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Should legendary and mythical Pokémon have their own themes?

Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 22:35:03 No.32747335 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>32747415 >>32747760 >>32750700

Or should they simply make a variant of the regular wild battle theme like they did for the Kanto ones in FRLG and Emerald?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTN_tvhovk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07aGKUT9So

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu2ATvvwVB4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMBdwRI4FAg

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 22:53:13 No.32747415 Report

Quoted By: >>32747445

>>32747335
Hell yeah, it'd be awesome if every legend/mythical got the Deoxys/Arceus/Giratina-O/Lugia/Ho-Oh treatment. I feel remixes are a bit of a copout, but when done right, leitmotifs can add even more hype (a la Primal Dialga).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 22:59:02 No.32747445 Report

Quoted By: >>32747743 >>32747795

>>32747415
Well, I think Ho-Oh and Lugia use the legendary birds theme in FRLG and Emerald, too.

It's not that I dislike unique themes but I was wondering if rearrangements of regular wild battle themes was a bad thing. I think they at least help in deemphasizing that the Pokémon are that much different just because they're legendary or mythical.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 23:41:39 No.32747743 Report

Quoted By: >>32747751

>>32747445
>Dude legendary Pokemon are just like normal wild Pokemon
I wish you would leave forever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 23:42:51 No.32747751 Report

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>>32747743
But that's not what I said.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 23:44:14 No.32747760 Report

Quoted By: >>32748202

>>32747335
It depends, honestly. I personally think that in a lot of cases the themes don't really fit well with the legend you're fighting off against.

For the box legends, if they have a large role in the story then they should absolutely get their own theme. The gen 3 box legends are the best example of this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 23:48:46 No.32747795 Report

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>>32747445
Obviously I was referring to their HGSS themes, not the previous ones.

I do see your point about the rearrangements and subtlety having its draws, but I think individuality isn't necessarily bad here, especially since most legendaries are marketed as special snowflakes to begin with, so you might as well get some cool new music out of the hype.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 00:48:15 No.32748202 Report

Quoted By: >>32748788

>>32747760
>I personally think that in a lot of cases the themes don't really fit well with the legend you're fighting off against.
Why is that?

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 02:03:52 No.32748788 Report

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>>32748202
I personally don't think they fit with the situation. In RSE the box legend theme fits well with what's going on and the gravity of everything. Some of the others like Dialga/Palkia, Xerneas/Yveltal, and Solgaleo/Lunala have a theme that doesn't fit the intensity of the situation (or the lack thereof in terms of Solgaleo/Lunala). But that is just my opinion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 09:17:14 No.32750690 Report

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bump

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 09:23:02 No.32750700 Report

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>>32747335
I think each legendary should get its own theme, though some can be throwbacks to the music first associated with their encounter if we are pre-individual themes. Many should be variants on the same if they are related (Palkia and Dialga have the same base theme, but Palkia's has some twinkly sound effects, while Dialga gets ticking, I don't know, I'm not a musician).
I am worried about pokemon getting themes that don't suit them, or are overly tense and dramatic and only work in a particular context, though.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 09:54:48 No.32750783 Report

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 10:04:47 No.32750805 Report

Quoted By: >>32750865

this one sounds like DQ boss music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aWyb1S0f7I
i enjoy this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLMtiPVZoqQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G5HIJkkxU0
meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TowNqOi5aA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBS0HtUZd0

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 10:12:02 No.32750832 Report

Quoted By: >>32751033

Mewtwo has gone so long without an official theme that it might be jarring to encounter it with one. The remix of the wild Kanto battle music is iconic to it, it's even associated with Mewtwo in Smash, via the Poke Floats track. Maybe they could slow it down, make it seem more ominous, or mysterious?

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 10:16:19 No.32750856 Report

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What am I doing with my life.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 10:21:11 No.32750865 Report

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>>32750805
The second one here, except if it didn't transition into the weird thumping.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 11:26:47 No.32751033 Report

Quoted By: >>32751038

>>32750832
Team Rocket doesn't have a theme of its own in RGBY and FRLG either. I think Game Freak doesn't want to change that for eventual RG remakes in the future.

Mewtwo, Mew, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Lugia, and Ho-Oh, in FRLG and Emerald have a variant of the wild battle theme. In RGBY, GSC, and HGSS, the first 5 simply use the regular theme.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 11:28:17 No.32751038 Report

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>>32751033
>first 5
Except Mew, of course, since you can't legitimately encounter it on the wild outside of Japanese Emerald.

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