There’s no back, only forwards. The nostalgic music hit me though, and I wish I could revisit those simpler times, before I knew bad people existed and I would dream about being the best. I wish it were real, more than any other series…. I grew up with Pokémon and I will cherish it for as long as I live ❤
Iwata was the reason Kanto was even in this game, he managed to figure out a way to compress some of the Johto data to fit Kanto into the cartridge. R.I.P Mr Iwata. ; - ;7
I miss the innocence, the curiosity, the happiness that came from little things. Being an adult sucks. For any of you who are still adolescents, enjoy it. It's the most free and happy you can get. I took it for granted unfortunately but I can come back to this and relive it, even just for a few minutes.
Man imagine writing this. So limited on available sounds, amount of tracks, its just a kids game, yet you write this beautiful piece. Really masterful work, truly.
@@illwillpress100 That’s true. I’m not saying they weren’t made with kids in mind, I’m saying anyone can enjoy it. I do however, find that Pokémon is less enjoyable than the OG, but the new game kinda has me excited. Just hoping I can get another typhlosion lmao
im 29 now and had a deep cry today remembering my grandma who passed from covid. she brought me my first gameboy color and gold version for my 8th birthday.
I’m sorry to hear about your grandma and i hope you’re doing okay. My grandma bought me my first game boy advance and all I had was gen 1 and gen 2 games. It’s crazy how time flies. I was a little kid when that happened but now I’m 26. Her house flooded from Hurricane Ida and I remodeled it for her back to brand new. I’d do anything for my grandma, I’m gonna cry my eyes out when her time passes. God bless everyone
💙I'm glad that your Grandmother was able to give you so much joy. It goes to show how much you value her and her memory. May her kindness live on through you my friend.
I'm sorry you lost your Grandmother, man. I hope these games can bring you some level of comfort as you grow in your grief and gradually allow it to be a part of you. I knoe the feeling of losing a very close loved one. Peace and love
+John Huffington No sarcasm at all man. Promise. Wanna play something? Write to me if you feelin down. Got some music and just stuff to be distracted with i can share.
+Bluelight Spike Damn I remember being 5 at the time playing Silver with my lovely Totodile. Although I am glad I've grown up, because I also learned to grow with things around me, including pokemon
Just remember, Kanto wouldn't be in the game if it wasn't for Iwata. He was a great man, and the reason for many Nintendo fans child hoods. RIP Satoru Iwata. Missed yet shall never be forgotten in time...
Soul of Silver Yeah, it sad he's gone but life happens. He'd probably want us to remember him but to move on with life as well and be the best WE can be! RIP Satoru Iwata You will be missed...
I'm 28 now. I remember coming onto this video when I was about 18 and going through the struggles of coming of age, remembering being eight years old and playing Pokemon. I wasn't ready to accept that it was part of a bygone era of my childhood. Ten years passed then, ten years have passed again. That struggle seems so far away now, and adulthood doesn't hurt like it did when I was going through those growing pains. Never forget that feeling of being a child and discovering things for the first time. There's so much more to life you have yet to discover.
This is actually so deep ngl. When you're young all you wanna do is grow up because you think it'll be better and you honestly don't know you're living in the moment until it has passed. The nostalgia of playing pokemon games without a care in the world, trying to finish the game past your bedtime in the dark of your room, trading and battling with friends... those were the days. It's hard to imagine that pokemon was such an integral part of my childhood until now. As you grow older, you're faced with so many more responsibilities all you wanna do is go back. If you're a kid and you're reading this comment, please live in the moment and cherish every experience, and have as much fun as you can. Your childhood only lasts so long.
It sucks im 28 now and I’m bearly bearly getting their.. have a 1 year old but man I miss being a kid.. I’m hoping I can make his life awesome and show him these games
When I was 7 I vividly remember sitting in the back of my mom's mini van playing this game on a chilly October day on my way to the cider mill to see the rest of my family. I remember this tune playing in the background as I looked out the window, seeing the apple orchards as we pulled up on the gravel parking area. Meeting up with my cousin who also had his Pokemon Silver on him. We battled together as we had fresh donuts and apple cider. I really miss when times were simple and I didn't have a care in the world.
@@Fear369 I don't know how old you are, but as long as you treasure this games you'll feel the same we feel once you become a sad adult like us. Treasure every moment, every situation, every song, every game, then you'll be able to feel and remember only good things from your childhood/teenage years.
Is that lord Crump I see for you profile pic? Have you gotten the Remal yet? If so how do you like? I'm having so much fun reliving my early teenage years!
I was only 8, living through the end of Pokemania. I would play Gold while my parents drove an hour to IKEA or when I had to come with my mom to her office in Huntington Beach. I would play the game as normal, but I'd always come here for the bug contest and to just walk around and listen to this song. Just finding a calm peace in a hyperactive childhood. I was only 17, trying to relive a time where I could feel happiness while in a raging war against depression, a fight that would ultimately lead me to try and take my own life in my high school bathroom. My life wasn't horrible, but I was in an abusive relationship, my grades kept slipping, and I felt like I was drowning in emotions I couldn't understand, as I struggle to grasp the mental conditions that forced their way up as I grew. The song wasn't the same, but the comfort was still there. And I would retreat to the original Gold just to hear the song that made me feel peace as a little kid. I am now 28. I am nowhere near where I hoped I'd be as an adult, but I still have things I never thought I'd have when I was 17. A wife, a condo I just bought, and my first kid on his way. Even at 28 I'm still terrified of what life will be like, and how much more I'll have to grow as an adult to provide for my family. But I hear this song, and 20 years later, the peace still remains. I can fall into this song and for a few minutes, I'm a kid again in the back seat, going to IKEA. Even if it isn't real.
Consider, what if there was something that resolved your nostagia. I don't mean to shun your childhood memories but to fulfill them by having a reason to look forward. Luke 18:15-17
@@WenegadeWaiduh Not really. I love a lot of its remixes (like what they did with the Team Rocket battle music) but National Park was a bust for me. It's fine as its own thing but it didn't capture the same feeling the GSC rendition did.
Imagine a nostalgic place from your childhood (maybe your old neighborhood where you and some kids would assemble at one house to play nintendo 64 or pokemon, your local amusement park where your parents would drop you off with a pocket full of quarters to play games, or even that old sandlot baseball field where you and the some kids would hang out after school.), now close yours eyes, picture this setting in a sunset, the mysteries, joys, and inhibitions of youthful naivety fully explored and fulfilled. Now open your eyes, let your memories flow down the river, sad, but forgotten.
The fact that this video is 14 years old, and some of the comments are talking about remakes, childhoods, moving out to college, the uncertainty of the future and so many other things. 2023 and now those events are in the past as well. There are 1000+ Pokémon, and we're still linked through a 8-bit song that is (at the moment of writing this) 23 damn years old. Holy shit, mate.
I find this music... fitting to listen to, now that Satoru Iwata has passed... Mr. Iwata personally compressed the code Gold/Silver to fit Kanto into the game. He also ported the battle system of Pokemon Stadium to the N64 without any reference materials. Mr. Iwata was a gamer and game developer before becoming the executive of a company. The man knew his games, and he knew how to have fun. He will truly be missed...
Giga Man I'm not much of a Pokemon fan myself but I've deep appreciation for Iwata for working with Sakurai when they were developing Smash. For Smash 64, with the initial tech demo for Smash that showcased Mario, DK, Samus and Fox, it was said that Iwata was the one who secretly handed over the character models to Sakurai. It became one of the best gambles to ever pay off. When Melee was set to launch for the 2001 holiday season, Melee hit a period of development hell six weeks before said launch and was going to be delayed into 2002. Iwata, being the clutch master and genius that he is, gathered a group of developers from Nintendo and helped bring Melee back on track for its original release date. And the rest is history.
I guess my opinion Iwata was better person than Miyamoto. Iwata has a heart for respectful to Nintendo company unlike other Nintendo employees, but I don’t know about Sakurai I heard he good person just trying help also similar like Iwata. I mean Sakurai need to rest a lot due to fans forcing him make more characters in Smash Ultimate. Iwata and Sakurai actually really good friends to each others.
33 and it touches the right places of the soul. I cannot but cry. Really. I remember being like eight or nine when the craze had just begun and me all in.... Omg i still to this day remember those years and so want them to come back....... If it were only possible. Rivers of tears over here. Pokemon silver and Johto were my favorite. What I would give to have a taste of that again.
Honestly same, perhaps it's not about accomplishing something in particular but rather being able to see what we already have with different eyes. Good luck though.
The internal battery of my Crystal version has dried out, when I found it out it was one of the saddest moment of my life as I never restarted the game since I bought it in 2001. The funny thing is that the day before the battery died I played the game after at least five years from the last time and I could see my Pokemons again, for the last time... Golduck, Typhlosion, Rosso (Red Gyarados), Ringhio (Pupitar), Skarmory and Azumarill and the other ones in the box, I still remember the reason of every single nickname I gave them... Damn...
That's why I always recommend saving backups for cartridges, and I play on emulators because of this reason, people always asked me why do you use roms and emulators and this is one major reason why.
I'm a kid here and reading all of these comments of older adults listening and playing Pokemon gold when they were children. It sounds so heartwarming, and the way that the music has so much feeling to it... its just so sweet how a certain audio can make people remember good memories
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You can do the same and join us. Play it now and remember it forever:) the only catch ,your peers dont even know about this. Back then all boys had a common ground. We used to trade pokemon. It was up to 50% of what we were interested in.
Same here, a Pokémon fan being younger than 17, seeing all these comments about adults and people in their late teens experiencing nostalgia and sadness gives me mixed emotions. Happy because of how a game can affect their lives and be a big part of them. Sad because I think of "What would my future be like?" or "Can my childhood affect me in some way? Or will I end up forgetting the good things when I was younger than 15?"
You're making me feel old, kiddo. But yeah, those 8-bit games used to be the best gaming experience you could get on the go at the time and it was as enjoyable as modern games are to you. Cherish your youth because you'll be looking back at those moments reminiscing and having a major nostalgia trip just as we are over this little old game.
2024 type shit. I’m 30. Turning 31 in less than 3 weeks from now. Where has the time gone. Take me back to summer of 2001, when times were easier, when it was just me and my game boy. Not a single care of the world. I feel grateful to have lived my life up until now. God, life is so hard. I pray that things become prosperous for myself and for those around me.
#rewildourland and live in the moment, appreciate the breeze, watch bugs and appreciate plants as alive and that magic will return, we have to make it within ourselves and project it, not just hope for it
As an adult at 29 years. This hit's me as the ten year old boy i was. You may call it stupid. But never forget what kind of music that hit you when you where young. It will never fade away. Never forget what you where as a child. Nintendo will always make you as the child youy where. It will never leave you, so the way you want to forget it.
10? Wait what? I was 4 when I started playing Pokemon Red, was 6 when I got Pokemon Crystal... I'm 28 now so how the hell were you 10? Ain't no way I was touching Pokemon when I was 10 years old lol
@@Summer_turtle_ pacing doesnt matter when all pokemon games are easy as hell anyways, and i dont know a single soul who plays pokemon for story, gen 2 was revolutionary and in general was a big improvement to pokemon as a whole
Wow, am I an adult already? It feels like yesterday that I got my Gameboy Advanced and only had Pokemon Gold and Red. This music subconsciously brings a tear to my eyes. Time sure flies, huh? I miss being a kid, man. It was so much simpler...
i still remember when my mom picked up my pre order at walmart for gold and silver. played it on my original game boy for 2 weeks because my sister snatched my GBC. where did 15 years of my life go...
Just played through silver again the last couple days. Sad to say that the first 2 gens are truly superior in my opinion. the only other gen to come close was 4th but they spoiled it with the enemy "team" and the pokegods...
Probably one of the best GB themes of all time. So beautifully composed and just another example of talented vg composers in the past who could make the most of the hardware back then and make that teeny tiny sound chip sing
Just played through crystal version, I grew up with gold! What I wanna know is what that bug catching judge is on?? My Scyther is CLEARLY better than that pinser or butterfree. xD
there are 3 ways to get points in the bug catching contest: species if pokemon level of the pokemon remaining health a low level pokemon caught at full health earns more points than a high level one at 1hp
As much as I love what HG/SS did to the music, nothing beats the classic chippy tunes for this game. It fit the atmosphere a ton better. This song is my ultimate proof of that concept.
I mean Nintendo DS can make the music closer to like this music just with high quality with adding emotion like this, not using some remixes like crazy to ruined the original I am just saying. Yeah I heard there GB sound after you get 16 badges, but it not like exactly like the original chiptune instead it using MIDI it just using 8 bits it just little like original. If the remake released on GBA they can make music 100% like original because it compatible to GB and GBC. Nintendo DS only compatible to GBA.
I'm seven years late, but I agree. I think the HG/SS version is actually worse than the original here; It has a nice new intro, but I don't like how 90% of the instruments became a piano, removing the unique "PokéFlute lead" and how they ironically removed the "piano-like notes" that play at 0:59! I think they should've kept this particular song closer to the original, only using pianos for the background notes; That's what I imagine those notes would be if played using samples.
@@XaneMyers A couple of great examples that prove this are Mt Pyre summit 8 bit remix and the Budew Drop Inn 8 bit remix The GBA added those two dedicated channels that could play samples of real instruments and the music was never the same again, I personally feel like it got way to busy and all the different instruments make it harder to hear what's actually going on. Pokemon never needed real instrument or a full orchestra, all it needed was the Gameboy which was it's own instrument. One they had clearly mastered when it came to GSC's OST Like compare RBY's surf theme to GSC's surf theme and it's like going from literal ice cream truck music to something you could play at a wedding
I actually only played this game 3 years ago and yet here I am feeling so nostalgic about it. Can only imagine how those who played it 20 years ago feel. Must be hard to listen to without tearing up.
I played it 20 years ago and everything was different back then. I mean everything was different. The 90s and 2000s were awesome for kids growing up. I really feel like we had the best childhoods. The amount of hours playing this game and battling/trading with friends was really the fun part. And sometimes just playing alone was awesome enough. There wasn’t near as many games as we have now these days but the ones that were good still hold up these days. Pokémon is one of them, especially the first 3 gens. I lost Ruby as a kid and never got to experience the rest of the Pokémon series. I never got a new Ruby and it was literally the most soul crushing thing. All my friends moved on and I still had Pokémon Silver and Gold.
I can't believe it was 15 years ago, the first time I hear this song... I even spent so much time in this park because it was so good gosh, I want to go back to my 11-12 years old. Or least I could visit myself and told them "cherish whatever you have now. Keep your gameboy and treasure it. You'll missed it someday when you're 25"
I wish i could go back to the past and encounter with my kid self and tell him the same thing :( cherish every moment of your childhood little one and that thing in your hand, take good care of it and keep it forever with you, trust me it will make your kids happy the day you'll have one
I'm 31. Almost 32 this fall. Been a Pokémon player since Gen I. I saw so many changes to that series. But to my heart, no game ever came close to Gen II and Gen IV's HGSS.
Crying at keyboard at midnight because this. You guys, how am I going to become an adult when anything with even a hint of childhood nostalgia like this sends me into a crippling maudlin stupor? ..I'm not ready to grow up.
Ibiss Blaze They also play it just because they love pokemon. Not to revive childhood. A lot are still childs.. just with a beard :) And that is simply fantastic.
Its crazy, I can remember my old living room so vividly while listening to this All the cheap candles my mom had all around the living room, The guitar hero sitting next to the TV All my friends bikes right outside the house, My dads HUGE old windows XP computer in the corner All because of a little tune i used to play on repeat as a kid Music is some crazy stuff.
It's okay. I thought we'd never see a perfect Pokemon game, but then Black and White came out. We're getting old and the only medicine is keeping youthful. MAYBE. Nostalgia hurts, but in a good way. Not like Indian burn marks but you get the idea. Anyway, Pokemon GSC covers one of the greatest eras to be alive due to its amazing RPG that I would contest is as good as Chrono Trigger and Rudra no Hihou. Thank you for posting this song, Namaste.
+Rutger Murphy I don't really think that Black and White are perfect games. I don't think there is a perfect Pokemon game and there probably never will be.
my grandfather just passed today. Me and my sister were fight over Pokémon red on our last day in town and he took me to toys r us and got me Pokémon blue before we went back to the airport in 1999. He also got us gold and silver when in came back. Replaying the GB games bring me back to the best part of my childhood. Miss ya already, pop pop RIP
This song makes me feel so nostalgic... sad because I realize that my childhood is over (long time ago, i'm 26 yo now, but it's like as if someone had thrown a stone at my head when I hear it)... happy because I had so much fun with this game. When I hear it now I have the sensation that I was really in that world some time, in person. A world without bad things, pure and happy. It's like a book that you really enjoy and you feel sad when it's over. Same thing. It's a feeling like i've been in that place, I had good times but it's over... move on to new priorities, new "adventures". Sad when we realize, everything is gone. We can download roms and emulators, but it's not the same, we have no time now, we have bills to pay, end everything else, we can't go anymore to that world, if u know what I mean, THAT is sad...
@@stewardo Hey man! So many things happened... moved to Canada (I am from Brazil originally)... got married last year and got my Canadian PR last week... thank you for asking! I hope everything is ok with you too! Always think positively, believe in positive energy!!
I am just playing through all the old games.... red, yellow, silver, crystal.... and I am nearly 31.... it will never leave you once you played it for hundreds of hours during childhood.
when i first heard this song i was such a young kid.. i wasnt this person i am now. i miss who i was. im glad this music had such an impact on all of us. it's very bitter sweet and im grateful to feel these feelings. it reminds me how simple we can be and should be at times. we allow ourselves to get caught up in a lot of peoples bad energy and stress what we really should to is express ourselves with eachother more freely without the feeling of being judged. like when we were little kids who just played games, social class or anything didnt matter. id play pokemon with whomever reads this. love is real just dont let it kill your innocents
This is literally one of my all-time favorite themes to ever of come out of a Pokemon game. I used to sit and just run the game with my player standing in the National Park just so I could hear it. The hours spent, the adventures had, and memories made into my old copy of Pokemon Crystal will probably never be replicated by another Pokemon game, or any other game for that matter. People always criticize Pokemon games for being repetitive and boring, or a child's game, but not everyone can have the same great experience or say their experience was as memorable or awesome as mine.
I'm about to be 38. Played these games over 20 years ago for my brother, since my father didn't buy me games, because they were for boys(his reasoning was it's a Gameboy). Just another sad adult here, reminiscing about the past.
Same....I played Gold when I was 5 when it came out.... amazing game....since I didn't really travel during that time of my life, Gold gave me that sense of adventure....simpler and better times back then....
I am passing through a stressful part of my life, specially at work. I really miss the good old days when I was a kid and my only worry was school, I was happy and I didn't know it... But even if I had the chance, I wouldn't go back to the past. I'm glad that my childhood happened. And that's the magic behind childhood, not living it, but remembering. Nostalgia is such a deep feeling.
Yeah exactly, I remember I'd stand in the National Park area for a few minutes just to listen to the song... funny thing though, I never got to that part while playing the game in the first playthroughs/years because I always had a pkmn-fight going on before that point or left the area xD
im just a 13 year old kid, my life is sad most of the time, and i know people have it way harder then me. ive been bullied alot and im a social outcast, i only have two friends and one of them is popular. and despite all of this, when i listen at this music for a RPG game meant for 10 year olds, i feel complete and better. i think about how middle school drama doesnt matter in my future life. i should just live my life to the fullest, and be a good person. this music made me cry
I hope you're doing ok. As a 31 year old my advice is to try your best not to let it make you bitter. It sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders.
This is, was, and always will be one of the best video game tracks ever. How does it feel so perfectly somber, sad, and happy? I know it's not just nostalgia. I always felt this way about this song. I used to load up my game and go stand in the national park just to listen to this jam. *Praise the person who wrote this score.*
I just wanted to write a comment worded almost the same as you did yours. This theme does a completely amazing job at combining a sad, happy and soothing feeling all at once. I cant really comprehend it either to be honest.
When people say it’s just a game. Get over it. Like no I had so many memories come back while listening to this theme. The nostalgia and freedom of being a kid no worries just a kid enjoying life. Now we’re all adults with responsibilities and struggles..
I’m far from the only one who has precious memories playing Pokémon Gold and Silver. It’s a game that I still love today. As an adult, however, it’s a game I always play faster and with more imposed challenges. It’s a game I know inside and out. I miss the days when it was mysterious, when I’d boot it up just to hang out in the world. When day becoming night was magical. When the unknown was around every corner and every schoolyard rumor could have been true.
seeing all the people here grow up, from gsc, i guess i still have a lot of time to cherish, and time to grow. i'm not even that old of a person, definitely not legal yet, so... to all the people that wrote your experiences, a warm good morning, and thanks for giving your experiences.
i remember being 4 years old not knowing you could save the game (or what that even was) and getting to the national park in one session during a car trip to new hampshire. I battled sudowoodo shortly after this and turned my game off, losing all of my progress. as soon as i turned it back on i wanted to get back to this area for the music alone. 4 year old me was overcome with a sense of ease when listening to this. this is by far my favorite music track from any pokemon game not only because of how good the music is, but because of the nostalgia it brings. here i am at 22 listening to this again, and remembering that car trip like it was yesterday. as we grow older we tend to forget things from our youth, our lives become more mundane, predictable and we lose the wonder and curiosity we had as kids. i'm not in the best of health nowadays but this song never fails to bring me back to that car trip where my biggest issue in life was trying to get back to the national park to hear this song. hang on to your childhood people, you'll never have another :/
Satoru Iwata, the man responsible for this, the greatest generation and for countless fond childhood memories. I didn’t know your name till now, but rest with the knowledge that you brought countless wonderful memories to children and adults throughout the world and no matter where we are, we’ll never forgot those memories, nor will they fail to remind us of happier times. God bless you ❤️ ✝️
I couldn’t have expressed it better. God Bless everyone in this comment section and Mr. Iwata. I don’t think he knows how much we appreciate what he did for us. The man is responsible for us having a good childhood in these games
Beyond the nostalgia and stuff this song is just a beautiful composition. The rhythms and counter melodies, the bass line, that adorable little snare and high hat. It’s all so gorgeous and perfectly sets the vibe for the lush serene garden they envisioned for the game.
I don’t know if anyone is going to read this or if this will be shoved into the sea of sad adults, but I’m 12 and I remember playing this game when I was 9 when I found how to play this game in an emulator a year after an emulator I used before for emerald was shut down. I remember I was so happy when I played these old Pokémon games. Good times, when I played animal crossing city folk and sun and moon, and was so happy. I replayed this game when I turned 11 in 2021, and now we are in 2023. I miss the good days, everything’s falling apart now.
My God, this song. It is just so peaceful, and majestic. I would say this is one of my favorite in the game, right up there with the Ice Path, Champion Lance, the Kanto Wild Encounter Theme, and of course Route 27 and 28.
I love this song. Pokemon Gold/Silver were the best of the series, in my opinion, and the last of the games that I really took seriously. I remember those days, getting up on Saturday, eating a bowl of cereal, watching the latest episode of the Pokemon anime on Kids WB, then getting on my bike to go to a friend's house to play Gen 1 and Gen 2 on Gameboy Color. If I could do it all over again, I would tell myself to cherish these moments, but don't spend so much time gaming.
When I was a kid, I totally missed the opportunity of playing Pokemon. I preferred super Mario, not only to realize now that it's a much better game, that I would have loved, but now, it's too late. I won't enjoy it as much as I could have. God bless you Iwata, you created not one masterpiece, you created many, that made even more people's days. And Childhoods. Even if this wasn't entirely my case, I still miss him. We all do, right? Have a nice day.
Beautiful music and memories. Don't let it die, play them again, relive this moment with the adult consciousness. I'm 29, teach martial arts, and every year I play an old pokemon game during summer holidays. This year is Crystal time. 😺
It IS difficult to tell, because of the small screen size of the GBC! But, there's another, like this, too! Whitney's gym is set out to look like a Clefairy!
I lost my copy of Ruby when I was a kid and I never got into any games after that, we weren’t rich and I just had the original gen 1 and gen 2 games. It was pretty soul crushing losing that Ruby game but I still had Silver and Gold. My cousin had crystal and I went to his house to play it and he had all the legendary dogs. It was super cool because my cousins also traded with each other and they were the same age. So it was like a whole new level of experience playing these games with like 3 other people in the room. I know I keep coming back here to read comments and listen to the music but man I can’t get over how amazing it is!!!
My brother and me started playing Gold and Silver when we were just 5 and 3 years old. I remember how, back then, we didn‘t even know how to save the game, so we had to restart it over and over again, for like 50 times, until an older friend showed it to us :‘D
Take me back bros
how 😔
I wish I could
There’s no back, only forwards. The nostalgic music hit me though, and I wish I could revisit those simpler times, before I knew bad people existed and I would dream about being the best. I wish it were real, more than any other series…. I grew up with Pokémon and I will cherish it for as long as I live ❤
@@unclealbott1004 no, shut up
let's all go back
Oh hi
Iwata was the reason Kanto was even in this game, he managed to figure out a way to compress some of the Johto data to fit Kanto into the cartridge. R.I.P Mr Iwata.
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+Zaro
Nintendo lost a great man. RIP Mr Iwata
+Michael Butler don't think of him being dead. Think of him retiring from making all those games.
Always in our hearts.
Happy 126th birthday, Nintendo.
Strength Through Chaos
I miss the innocence, the curiosity, the happiness that came from little things. Being an adult sucks. For any of you who are still adolescents, enjoy it. It's the most free and happy you can get. I took it for granted unfortunately but I can come back to this and relive it, even just for a few minutes.
Man imagine writing this. So limited on available sounds, amount of tracks, its just a kids game, yet you write this beautiful piece. Really masterful work, truly.
I have the chills rn
“It’s just a kids game” - I see your point; but I’d argue that it was *never just* a “kids” game.
@@TheFirstAtom Idk man in 1999/2000 you'd find pokemon gameboy games in the kid toy aisle
@@illwillpress100 That’s true. I’m not saying they weren’t made with kids in mind, I’m saying anyone can enjoy it. I do however, find that Pokémon is less enjoyable than the OG, but the new game kinda has me excited. Just hoping I can get another typhlosion lmao
@@TheFirstAtom this comment (w)👏🏽
came here for pokemon music...found a bunch of sad adults. honestly same tho lol
same...
Always come for the music but find myself leaving pretty depressed
Not sad, just reminiscing my childhood.
Same...
You knew what I'm thiking
0:57
When the notes hit just right
nostalgia il powerful man
gardaland92 its not even that
gardaland92 i havent played this yet
/watch?v=gLZ264vO1E0&t=45s
When the notes hit so right you here them in other songs.
senndbx no kidding bro☺️
I used to just go to the park in real life, go to National Park in the game & then sit there & look up at the sky
Good times, when life was easier
Yo! And look and where it brought you! You make great and amazing content but damn to be a kid again... our childhood was sumth’n different
That’s the stuff bro
Look at you bruh, ain't it amazing
that sounds awesome.
im 29 now and had a deep cry today remembering my grandma who passed from covid. she brought me my first gameboy color and gold version for my 8th birthday.
I’m sorry to hear about your grandma and i hope you’re doing okay. My grandma bought me my first game boy advance and all I had was gen 1 and gen 2 games. It’s crazy how time flies. I was a little kid when that happened but now I’m 26. Her house flooded from Hurricane Ida and I remodeled it for her back to brand new. I’d do anything for my grandma, I’m gonna cry my eyes out when her time passes. God bless everyone
Nothing but love for the grandmas they gave us that soft spot
💙I'm glad that your Grandmother was able to give you so much joy. It goes to show how much you value her and her memory. May her kindness live on through you my friend.
It was nice of her to get you one of the best games ever.
I'm sorry you lost your Grandmother, man. I hope these games can bring you some level of comfort as you grow in your grief and gradually allow it to be a part of you. I knoe the feeling of losing a very close loved one. Peace and love
Fuck man.
Maturity is such a cruel process.
Wish we never had to grow up...
*****
Aight man, just, stay calm ok?
Gotta talk bout something, i'm right here, okay?
+John Huffington
You be fine man. Stay safe and shit. You feel sad or sumthin write me. it's gon be ok man.
+John Huffington
No sarcasm at all man. Promise.
Wanna play something? Write to me if you feelin down. Got some music and just stuff to be distracted with i can share.
+Bluelight Spike Damn I remember being 5 at the time playing Silver with my lovely Totodile. Although I am glad I've grown up, because I also learned to grow with things around me, including pokemon
+John Huffington wew lad
Just remember, Kanto wouldn't be in the game if it wasn't for Iwata. He was a great man, and the reason for many Nintendo fans child hoods. RIP Satoru Iwata. Missed yet shall never be forgotten in time...
Taver Doo Rest In Peace iwata we loved you.
Soul of Silver Yeah, it sad he's gone but life happens. He'd probably want us to remember him but to move on with life as well and be the best WE can be! RIP Satoru Iwata You will be missed...
Grantendo 64 and we still do
Yeah, true. But... What does National Park have to do with Kanto, it's in Johto.
Nintendo is shit they deleted pokemon brick bronze burn in hell Iwata
I'm 28 now. I remember coming onto this video when I was about 18 and going through the struggles of coming of age, remembering being eight years old and playing Pokemon. I wasn't ready to accept that it was part of a bygone era of my childhood. Ten years passed then, ten years have passed again. That struggle seems so far away now, and adulthood doesn't hurt like it did when I was going through those growing pains.
Never forget that feeling of being a child and discovering things for the first time. There's so much more to life you have yet to discover.
im turning 18 in a few months and thats about where i am and this makes me feel a little better about it all
hahaha 26 here and this feels like a callout post GG dude lmao
thank you :)
This is actually so deep ngl. When you're young all you wanna do is grow up because you think it'll be better and you honestly don't know you're living in the moment until it has passed. The nostalgia of playing pokemon games without a care in the world, trying to finish the game past your bedtime in the dark of your room, trading and battling with friends... those were the days. It's hard to imagine that pokemon was such an integral part of my childhood until now. As you grow older, you're faced with so many more responsibilities all you wanna do is go back. If you're a kid and you're reading this comment, please live in the moment and cherish every experience, and have as much fun as you can. Your childhood only lasts so long.
It sucks im 28 now and I’m bearly bearly getting their.. have a 1 year old but man I miss being a kid.. I’m hoping I can make his life awesome and show him these games
When I was 7 I vividly remember sitting in the back of my mom's mini van playing this game on a chilly October day on my way to the cider mill to see the rest of my family. I remember this tune playing in the background as I looked out the window, seeing the apple orchards as we pulled up on the gravel parking area. Meeting up with my cousin who also had his Pokemon Silver on him. We battled together as we had fresh donuts and apple cider.
I really miss when times were simple and I didn't have a care in the world.
I honestly start playing pokemon when I was teen, I hope learn how that feelings are :(
@@Fear369 I don't know how old you are, but as long as you treasure this games you'll feel the same we feel once you become a sad adult like us. Treasure every moment, every situation, every song, every game, then you'll be able to feel and remember only good things from your childhood/teenage years.
Imagining this music playing in a cold october morning is actually *very* fitting
Is that lord Crump I see for you profile pic? Have you gotten the Remal yet? If so how do you like? I'm having so much fun reliving my early teenage years!
This music makes me cry.
+Jason chema nostalgia
my favourite song 4ever.
+gardaland92 That, and it sounds really...lonely, too.
+WonkyTonkBotty i remember when my father gave me pokemon silver. It was my first pokemon game, and my first game ever. I miss childhood
+gardaland92 That makes two of us, dude. :,(
Complete classic. Many hours were spent here.
Yep!
3 words
Bug
Catching
Contest
The song is just truly emotional and touching. It is impossible to hear it without succumbing to emotion, I think for everyone.
Never played this game, yet this and Azalea Town bring me to tears, the composer sure is a genius
there are better tracks on this game than this though
@@keepitsecret-dl1pr Not by much but it's hard to top ecruteak
I was only 8, living through the end of Pokemania. I would play Gold while my parents drove an hour to IKEA or when I had to come with my mom to her office in Huntington Beach. I would play the game as normal, but I'd always come here for the bug contest and to just walk around and listen to this song. Just finding a calm peace in a hyperactive childhood.
I was only 17, trying to relive a time where I could feel happiness while in a raging war against depression, a fight that would ultimately lead me to try and take my own life in my high school bathroom. My life wasn't horrible, but I was in an abusive relationship, my grades kept slipping, and I felt like I was drowning in emotions I couldn't understand, as I struggle to grasp the mental conditions that forced their way up as I grew. The song wasn't the same, but the comfort was still there. And I would retreat to the original Gold just to hear the song that made me feel peace as a little kid.
I am now 28. I am nowhere near where I hoped I'd be as an adult, but I still have things I never thought I'd have when I was 17. A wife, a condo I just bought, and my first kid on his way. Even at 28 I'm still terrified of what life will be like, and how much more I'll have to grow as an adult to provide for my family. But I hear this song, and 20 years later, the peace still remains. I can fall into this song and for a few minutes, I'm a kid again in the back seat, going to IKEA. Even if it isn't real.
Consider, what if there was something that resolved your nostagia. I don't mean to shun your childhood memories but to fulfill them by having a reason to look forward.
Luke 18:15-17
Hmm
Quite possibly the most beautiful song to ever come out of Pokemon.... something so simple yet emotional...
Thorozak_ I know, I wish to back to the simpler times ;-;
This theme is way more complex than most pop songs
HGSS version is amazing too
@@WenegadeWaiduh Not really. I love a lot of its remixes (like what they did with the Team Rocket battle music) but National Park was a bust for me. It's fine as its own thing but it didn't capture the same feeling the GSC rendition did.
@@Onigirli The beginning piano section is the best new addition to the song though in the remake.
So beautiful, wanna catch that Scyther again.
Ha ha yup
E to
Sendy Lie good luck. scyther is hard to catch :) XD
IKR!
+Sendy Lie (Athena Asamiya Addict) ikr
Sendy Lie Me too
Reading the comments while this music plays in the background really hits me in the feels
Imagine a nostalgic place from your childhood (maybe your old neighborhood where you and some kids would assemble at one house to play nintendo 64 or pokemon, your local amusement park where your parents would drop you off with a pocket full of quarters to play games, or even that old sandlot baseball field where you and the some kids would hang out after school.), now close yours eyes, picture this setting in a sunset, the mysteries, joys, and inhibitions of youthful naivety fully explored and fulfilled. Now open your eyes, let your memories flow down the river, sad, but forgotten.
@Matthew Gales bro I'm experiencing a pirated version for the first time and I'm getting hit with nostalgia of memories nonexistent.
Same here.
The fact that this video is 14 years old, and some of the comments are talking about remakes, childhoods, moving out to college, the uncertainty of the future and so many other things.
2023 and now those events are in the past as well. There are 1000+ Pokémon, and we're still linked through a 8-bit song that is (at the moment of writing this) 23 damn years old.
Holy shit, mate.
Ikr I come back to this ost from time to time. Idk why but this music just feels incredibly nostalgic and gives me a bit of depression :')
Fr some dudes talking about how he’s old now and he used to watch this same video for nostalgia when it first came out
Would you like to participate in the bug catching contest? I'm sorry todays contest has already passed please come back again.
I wiyell I wiyell..
Ahahahahahaha
fuckfuckfucjfuckfuck
Rolando feels.
ill wait for the next contest, thank you
I find this music... fitting to listen to, now that Satoru Iwata has passed... Mr. Iwata personally compressed the code Gold/Silver to fit Kanto into the game. He also ported the battle system of Pokemon Stadium to the N64 without any reference materials.
Mr. Iwata was a gamer and game developer before becoming the executive of a company. The man knew his games, and he knew how to have fun. He will truly be missed...
do you know who composed this music?its amazing even if it was aimed for some 8bit children's game....
See the composer list here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver
Giga Man
I'm not much of a Pokemon fan myself but I've deep appreciation for Iwata for working with Sakurai when they were developing Smash.
For Smash 64, with the initial tech demo for Smash that showcased Mario, DK, Samus and Fox, it was said that Iwata was the one who secretly handed over the character models to Sakurai. It became one of the best gambles to ever pay off.
When Melee was set to launch for the 2001 holiday season, Melee hit a period of development hell six weeks before said launch and was going to be delayed into 2002. Iwata, being the clutch master and genius that he is, gathered a group of developers from Nintendo and helped bring Melee back on track for its original release date. And the rest is history.
What do you mean they ported the Pokemon Stadium battle system to the N64? Was the original Stadium on the Apple II or what?
I guess my opinion Iwata was better person than Miyamoto. Iwata has a heart for respectful to Nintendo company unlike other Nintendo employees, but I don’t know about Sakurai I heard he good person just trying help also similar like Iwata. I mean Sakurai need to rest a lot due to fans forcing him make more characters in Smash Ultimate. Iwata and Sakurai actually really good friends to each others.
35 years old...
I still get chills.
I'm right there with ya. Damn near brought me to tears hearing this again...
33 and it touches the right places of the soul. I cannot but cry. Really. I remember being like eight or nine when the craze had just begun and me all in.... Omg i still to this day remember those years and so want them to come back....... If it were only possible. Rivers of tears over here. Pokemon silver and Johto were my favorite. What I would give to have a taste of that again.
im 29
I’m 34 🥹
Middle age...
Life never worked out the way I wanted it too. Don't think there's much left for me here in this life... but I'll always remember my childhood fondly.
Take care of yourself. You bring something unique to this world that no one else can.
Honestly same, perhaps it's not about accomplishing something in particular but rather being able to see what we already have with different eyes. Good luck though.
as a wise philosopher once said... if you have nothing left to lose, you win.
I feel the same brother ❤️ stay strong life will reward us soon
RIP Mr. Iwata :'(
Vanimation thats what made me come to this my first pokemon game wait scratch that nintendo game. did it for iwata, R.I.P. iwata.
Screw you John Huffington That man made my childhood
...Wow, this was cancer.
Darkness X03 I got lukemia from this.
John Huffington Notice how you are the majority of the comments.
The internal battery of my Crystal version has dried out, when I found it out it was one of the saddest moment of my life as I never restarted the game since I bought it in 2001. The funny thing is that the day before the battery died I played the game after at least five years from the last time and I could see my Pokemons again, for the last time... Golduck, Typhlosion, Rosso (Red Gyarados), Ringhio (Pupitar), Skarmory and Azumarill and the other ones in the box, I still remember the reason of every single nickname I gave them... Damn...
+Cameron ルカ It's not that hard to replace the battery my friend, look it up
Mecha Morph but the data is long gone still
madonna bello ringhio
Feels
That's why I always recommend saving backups for cartridges, and I play on emulators because of this reason, people always asked me why do you use roms and emulators and this is one major reason why.
We'll never have those times again will we?
Never 💫
Played this game as a 7-8 year old. Now 29 and I can play this game and HG/SS again with my son who’s almost 8 🎉
I'm a kid here and reading all of these comments of older adults listening and playing Pokemon gold when they were children. It sounds so heartwarming, and the way that the music has so much feeling to it... its just so sweet how a certain audio can make people remember good memories
You can do the same and join us. Play it now and remember it forever:) the only catch ,your peers dont even know about this. Back then all boys had a common ground. We used to trade pokemon. It was up to 50% of what we were interested in.
i'm a 16 year old who just got into Pokemon-
@@sillyasterisk hope you have a great time!
Same here, a Pokémon fan being younger than 17, seeing all these comments about adults and people in their late teens experiencing nostalgia and sadness gives me mixed emotions. Happy because of how a game can affect their lives and be a big part of them. Sad because I think of "What would my future be like?" or "Can my childhood affect me in some way? Or will I end up forgetting the good things when I was younger than 15?"
You're making me feel old, kiddo. But yeah, those 8-bit games used to be the best gaming experience you could get on the go at the time and it was as enjoyable as modern games are to you. Cherish your youth because you'll be looking back at those moments reminiscing and having a major nostalgia trip just as we are over this little old game.
Much time was spent here.
Putting the gameboy on my ear for 6 hours straight.
I used to love this song too
nice
@@Hypoz nice
What a great way to waste batteries
I did the exact same thing
2024 type shit. I’m 30. Turning 31 in less than 3 weeks from now. Where has the time gone. Take me back to summer of 2001, when times were easier, when it was just me and my game boy. Not a single care of the world. I feel grateful to have lived my life up until now. God, life is so hard. I pray that things become prosperous for myself and for those around me.
#rewildourland and live in the moment, appreciate the breeze, watch bugs and appreciate plants as alive and that magic will return, we have to make it within ourselves and project it, not just hope for it
As an adult at 29 years.
This hit's me as the ten year old boy i was.
You may call it stupid.
But never forget what kind of music that hit you when you where young.
It will never fade away.
Never forget what you where as a child.
Nintendo will always make you as the child youy where.
It will never leave you, so the way you want to forget it.
so true, you and me shares the same age I understand what u are saying. We can no longer play games the same way like the old stress free days.
Well true and all but damn that broken english , i cant be the only one seeing this .
Yea things never impact you the way when like you’re a child. And you don’t really ever forget that.
10? Wait what? I was 4 when I started playing Pokemon Red, was 6 when I got Pokemon Crystal... I'm 28 now so how the hell were you 10? Ain't no way I was touching Pokemon when I was 10 years old lol
I'll call you stupid anyway
I remember rushing here every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday...
Nothing will ever match Gen 2 and all the things it added.
Other than the fact that the pacing is atrocious and the story is all over the place but it has some banger themes, that’s for sure
@@Summer_turtle_ pacing doesnt matter when all pokemon games are easy as hell anyways, and i dont know a single soul who plays pokemon for story, gen 2 was revolutionary and in general was a big improvement to pokemon as a whole
Wow, am I an adult already?
It feels like yesterday that I got my Gameboy Advanced and only had Pokemon Gold and Red. This music subconsciously brings a tear to my eyes. Time sure flies, huh?
I miss being a kid, man. It was so much simpler...
Im 30 and yet a child!! ;D I'll never leave my interior child goes away!
Ricardo Guedes
lol same bruh. 28 years young and I still come back to listen to this tune every now and then!
i still remember when my mom picked up my pre order at walmart for gold and silver. played it on my original game boy for 2 weeks because my sister snatched my GBC. where did 15 years of my life go...
if i'm like 60 years old I will still play pokemon
Just played through silver again the last couple days. Sad to say that the first 2 gens are truly superior in my opinion. the only other gen to come close was 4th but they spoiled it with the enemy "team" and the pokegods...
Probably one of the best GB themes of all time. So beautifully composed and just another example of talented vg composers in the past who could make the most of the hardware back then and make that teeny tiny sound chip sing
The past may be forever gone, but it lives through the memories we will never forget.
Just played through crystal version, I grew up with gold! What I wanna know is what that bug catching judge is on?? My Scyther is CLEARLY better than that pinser or butterfree. xD
It feels like nepotism with the judge. Like the person he's giving first place to happens to be a family relative or something hahaha
Went full Karen on them
Yo pinsir kicks ass tho
there are 3 ways to get points in the bug catching contest:
species if pokemon
level of the pokemon
remaining health
a low level pokemon caught at full health earns more points than a high level one at 1hp
@@Theamsice wow I didn't know it accounted for health as well
As much as I love what HG/SS did to the music, nothing beats the classic chippy tunes for this game. It fit the atmosphere a ton better. This song is my ultimate proof of that concept.
I mean Nintendo DS can make the music closer to like this music just with high quality with adding emotion like this, not using some remixes like crazy to ruined the original I am just saying. Yeah I heard there GB sound after you get 16 badges, but it not like exactly like the original chiptune instead it using MIDI it just using 8 bits it just little like original. If the remake released on GBA they can make music 100% like original because it compatible to GB and GBC. Nintendo DS only compatible to GBA.
So glad they added the GB sounds
I'm seven years late, but I agree. I think the HG/SS version is actually worse than the original here; It has a nice new intro, but I don't like how 90% of the instruments became a piano, removing the unique "PokéFlute lead" and how they ironically removed the "piano-like notes" that play at 0:59!
I think they should've kept this particular song closer to the original, only using pianos for the background notes; That's what I imagine those notes would be if played using samples.
@@XaneMyersAsh (4Kids): they should have that, WAHH LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO US IN OUR ANIME IT TERRIBLE. Unless remake was on GBA
@@XaneMyers A couple of great examples that prove this are Mt Pyre summit 8 bit remix and the Budew Drop Inn 8 bit remix
The GBA added those two dedicated channels that could play samples of real instruments and the music was never the same again, I personally feel like it got way to busy and all the different instruments make it harder to hear what's actually going on.
Pokemon never needed real instrument or a full orchestra, all it needed was the Gameboy which was it's own instrument. One they had clearly mastered when it came to GSC's OST
Like compare RBY's surf theme to GSC's surf theme and it's like going from literal ice cream truck music to something you could play at a wedding
I actually only played this game 3 years ago and yet here I am feeling so nostalgic about it. Can only imagine how those who played it 20 years ago feel. Must be hard to listen to without tearing up.
I played it 20 years ago and everything was different back then. I mean everything was different. The 90s and 2000s were awesome for kids growing up. I really feel like we had the best childhoods. The amount of hours playing this game and battling/trading with friends was really the fun part. And sometimes just playing alone was awesome enough. There wasn’t near as many games as we have now these days but the ones that were good still hold up these days. Pokémon is one of them, especially the first 3 gens. I lost Ruby as a kid and never got to experience the rest of the Pokémon series. I never got a new Ruby and it was literally the most soul crushing thing. All my friends moved on and I still had Pokémon Silver and Gold.
I'm 33 now. Still remember this beautiful tune
Rest in Peace Iwata
Now we understand
Dude this was months ago calm down lol
John Huffington *clearly you have not understood*
I can't believe it was 15 years ago, the first time I hear this song... I even spent so much time in this park because it was so good
gosh, I want to go back to my 11-12 years old. Or least I could visit myself and told them "cherish whatever you have now. Keep your gameboy and treasure it. You'll missed it someday when you're 25"
im crying from the feels
***** Gold and Silver aren't very expensive unless you want it in box.
I wish i could go back to the past and encounter with my kid self and tell him the same thing :( cherish every moment of your childhood little one and that thing in your hand, take good care of it and keep it forever with you, trust me it will make your kids happy the day you'll have one
KoeSeer I still have my gameboy.. And I‘m so glad I found this song here.... Tears leaving my eyes right now ...
Your Profile Picture slightly matches your comment.
Just one of those songs I just don’t wanna forget and never will forget
I'm 31. Almost 32 this fall. Been a Pokémon player since Gen I. I saw so many changes to that series. But to my heart, no game ever came close to Gen II and Gen IV's HGSS.
gen 1 and gen 2 were the very best and I can tolerate gen 3 but only the remakes FR and LG, otherwise everything after was a mistake
@@keepitsecret-dl1pr diamond and pearl have lots to offer, so have RSE, but after that it all drops down hard for me
ON GOD!!! gen 4 hgss and platinum was honestly the best experience ive had in a while, big fan of gen 4
Crying at keyboard at midnight because this. You guys, how am I going to become an adult when anything with even a hint of childhood nostalgia like this sends me into a crippling maudlin stupor? ..I'm not ready to grow up.
Neither i'm I. I share your feeling bro :'))
*****
:D I'm 14 years old.
Adults play Pokemon to revive their childhood, no?
Correct Ibiss Blaze
Ibiss Blaze
They also play it just because they love pokemon. Not to revive childhood. A lot are still childs.. just with a beard :)
And that is simply fantastic.
You ain gotta grow up, get up, stand up and then Live up.
There is definitely something that is lost from the evolution of 8 bit music to today's music in games. I love both.
UA-camUser damn, really had to make the comment edgy, huh?
@ I wouldn't necessarily say that about the music, but I definitely would about the graphics.
look at undertales,
its all technical restrictions,
both have their charm tho
this song is so beautiful
Its crazy, I can remember my old living room so vividly while listening to this
All the cheap candles my mom had all around the living room, The guitar hero sitting next to the TV
All my friends bikes right outside the house, My dads HUGE old windows XP computer in the corner
All because of a little tune i used to play on repeat as a kid
Music is some crazy stuff.
I miss being a kid.... this anxiety is too much.
Same. The reason I came here
I am 13 Years Old But I Can Understand You, Sir.
......
Samee
Men i understand you
Kaizier coronavirus
Lie down
Try not to cry
cry a lot
go back to PomHub you HIPPIE.
Teighlour Swyftte
pom pom way way way
Marabonbon hell yeah
It's okay. I thought we'd never see a perfect Pokemon game, but then Black and White came out. We're getting old and the only medicine is keeping youthful. MAYBE. Nostalgia hurts, but in a good way. Not like Indian burn marks but you get the idea. Anyway, Pokemon GSC covers one of the greatest eras to be alive due to its amazing RPG that I would contest is as good as Chrono Trigger and Rudra no Hihou. Thank you for posting this song, Namaste.
+Rutger Murphy I don't really think that Black and White are perfect games. I don't think there is a perfect Pokemon game and there probably never will be.
Turning 30 this month. I need the clock to rewind.
We didn't know we were making memories, we wre just having fun.
im 24 years old and remember playing this when I was 7. **Tears of joy***
damn time flew real quick...
I agree it feels like yesterday that i got my Kiwi green Gameboy Color with Gold & Crystal as a gift from my mother :(
what happened....
It just hit me that 2015 was already 5 years ago
my grandfather just passed today. Me and my sister were fight over Pokémon red on our last day in town and he took me to toys r us and got me Pokémon blue before we went back to the airport in 1999. He also got us gold and silver when in came back. Replaying the GB games bring me back to the best part of my childhood. Miss ya already, pop pop RIP
this will absolutely be one of the songs on my funeral playlist. it's been in my head since i was like 6, it seems fitting.
2:21 AM, the perfect hour to feel nostalgic, love this song since child.
GAH people on the internet really need to sleep. ._.
***** What's sleep?
Facepalm XD
Olvera Ivan reading your comment at exactly 2:21 AM 5 years later lol...still an incredibly nostalgic tune
2:21 AM six years later, look at that hahaha
This song makes me feel so nostalgic... sad because I realize that my childhood is over (long time ago, i'm 26 yo now, but it's like as if someone had thrown a stone at my head when I hear it)... happy because I had so much fun with this game. When I hear it now I have the sensation that I was really in that world some time, in person. A world without bad things, pure and happy. It's like a book that you really enjoy and you feel sad when it's over. Same thing. It's a feeling like i've been in that place, I had good times but it's over... move on to new priorities, new "adventures". Sad when we realize, everything is gone. We can download roms and emulators, but it's not the same, we have no time now, we have bills to pay, end everything else, we can't go anymore to that world, if u know what I mean, THAT is sad...
5 years later.. hows it going?
Hope all is well nowadays
Crazy I was reading comment and i related to it so much even then being the same age.. then I saw that it was typed 5 years ago.. damn how times flies
5 yrs later, we are 31 yo and still miss those days
@@stewardo Hey man! So many things happened... moved to Canada (I am from Brazil originally)... got married last year and got my Canadian PR last week... thank you for asking! I hope everything is ok with you too! Always think positively, believe in positive energy!!
adulthood is.. listening to this at random,
can't help but started to cry alot.
ohh.. the nostalgia, everything seemed so good back then.
I am just playing through all the old games.... red, yellow, silver, crystal.... and I am nearly 31.... it will never leave you once you played it for hundreds of hours during childhood.
when i first heard this song i was such a young kid.. i wasnt this person i am now. i miss who i was. im glad this music had such an impact on all of us. it's very bitter sweet and im grateful to feel these feelings. it reminds me how simple we can be and should be at times. we allow ourselves to get caught up in a lot of peoples bad energy and stress what we really should to is express ourselves with eachother more freely without the feeling of being judged. like when we were little kids who just played games, social class or anything didnt matter. id play pokemon with whomever reads this. love is real just dont let it kill your innocents
+Miles Scharp so true :')
Excuse me while I cry my room into a pool
thank you..
This is literally one of my all-time favorite themes to ever of come out of a Pokemon game. I used to sit and just run the game with my player standing in the National Park just so I could hear it. The hours spent, the adventures had, and memories made into my old copy of Pokemon Crystal will probably never be replicated by another Pokemon game, or any other game for that matter. People always criticize Pokemon games for being repetitive and boring, or a child's game, but not everyone can have the same great experience or say their experience was as memorable or awesome as mine.
This piece is truly the GBC era distilled. Nostalgia, reminiscence, relaxation. Just... cozy.
Fun fact, when I was young I never heard so much of that music because I always ride the bicycle when arriving in the park.
these tears dripping down my face represent my childhood.
25 yrs old and still listening to this... haha
I'm about to be 38. Played these games over 20 years ago for my brother, since my father didn't buy me games, because they were for boys(his reasoning was it's a Gameboy). Just another sad adult here, reminiscing about the past.
Same....I played Gold when I was 5 when it came out.... amazing game....since I didn't really travel during that time of my life, Gold gave me that sense of adventure....simpler and better times back then....
I am passing through a stressful part of my life, specially at work. I really miss the good old days when I was a kid and my only worry was school, I was happy and I didn't know it...
But even if I had the chance, I wouldn't go back to the past. I'm glad that my childhood happened. And that's the magic behind childhood, not living it, but remembering.
Nostalgia is such a deep feeling.
Same bro
The drop and 0:57 gets me every time!
Yeah exactly, I remember I'd stand in the National Park area for a few minutes just to listen to the song... funny thing though, I never got to that part while playing the game in the first playthroughs/years because I always had a pkmn-fight going on before that point or left the area xD
The part where you stop being sad and move on.
Everyone was busy playing soul silver, generation 4. I was still playing og silver/gold… peak game.
Wow what an amazing song. It’s melancholy, ominous and welcoming. It makes you feel a certain way. It’s difficult to describe.
For those scared of time itself and growing up, progression never dies, we can always hold onto the past.
I forgot how beautiful this was... I didn't think I'd cry, but I am.
Quick claw
im just a 13 year old kid, my life is sad most of the time, and i know people have it way harder then me. ive been bullied alot and im a social outcast, i only have two friends and one of them is popular. and despite all of this, when i listen at this music for a RPG game meant for 10 year olds, i feel complete and better. i think about how middle school drama doesnt matter in my future life. i should just live my life to the fullest, and be a good person. this music made me cry
I hope you're doing ok. As a 31 year old my advice is to try your best not to let it make you bitter. It sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders.
This is, was, and always will be one of the best video game tracks ever. How does it feel so perfectly somber, sad, and happy? I know it's not just nostalgia. I always felt this way about this song. I used to load up my game and go stand in the national park just to listen to this jam. *Praise the person who wrote this score.*
I just wanted to write a comment worded almost the same as you did yours. This theme does a completely amazing job at combining a sad, happy and soothing feeling all at once. I cant really comprehend it either to be honest.
When people say it’s just a game. Get over it. Like no I had so many memories come back while listening to this theme. The nostalgia and freedom of being a kid no worries just a kid enjoying life. Now we’re all adults with responsibilities and struggles..
I’m far from the only one who has precious memories playing Pokémon Gold and Silver. It’s a game that I still love today. As an adult, however, it’s a game I always play faster and with more imposed challenges. It’s a game I know inside and out. I miss the days when it was mysterious, when I’d boot it up just to hang out in the world. When day becoming night was magical. When the unknown was around every corner and every schoolyard rumor could have been true.
seeing all the people here grow up, from gsc, i guess i still have a lot of time to cherish, and time to grow. i'm not even that old of a person, definitely not legal yet, so... to all the people that wrote your experiences, a warm good morning, and thanks for giving your experiences.
i remember being 4 years old not knowing you could save the game (or what that even was) and getting to the national park in one session during a car trip to new hampshire. I battled sudowoodo shortly after this and turned my game off, losing all of my progress. as soon as i turned it back on i wanted to get back to this area for the music alone. 4 year old me was overcome with a sense of ease when listening to this. this is by far my favorite music track from any pokemon game not only because of how good the music is, but because of the nostalgia it brings. here i am at 22 listening to this again, and remembering that car trip like it was yesterday. as we grow older we tend to forget things from our youth, our lives become more mundane, predictable and we lose the wonder and curiosity we had as kids. i'm not in the best of health nowadays but this song never fails to bring me back to that car trip where my biggest issue in life was trying to get back to the national park to hear this song. hang on to your childhood people, you'll never have another :/
Sometimes I've gone to the park just to listen to that music.
Satoru Iwata, the man responsible for this, the greatest generation and for countless fond childhood memories. I didn’t know your name till now, but rest with the knowledge that you brought countless wonderful memories to children and adults throughout the world and no matter where we are, we’ll never forgot those memories, nor will they fail to remind us of happier times. God bless you ❤️ ✝️
I couldn’t have expressed it better. God Bless everyone in this comment section and Mr. Iwata. I don’t think he knows how much we appreciate what he did for us. The man is responsible for us having a good childhood in these games
Iwata rip we will miss you forever but we will never forget you
AlexG If you mean that Iwata helped program the game, well yes, because the songs were made by other people, just in case I say so.
@@DomingoGarciaRD Yes, more specifically Go Ichinose
Beyond the nostalgia and stuff this song is just a beautiful composition. The rhythms and counter melodies, the bass line, that adorable little snare and high hat.
It’s all so gorgeous and perfectly sets the vibe for the lush serene garden they envisioned for the game.
Now this is a master piece of video game music.
I remember waking up on Sundays as a kid trying to catch a Scyther on Pokémon Crystal during the bug catching day. Happier times.
It’s gonna be okay.
You made me cry, seriously, tank you so much ❤
I keep telling myself that but it really isn’t okay.
I don’t know if anyone is going to read this or if this will be shoved into the sea of sad adults, but I’m 12 and I remember playing this game when I was 9 when I found how to play this game in an emulator a year after an emulator I used before for emerald was shut down. I remember I was so happy when I played these old Pokémon games. Good times, when I played animal crossing city folk and sun and moon, and was so happy. I replayed this game when I turned 11 in 2021, and now we are in 2023. I miss the good days, everything’s falling apart now.
My God, this song. It is just so peaceful, and majestic. I would say this is one of my favorite in the game, right up there with the Ice Path, Champion Lance, the Kanto Wild Encounter Theme, and of course Route 27 and 28.
I used to hang out a lot here and parking my character at the left side between the trees. This music was just so relaxing.
31 years old and i still feel like the first time that i played S/G/C
I love this song. Pokemon Gold/Silver were the best of the series, in my opinion, and the last of the games that I really took seriously. I remember those days, getting up on Saturday, eating a bowl of cereal, watching the latest episode of the Pokemon anime on Kids WB, then getting on my bike to go to a friend's house to play Gen 1 and Gen 2 on Gameboy Color.
If I could do it all over again, I would tell myself to cherish these moments, but don't spend so much time gaming.
Cheers to fuckin Gen 2 guys. What an era to live through
Memories of me being amazed at the fact you could physically cut the grass around with that hm and totally flattened this park multiple times haha
Lol same!
When I was a kid, I totally missed the opportunity of playing Pokemon. I preferred super Mario, not only to realize now that it's a much better game, that I would have loved, but now, it's too late. I won't enjoy it as much as I could have.
God bless you Iwata, you created not one masterpiece, you created many, that made even more people's days. And Childhoods. Even if this wasn't entirely my case, I still miss him. We all do, right? Have a nice day.
Beautiful music and memories. Don't let it die, play them again, relive this moment with the adult consciousness. I'm 29, teach martial arts, and every year I play an old pokemon game during summer holidays. This year is Crystal time. 😺
Never knew it was in a pokeball shape. XD
It IS difficult to tell, because of the small screen size of the GBC! But, there's another, like this, too! Whitney's gym is set out to look like a Clefairy!
You know now
more like an unown shape
Looks kinda like a Porygon Z to me :/
MrWalalaa get the hell out
It's actually amazing that they managed to make a theme like this that sounded nostalgic the day the game was released. Time flies by
I lost my copy of Ruby when I was a kid and I never got into any games after that, we weren’t rich and I just had the original gen 1 and gen 2 games. It was pretty soul crushing losing that Ruby game but I still had Silver and Gold. My cousin had crystal and I went to his house to play it and he had all the legendary dogs. It was super cool because my cousins also traded with each other and they were the same age. So it was like a whole new level of experience playing these games with like 3 other people in the room. I know I keep coming back here to read comments and listen to the music but man I can’t get over how amazing it is!!!
Something about listening to this as adult hits differently, I remember playing Pokémon crystal on the game boy color 16 years ago… wow times does fly
My brother and me started playing Gold and Silver when we were just 5 and 3 years old. I remember how, back then, we didn‘t even know how to save the game, so we had to restart it over and over again, for like 50 times, until an older friend showed it to us :‘D