i had fun making the vocals for this

i love how the song starts off all chill like the original cycles, then it just kicks you in the balls with the strength of a hundred elephants

God Z is a real one for making me remember Alex Kidd, and Ristar. He may be evil, but he has good taste.

I like how smug GodZ is in the Left poses for all of his forms. Mighty's got a hand over his head like "Ah, how scandalous!" Ristar's like "Lookit this guy, this little rapscallion." Vectorman flashes a peace sign. And Alex has his hand to one side like "You know you can't win, right?" I like eldrich horrors who know they're spooky and invincible and they taunt their victims about it.

He's basically the cooler Daniel to an already cool Daniel.

it’s genuinely insanely cool how god z starts transforming into other sega characters, the moment he changed into ristar and I heard ristar motifs was when this was solidified for me as my favorite song from this update and all of d sides

While Lord X is a massive Sonic fan, God Z is a massive SEGA fan

I love the fact that God Z keeps transforming/spitting out different characters and versions of himself in each phase, which kind of actually fits with the theme of the song's entire title. It really DID feel like a *CYCLE* watching each of the SEGA characters crawl out of his mouth, I remembered wondering how many more were gonna come for each phase.

Time to go a little in-depth about this song... I was expecting a D-Sides Triple Trouble remix to come, but that expectation was thrown out the window when V2.6 came out of nowhere. I noticed a screenshot of God Z, and that got me curious to check out the new songs, starting with this one. Needless to say, I was in for one hell of a treat. This song puts up one interesting first impression, needing to be accessed through an "anti-piracy screen" of sorts where you can meet him. When the song began, I was shocked to see how huge and uncanny such a twist on Lord X was, but the timer made me go "Ok, why is this 5 minutes? No way something like Cycles would sound good with that much time." Of course, the song starts to be like a remix of Cycles at first, but then the visual transition came up and all expectations I had at the time broke to bits. It was so pleasing to see God Z transform himself and the world into that of other classic SEGA IPs...even the music shifted gears to fit with the current state of things! Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd were amazing choices I instantly recognized, but the finale of the song was the cherry on top. It presented a fresh utilization of the POV concept FNF Lullaby's Monochrome helped kickstart, and displayed what it's really like to face a god, fulfilling the hulking might's name. The whole ride represents what defines a character like Lord X very well through God Z, from the godly powers his holds to the grotesque beauty of his world. Like I stated before, this is like combining Cycles and Triple Trouble with spices of originality, and it's one huge pop-off from the team. I'd be perfectly content if this marked the end of the Sonic.EXE content D-Sides has to offer as it's a great conclusion; in fact, the content management regarding Sonic.EXE is way better than the dumpster fire vs. EXE became before it exploded into cancellation. Thank you for making a track outdoes its original counterpart by a landslide, and the rest of the team for a banger remix mod! ...and yes, I know there's more stuff prone to show up. I'll just wait and see what else Pandora's box brings to the table.

Seeing Ristar, Vector Man, and Alex Kid here was something I didnt know I needed. Not only are their sprites S tier but just the fact these underrated characters were utilized makes me very happy

absolutely love when they transform into other sega games

THIS GOES SO UNIMAGINABLY HARD

the song goes so raw, the way slide notes are used is nasty af, such a banger rarebliin and you did a great job on this, arguably the best song in the update

god, this is fucking awesome. the concept, the song, the art, the chart!!! everything about this song is incredible, and it shows! i love godz transforming into ristar and alex kidd, and even another genesis character (vector) i didn't know about before, lol. the art is so good too, i love how the right pose on all of them foreshadow the next phase/transformation he takes on, and how despite it all there are always the small details that stay consistent between designs, like the eyes and the Z on his chest, and plus just from a concept point alone, an entity that can travel through games is always a really cool and fun concept! overall this is absolutely one of the best things i've seen in a while related to FNF, you've absolutely blown me away!

3:01 i love the long notes so much

0:33 THAT VOCAL DROP OR WHATEVER TF THAT IS, ITS GOOD.

1:40 i love this bit

I love how this feels like more of a fate remix than cycles and I like how for each form everyone has a different way of showing their "personality" Like mighty is more delighted Ristar is mischievous Vectorman is serious And Alex kidd is more of a I'm gonna cause despair

Its the fact that the D-Side versions of the songs are just better then the original versions.

I.... I want to cry... I want to die... I want to fly... Just... What... Is... This... Beautiful... World...? How did you do it? Holy crap.... The All-Mighty Lord Z sounds like a perfect fusion of Zephaniah's deep voice combined with Lord X's screeching effect into something as epic as MX's voice, but still otherworldly and unnatural and TRULY dangerous.... The way he transformed into the classic SEGA characters, considering he was one of them at some point in the Sonic franchise. Iconic gems left to rot. Poor Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd.... Revived...but not in the way they wanted to be.... Ludicrous, my fellow. Simply Absurd.

you know, this song didnt really impress me at first. and then i heard the thorns reference. then the pitch blended notes. and i was like, ngl, this is good. then God Z started popping off and I was like "YO HE SPITTIN BARS FR" Skip to the Vectorman part and i was like "yeah this is the best remix of cycles ive ever heard"- and then the slow part with Alex Kidd- just * chefs kiss * perfection. 1 million out of ten, will definitely listen to this at least 3 times a day. Great job you two.

0:00-0:16 I love how it starts very calm, definitely my favorite part

I’m disappointed I never commented on this sooner- Deadass it’s that one song I just ALWAYS come back too. God Z as a concept is so cool, the fan service is unreal, and the songs a damn banger. Def one of the best Fnf songs period. 🔥

This really hits hard, you and Rareblin did well with this composition And if you can, I got a question regarding it What exactly was the inspiration or ideas you had when composing each part? Like Ristars section having that sort of checkpoint feel, Alex Kidd's part being all somewhat intimidating, sort of like a 'prepare for the worst' vibe, and Vectorman's part being sort of tension rising?

My favorite part of this song is when D-Side Cycles says "I will D-Side how I will kill you." and hits Boyfriend with multiple Cycles.

0:50 to 1:24 as well as 4:08 and onward are definitely my favorite parts of the song, I just love how climactic and hectic they feel

0:50 Best beat drop I've heard in a song

A really cool detail was how in the right animation for all of them they hinted to the next character that was going to appear, Ristar during Mighty, Vectorman during Ristar, Alex Kidd during Vectorman, and back to Mighty during Alex Kidd. I just thought that was incredibly sick.

Just played this song for myself. It’s definitely my favorite out of all of the new ones, and possibly one of my favorite FNF mod songs overall!

This song is a perfect example of when good music and good art combine to form a masterpiece.

i think this is one of my favorite songs in the ENTIRETY of fnf. fucking amazing work

Holy crap, this goes *HARD!*

My jaw literally dropped, this song is fucking amazing

This is actually insanely good

Mighty's a Real Star in this. Vectors Jealous,he's acting like a Kidd.

this has got to be my favorite song of all time. just cant stop thinking about it, even while i waste my life away working on an insanely deep metafiction i use to escape reality

THIS IS MY FAVORITE FNF SONG OF ALL TIME, AND I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. And to make sure of what I'm saying, I've waited to this day hearing other songs to make sure it wasn't just temporary hype or something, but no song compares to this one. I just love it with all my heart and is probably my all time favorite FNF song. I play this song at least two times per day, and there's days where I play it all time. I love this.

Truly one of the Friday night funkin’ of all time

0:01 : Cycles D-sides. ( vs Mighty ) 1:24 : First Transformation. ( vs Ristar ) 2:06 : Second Transformation. ( vs Vectorman ) 3:00 : Third Transformation. ( vs Kidd ) 4:04 : All Transformations at once. ( vs GodZ ) That's all folks !

Cycles - Friday Night Funkin' Dsides Remix (ft. Rareblin) (Official Upload)

The best song Kiwiquest ever made tbh

glad that we got some vectorman action in this song

4:08 to 4:58 has been living in my head rent free for these past 23 days.

0:00 God Z mighty section 1:24 God Z ristar section 2:06 God Z vectorman section 3:01 God Z alexxkid section 4:08 God Z ALL Sega Characters Section

*R.I.P. God Z* *2022-2023*

This absolutely slaps.

Zephania's Ultimate Genesis Collection

This is honestly nothing like Cycles and I wouldn't have known otherwise if it wasn't titled as so.

God Z has to have some of the most metal vocals I've ever heard from a character in FNF or its mods.

Y'all really went and brought fuckin Vectorman out for this one

God Z sounds like a God of Gen Z☠️

probably my favorite song in the update

1:24-2:05 is so good the rest of the song is great, but I just really like this part

Kiwiquest = Saster D-Side

Im not a big sonic exe song fan but god damn this was awesome to see

LET ME TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOU LET ME SHOW YOU MY WORLD

Congratulations! This song is successfully stuck in my head and is now too addicting.

Bro, what does cycles have to do with this. Like, I can’t even find a resemblance. This was worth the wait.

By the giant robotnik head it reminds of the official comic where he almost became a giant god

Don't know how or why, but my brain somehow came up with a decent backstory for this character. Basically, the employees at SEGA in the D-Sides universe were working on a new project to make their games more "immersive" with a new piece of machinery they created for an assignment. Unfortunately, they accidentally summoned an eldritch being. However, this being was really into childish entertainment and took great interest in the video game company's creations. So eventually, he managed to gain trust of the employees at SEGA to help them make games such as Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd. Of course, God-Z's original designs for the characters and worlds were dumbed down significantly due to them looking a bit too creepy for SEGA's general audience to look at. Meanwhile, God-Z used his abilities to make these original game creations maniest in his own world, his own personal paradise similar to Lord X's game. The best part? No one was actually harmed at this time, and the three games were a hit among the SEGA community! ...until of course, something changed. One fateful day, a few of the employees who still weren't very keen on having a demonic entity working with them decided it would be better for everyone's safety if they found a way to remove Z from the enterprise. So they devised a plan to imprison Z in the world he created using the exact same machine that brought him to the world in the first place. Unfortunately, that was their last mistake. The employees's plan was to trick Z into thinking they wanted to see the world Z had created in person, and so Z was delighted to show them the "beautiful world" he worked so hard on. He strolled in the portal created by the portal made by the device first, expecting them to follow for the tour. But then in a burst of sudden betrayal, the employees closed the portal the minute Z had stepped through. Z, of course, wasn't happy with this at all. He decided he would no longer be satisfied with SEGA's adaptations of his game concepts being sent to the public. He was going to show the whole world his true, original creations. One. Soul. At a time. And sure enough, he well did. The group of employees involved in the event later went missing that night, and the new "immersive" project was canceled and sealed away in the depths of a SEGA corp warehouse located in an unknown place. Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd were no longer sold on shelves anywhere, in fact anyone in SEGA's current main enterprise would claim the games were never manufactured at all. But Z is still out there. Showing everyone his "beautiful world". And BF was soon going to be one of his next victims.

Might just be me, but God Z’s Mighty vessel and Alex Kidd vessel sound the most distinct from what I can hear. Mighty sounds a lot more distorted and loud than the others and Alex Kidd sounds much more clear.

Triple Trouble and Cycles if they had a kid be like:

OG cycles: lord X sing and thats it D-chad cycles: literally a mini version of triple trouble and still good

This goes so hard god damn!

niiice!

God Z basically being a goofball the whole song while spitting makes my day

a total banger :)

Okay so I always see people making goofy ass dorky comments about their own D-Side cycles variant without any consequences or interaction so I might as well throw my own into the pit too. Mega Man/ Capcom Mix: Mighty - Mega Man X (Mega Man X Series) Ristar - Ryu (Street Fighter Series) Vectorman - Dante (Devil May Cry Series) Alex Kid - Leon (Resident Evil Series) Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Wow! Good stuff is here!

The music for mighty in the first phase is amazing generally one of my favorite songs in the mod

Amazing

Finally something that isn't just Sonic = Mighty!

Vectorman's definitely my favorite part, love the melody there.

Bro, this so much better than og cycles ngl... this is so GOOD!!!

can we all apreciate the part where boy and god z go : A A E E O A E O A I? Truly magnificent Joke's asside incredible song.

Very epic!!!!

Finally I can hear this song without absurd delay on the vocals 😄

I thought 4:58 sounded like Defeat and now that I know Rareblin made the vocals, this might not be a coincidence

God Z is just a show-off. Look at the left pose of his Mighty form, and how he just looks back in all of his losing icons (except for his Alex form). He’s doing this for fun, convince me otherwise.

God Z is a corrupted Genesis console. Take this knowledge as you will.

When he transformed into ristar I lost it

This is so amazing

Perfection in it's purest form😌, is the most simplest way to put it

Literally perfect

The amount of vs imposter v4 song motifs rareblin put in this is insane.

Coming back after 3.0, this one's still the best.

Dynamite heady should have been there. Atleast as like a background easter egg.

The one thing I like to think is that D sides Bf is nothing like Bf in the thought that Bf will just rap with anyone regardless of what their appearance or what they plan to do with him if he should lose. Meanwhile D side Bf finds the normal rap battles a tad mundane, but when it's some abomination or demonic entity he throws everything into the song because if the demon is doing everything in it's power to get their claws on him, he's gonna make sure they will have to earn the right to kill him.

Pure Fire

🔥 holyyy

0:25 to 0:34 got me like Senpai from week 6, fr

He may be evil but he made me remember vectorman for fucks sake

SOMEONE REMEMBERS VECTORMAN AAAAAAA!!!!!!

God z is a real g for bringing back some old games

This song is one of my favorite D-Sides remixes that are featured in the original D-Sides mod, together with Feaster, D-Side Lore, D-Side Endless, D-Side Monster, and D-Side Too Slow!

Fire

This is peak FNF

This song deviates so far from the original Cycles Song that it feels more like its own song

cycles but good

this is such a Cycles - Friday Night Funkin' Dsides Remix (ft. Rareblin) (Official Upload)