I still remember your old remixes, like the ones for Light Yellow and Blaze Red. You have made an enormous leap in quality ever since! 😁 I hope that everything turns out well in your favor, especially with Article 13 being a big problem.
Will you keep doing mashups anyway? If you will, I would like one of this theme (Let's Go version) and the World Championship theme (XY and ORAS version)
@@kai_jay7 Well thing is most people don't want there Rival to be there friend there want them to be a hated enemy that there can feel miserable by making them choke on there own smugness. But even for friendly rivals are some just more boring than others like the Gen 4 Rival is certainly your friend but he has a certain edge to him and certainly is someone that you don't feel bad for for stomping into the ground. Rivals like lets say Hop do some of the older players feel downright sad for having to beat them up.
I think the Black and White version is the best, followed by Fire red and leaf green. Imagine it's the Pokemon world tournament, you enter from one side of the stadium having made it to the finals, and across the battlefield, you see his silouhette walking up and here that theme blaring from an orchestra in the stands? Chills.
This is NOT the best variation of Blue's theme. That still goes to Fire Red/Leaf Green. This one is good and probably the second best version, but still doesn't match the intensity of FR/LG
Hey Red! I was looking forward to seeing you Red. My Rival should be strong to keep me sharp. While working on my Pokedex, I looked all over for Pokemon. Not only that I assembled teams that would beat any Pokemon type. And now... I'm the Pokemon League Champion! Red, do you know what that means? I'll tell you. *I'M THE MOST POWERFUL TRAINER IN THE WORLD*
Blue: smart with his team and has a plan for each type Trace: “hmm no forget about those fourth move slots those aren’t important Quick Attack will surely get them”
@The Weavile bruh blue alakazam can whoop lance whole team since in gen 1 psychic type was the most broken thing ever and even just 1 decent ice type move could 1 hko those weirdly leveled dragonite's
Mega Pidgeot fits perfectly as the rival’s signature. Also goes well with this orchestralish remix from the original R/G/B. Props to Gamefreak for keeping this music.
@Dark Fairy He's the BEST example I've seen! In Gen 3, the "friendly rival" was too awkward. In Gen 4, he was too shy (remember, he's supposed to have been your bff for a while, so why is he being so shy towards the player????). In Gen 5, IDK, haven't seen any of it. Gen 6, same. Gen 7, Hau was just annoying and overbearing. Trace, however, while he's a bit overbearing like Hau, he's nowhere near as cheery, and isn't _literally fucking happy to lose, like Hau is._ Regardless, I love all of the friendly rivals, because that's what a TRUE rivalry is. I would enjoy playing against someone who is like Trace simply because he's battling for the fun of it. Managing to beat the Pokémon League with a team of 6 Pokémon that eah only know 3 moves is a better accomplishment than any champion before him, and is a lot more than can be said for Gary...who's only accomplishment is winning while using a Charizard against Lorelei. Gary is not a rival. He's an enemy. He's the one who just stands in my way. -And if my Genocide Runs have taught me anything, it's that the character designed to stand in my way has -_-something else-_- coming for them.-
RasenRendan X I started to read it alongside with the champion theme and it just feel epic. Best of lucks, you’re work it’s outstanding. I always thought that the themes were ripped out of the ost
The Virgin Trace *Named after an ability *The E4 were probably taking a day off when he beat 'em * Only has 3 moves on all his mons *A vastly inferior team compared to blue * Meh personality The Chad Blue *Named after a color *Is the grandson of one of the most respected authorities on pokemon research *Beat the E4 easily *Current record holder for RBY speedrun *Gym leader of viridian city *Excellent roster of mons including half a dozen Megas and a pseudo-legendary *Great character development *He smells us later
Actually, the Any% speedrun of RBY can be done without encountering Blue (or even leaving your room to begin with, so He's still in Pallet Town) so he can't have the world record.
@@Rayuzx Blue is a part of the game and is therefore able to manipulate and glitch through it faster than the player as he doesn't need to do any inputs, simply travel through the transistors at the speed of light
if anyone want to call blue , green , first now there is a character called green , and second i'll make them learn all the pokemon name in japanese if they so want to give blue his japanese name.
I may plan to make a special theme for Red in let's go style but also Steven. I've got some imagination from Shota Kageyama perspective as to how it should be created. I see what I can do but as you know I'm already busy on my first channel. ^^' Ha ha..
Honestly I don't understand why people call actual blue a jerk or a bitch, he always has felt like a true bro relationship to me, you get into like a fight with them and call eachother racial slurs, but like an hour later you're bros again
@@rayscene5887 In rse he only has 4 weak Pokémon (if your starter is Mudkip or Torchic he has a SLUGMA) and his starter isn't even fully evolved. (just like May)
Even though Trace's battle is a joke, this music really settles the final battle between your friendship (it's not that intense, but still, it's something powerful)
But they could have made him a good character and challenging. If those two things were there the hate would not be here (or weaker) but our character is our silen protagonist who you who you can change team to good.
@Koria Borein There's no need to be technical, actually! Every different region has a different champion theme, not just Lance and Red. Since Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee has Trace has the champion, you're going to battle him with a remix of the Kanto champion theme playing in the background. This is the same reason why Wallace gets Steven's champion theme in Emerald, for example: because he literally stands in the same spot, and has the same role. So, yeah, hate or love, it's… pretty normal that the final battle against Trace has this theme, is all. I don't particularily like him, either, but I'm really surprised so many people didn't expect a remix of this theme to come back in another Kanto remake.
I can understand Hau's character development in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, making stronger and becoming the champion of Alola before you can even get to the Pokémon League... ...what I DON'T understand is how *this* little neckpain can just automatically take Blue's spot in the throne of "Rival", thus making HIM the champion of Kanto.
@@Swarps Actually he kinda was since he did defeated the elite four probably either before or after we defeated them. And nobody was the champion in alola at the time, so it was just him vs us. Of course we did defeated him, making us champion.
@@dynamiteexe8658 but we sat in the champion's throne, before he even got inside the room, so wouldn't that mean that we were the first champion of alola and not Hau? I dunno I think that like blue, we waited inside the room for challengers cuz technically blue was champion for like, ten minutes as everybody else said before losing and giving that title to red.
Don’t play the og red and blue first, you’ll probably be more used to firered and leafgreen, because og red and blue worked a lot differently. Also red and blue are the best games excluding emerald, platinum, hgss, b+w and magikarp jump
@@WZDRIP im not sure if this is serious or not, but red and blue are not nearly the best games lol. if you want the original pokemon experience but without as many glitches or jank, play g/s/c
@Gamer Micah idk about that his Pokémon team composition isn’t that bad. Mega Pidgeot is a good start to shock you. Rapidash is a fast Fire type Vileplume and Slowbro can set up screens and are tanks. Marowak is a fast attacker. Raichu is a really good Pokémon in general. His AI is actually good. Unlike D/P Cynthia, Diantha, Steven. The only part that is bad is that you can sweep with your pikachu/eevee if you feel like it.
Everybody hate Trace, but I feel like he's an okay character. He's a great friend actually even if he's a little weird at times. And not annoying and arrogant like Blue.
Correction to everyone thinking that this “Blue Imposter” stole “Blue’s Theme”, it’s the KANTO CHAMPION’S theme, therefore whoever takes ownership to be the Kanto champion, uses this theme.
The thing about Champion themes is though that they all in some way reflect the Champ's personality, and this one represented Blue so well. It wouldnt have been difficult to just give this kid a theme that fits him better. It's really no surprise that people dont like this.
At least you're nice enough to put the warning sign in the thumbnail. Everyone else just slaps the kid there. It's why I try to avoid UA-cam when a new Pokémon game comes out, but Spoilers are hard to avoid when it's the first thing you see when you open up the page. Thank you.
Idk I really liked the Rival in this one. It felt more like an actual friend that wants you to do really good, and you want him to do good as well. Was so much fun fighting him!
Thats kinda why most people hate these new rivals. Because truth be told, they are NOT rivals. They are just your "buddy" that you battle because the game forces you, even though you could care less about them. They aren't rivals who try to overtake you, and become better than you in every way possible, they are just dumb friends.
@@raelanimates8829 Yeah that makes sense. Like, I really loved Nemona in the new one, but I understand that a lot of people might not like her since she’s pretty one note and just wants to battle and see you do well. I found her really funny tho lol, and it was so fun to finally fight her at the end and have her be so happy that I beat her genuinely.
Yeah but how did he get 2 accurately leveled Pokemon you can't even catch in Victory Road in those 10 minutes of travel time before the Elite 4? Hell, where'd he get the Pidgeotite?
In my opinion at least he actually OWNED a mega pokemon. He seems tough as well. Tbh he could be buffed. Anyhoo. If I had a rival like him then I wouldn't mind. It would still feel like a real final battle either way. Its always your rival as champion. In Kanto at least.
For all those still claiming that this is "Blue's" Theme, remember, its actually used as the "World Champion" theme, used in the finals of big official, competitive tournaments. So, yeah, both Trace and Blue use this theme.
The World Champion Theme, is a remade version of Blue's theme why? Because it pays homage to what Blue says when you face him. "You know what this means? i'm the most powerful trainer in the world!" Hence why they made it the World Championship theme you know the place where you'll find out who's the most powerful trainer in the world? No matter how you slice it is Blue's theme. They should have given Trace his own theme in all honesty rather than take away the Theme that has consistently throughout the years belonged to Blue rather it be his Rival/Champion theme or his theme in the PWT or HGSS. But they did it for nostalgic pandering
I get impressed every time I see people remix this track. Can you believe this was made for a four-channel device, consisting of two square waves, a programmable wave table and a noise generator? The wave table was a 4-bit wave sample channel, which means the capacity to generate 16 types of sound, little more than the 12 existing notes. Each of those channels had a length counter to silence the channel after a preset time, that's how they used to handle notes duration. And yes... those guys made this track in such a system. Human existence is sometimes divine.
Geez so much dislike.... so what that it isn't blue as champion... this theme isn't his theme... it's the Champions theme... people really need to take off the nostalgia glasses off
It's been the Gen 1 champion theme and the World Championship theme. Prior to Let's Go, the Gen 1 champion has always been Blue, and as such, Blue was the only NPC to have this theme. The only times Blue didn't have this theme was when he was a gym leader in GSC and HGSS, and when he shared a theme with Red in USM. For more of an opinion, I still consider the Gen 3 champion theme to be Steven's, even though Wallace was the champion in Emerald and Steven used the rival theme in that game.
NOOOOOOOOOOO MY BOIIIII luckily i downloaded some of your masterpieces(songs from a few years back till now) music really brings me back childhood memories
Hot take: I like Trace more than Blue as a rival. I like Blue when he’s a mentor character, but he’s kinda boring as a rival. I replayed Red a while back and he’s not even a jerk like everyone remembers, just a bit snarky. He even gives you friendly advice after you battle him. He doesn’t really get pushy or anything until right before the league. Because characterization in the early gens was very limited, Blue was very much up for interpretation, and the Pokémon Company saw how the anime made Gary a jerk and just sort of ran with it. Plus, he’s never really involved with the overarching plot of the game, only showing up at Silph Co. because I guess he happened to be there when the raid happened, and then he just battles you and leaves. Meanwhile Trace goes through a character arc, and plays a part during Rocket story events too, with his involvement in the Lavender Town segment playing a pivotal role in his development. Also, why do people dunk on his team so hard? This is literally the kind of team we the player would beat the game with. If I can be Champion with a team of (using my team from White, the first mainline game I ever played, as an example) Samurott, Unfeazant, Emolga, Durant, Mienfoo, and what would’ve been Axew if Zekrom wasn’t a story requirement for the N fight, then how is Trace’s team not worthy?
The kanto champion deserves this theme. Blues theme is his encounter music not this one. We also wouldn’t have gotten this sick remix if we got another theme.
I know it's supposed to be the Kanto champion theme, not Blue's, but it just fits Blue so much in terms of his personality and rivalry with the player character. I wish Trace had an original theme. Also FRLG remix of the champion theme is still better, change my mind.
Ok but like imagine we have this type of friend type rival: -You and this rival have been friend since childhood and you both now finally get your own Pokémon. -It’s noted by the rival in joking way that they beat our MC many times in the past through trivia things like games or activity. Showing that our rival is very competitive driven. -The rival get the type advantages to yours. The rival is shown to be shock but try to say that MC won through luck (behind a smile in a jokingly way) because their starters don’t have their elemental moves yet. -At their second battle where we won again, the rival is seen to be a bit frustrated but still try to hide behind the smile. -In the third battle, they have completely lost it and this is shown through their Pokémon that knows “Frustration”. This is where your rival completely hates you. -Next time you see them, they have joined the evil team in order to seek more power. You have to battle them which snapped them out of their anger. -The next time you see them, they have apologized and completely changed. They can show this by instead of having “Frustration” as the move. It now have “Return”.
At least he actually helped out in the story, even if it's only a single, really easy Duo battle against the Rocket second-in-charge and a Grunt you can easily handle yourself.
@@CriminalGamingHimself supposedly he also held off the Rockets that were coming while the player faces Giovanni, so he did more than people give him credit for.
Out of experience I can say in complete honesty he's easier than Bruno unless you're out of healing items. I'm starting to miss Cynthia's difficulty...
@Ian Morris Atleast she had that Garchomp. This guy's strongest Pokémon is in Underused, maybe even Rarely Used by now. He has 2 Screen users for some reason as well.
In the lets go games, I always saw this as OUR theme. As trace was way too nice and all we did was beat up his mons. And in SWSH we crushed hops dreams to pieces. Kinda feel like we are the rival.
*Story Time* I had to beat this guy with the rest of my team at Level 49 and my Eevee at level 56, I tried Playing along with him when he put his *Mega Pidgeot* on game by Mega Evolving Charizard only to get One shoted by an Air Slash, After Barely Surviving with Blastoise, I switched to Eevee and Slowly but steady defeated Pidgeot, *Raichu* , Eevee Struggled a bit because of his Thunder Spam, but a Few Hyper Potions and Full restores did the trick, *Vileplume* , She just did a Solar Beam and death to Sizzly slide Spam, *Rapidash* , Best Part of the run, Free Heal from Bouncy Bubble, *Marowak* ? Same story after I learned Ground is weak to Water and than, Than the *Slowbro* , He wasn't hard however because of Him it took me more time to finish the Job, being Baddy Bad his Weakness, whoever it dealed Waaaaaay to Little damage, so I had to rely on Sizzly slide to make him Burned and a Little bit of a Glitzy Glow did the Thing. At the end of the Fight I Ran out of Hyper Potions and Max Potions, and i Only had 1 Full restore so, Eevee and the rest of my team combined had been in Red at least 17 times
Your decision to stop uploading route and town music has greatly saddened me. I love how much effort you put into the presentation of your videos and having those for routes and towns was a real treat.
this was the first pokemon i played and with Eevee named cream puff with buzzy buzz by my side i knew i coulldnt lose. but that raichu defeated me and that. that was a cool feeling somehow he finally caught up to me and pokemon games since then have been a big part of my life
@@alventuradelacruz522 Agree, although you can make with enough work and skills (like any character) a interesting friendly rival. Look Hop is a god example in my opinion.
98% of comments: Roasting Trace and calling Blue a Chad. 1% of comments: mentioning the hate they see for Trace. The final 1%: People who truly think Trace is a good rival like myself.
Hi! You need to check the description! This is quite important for all of you!
Have a great day!
I respect your decision bro. I'm just thankful for all the work you done. Ur channel is amazing
This song is very awesome!
I still remember your old remixes, like the ones for Light Yellow and Blaze Red. You have made an enormous leap in quality ever since! 😁
I hope that everything turns out well in your favor, especially with Article 13 being a big problem.
Will you keep doing mashups anyway? If you will, I would like one of this theme (Let's Go version) and the World Championship theme (XY and ORAS version)
I understand tour decision, Andrés i respect it
Me: Mom can we have Blue?
Mom: No we have Blue at home
Blue at home:
Philosoraptor hahahahahahahahahahajaahaaha
Stares at mega pigeot
:/
Lol i 1-hitted his mega pidgeot with pikachu's thunder
XP joke
@Alexis Eronmwon it's nots that's wimps theme it's *HIS* theme
How dare you stand where he once stood....
How? by having adopted the Lavender's Cubone and turning it into a Marowak
@@leonardofarias8843 such a feat
Harry Potter quote?
Unforgivable...
What's the matter?
*YOU ARE CHALLENGED BY CHAMPION TIMMY TURNER*
Lets make this the top comment
HOLY SHIT SOO MANY LIKES
lol that caught me off guard
Trace is very mad now 😂😂
@@stevenstone9139 *TELL ME PRETTY*
I love the mass of hatred for trace who's deadass just a normal dude who likes pokemon
For real tho like... If trace was real he would be your best friend. If Blue was real you would hate him with a passion.
@@kai_jay7 No
@@jadapinkett1656 yes
@@jadapinkett1656 that's yes, fuk off ass, cry somewhere else
@@kai_jay7 Well thing is most people don't want there Rival to be there friend there want them to be a hated enemy that there can feel miserable by making them choke on there own smugness.
But even for friendly rivals are some just more boring than others like the Gen 4 Rival is certainly your friend but he has a certain edge to him and certainly is someone that you don't feel bad for for stomping into the ground.
Rivals like lets say Hop do some of the older players feel downright sad for having to beat them up.
Everybody is complaining about the new champion, but nobody is talking about how good this track is
Which is just the same track used for Blue's champion battle, but remastered
@pabs8897it’s better lol
@@mainstreamanime9484 b&w 2 blue theme are the real banger
@@billylie3217 poor taste
@pabs I think it's better than FRLG version but not as good as the OG version
Man, how did Not Blue get the best variation of Blue's theme?
Alphaaaaaaaa
I think the Black and White version is the best, followed by Fire red and leaf green. Imagine it's the Pokemon world tournament, you enter from one side of the stadium having made it to the finals, and across the battlefield, you see his silouhette walking up and here that theme blaring from an orchestra in the stands? Chills.
Mmmm...I have a question , what characters is your avatar Heroofemblem?
This is NOT the best variation of Blue's theme. That still goes to Fire Red/Leaf Green. This one is good and probably the second best version, but still doesn't match the intensity of FR/LG
Alphaaaaaaaaaaa gang
Blue: *Pulls out Blastoise*
Rival: The future is now, old man. *Pulls out Mega Pidgeot*
I mean it’s up for debate whether his cannon starter is Blastoise or Charizard.
Blue's Blastoise or even his normal Pidgeot would probably even beat that mega Pidgeot ngl Lmao.
@user-wu8qc9bb3e and it's not even close too, especially when Blastoise could just use Shell Smash + Ice Beam or any Ice type move
Trace reminds me of red
Dont forgot blue have a mega blastoise so...
Hey Red!
I was looking forward to seeing you Red.
My Rival should be strong to keep me sharp.
While working on my Pokedex, I looked all over for Pokemon.
Not only that I assembled teams that would beat any Pokemon type.
And now...
I'm the Pokemon League Champion!
Red, do you know what that means?
I'll tell you.
*I'M THE MOST POWERFUL TRAINER IN THE WORLD*
*snorts now
Don't you mean strongest in the region, Blue?
@@saysaythegreat it's Blue!
@@ShadowSkyX look pal, I was in the world tournament for a reason!
@@lucien_x2 Red?!
Mew!!!!
This child... This friendly "rival" ... Doesn't deserve HIS theme. Still a good remix tho
I should be champ!
Right. Blue should have been champion, but I see Blues responsibilities as a gym leader.
@@shaneknight1489 but being a gym leader is boring with Jimmy and his Rattata!
@@TLG_Luke he didn't die. He is simply a pathetic Pokemon and his stats are crap late game. I knew I could have more potential.
@@TLG_Luke I suppose so....let's do it
Blue: smart with his team and has a plan for each type
Trace: “hmm no forget about those fourth move slots those aren’t important Quick Attack will surely get them”
@The Weavile still a bootleg blue and he beat lance thanks to plot if not lance would've wooped him with 1 pokemon.
@The Weavile bruh blue alakazam can whoop lance whole team since in gen 1 psychic type was the most broken thing ever and even just 1 decent ice type move could 1 hko those weirdly leveled dragonite's
@The Weavile while trace team is just trash his pokemon only got 3 moves????? His strongest pokemon is a mega pidgeot who sucks even more??
If it wasn't because of plot trying to remake the 1 gen feelings he wouldn't even get pass the first e4
Nor beat the 8th gym
Mega Pidgeot fits perfectly as the rival’s signature. Also goes well with this orchestralish remix from the original R/G/B. Props to Gamefreak for keeping this music.
The hate this rival get is actually kinda funny. He's really not that bad. Worst id say he is is just generic.
And that's why he gets the hate.
@Dark Fairy He's the BEST example I've seen! In Gen 3, the "friendly rival" was too awkward. In Gen 4, he was too shy (remember, he's supposed to have been your bff for a while, so why is he being so shy towards the player????). In Gen 5, IDK, haven't seen any of it. Gen 6, same. Gen 7, Hau was just annoying and overbearing. Trace, however, while he's a bit overbearing like Hau, he's nowhere near as cheery, and isn't _literally fucking happy to lose, like Hau is._
Regardless, I love all of the friendly rivals, because that's what a TRUE rivalry is.
I would enjoy playing against someone who is like Trace simply because he's battling for the fun of it. Managing to beat the Pokémon League with a team of 6 Pokémon that eah only know 3 moves is a better accomplishment than any champion before him, and is a lot more than can be said for Gary...who's only accomplishment is winning while using a Charizard against Lorelei.
Gary is not a rival. He's an enemy. He's the one who just stands in my way. -And if my Genocide Runs have taught me anything, it's that the character designed to stand in my way has -_-something else-_- coming for them.-
Birdstar at least Barry threw down when he needed to. For a guy that gets around he knows how to make a fairly strong team.
@@SnoFitzroy
Bruh, i think you cant accept that people have difererent opinions, and that includes of what a rival is supose to be.
Mauricio Aguilar You're allowed to be wrong and a dumbass.
Everyone read the description. Its actually really important. Respect the uploader's decision.
RasenRendan X I started to read it alongside with the champion theme and it just feel epic. Best of lucks, you’re work it’s outstanding. I always thought that the themes were ripped out of the ost
TL;DR
TL;DR
@Pabs it’s really not that bad compared to other things you’ve probably read
I don't respect the uploader's decision and it's not really important.
The Virgin Trace
*Named after an ability
*The E4 were probably taking a day off when he beat 'em
* Only has 3 moves on all his mons
*A vastly inferior team compared to blue
* Meh personality
The Chad Blue
*Named after a color
*Is the grandson of one of the most respected authorities on pokemon research
*Beat the E4 easily
*Current record holder for RBY speedrun
*Gym leader of viridian city
*Excellent roster of mons including half a dozen Megas and a pseudo-legendary
*Great character development
*He smells us later
Actually, the Any% speedrun of RBY can be done without encountering Blue (or even leaving your room to begin with, so He's still in Pallet Town) so he can't have the world record.
@@Rayuzx It can be done in 51 seconds.
Trace>ur fav
@@Rayuzx Blue is a part of the game and is therefore able to manipulate and glitch through it faster than the player as he doesn't need to do any inputs, simply travel through the transistors at the speed of light
@@PandoraSwag trace just doesn’t feel like a rival, and he doesn’t even smell us later like blue did
Let’s be real
Does this friendly rival deserve blue/greens music?
I think not
Honestly it looks like he could be the new preschooler sprite
I think you're being rude.
You speak the truth
@@RF-lv8ty No he isn't.
He does
if anyone want to call blue , green , first now there is a character called green , and second i'll make them learn all the pokemon name in japanese if they so want to give blue his japanese name.
Everyone complaining about this not being reserved for Blue probably forgot that Red's theme in GSC was also Lance's theme.
Ben Is Always Sleepy Lance is cool though this guy on the other hand ehhh
@@Gresh-cq7ds You've got that backwards. Lance is a footnote in an encyclopedia at best. Trace encapsulates what a real rival is.
Or Wallace
@@SnoFitzroy uh what? How in any way is Trace a real rival? He is just nice friendly dude
Atleast red and lance are both badass
I may plan to make a special theme for Red in let's go style but also Steven. I've got some imagination from Shota Kageyama perspective as to how it should be created.
I see what I can do but as you know I'm already busy on my first channel. ^^' Ha ha..
Like a remix of the mt. Silver red. That indeed I would always treasure in my heart.
Red...
Yess
That Mega Pidgeot nearly decimated me. Was not prepped for that
*laughs in Mega Charizard with thunder punch*
Glad to hear that Trace wasn't a pushover for everyone, as hard as it is to imagine.
ikr like I did not expect it to be a mega at all
@@sentientmustache8360 um okay
Me with partner pikachu:
Now sure,Trace's personality is just being way too nice,but you gotta admit,he'd be a good irl bro and has a pretty decent team,despite being easy.
Honestly I don't understand why people call actual blue a jerk or a bitch, he always has felt like a true bro relationship to me, you get into like a fight with them and call eachother racial slurs, but like an hour later you're bros again
So, nobody's going to talk about how he named his rival mixeli?
lol
Aparrently not, everyone's too busy beating up on Trace for being our rival lol
This theme is similar to Diantha's theme: It would sound alot better if the fight was actually challenging.
Wait isn’t he Mixeli? Lol
cavalo
@@adamyusuf1805 no its pokeli mixeli in another youtubeer
Even Diantha could defeat this little man.
Crystal Harvok Brendan*
If you want to talk about a weak trainer, talk about Brendan. He is totally incompetent.
Ouch
Brendan? wtf.
@@Hibiki_Ganana why brendan of all?
@@rayscene5887 In rse he only has 4 weak Pokémon (if your starter is Mudkip or Torchic he has a SLUGMA) and his starter isn't even fully evolved. (just like May)
Even though Trace's battle is a joke, this music really settles the final battle between your friendship (it's not that intense, but still, it's something powerful)
Everyone out here is really shitting on Trace just for not being Blue when we aren't even Red. Geez guys.
True.
But they could have made him a good character and challenging. If those two things were there the hate would not be here (or weaker) but our character is our silen protagonist who you who you can change team to good.
PyroKnight95 I don’t hate Trace but I felt he may have been lacking in character somewhat now that I think about it
Ngl Chase and Elaine dont even look kanto
@@WahoaYeetusDeeletus yeah they're WAY to cute for Kanto
I want to thanks everyone for the support, I know I'm not always here because I'm alwys busy but I truly still apreciate your support! :)
How does this have so less likes
This disappoints me. Your "friendly rival" should have his own theme.
*Not Blue's Freaking Theme*
It’s *ChAmPiOnS tHeMe TaKe ThOsE nOsTaLgIc GlAsSeS oFf*
@@fullmoonxxxx nope Blue wants his theme back and I agree the new champ is trash
Still a cool remix of the champion theme, though.
@Koria Borein There's no need to be technical, actually! Every different region has a different champion theme, not just Lance and Red. Since Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee has Trace has the champion, you're going to battle him with a remix of the Kanto champion theme playing in the background. This is the same reason why Wallace gets Steven's champion theme in Emerald, for example: because he literally stands in the same spot, and has the same role.
So, yeah, hate or love, it's… pretty normal that the final battle against Trace has this theme, is all. I don't particularily like him, either, but I'm really surprised so many people didn't expect a remix of this theme to come back in another Kanto remake.
Assassin Gamer 76 R/B/G/Y/LG/FR Blue Called, he wants his theme back
I can understand Hau's character development in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, making stronger and becoming the champion of Alola before you can even get to the Pokémon League...
...what I DON'T understand is how *this* little neckpain can just automatically take Blue's spot in the throne of "Rival", thus making HIM the champion of Kanto.
Hau doesn't even become the champion, what are you talking about.
@@Swarps Actually he kinda was since he did defeated the elite four probably either before or after we defeated them. And nobody was the champion in alola at the time, so it was just him vs us. Of course we did defeated him, making us champion.
Hop was a good rival, equal to, if not better than Hau.
There, I said it.
@@starthing1255 And i respect you for saying that.
@@dynamiteexe8658 but we sat in the champion's throne, before he even got inside the room, so wouldn't that mean that we were the first champion of alola and not Hau? I dunno I think that like blue, we waited inside the room for challengers cuz technically blue was champion for like, ten minutes as everybody else said before losing and giving that title to red.
"Ella (Pikachu) toughed it out so you wouldn't feel sad!"
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Glad they kept the OG theme, wouldn't be the Kanto champion without it
What about Lance?
@The Weavile I meant Lance has his own champion theme in Gen 2, because Gen 1 theme is different.
BladeXRG Lance isn’t Kanto’s champion.
This is indeed a good gift for my birthday today. Thanks a lot ,Pokeli! Love you lots!
Happy Birthday!
@@gabe382 thanks bro !
Amar Hashmi Happy BD🎂🎁🎉👑👒💄👗🌂👙🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊
I may be 8 months late, but happy birthday
This rival and this theme deserve More love
Donate to the Trace foundation today
Hate on this rival all you want but he has the best version of blue's theme.
It’s odd to say that I LOVE how he’s drawn
This is a theme that always gets my adrenaline pumping. And I didn't even play Red and Blue! This was my first taste of Kanto in game form
Don’t play the og red and blue first, you’ll probably be more used to firered and leafgreen, because og red and blue worked a lot differently. Also red and blue are the best games excluding emerald, platinum, hgss, b+w and magikarp jump
@@WZDRIP im not sure if this is serious or not, but red and blue are not nearly the best games lol. if you want the original pokemon experience but without as many glitches or jank, play g/s/c
@@WZDRIPknow i'm a year late but when there's like 23 games you list after saying "this is the best game excluding _" it' sounds a bit funny
Y'all clown on him but his AI is smarter than most people playing this game
No
Alas that comes with the price of only 3 moves on all his mons
Lmao, true
That's really not saying much to be fair
@Gamer Micah idk about that his Pokémon team composition isn’t that bad.
Mega Pidgeot is a good start to shock you.
Rapidash is a fast Fire type
Vileplume and Slowbro can set up screens and are tanks.
Marowak is a fast attacker.
Raichu is a really good Pokémon in general.
His AI is actually good. Unlike D/P Cynthia, Diantha, Steven.
The only part that is bad is that you can sweep with your pikachu/eevee if you feel like it.
Everybody hate Trace, but I feel like he's an okay character.
He's a great friend actually even if he's a little weird at times. And not annoying and arrogant like Blue.
He is garbage and he should be removed from this game.
Mashup will come anyway ;)
J'ai hâte pour le mashup! Bonne chance pokeli
Pokeli Ouais !
Welp... Not here yet, so I'm doing it.
I've never actually played let's go but this theme absolutely rocks
Correction to everyone thinking that this “Blue Imposter” stole “Blue’s Theme”, it’s the KANTO CHAMPION’S theme, therefore whoever takes ownership to be the Kanto champion, uses this theme.
Yes
Not Lance though
The thing about Champion themes is though that they all in some way reflect the Champ's personality, and this one represented Blue so well. It wouldnt have been difficult to just give this kid a theme that fits him better. It's really no surprise that people dont like this.
@@MagmaBallsags Since when is Lance the Kanto champion?
@@sans.2709 before he got beat by blue
1:05 ok this switch up hear sounds so cool. I think it’s my favorite part of this song
Super agreed, that double time tickles the punk/metalhead side of my brain
Hey look! Its rival not Blue!
you forgot the "friendly" word
Thanks Alpha very cool
Totally naming him that "not blue"
His name is Trace
Gonna name him Not Blue from now on
I don't think this is "generic", i think this is awesome!
I liked this rival, I’m sad to see so much hate for him lol
At least you're nice enough to put the warning sign in the thumbnail.
Everyone else just slaps the kid there. It's why I try to avoid UA-cam when a new Pokémon game comes out, but Spoilers are hard to avoid when it's the first thing you see when you open up the page.
Thank you.
I love this theme SO MUCH!!!
Same
FireRed LeadGreen better
This game was such a chill experience, with some pretty nice remixes
Idk I really liked the Rival in this one. It felt more like an actual friend that wants you to do really good, and you want him to do good as well. Was so much fun fighting him!
Thats kinda why most people hate these new rivals. Because truth be told, they are NOT rivals. They are just your "buddy" that you battle because the game forces you, even though you could care less about them. They aren't rivals who try to overtake you, and become better than you in every way possible, they are just dumb friends.
@@raelanimates8829 Yeah that makes sense. Like, I really loved Nemona in the new one, but I understand that a lot of people might not like her since she’s pretty one note and just wants to battle and see you do well. I found her really funny tho lol, and it was so fun to finally fight her at the end and have her be so happy that I beat her genuinely.
Mega Pidgeot was a genuine surprise
Not the best , but a good end to a REALLY underrated Rival
Yeah no
Yeah but how did he get 2 accurately leveled Pokemon you can't even catch in Victory Road in those 10 minutes of travel time before the Elite 4? Hell, where'd he get the Pidgeotite?
Underrated? Nothing stands out about him if I’m being honest
Mega pidgeot looks clean
In my opinion at least he actually OWNED a mega pokemon. He seems tough as well. Tbh he could be buffed. Anyhoo. If I had a rival like him then I wouldn't mind. It would still feel like a real final battle either way. Its always your rival as champion. In Kanto at least.
That spiral in on the field at the beginning of the battle is *chef's kiss*
~ Most forgettable rival
~ Absolutely the best version of the rival theme song
You monsters!
What abt the kalos rivals?
@@hopper8514 if i see trace i instantly know that guy but if i see like the orange haired rival from XY then i’m like “what”
For all those still claiming that this is "Blue's" Theme, remember, its actually used as the "World Champion" theme, used in the finals of big official, competitive tournaments.
So, yeah, both Trace and Blue use this theme.
THIS
The World Champion Theme, is a remade version of Blue's theme why? Because it pays homage to what Blue says when you face him.
"You know what this means? i'm the most powerful trainer in the world!"
Hence why they made it the World Championship theme you know the place where you'll find out who's the most powerful trainer in the world?
No matter how you slice it is Blue's theme.
They should have given Trace his own theme in all honesty rather than take away the Theme that has consistently throughout the years belonged to Blue rather it be his Rival/Champion theme or his theme in the PWT or HGSS.
But they did it for nostalgic pandering
I disagree the world tournament theme came in gen 5 in b 2 w2. If it was champion's theme then lance would have the exact same theme
This battle was intense as soon as the theme dropped ^^
0:57 I love that drop
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I get impressed every time I see people remix this track. Can you believe this was made for a four-channel device, consisting of two square waves, a programmable wave table and a noise generator? The wave table was a 4-bit wave sample channel, which means the capacity to generate 16 types of sound, little more than the 12 existing notes. Each of those channels had a length counter to silence the channel after a preset time, that's how they used to handle notes duration. And yes... those guys made this track in such a system. Human existence is sometimes divine.
everybody:He was such a bad rival
me:Big birb go rawr
Yes.
He used Megas. Something only good rivals ever did.
So Blue just called He wants his theme back
Wow 😂
As he should. Trace should get a new, completely different theme. And four moves on his team. Maybe then I can remember him more.
Geez so much dislike.... so what that it isn't blue as champion... this theme isn't his theme... it's the Champions theme... people really need to take off the nostalgia glasses off
It's been the Gen 1 champion theme and the World Championship theme. Prior to Let's Go, the Gen 1 champion has always been Blue, and as such, Blue was the only NPC to have this theme. The only times Blue didn't have this theme was when he was a gym leader in GSC and HGSS, and when he shared a theme with Red in USM.
For more of an opinion, I still consider the Gen 3 champion theme to be Steven's, even though Wallace was the champion in Emerald and Steven used the rival theme in that game.
Love the fully orchestrated remixes!!!
Me, too!! Love the nostalgic feel.
I love orchestra
NOOOOOOOOOOO MY BOIIIII luckily i downloaded some of your masterpieces(songs from a few years back till now) music really brings me back childhood memories
Pokeki used *3 uploads in 1 day!*
*It’s super effective!*
Stop using that sentence now, bro. Pokeli's channel is not gonna be the same from now on.
He delay a lot bro not that effective :v
I named my rival "blue" thinking the other one wasnt in the game
Made for some really akward moments....
Kerbol Explorer I named mine not blue
I named mine NewBlue and pretended that the real Blue was called Gary.
DUDE I literally did the same thing and by the time I met Blue in-game I was already too far in to just create a new save file
I named mine Purple
Same & as soon as I got done piping down Brock & sending his ass to the gulag look who shows up
Man, the guitar takes me back to Stadium. Their theme is still my top pick along with the Elite 4 of the Gen.
Hot take: I like Trace more than Blue as a rival. I like Blue when he’s a mentor character, but he’s kinda boring as a rival. I replayed Red a while back and he’s not even a jerk like everyone remembers, just a bit snarky. He even gives you friendly advice after you battle him. He doesn’t really get pushy or anything until right before the league. Because characterization in the early gens was very limited, Blue was very much up for interpretation, and the Pokémon Company saw how the anime made Gary a jerk and just sort of ran with it. Plus, he’s never really involved with the overarching plot of the game, only showing up at Silph Co. because I guess he happened to be there when the raid happened, and then he just battles you and leaves.
Meanwhile Trace goes through a character arc, and plays a part during Rocket story events too, with his involvement in the Lavender Town segment playing a pivotal role in his development. Also, why do people dunk on his team so hard? This is literally the kind of team we the player would beat the game with. If I can be Champion with a team of (using my team from White, the first mainline game I ever played, as an example) Samurott, Unfeazant, Emolga, Durant, Mienfoo, and what would’ve been Axew if Zekrom wasn’t a story requirement for the N fight, then how is Trace’s team not worthy?
"How dare you stand where he stood"
Huh? Have you already forgotten that Red and Lance or Steven and Wallace share the same theme?
You see they’re actually respectable trainers. Now if trace was in a better game with more of a difficulty curve? Ok yeah he can have it
@@darthsicko8054 really tried to say lance was a respectable trainer. Get an ice type and your the new johto champion
@@masonmurphy5402 the same could be said for most other champions. Also Lance's rematch team has anti ice measures so that's fun
i love how eevee stares into the camera cutely as raichu fucking explodes
*When you feel bad for defeating your rival*
Hop in a nutshell
Why would you feel bad for defeating him
I honestly like the freindly rival, and its mostly done great, but... I wish he had gotten another theme, not blue's.
Finally somebody who actually likes the lets go rival
The kanto champion deserves this theme. Blues theme is his encounter music not this one. We also wouldn’t have gotten this sick remix if we got another theme.
I know it's supposed to be the Kanto champion theme, not Blue's, but it just fits Blue so much in terms of his personality and rivalry with the player character. I wish Trace had an original theme. Also FRLG remix of the champion theme is still better, change my mind.
@@novemberninth4392 I don’t wish he had his own theme cause i love this theme
Someone stole Blue's theme. But I can't seem to find a *Trace* of who stole it.
Trace is the name of the rival btw
👌👌
Ok but like imagine we have this type of friend type rival:
-You and this rival have been friend since childhood and you both now finally get your own Pokémon.
-It’s noted by the rival in joking way that they beat our MC many times in the past through trivia things like games or activity. Showing that our rival is very competitive driven.
-The rival get the type advantages to yours. The rival is shown to be shock but try to say that MC won through luck (behind a smile in a jokingly way) because their starters don’t have their elemental moves yet.
-At their second battle where we won again, the rival is seen to be a bit frustrated but still try to hide behind the smile.
-In the third battle, they have completely lost it and this is shown through their Pokémon that knows “Frustration”. This is where your rival completely hates you.
-Next time you see them, they have joined the evil team in order to seek more power. You have to battle them which snapped them out of their anger.
-The next time you see them, they have apologized and completely changed. They can show this by instead of having “Frustration” as the move. It now have “Return”.
I actually like him as a Rival. He wasn’t that bad in my opinion, definitely not as good as blue though.
At least he actually helped out in the story, even if it's only a single, really easy Duo battle against the Rocket second-in-charge and a Grunt you can easily handle yourself.
No one could be worse than hau
@@CriminalGamingHimself supposedly he also held off the Rockets that were coming while the player faces Giovanni, so he did more than people give him credit for.
@@zonkureebrenter6764 original May/Brendan?
@@CriminalGamingHimself that's what nakes him boring
honestly i like blue and trace ik trace is nice but cmon man its just a game
I remember the epic feeling I got when this music started
Really love what you do, Pokeli!
PEEPEEPOOPOO: I’ve been waiting for you
Me: why did I name that...
0:08 I just love this moment
Oh look ! It's the return of "LASER !" from sonic colors !
God I've always loved this theme
Out of experience I can say in complete honesty he's easier than Bruno unless you're out of healing items. I'm starting to miss Cynthia's difficulty...
@Ian Morris
Atleast she had that Garchomp. This guy's strongest Pokémon is in Underused, maybe even Rarely Used by now.
He has 2 Screen users for some reason as well.
Cynthia sent out garchomp
You cannot run from trainer battles
Well my lead Pokemon was Slowbro so....bruno was a joke (and so was our rival)
@@strawberrybrite712
Jynx with Ice Beam takes care of his entire team... :/
@@CriminalGamingHimself HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ITS NAME IN THIS HOUSE
oh man... we miss you so much!! pokeli i really need you in my spotify playlist haha
This fight had me sweating, his mega pidgeot wiped like 3 of my pokemon alone
In the lets go games, I always saw this as OUR theme. As trace was way too nice and all we did was beat up his mons. And in SWSH we crushed hops dreams to pieces. Kinda feel like we are the rival.
during postgame I felt really bad for crushing hop's dreams
Look at me.
*I'm the rival now.*
Am I the only one who appreciates a game meant for children encouraging good sportsmanship?
*Story Time*
I had to beat this guy with the rest of my team at Level 49 and my Eevee at level 56, I tried Playing along with him when he put his *Mega Pidgeot* on game by Mega Evolving Charizard only to get One shoted by an Air Slash, After Barely Surviving with Blastoise, I switched to Eevee and Slowly but steady defeated Pidgeot, *Raichu* , Eevee Struggled a bit because of his Thunder Spam, but a Few Hyper Potions and Full restores did the trick, *Vileplume* , She just did a Solar Beam and death to Sizzly slide Spam, *Rapidash* , Best Part of the run, Free Heal from Bouncy Bubble, *Marowak* ? Same story after I learned Ground is weak to Water and than, Than the *Slowbro* , He wasn't hard however because of Him it took me more time to finish the Job, being Baddy Bad his Weakness, whoever it dealed Waaaaaay to Little damage, so I had to rely on Sizzly slide to make him Burned and a Little bit of a Glitzy Glow did the Thing.
At the end of the Fight I Ran out of Hyper Potions and Max Potions, and i Only had 1 Full restore so, Eevee and the rest of my team combined had been in Red at least 17 times
Your decision to stop uploading route and town music has greatly saddened me. I love how much effort you put into the presentation of your videos and having those for routes and towns was a real treat.
I love you for doing this
Who is this blue that everyone is talking about
The only person that has this theme is assfart
Well apart from not blue in lets go
Really when I name my rival it is usually ass hat mainly the gen four rival though
Honestly I like him and this theme
this is not his theme
But HIS theme, and you know who am I talking about
@@LegoPrinceOfAllSaiyans cry about it
@@PandoraSwag Im not ur pfp, sorry lad
My first thought upon hearing this theme was “You are not worthy of the theme”
this was the first pokemon i played and with Eevee named cream puff with buzzy buzz by my side i knew i coulldnt lose. but that raichu defeated me and that. that was a cool feeling somehow he finally caught up to me and pokemon games since then have been a big part of my life
@-CL- yeaaahh
Mayuhnyou gyatta use dat Geodude
I LOVE THIS MUSIC. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS
Blue was meant to be hated in-character, now friendly Trace comes along and everyone hates him out-of-character. It's the perfect trap.
Definitive not what they expected. XD
Also the more jerk a rival is the more people loved. We are masoquist o what?
@@mauricioaguilar7227 *masochist
@@mauricioaguilar7227 because it'a a more intereting character, and you feel good when you beat that asshole. This friendly rival is boring
@@mauricioaguilar7227 friendly rivals are always harder to write tbh, though hop was executed perfectly
@@alventuradelacruz522 Agree, although you can make with enough work and skills (like any character) a interesting friendly rival.
Look Hop is a god example in my opinion.
Funny how discount blue gets a better version of blue’s theme
ttar blasted this song at like 108% volume in his stream so now its engraved in my head
I remember I beat this entire game with only my partner pikachu, had a lot of fun, This rival was definitely difficult
Honestly one of my favorite champion themes
98% of comments: Roasting Trace and calling Blue a Chad.
1% of comments: mentioning the hate they see for Trace.
The final 1%: People who truly think Trace is a good rival like myself.
U are bald ur opinion doesnt matter
Honestly think Trace is kind of an underrated rival
nah he lame
Man, I have Let's Go Pikachu and just never finished it
I oughta start a new playthrough sometime
So update on that
I did go back and beat it
My final team was Pikachu, Pidgeot, Articuno, Snorlax, Alolan Raticate, and Sandslash
I bet the man never smelt anyone later in his life
This theme belongs to Blue. Not this guy. >:(
It's Trace and he does deserve it