Kirby Musical Bytes - Two Planets Approach The Roche Limit 

the two planets approached the roach limit and now they're covered in roaches 😔 but seriously the performance is stellar, once again Steel killed it as Fecto Elfilis!!

Steel is really THE guy to voice a genocidal space rat.

I find it amusing how at first, Fecto talks like they’re this unstoppable god. But when Elfilin gets removed, They starts talking like a petty loser who just wants to win.

In case someone does not know, the roche limit is a gravity effect. Ever realized how in every meteor impact movie the meteor splits in the air before hitting the ground? That's the Roche Limit, the distance at which the pull earth's gravity makes is stronger than the force that keeps the meteor together, and so it splits into parts. If two planets reached the Roche Limit... the gravity pull made by each other's mass will cause them to crumble, even before the true impact takes place.

3:37 Quick reminder that the big meteor attack Fecto Elfilis does during the second phase is called "The Fermi Paradox's Answer" (the Fermi Paradox asks how we haven't made contact with aliens despite the high likelihood of their existence), implying that the reason in the Forgotten Land is that Fecto Elfilis killed them all.

2:18 Kirby's face here is just so accurate and perfect. Fecto Elfilis is not the first to think they are a god, not the first to believe the stars and planets should bow to them or be destroyed, not the first to think Kirby is just some lil pink puffball, and darn well won't be the last. Kirby has a lengthy list of self proclaimed gods and even an actual god here and there he's taken down and to him your just another big meanie that messed with his home and upset his friends.

I love, LOVE how arrogant Fecto Elfilis is. How they consider themselves perfection incarnate, referring to themselves in almost entirely cosmic or deific terms to convey how above everything they see themselves as. How they consider everything else primitive and utterly inferior, seeing their violent conquest as the closest these creatures will ever get to share in their power. How they see their apocalyptic intentions as their way of cleansing the universe, viewing any resistance as justification for their crimes. How they demand to be honored as a destroyer and superior lifeform, an inevitable bringer of doom. And how, even when Kirby has them on the ropes, they furiously insist that their victory is assured, as if they cannot even fathom the possibility of being truly bested; choosing to spitefully destroy all planets as petty "retribution" for being denied, just to uphold their god complex. This is a perfect, perfect take on Fecto Elfilis, and a perfectly written song. Bravissimo, MOTI.

3:37 For those who don't know this is refrencing the fact one of Fecto Elfilis's attacks is called "The Anwser to Fermi's Paradox." The Paradox is that despite the vastness of the universe there are no signs of alien life. The solution proposed by the game is that the reason we haven't seen any alien life is because Fecto Elfilis got to them first

I like how Elfilis, despite bragging about his perfection, also acknowledges Kirby is no complete rando as he says “I am what you could be if you tried” Still trash talk… but also accepting some minimal admiration in the middle of the other insults

I love Kirby, no other franchise manages to make people think it's just a cute game about a food loving pink ball before hitting them with god-like nightmare creatures. and in this case later hitting said creatures with a truck

"I am the one who has deafened their ears" _looks at the name of their final attack_ Accurate

Fecto Elfilis: I am a GOD, you daft creature! Kirby, realizing "vehicular manslaughter" also spells "vehicular man's laughter": But what is a god to a godslayer?

Here are all the latin sentences, roughly translated and found on the internet: vincit qui se vincit- He who overcomes himself wins igne natura renovatur integra- by fire nature is renewed whole Ah! Astra inclinant, sed non obligant- Ah! The stars incline, but they do not bind Deus- God Ascensus- ascent Deus vincit- God wins Angelus mortis- Angel of death Stella cadere- Falling Star Deus ascensus- God ascended Luna- Moon Sol- Sun Dies irae, dies illa- The day of wrath, that day/ Day of wrath and doom impending Solvet saeclum in favilla- will dissolve the world in ashes/ Heaven and earth in ashes ending Quantus tremor est futurus- how great will be the quaking/ Oh, what fear man's bosom rendeth Quando judex est venturus- when the Judge is about to come/ When from heaven the Judge descendeth

"Cry out your fears to the gods who can't hear your last fading pleas, I am the one who has deafened their ears" holy FUCK that quote is raw as shit

with MOTI and Junos Version of this track I guess we finally have TWO Planets Approaching!

It's so jarring after so long of essentially listening to Juno's on repeat to hear Stelyos singing different lyrics to the same song. I love the addition of the chorus though!! Both lyrical adaptations are fantastic!

Kirby's expression of "this again?" really ties the whole thing together. all of this boasting falling on the deaf ears of one who has encountered worse. have a good day.

4:41 - 4:51 has to be one of the most intriguing lyrics here. Think about it, Elfillis and Kirby are both 2 incredibly powerful people not native to this world. The big difference between them is that Elfillis is a malicious soul who enacts divine wrath upon any world they come across and Kirby is a kind soul who does whatever it takes to protect what he cares about. It's almost like Elfillis lamenting Kirby's good nature wasting his potential. How ironic that said good nature is part of what ultimately causes Elfillis' defeat (well, at least the defeat of their physical body. That thing is one persistent space rodent).

Everyone’s pointing out Fermi’s Paradox Answer, but I love how the other attack names are referenced as well (The spear Antares, Kuiper Belt, Moon, Sol, Orbital Pulsar)

I love how many godlike entities Kirby has killed at this point, but only one of them has been killed by a truck.

“I know Fecto Elfilis has that while Biblically Accurate Angel look going on, but they won’t go too hard will they?” (Immediate Latin Lyrics) “Oh. Oh they are.”

Guess Elfilis has a whole choir now. Good for it

3:37 Gotta love the Fermi's Paradox reference

3:37 This lyric is in reference to Elfilis' meteor attack being named: "Fermi Paradox Answer" in the files (according to WiKirby). The Fermi Paradox is basically the question of "why have we never encountered aliens?"... Much like the attacks name, this lyric is raw as Hell.

From the latin choruses, to the beautiful vocals, to the astronomy references throughout, this is absolute perfection.

THE RAT HAS EVOLVED!

The background chanting made it better. This has got to be my favorite Kirby song on the channel. Good job portraying this evil yet complex alien.

You all remember when this franchise used to be about a pink puffball trying to get food back from a penguin king? It's very impressive to see how far we've come since then.

So in other words, Kirby literally needed to ram Fecto Elfilis with a truck to make it stop being such a sore loser.

My favorite part is from 6:45 until the ending, and that "Elfilis, the end of life!" was absolutely amazing, so powerful!

Most normal final boss in a kirby game

Stelyos did an amazing job in voicing Fecto, you can really feel the emotions he goes through the battle.

If I had a nickel for every time Steel voiced an Ultimate Lifeform, I’d had 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice (not that I’m complaining, he did a great job both times).

The Elfilis in Juno’s version is the same here. Which is to say, Steylos, you’re really good!

A true final battle in a Kirby game is the definition of A GOD

Honestly, this is probably the last song I’d have guessed you guys would do, but it came out great

Not only are the vocals amazing but the artwork is glorious as well.

I have no words for just how awestruck I am listening to this song!! The vocals from both Stelyos and the chorus makes me feel like Im ascending and the art is SO PRETTY! Thank you everyone who worked on this masterpiece! ❤️

This version of Fecto Elfilis is even more evil than his original counterpart and debatably even his Juno Songs counterpart.

I had a feeling this more recent final boss would be included in the Musical Bytes. I don't know why you chose to have the vocals go so unnecessarily hard for a Kirby song, but I'm so glad you did. This is the most power I've ever heard go into Steel's singing, and that's saying something cuz Megalovania exists on this channel.

Oh boy, time to go through this and translate all the Latin Alright here it is boys: Vincit qui se vincit: He who overcomes himself wins Igne natura renovatur integra: By fire nature is renewed whole Astra inclinant sed non obligant: The stars incline but do not bind Deus! Ascensus! Deus vincit!: God! Ascent! God wins! Angelus mortis: Angel of Death Stella cadere: Star to fall Dies irae, dies illa: The day of wrath, that day Solvet saeclum in favilla: The world will dissolve into ashes Quantus tremor est futurus: What a trembling there will be Quando judex est venturus: When the judge is going

It is a hell of a trip to hear Stelyos sing this one after how many times I've listened to Juno's version lmao

This and Juno’s cover is 🔥. Also the fact that they did Mozart’s requiem near the end is peak Kirby!

I thought it might be Void Termina or Fecto Elfalis, and when i first listened to it blew me out of the water, this song is peak.

I find it funny that whenever a god is the villain in a MOTI video, suddenly they start singing in Latin.

When I heard they were delaying the song by a week for Kirby bytes I knew it had to be this song. so glad to be proven right in the livestream

There's such an emphasis on duality here that I really like. Fecto Elfilis is two beings but the duality is also with Kirby. Fecto seems to see Kirby not as some weakling, they see Kirby as the only actual equal here. They're both extraterrestrial invaders, in their eyes, who are superior to this meaningless planet and everything in it. When they say why do you oppose unity, it's not just from splitting Elfilis from them, it's Kirby refusing their offer to wreck the planet. Because why would a god like them, an equal to them who traveled the world and brought them back together, protect a miserable rock?

I like that as the fight went on, Fecto himself seemed to realize this little creature was more than he seemed, even recognizing them as similar, "I'm what you could be if only you tried." He knows full well by that point Kirby could do the whole world destroyer thing, and assumes its just lack of effort that he has not rather than Kirby just not being interested in such things.

"Cry out your fears to the gods who can't hear your last fading pleas" (6:59) ... dude, you're talking to a pink puffball who is in every right a god AND a god slayer.

1:10 Some people see Kirby's face as one of annoyance, however I see it as a look of determination. Determination to save his friend, even if it means putting this self-proclaimed ultimate lifeform in it's place.

I'm fascinated by the pronunciations used for the Latin here! (Language nerdery incoming) For those who aren't already aware, there are two major pronunciation styles of Latin we use: Classical, which is more or less how Latin was formally spoken in the era of the Roman Republic and Empire, and what is usually taught to Latin students; and Ecclesiastical, which is more often used in religious contexts and has a lot of the 'fun' sound changes you see in a lot of European language spellings (e.g., soft c's and g's). Most Latin choral vocals tend to lean toward this latter pronunciation, as far as I've heard. But here, neither style is adhered to perfectly. Best exemplified, I think, by 'vincit'. In Classical, this would be something like 'winkit'; in Ecclesiastical, it would be more like 'vinchit'. But here, the chorus pronounces it as 'vinkit' (or at least, the most prominent voices in it do), which doesn't squarely fit either style. The line 'igne natura renovatur integra' also shows it well: were they only using Classical, the third word would sound more like 'renowatur'; were it Ecclesiastical, the first word would sound more like 'inye'. (I'll spare you any more examples, but there are several more in the song). I'm not complaining whatsoever, of course -- in fact, the pronunciations they use here are how I myself would prefer to pronounce them, an anachronistic combination of the two styles that, most notably, has a 'v' sound but does not soften c's and g's. It's genuinely great! But I do have to wonder why this pronunciation style was used - If it was a deliberate choice on the part of the lyricists or singers with a particular thought process behind it (which I'd love to hear about, if so!), or if it's just what was defaulted to (which is perfectly fine, too), or even if it's, like, some Secret Third Style I've been hitherto unaware of (which, elaborate? Please?)! (Language nerdery ends here) On a slightly separate note, I do love whenever songs get an excuse to include bits of the 'dies irae' poem in their lyrics! Great work as always, y'all!

I love how you represented the dual nature of Elfilis through the references to binary stars and Luna and Sol. Especially the latter given the massive differences in size and influence between the two, just like those between Elfilin and Fecto Forgo.

If I had a nickel for Everytime Steel voiced a space mouse I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

NOW I GOTTA CHOOSE BETWEEN YOURS AND JUNO'S VERSIONS. NO FAIR 😭😭😭

What an impressive Ultimate Life Form you got there...Would be a shame if I ran it over with my Truck~

Beautiful

Imagine if Fecto elfilis, Shadow and perfect Cell met

So much Kirby recently...I LOVE IT! And I love the fact that I finally played Forgotten Land after all this time so I can enjoy these songs without spoilers!

As intense as the latin lyrics are, and as impressive as this fallen angel's wrath is, I can't get these four words out of my head. *And. Here. We. Are.*

So beautiful, the singing, the music, it's breath taking.

When a MOTI Cover has Latin in it, you know it's about to be a banger!

I knew you would do this masterpiece!!!!😆😆😆😆

Fuck yeah! When I saw you were doing music bytes and did Sectonia and Star Dream, I was hoping you’d do Two Planets. Now that’s two professional-grade lyrical covers.

It's literally the cover i've been waiting for. Albeit I wanted this before morpho knight,but otherwise perfection. Well, the bits I understand are.

For anyone who doesn’t know what Antares is, it is a red star in the constellation Scorpio (The Scorpion). It’s location in the constellation make it seems as though it is the heart, hence the line “Strike now, Antares, scorpion’s heart”.

Eh aqui, el que considero el mejor tema final EN 15 AÑOS de todos los videojuegos que conozco... y top 3 en general, que grande el Kirby de verdad. Las Bandas Sonoras que se manda son una maravilla auditiva que merecen ser conservadas para la posteridad PD: Gracias Team MOTI, estos Bytes an sido una locura

5:31 because it costs money.

I remember playing this game a lot, & I still like it

i still love the fact that we defeat a god capable of smashing two planets together through dimensions via a ficking semi truck! most hilarious way to defeat a cosmic god i've ever seen

And here we are (again)

A lot of the bosses seem to know Latin.. Maybe they went to night school with Dedede

There’s a lyric I really like in this one. “paying for the sins of the father” it has a double meaning one the sins of the society that jailed them. Additionally the father is a title used to refer to god. Elfilils obviously sees themselves as a god, considering the angelic references and the Latin used. So it could mean Kirby is paying for Eflilis’s sin

Imagine this guy getting into a Death Battle with Fuzed Zamasu. The resulting hamminess would be off the charts, and then some!

Goddamn it, just when i was about to go into a procast after junos supreme rulers coronation dropped, you hit us with this banger.

Two planets rapidly approach the Ferraro Roche limit

DAMN, Kirby games have come a long way.

I didn't that anything could match Juno's version of this song, but I was pleasantly mistaken!

I feel like 6:13 onwards really encapsulates Fecto Elfilis as a character. (or at least my personal interpretation, lol) They are a twisted being of destruction, one that wishes to conquer, to bring destruction and to rule ("Behold the falling skies, behold the rising tide, if the worlds won't belong to me, _let them all die!"),_ but the scariest part is that _their actions are justified._ I mean, if you came into a foreign country, planet or whatever, and you immediately got captured, held captive for years, held in stasis, used as an exhibit and forced to hear the same recordings over and over and _over_ again, and then... poof, one day you're just abandoned. Left behind, as garbage you'd throw in the bin. Now, doesn't that sound awful? I bet most people would want _some_ level of retribution. That's just about exactly what Fecto Elfilis went through. In their mind, they're justified to bring Hell down onto the Forgotten Land - after all, if its former residents treated them like garbage, why should they treat it any different? ("Behold your dream coming undone! [...] All the smashed masses will see that I've won!") Their aggression to Kirby is similarly understandable - in their eyes, Kirby is not only defending the people who brought them so much misery, he's also actively defusing their efforts, everything they've gone through to get this far! ("This is your fate, I finished what you've begun... Fool, to make two from who was one!") Now, this is not to say that they're not evil - they're still destroying both the New World _and_ Popstar, the latter completely unnecessary, and they seem to... actually somewhat revel in this ("Now I open the gates, what awaits is oblivion!"). And there's some everpresent ego issues showing all throughout the song, but they particularly show here, too! ("The idea that I've lost is naught but a lie! [...] Cry out your fears to the gods who can't hear, your last fading pleas! I am the one who has deafened their ears [...] Elfilis, the end of life!") At the end of it all, I would personally classify Elfilis as a tragic villain, but a villain nonetheless. Very good job!

I noticed something: Fecto Elfilis is the first Kriby villain to not have floaty hands and has actual arms.

I don't think I can properly describe how insane the usage of Latin - sung mostly by a choir, no less! - drives me. In a really, really good way of course. The lyrics sung by the choir really bring to mind followers of a god singing their praises, and really, isn't that what Fecto Elfilis wants? That's always the vibe I've gotten, anyway. A powerful being who is on the cusp of godhood - they only need prove their power. And being angry at being sealed away for who knows how long is understandable. But Elfilis made one mistake: they targeted something under the protection of Kirby.

it doesn't matter if you're the ultimate life form or not everything becomes road kill under a semi

Alex took a page out of Monster Hunter's book and decided to add a whole Latin choir to let you know that this is REAL SHIT. I love how different of an approach this took to Juno's, both versions are wonderful. They each have their unique charm, as if Alex's is what's happening on the battlefield itself wile Juno's is more of an internal monologue. It's a lovely duality and I am SUCH a fan. Incredible work on both parts and it's great to have more Elfilis music in the world!

Lyrics in latin make a final boss theme reign supreme once again...

You know shit’s bad if the boss starts singing in Latin.

Haven’t watched yet, pretty excited. I’ll give a rating after. Edit: 9/10, love it. Only part I dislike is the start not being synced to the music.

I’m curious how well this and Juno’s versions could be edited together since the voice is the same. Regardless, this is a banger. I love how soft spoken Elfilis is here for the most part.

2:21 I love how in this picture Kirby just looks mildly annoyed.

5:49 Now we need Elfilis saying "I'll chisel your gravestone, sleep well!" and this video becomes a level beyond peak

This is is awesome!

"Cry out your fears to the gods who can't hear your last fading pleas. I am the one who has deafened their ears" is such a sadistically cruel line. Elfilis is basically telling everyone that they can pray all they want; they're still going to die because Elfilis personally made sure that there was no one left save them.

Definitely as good as Juno's. Very different and distinct despite the same lead voice. I particularly love the addition of a backing chorus for the high notes, I think this song requires it. There is almost always 2 or 3 tracks playing at once, especially in phase 1, and the highs are usually part of one of the tracks that's otherwise less prominent. I’ve found that just one singer usually struggles to replicate this. The same holds if you try to hum/whistle the song; I still can't make it sound right because I can mostly only follow one track at a time and a backing track usually shifts to fronting for the highs. The backing vocals allowed this cover to follow these shifts much more easily than Juno's. Where it doesn’t necessarily improve on Juno's is in musical-lyrical correspondence. I'd say both rate about the same. Both definitely have places where they don’t seem to be trying too meticulously to place a syllable on every note, the way covers of shorter and less complicated music tend to do. Syllables get misplaced and feel like they're not on anything in particular in both. But interestingly, many places where the Juno version hits the 1:1 lineup for a full line or longer, this one misses a few beats, and places where this one hits, that one misses. Taking the parts where each one is hitting on all cylinders and putting that together could be a really interesting exercise and result in something like a definitive performance. But hey, I'm not a musician nor a music theorist. I certainly couldn't do any better, I can’t even whistle this kaiju of a song very accurately, I can only imagine what better might sound like. Both of these are total bangers. Steel is now the canon voice of Elfilis to all of us. Bravo sir, thank you for your service. And y'all can have that interlude. Two extremely different takes on it between the two covers, both totally reasonable ones and both absolutely going their own merry way. Proves what I suspected all along: that shit is structureless and unfollowable. The very idea of lyrical correspondence abandons all hope there; it can only work as backing, pure and simple. I don’t even think I know the tune halfway in my head, and it's been over 2 years now. No thanks, I'm done 😂

Damn, was hoping this rendition would include full-speed farewell. What we do have is amazing though, good job.

I love Elfilis

Once again, Steel has absolutely killed it!

Steel really loves being the ultimate life form bro should have voiced shadow

You know a song is good when there’s Latin.

Do you know what was missing from the Kirby Musical Bytes? VOID TERMINA AND THE ASTRAL BIRTH.

this is pretty good, Steel is officially Fecto Elfilis now

...Is this just steylos’s role now? Fecto Elfilis? In general? No matter what? I’m okay with that.

Very nice. I like this so much.