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PMD series has some of my absolute favorite tracks from the Pokémon series overall. I should do a replay of those games and also finally get around to Super Mystery Dungeon. :Vb
Run Away, Fugitives makes me cry every time I listen to it, so many memories..
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is the kind of game that'll blindside you with the emotional core that hides behind its cutesy, kid-friendly aesthetic. Never too dark or scary, but it knows how to subvert expectations to leave a strong impression.
Without going into specifics, "Run Away, Fugitives" plays during the immediate follow-through of exactly such a moment. The game's tone is fun and cheery… until it's suddenly not. Kid me was definitely startled and taken aback by that moment.
Run Away Fugitives has a new version in Rescue Team DX that's worth listening to, as well as a sequel piece called Escape Through the Snow.
Yea!!! Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon is my one of my favorite soundtracks from a game… ever 🙂
If you like the harmony and rhythm in the volcano theme, there's a whole 100-song soundtrack it belongs to and it's got lotssss of fun stuff like the track you listened to here!
The Partner's theme, Reverse Mountain, and Dark Matter phase 2 definitely belong in a VGM standards collection imo
YEAHHHH Fire Island Volcano! It's one of my all time favorite VGM tracks EVER! The rhythm just never stops filling you with excitement and adrenaline, and that 30 second buildup of an intro is SO GOOD of a leadup into such a BANGER of a song!
Fire Island Volcano actually has a sister song I was hoping you would listem back to back with it, as "Showdown with a Volcanic Entei!" is the end boss theme of this dungeon and shares many similar instruments and vibes.
9:45 a Nintendo DS had power comparable to a Nintendo 64 but a bit better. To show this off they remade Super Mario 64 for the DS and it looked a bit better.
A Nintendo 3DS then had power comparable to a GameCube but also a bit better. The New 3DS model was further enhanced and was able to play the first Xenoblade Chronicles with Shulk and company which you played (was the version I first played). It was a bit of a stripped down version of the original Wii Version but it worked, I had my fun with it.
For the 3DS there where also remakes of Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask and they look way way better. The New 3DS model also had a smaller second stick to move the camera so it was a easy way to play all these 3D games just on a smaller scale and portable.
Also also it has 3D in the name because it can do that, you can play the games on it on 3D like you would watch a 3D movie in cinema, but you don’t need and 3D glasses for it. The console had a slider on the side to slide 3D on and off how you like it anytime. You just look at it and it works… may cause headaches if you are not used to it though, but that didn’t happen often to me. In a Mario game for example you were unable to see a path in a level without using the 3D feature cause you could then see how the platforms worked.
Oh yeah and the 3DS was able to play DS games. DS game cardridges where squares and 3DS ones the same size but had a little extra bump at the top so they couldn’t be put in a normal DS.
That’s probably also how they will handle Switch 2. The current Switch cardridges can be put in Switch 2 but the new Switch 2 exclusive games will probably have some extra bump or so on it, so we can’t put them in Switch 1.
Its a series and “explorers of sky” is commonly the most popular one in the series… prob why its a few hundred dollars now to buy a real copy. Its a very long game with tons of actual emotional plot and amazing music and story telling. Would 100% suggest you watch a playthrough or try the game
To put "Run away, Fugitives" into perspective, picture this: The world is slowly getting worse, no known explanation. You wake up as a Pokemon, no clue why you aren't human anymore, but decide to start helping other mons with your partner. For a while, things seem ok-ish. Then, within minutes, things get BAD. Someone who doesn't like you learns some things(but not the full picture), then uses those convenient half-truths to FRAME YOU for the world getting bad. Meaning you are not just kicked out of town, but just about everyone is hunting you down as you run further and further, through multiple dungeons(a volcano, caves, a frozen forest…), trying to find a way to prove your innocence. This song plays a lot inbetween those dungeons. On the run. But hope never fully leaves.
It also got picked up later in a main series Pokemon game as an easter egg of sorts, in Gladion's Theme.
MORE MYSTERY DUNGEON YESSS <3
Thank you so much for the reactions, Jesse! ^^ And I hope you had a great time off!
The Pokemon Mystery Dungeon spinoff series is great! You play as a human turned into a Pokemon by mysterious means (the mechanism varies every game) who swiftly meets a partner Pokemon aka the other central main character, and together you end up forming a team to aid the Pokemon of a nearby community via rescues and exploration into Mystery Dungeons, which are basically semi randomised locations filled with enemy 'wild' Pokemon, items and other cool things (think how Hades did it's various layers of the underworld but have it being turn based instead of hack and slash).
The games are a LOT more story focused than the main line Pokemon games, with both the player character and the partner pokemon having well defined personalities and goals, and well. Each game has a different vibe, but they all tend to hit HARD with the feels and (aside from PMD: Red/Blue) they tend to lean towards cosmic horror as well.
Basically they're kinda like G rated Persona games staring Pokemon and I highly recommend them~ XD
My personal fav is 'Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky' since the base plot is amazing, the partner especially adorable and this particular version (unlike Explorers of Darkness/Time) has bonus episodes where the player can play as some of the side characters and learn more about them, but Super Pokemon Mystery Dungeon isn't too far behind it what with it's incredible music even by PMD standards, plot twists that builds upon prior twists in the series and a lot of quality of life features when it comes to recruiting Pokemon and tracking one's progression (also I really loved it's particular flavor of cosmic horror and how they used it <3).
Oh and since I don't think anyone else has answered your question on it, I believe the thing around the Mega Charizard Y's neck on the cover is their Rescue Badge, a thingy used in each PMD game to teleport lost Pokemon in a dungeon out of it.
As for all the scarves, that's mostly a visual thing because 'team of Pokemon wearing scarves = PMD' is an easy visual shorthand for the series but there are a TON of scarf based equip items such as one that boosts all your stats or ones that make you immune to various status effects, or less hungry, etc.
Fire Island Volcano is one of my favorite "I need the audio equivalent of caffeine" tracks, such amazing energy. Whoever came up with that Celtic didgeridoo sound needs a medal.
I actually think I like the Mystery Dungeon games more than the mainline games
Pokémon mystery dungeon music is so good and the “Dark matter” theme is probably top 10 of my favorite Pokémon themes, the games are so unique compared to the regular Pokémon games and will always have a special place in my heart
3DS , you have done zinnia theme
God I love the Mystery Dungeon series
I was just thinking about Fire Island Volcano and how little love I see it get for how much I love the song. Super glad to see it show up here!
Mystery dungeon(MD) is a game genre akin to dungeon crawler, originally a Dragon Quest(DQ) spinoff; later got its own base series and still other games have made a mystery dungeon spinoff. so far i remember the og DQ, shiren, pkmn(7 games), and etrian oddyssey. pkmn i know its super story oriented. shiren seems hardmode and grindy
Pokemon mystery dungeon will always have a special place in my heart for it's OSTs as these soundtracks were the first time I had ever realized what a leitmotif was (and also cried on just a leitmotif alone). Despite the fact that I was (and still am) very tone-deaf.
The fugitive arc. Because of a liar taking advantage of an old legend and the colective panic of others, most of everyone who trusted you turned against you and believing your mere existance is causing a world disaster, now you and your partner, who never stops believing in you, are being hunted down as something that must be destroyed, and your chasers won't stop until getting rid of you for good. Is the first time in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series where you feel hopeless, where the warmth of your home turned into a coldness that forces you to be on the run, probably forever. Is quite sad and for most people an experience like that would make someone lose trust on the world, but the protagonist is strong and knows the others are scared and missinformed, but the only thing you can do as long your head has a price because of a baseless lie is to run.
YESSS! Pokémon Mystery Dungeon!
This series has so many banger themes, hopefully you can react to more!
Fire Island Volcano left me speechless during my first playthrough, it's that good!
I like the touch of the gift bows on ur mic lol 🎄
Its interesting these game has a different composer than the main line games..maybe cause its a spinoff game
If you've ever heard Gladion's Theme from Pokemon Sun & Moon, you'd hear Run Away Fugitives in it… Gladion is a run away fugitive afterall
holy christmas this music is so emotional i physically felt my body react in grief
yea you should really listen to second darkmatter battle..
Dunno if it is nostalgia or what, but Runaway fugitives makes me so close to tearnig up
I think PMD might have been the first videogame to make me cry. Really broadened my 10-11 year old brain
The thing on Charizard's (or rather Mega Charizard Y's) is an explorer badge, I think (I've played only a little of PSMD), which is a badge that shows that the pokemon is part of a rescue team or, iirc in PSMD's case, the Expedition Society.
Those are basically teams of pokemon who explore places and complete missions set up by other pokemon in need.
Some minor info about the 3DS and DS – the DS used a near identical sound card to the Gameboy Advance, and instruments were limited in scale similar to how all 16-Bit consoles needed to use "sound fonts" to play back instruments. The 3DS by contrast was about as powerful as a PS2 or Gamecube minus the visual fidelity. It had a little slider to turn on Stereoscopic 3D (without glasses), hence the name, but the point is there was no instrument or audio limitation to the console at all. Loads of orchestral pieces got into the tiny console
3ds was the sucsessor to the DS
The charizard on the cover is a Mega Charizard form
Gladion referencing Run Away is still crazy as hell. And Super Mystery Dungeon music is so underrated compared to the first two games.
Very surprised to see a Super Mystery Dungeon track here, but a very welcome surprise. I absolutely adore PSMD's soundtrack, and it's cool to see you cover one of my favorite tracks from it.
Oh boy Super Mystery Dungeon is one of my favorite games, I’m glad Fire Island Volcano appeared in the channel is so amazing, I hope to see more of that game (crossing fingers someone requested the Tree of Life tracks)