Why not MIDI?

[SpcFORK]

If we have game with many characters, events and dynamic fun stuff, then why is the game not using MIDI?

Could do way more very useful things with track controller etc

Plus, no character specific remixes, just swap instruments/vocal?

I think probably making tons of character tracks plus some JSON parser for time-specific wastes space and loads of time.

[KadePleaseHelpMe]

Many reasons:

1. MIDI can't modulate pitch, volume, pan, etc.
2. Vocals better
3. With the new information that we have since the Playable Pico update, we now know exactly why it's not just a MIDI and an SF2 swap: the playable character vocals are completely different compared to base vocals. Also, entire songs are remixed instead of just vocals.

If playable characters were just a soundfont switcheroo, I feel like that would be lazy and overall a negative for the game. I mean, hey, if there can be a feature to make custom faceoffs using MIDIs (as like a non-canon PVP type dealio) then I'm all for that.