The remake of Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow on the Game Boy Advance (Game Boy Advance). All the tracks from the original got their respectful upgrade by adding extra additional sounds to the reused music from Red and Blue. However due to adding more sounds and not being limited to 3 sound channels like on the Game Boy, the tracks now sound cleaner, but also less intense due to the possibility of more depth to the sound.
The battle themes are expanded with Deoxys Battle and Mewtwo getting its own battle theme, which it didn't have in Red and Blue (although it's very similar to the Wild Pokémon Battle one):
- Wild Pokémon Battle
- Trainer Battle
- Gym Leader Battle
- Champion Battle
- Legendary Pokémon Battle
- Mewtwo Battle
- Deoxys Battle
The Champion Battle and Gym Leader Battle sound a lot better with the use of more sounds, but they don't quite manage to capture the intensity of the originals.
Pokémon Gym also gets an addition of drums and trumpet sounds further cementing its triumphant and grandiose setting (which wasn't possible on the Game Boy).
Town and City themes:
Viridian Forest gets an addition of what sounds like fluttering wings from a bird fleeing and deep tones sounding they're played on an empty log? Lavender Town doesn't sound as eerie in this game, with added cymbals and drums befitting a monestary. This gives it more of a serene and mysterious vibe in my opinion. It also doesn't have the same echoy and intense feel when not played on the Game Boys limited for sound channels. True for most of the tracks here honestly.
Vermillion City has a triumphant vibe to it also utilizing marching drums, befitting of the war veteran Lt.Surge.
Route 4 is analoguous with Route 11, Route 12, Route 13 from Red and Blue.
The game also includes several new areas to explore called The Sevii Islands:
- Sevii Islands
- Four & Five Island (Remix of Violet City/Olivine City)
- Six & Seven Island (Remix of Azalea Town/Blackthorn City
Out of these the Four & Five Island (Sevii Islands) sounds the most like some sort of resort island with it's leisurely tone.
Rival Appears really fits the sassy nature of your rival in this game. The rivals in the later games in the series are more like friends, so this is the only theme with this feel.
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Composers
- Go Ichinose
- Junichi Masuda
- Morikazu Aoki
- Published:
- 6 November 2024