE ニューアルバム『Biblion』から
スタジオライブ映像が公開✨

▶DEZOLVE - Pixel ∞ Mind （Studio Live）
Composed & Arranged by Maoki Yamamoto
https://t.co/zFagigEOHH

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

@DaisukeHorikaaa お誕生日おめでとうございます!🎉🎉

[DEZOLVE【公式】 @dezolve_ofc]

DEZOLVE ニューアルバムレコーディング3days終了✨

演奏しながら大はしゃぎする兼子くんです。
アルバム発売は3/18です！！

(🥁)
#DEZOLVE

[ちび🐦️ Chibipiyo @chibi0108]

“Fish‑Shaped Lanterns”: How Genshin Helped Revive an Intangible Cultural Heritage Through Storytelling

#原神 #GenshinImpact #miHoYo
Translation/article: Chibipiyo
Reference: 徽州鱼灯的四海航程 Anhui Daily 2026/01/29

Three years ago, Genshin Impact released a short film titled “Fish‑Shaped Lanterns”, a New Year celebration piece inspired by the Lantern Festival in Shexian, Anhui. The festival, which dates back over 600 years, is known for its distinctive fish‑shaped lanterns—an officially recognised item of China’s intangible cultural heritage.
According to a report from Anhui Daily (安徽日报) published on January 29, 2026, the tradition of crafting these lanterns had been on the verge of disappearing.
As early as late autumn 2018, the Shexian County Intangible Cultural Heritage Survey Report warned that the skills required to make fish‑shaped lanterns were not being passed down properly, leaving the craft without sufficient successors

That winter, 35‑year‑old Wang Huawu returned to Wangmantian Village from years of migrant work to help make lanterns in the village. The son of a bamboo craftsman, he had learned basic skills as a child before drifting between Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Jinhua as a bricklayer.
This craft hardly brought in any income, and few young villagers were interested. Wang worried that the craft would end with his generation. He felt that their Fish‑Shaped Lanterns ran aground on the shore of modern times.

The turning point came unexpectedly. In 2020, while recovering from a broken leg, Wang made a few small lanterns to pass the time. At the Lantern Festival, visiting tourists snapped them up almost immediately.

In 2023, a new spark appeared. Around that time, Shexian had begun a detailed “documentation for rescue” project for its intangible heritage, recording master artisans with high‑definition cameras for the first time.
Just before the Spring Festival that year, the county’s culture and tourism bureau received an unexpected call. The caller was miHoYo, expressing interest in producing a Chinese culture short film for Genshin Impact.

Wang, unfamiliar with digital media and unaware of what “Genshin” was, nonetheless sensed an opportunity. Young planners from the company asked about every detail of his craft: Why must the bamboo strips be this wide? What angle should the fish’s eyes take? How should the lantern move to resemble a real fish?

On Spring Festival 2023, miHoYo published a 14-minute video called 'New Year 2023 Short Film: "Fish-Shaped Lanterns" '. The short film drew seven million views in a single day — a surge of attention that, for the first time, came crashing toward a tradition once thought to be stranded by the times.

Local authorities moved quickly. Shexian shifted from passive preservation to active support, establishing an industry company, registering a geographical indication for the lanterns, opening an intangible‑heritage industrial park, and bringing in professional digital‑marketing teams to expand the craft’s visibility and market reach.
In the years that followed, online content featuring the “Fish‑Shaped Lanterns” frequently went viral, drawing wider public interest and boosting income through lantern sales and workshop events.

The lanterns have travelled far beyond the mountains of Huizhou and into a wider world.
China’s ambassador to the United States lit a Huizhou Fish-Shaped Lantern outside the embassy; they appeared at Spring Festival fairs in Spain, at the China Cultural Center in Paris, and in workshops at New York University. Wherever the lanterns went, audiences marvelled not only at the craftsmanship but also at the values they embodied — harmony between people and nature, and the cohesion of a community bound by shared tradition.

Reporters from Anhui Daily met Wang again in 2025 at one of the festivals. “I used to think the only way to honour our ancestors was to preserve everything exactly as it was, and that any change was a sin,” Wang said. “But now I understand: true inheritance isn’t about placing a craft on a pedestal — it’s about keeping it alive. Only when people genuinely love it can the tradition survive.”

[The Koopa @TheLeaderKoopa]

Poorly Arranging Video Game Music (Bonus #20) - MICHI - 道 -A Long Journey-
Happy anniversary to MICHI's release ! (Requested by NEdgyman)
https://t.co/ZHuwmEOPM4

[DEZOLVE【公式】 @dezolve_ofc]

📢NEWS
＃DEZOLVE ニューアルバム発売決定！！

📅3/18 発売「Biblion」
📚商品詳細
https://t.co/2BQGVOOlph

さらに対象店舗での購入で、各メンバー作曲の未発表音源がDLできる「Mカード」をプレゼント🎁
https://t.co/4YuyjpAcuw

[Saki Momiyama -きなくるみ- @LaimuMaple]

Please give this super arrangement a listen! It was so cool when brought me to tears the first time I heard it✨️
是非ともスーパーアレンジバージョン聴いてみて下さい！
初めて聴いたとき感激して涙がでました

[オクトパストラベラー0公式 (OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0) @OCTOPATH_PR]

Sound of SQUARE ENIX -『OCTOPATH TRAVELER』
オクトパストラベラーシリーズの楽曲について、作編曲家の西木康智さんにお話しいただきました。
#オクトパストラベラー0 の楽曲の話も含まれていますので、ぜひご視聴ください。

https://t.co/grI6LJcPyH

[Tomoki ともき 🎵 @fangdragontomo]

Listen to Kai no Kiseki- Find the 4spg Out! (Cover) by Tomoki on #SoundCloud
https://t.co/K8BdzLqfN1