i used to fight the league and stop before cynthia's fight every morning on the bus to school, so that when i arrived before school opened i could listen to that track.
@High Definition she beat my ass up though after getting through the other four fairly easily a few hits from Garachomp and infernape was done for. I was doomed she was an absolute monster
I will hate the fact that I had Diamond Version, put 1000+ hours on, then accidentally left it somewhere in Florida. My level 100 Infernape and Luxio who were with me since the beginning of that adventure are now but memories.
Cynthia is the best champion hands down! Also my favorite champion battle theme. I remember being so pleasantly surprised when I walked in an found her in the villa in Undella town in black and white. EDIT: I really like when older characters make appearances in the newer games and I love Cynthia as a character (her being fascinated by myths and such). Hence why I was happy to see her again. Weird reaction I know.
without a doubt the most fear inducing random trainer battle in all of black and white. i remember just thinking "fuck me" at at that simple "!" over her head
As if spiritomb wasn't enough of a pain to defeat already. Then she has a Milotic, which is another pokemon that's annoying to take down and reigning above all is that monster of a pokemon, Garchomp. God you know it's a beast when not even the boxart legendary can defeat it one on one when equal in levels Oh and it is rather interesting. To think Cynthia actually visits your mansion if you bought a piano
Weird, I somehow had less trouble with Platinum's Cynthia than I did with the Elite Four in front of her. Let's see... my Lucario Foresighted an "it's super effective!" out of her Spiritomb then somehow outsped her _own_ Lucario for a 2nd KO, my Staraptor learned her Garchomp somehow has NO Rock coverage to its name, Luxray cleaned up both her Togetic and Milotic, and Infernape finished off her Roserade for the win. Cynthia for her part did score some KOs, I was roughly level matched (Lv.56-7) and no items were used during the battle. ...honestly, Foresight saved the whole run because literally the first Pokemon in the entire E4 was a Yanmega spamming Double Team (backed by Speed Boost and Air Slash flinches) which nearly swept my entire team because nobody prepares for evasion strats unless you KNOW it's coming.
@@Stratelierfrom the Pokemon Togekiss and Yanmega (not in base dp, only in base platinum) you were playing platinum, the easier version. The hard version is dp because of the entire elite four and champion having higher level pokemon and you having less coverage options because of the smaller dex (you had 2 options for fire types in dp base).
Me: *starts listening to Cynthia’s theme years after playing Platinum, for some reason Sheet: *releases Cynthia’s theme Me: “I don’t need sleep, *I NEED ANSWERS!”*
well idk if you know but SMB is actually a combination of the FBI, CIA, God, and Santa Claus watching your every move and lnowing what you are doing and thinking at anytime any day *Halloween Theme starts playing*
And then they bring Volo out, just to give the new generation of pokemon players someone to fear, and then they put out the new versions of Diamond and Pearl... Game Freak is going to make sure the legacy of emotional damage educing trainers with banger themes never fades away
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! A SOMEWHAT PLAYABLE VERSION OF THIS SONG IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO COME BY. This song is honestly great, and has great range. It has room for improvisation, and is a really fun and intimidating piece! One of my favorite champion themes for sure! Love the description too!
You have not felt adrenaline from a video game until you've fought Cynthia with a ten-level disadvantage and having severely underestimated how many healing items you were going to need.
Ouch. A five-level disadvantage is challenge enough ... but _ten?_ ...For those not in the know, due to how Pokemon calculations work, a 10-level disadvantage (around Lv.50-ish) means taking *40%* more damage while dealing *40%* less -- comparable to the opponent having a permanent +1 buff to all stats.
Wow ! I searched for a long time a good version of this song that i love since my childhood, and actually this version is by far better than anything I might expect. Thank you SMB for this masterpiece !!
I've noticed this about Sheet Music Boss's piano remakes of, well, anything: Put at 1.1x speed, it sounds as close to the original's tempo and pace as one can possibly get it. This means that his pieces are actually learnable, then, when you want a challenge, you can put it at the original speed and get working. SMB, you did that on purpose didn't you...!
HOW IS IT THAT I HAVE ASKED FOR CYNTHIAS THEME FOR SO LONG ON THIS CHANNEL AND WHEN THEY FINALLY MAKE IT IM A YEAR LATE??? Nevertheless this was great! i am now satisfied :)
I remember I was too young to understand that you could catch Pokémon and add them to your roster. Platinum was my first ever DS game and I literally went through my entire play through with only Torterra.
Player : ligue's master is to weak Game freaks : hello there's Cynthia, Player : ahaha she s weak (70 games lost after) FCKIIIING GARCHOMP MILOTIC AND LUCARIO
I'm a beginner at Piano and am trying out various pieces of childhood video games. I'd need roughly a month of daily training for multiple hours to play it on half the speed with both hands. Cynthia's theme is very difficult.
I've never actually taken the time to listen to this theme, and u was missing out. Nice work :) Also, Battle at the Summit from Sun/Moon would be awesome
Your heart is pounding. Sweat is dripping down your back. You're on your last pokemon, your starter but, so are they. You call it, the final command, the final attack! Their final pokemon, Garchomp, has fainted. You have done it, after hours of attempts, you have beat the sinnoh league champion, *Shia LeBouf*
Using only a piano in a song like this where several instruments give it a feel of urgency takes away its drive I know it's 'supposed' to be a tutorial to play with only two hands but can't we just go crazy to add all the goddamn accents this track has *and rightly deserves?*
Random Kid after beating Gen 4: Finally I have beaten the strongest of them all. I have become a true Pokemon master. That one house in Undella Town: *Are you sure about that?*
It’s been such a long time, I forgot how much I love this song! I also have a suggestion if you don’t mind: I know it’s not that well known of a song or a game, but it’d be pretty cool if you could to “Overthere stair” from Super Paper Mario.
Ah nostalgia, this fight made me so nervous as a kid, like Jesus. I remember having Empoleon use surf on every elite 4 member before her. Then, when my surf didn’t oneshot her milotic I was like *insert bonk meme*
I hope not. I sincerely despise the fairy type and its pokémons: if Nintendo just did a remaster of Platinum/Pearl/Diamond without changing anything I'd probably buy a console just for it .
there was still a way to get a weakness to it in 4th gen if you used foresight, the ghost typing was disabled so fighting moves could be super effective against spiritomb
@@Blackyboi39 yeah but that's very unusual when it takes up a move slot that ppl are more readily going to use for fun attacking moves, especially for casual players and the newbies, whereas you could get a fairy move by coincidence and then coincidentally do it without appreciating the puzzle and difficulty behind battling spiritomb
![The Psychology of How Cynthia Traumatized a Generation [Game Designer Explains]](/img/n.gif)
Cynthia challenges you to a battle! You'll need this sheet music to have a chance: www.musicnotes.com/l/rCrWp
Pokemon Champion Iris next, please?
this cover literally gives me chills it's so freaking good
Well I ran away but Garchomp shot me when I ran out the door
I don’t need sheet music😏
Pleaseeeeeee SMB make Champion Iris theme next I love it
This arrangement sounds wrong. I think it is missing the constant beeping part of the music
And the constant "bwoop" sound of me using the 99 revives I bought
Bruh my pokemon just faint
Wheez
I dont mind this cover, but there aren't enough Garchomp Earthquakes and Dragon Rushes to hit the intense feeling.
This and Dark Impetus share the same energy
I still hear in my head the Garchomp's earthquake
BGGGGHHHHHHH
Para rang
And the dragon rush that doesn’t miss
@@Jaevwyn that flinches you even if moving last
*laughs in stealth rock*
Now do it with the piano before Cynthia!
i used to fight the league and stop before cynthia's fight every morning on the bus to school, so that when i arrived before school opened i could listen to that track.
Ah yes, the original Piano of Death.
the true perish song of pokémon
Well this has been multiple times before
@@sephirothbahamut245 some legend around here
Me first time battling Cynthia: All right, this is gonna be a walk in the park.
5 fainted Pokémon later: *You cannot run from a trainer battle.*
I bet you tried multiple times in a panic.
@High Definition if you came unprepared then no, but if you do then yes
what I wanted to do in an actual fight
*NOT RUNNING MY ASS* starts fleeing to heal my baby (not baby btw) pokemons
@High Definition she beat my ass up though after getting through the other four fairly easily a few hits from Garachomp and infernape was done for. I was doomed she was an absolute monster
High Definition she is statistically the hardest champion out of all Pokemon games though
_Holy crap, she has a Milotic as well?!_
What the fuck is Spiritomb doing there?
WHATS THE HELL?! GARCHOMP?!
HOLY SHIT, SHE HAS A LUCARIO!!!
SHE HAD A MILOTIC????????!!!!! I always got clapped by her fuckin Togekiss/Garchomp before I ever got that far
wait she also had a gastrodon?
Gen 4 was my favorite gen, I literally spent over a thousand hours on Platinum/Diamond/Pearl
Such a memorable gen.
Same
I think i spent about 30 hours in the underground just wondering and digging for fossils.
Hello again
Mine is black and white (not racist)
I will hate the fact that I had Diamond Version, put 1000+ hours on, then accidentally left it somewhere in Florida. My level 100 Infernape and Luxio who were with me since the beginning of that adventure are now but memories.
Cynthia is the best champion hands down! Also my favorite champion battle theme. I remember being so pleasantly surprised when I walked in an found her in the villa in Undella town in black and white.
EDIT: I really like when older characters make appearances in the newer games and I love Cynthia as a character (her being fascinated by myths and such). Hence why I was happy to see her again. Weird reaction I know.
without a doubt the most fear inducing random trainer battle in all of black and white. i remember just thinking "fuck me" at at that simple "!" over her head
@@mikkelturtvig loool i had the same reaction
I wasn't pleased to see Cynthia in black and white, I was terrified.
I was a child back then, when I was playing pokemon platinum, but my Gallade and Empoleon swept her ass
I just replayed my copy of Black, and I struggled so hard in that fight holy shit
As if spiritomb wasn't enough of a pain to defeat already. Then she has a Milotic, which is another pokemon that's annoying to take down and reigning above all is that monster of a pokemon, Garchomp. God you know it's a beast when not even the boxart legendary can defeat it one on one when equal in levels
Oh and it is rather interesting. To think Cynthia actually visits your mansion if you bought a piano
those ffffrickin pokemon, i finallt defeat em on diamond, and years later, i play white 2, and what do i see? again. ffffrickin again
Weird, I somehow had less trouble with Platinum's Cynthia than I did with the Elite Four in front of her. Let's see... my Lucario Foresighted an "it's super effective!" out of her Spiritomb then somehow outsped her _own_ Lucario for a 2nd KO, my Staraptor learned her Garchomp somehow has NO Rock coverage to its name, Luxray cleaned up both her Togetic and Milotic, and Infernape finished off her Roserade for the win. Cynthia for her part did score some KOs, I was roughly level matched (Lv.56-7) and no items were used during the battle.
...honestly, Foresight saved the whole run because literally the first Pokemon in the entire E4 was a Yanmega spamming Double Team (backed by Speed Boost and Air Slash flinches) which nearly swept my entire team because nobody prepares for evasion strats unless you KNOW it's coming.
@@Stratelierfrom the Pokemon Togekiss and Yanmega (not in base dp, only in base platinum) you were playing platinum, the easier version. The hard version is dp because of the entire elite four and champion having higher level pokemon and you having less coverage options because of the smaller dex (you had 2 options for fire types in dp base).
The "Il vento d'oro" of the Pokemon universe
Giorno: "I, Giorno Giovanna, have a d-"
Cynthia: *"I, Cynthia, have a Garchomp"*
I Cynthia, have a pokemon with no weakness
@@GM.Nobody Ice Pokémon: Technically, I ca-
Cynthia: NO! WEAKNESS!
@@Fabiocean2000 he was talking about spirotomb which has no weakness
@@IkkezzUsedEmber thank you gentleman
@@IkkezzUsedEmber Fairy Types: Am I a joke to you?
Now you can't miss out on the piano before Cynthia!
In my head I thought that was going to play instead of the battle theme, can't be dissapointed though
When *ight, I'm out* doesn't work.
"you cannot run from a trainer battle!"
Soft resets*
Ight 🅱️ I'ma head out
You should do a impossible version. Just like the battle :D
look up daj does vgm. He’s got a version which is only ‘technically possible’. (hint: it isn’t)
My level 100 Glalie: * uses Ice beam *
Cynthia's Garchomp: Pathetic.
that is one weak glalie...
i know it a joke
I had a level 89 Gallade with Ice Punch, it worked perfectly fine
Imagine Garchomp having a Focus Sash
@@ЧингизНабиев-э2г lol u needed a level 89 pokemon? Holy shit
@@Medmagnetron70 first time I played platinum I had a lv.92 togekiss and lost to her(it was my first main series game)
Oh my goodness I remember many a heart pounding moments with this during my childhood
Normal people: Piano music isn't scary
4.gen pokemon players: yeeeeaaah...
Also jojo villains
@@Carpatouille real ogs know they're fucked when Josuke's piano starts playing
Mario 64 players: ...
Android 19: ...
And right behind you.
Me: *starts listening to Cynthia’s theme years after playing Platinum, for some reason
Sheet: *releases Cynthia’s theme
Me: “I don’t need sleep, *I NEED ANSWERS!”*
well idk if you know but SMB is actually a combination of the FBI, CIA, God, and Santa Claus watching your every move and lnowing what you are doing and thinking at anytime any day
*Halloween Theme starts playing*
We Live in the Matrix
And then they bring Volo out, just to give the new generation of pokemon players someone to fear, and then they put out the new versions of Diamond and Pearl... Game Freak is going to make sure the legacy of emotional damage educing trainers with banger themes never fades away
this song has been notorious for being almost impossible to play so I'm not sure if this version is cursed or blessed
I just got the entire "I can swing my sword" music video as an ad. How and why?
Aslansboy Poor Toby's still trying to resist death by algorithm.
This sounds so great, I want to see Battle at the Summit
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! A SOMEWHAT PLAYABLE VERSION OF THIS SONG IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO COME BY. This song is honestly great, and has great range. It has room for improvisation, and is a really fun and intimidating piece! One of my favorite champion themes for sure! Love the description too!
Sometimes i forget how incredible this theme is because ive just listened to it so many times, but hearing it like this really refreshes my memory
You have not felt adrenaline from a video game until you've fought Cynthia with a ten-level disadvantage and having severely underestimated how many healing items you were going to need.
Ouch. A five-level disadvantage is challenge enough ... but _ten?_
...For those not in the know, due to how Pokemon calculations work, a 10-level disadvantage (around Lv.50-ish) means taking *40%* more damage while dealing *40%* less -- comparable to the opponent having a permanent +1 buff to all stats.
*Cynthia's piano starts playing*
No! There's no running from a trainer battle!
This... Song... Nightmare... Please... Garchomp... No...
Nurse : Now give some money, I revived your team 23 times...
Holy crap
If you're scared of cockroaches you'll find this terrifying when going to the storeroom at 1am
Ah yes, gen four.
Truly the greatest of all the Pokemon generations
edit: Now MaKE iT RuSSiaN
That's a funny way to say gen 2
@@unstablerupture6983 Thats a funny way to say gen 1
@@joshuarogers6905 that's a funny way to say gen 5
@@Jamarcus28 that's an extremely comedic way of saying gen 4
Thats a funny way to say Gen 1 And 6
Wow ! I searched for a long time a good version of this song that i love since my childhood, and actually this version is by far better than anything I might expect.
Thank you SMB for this masterpiece !!
Killed my steelix, Cynthia in my nuzlocke
Champion Steven deserves his own tutorial
*_Nostalgic_*
I've noticed this about Sheet Music Boss's piano remakes of, well, anything: Put at 1.1x speed, it sounds as close to the original's tempo and pace as one can possibly get it. This means that his pieces are actually learnable, then, when you want a challenge, you can put it at the original speed and get working.
SMB, you did that on purpose didn't you...!
Thanks for the tip!
@@thrawn6446 But of course, my friend!
What a coincidence! I was just listening to all your guy's pokemon covers! 😃
A nice bucket of PTSD to make my evening even *BETTER!*
Now, I have a request to go with my nostalgia; Dialga and Palkia's theme please!
HOW IS IT THAT I HAVE ASKED FOR CYNTHIAS THEME FOR SO LONG ON THIS CHANNEL AND WHEN THEY FINALLY MAKE IT IM A YEAR LATE???
Nevertheless this was great! i am now satisfied :)
The Word on the thumbnail described how I felt when I saw Cynthia
Cynthia’s battle theme was one of my favorite songs in the Pokémon OST and it still is
It makes sense for the tutorial to be hard.
Nothing involving Cynthia could ever be easy.
Good music
This is like the One Winged Angel of pokemon music imo
Garchomps weakness to ice.
Our saving grace.
Could you do the Cynthia Encounter Theme? It's hauntingly beautiful!
Spiritomb fainted
Garchomp fainted
Sorcery!
AYOOOOOOO
Any video game boss:
"Why do i hear boss music?"
Why do I hear boss music coming from this house in Undella Town?
uh oh
Oh wow I found you in the comments
I remember I was too young to understand that you could catch Pokémon and add them to your roster. Platinum was my first ever DS game and I literally went through my entire play through with only Torterra.
From what I've heard cynthia is essentially the grim reaper, and you beat her with just a torterra???
@@flooferdooper6206 yes I did, his name was AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and he was level 130
My favorite champion! Hope Champion Iris is next
Player : ligue's master is to weak
Game freaks : hello there's Cynthia,
Player : ahaha she s weak
(70 games lost after)
FCKIIIING GARCHOMP MILOTIC AND LUCARIO
QUEEN
I love your tutorials.
Would you consider doing the canalave city or virbank city themes?
All you have to do to defeat Cynthia’s garchomp is: X defence on an ice type, spam ice beam
Its finally done. Totally worth the wait.
The first and only Champion who made you _work_ for that victory.
The only champion of Pokémon who wasn't a pushover
OMG this is awesome, if you could, do the Ultra Necrozma battle theme, that would be even cooler
I have been waiting for this video for years
Now that’s a good music :D
Could you do N's castle or the team plasma theme next?
Please do sinnoh elite four theme next, great video as always guys.
I'm a beginner at Piano and am trying out various pieces of childhood video games. I'd need roughly a month of daily training for multiple hours to play it on half the speed with both hands. Cynthia's theme is very difficult.
I've never actually taken the time to listen to this theme, and u was missing out. Nice work :) Also, Battle at the Summit from Sun/Moon would be awesome
Thanks for bringing back my PTSD
you won my heart with this
This music give me so much nostalgie !!!
I've been looking for a good synthesia verson for AGES
Sans : my battle theme is the best sound for guys who want a bad time !
Cynthia : Wait a minute...
Your heart is pounding. Sweat is dripping down your back. You're on your last pokemon, your starter but, so are they. You call it, the final command, the final attack! Their final pokemon, Garchomp, has fainted. You have done it, after hours of attempts, you have beat the sinnoh league champion, *Shia LeBouf*
Using only a piano in a song like this where several instruments give it a feel of urgency takes away its drive
I know it's 'supposed' to be a tutorial to play with only two hands but can't we just go crazy to add all the goddamn accents this track has *and rightly deserves?*
Isn't there a mental piano piece that plays before you fight Cynthia? I'd love to see you two tackle that one, SMB.
Why does this sound more ominous than normal in such an elegant instrument....?
Random Kid after beating Gen 4: Finally I have beaten the strongest of them all. I have become a true Pokemon master.
That one house in Undella Town: *Are you sure about that?*
This is by far the hardest fight in any Pokémon game and potentially in all of gaming and no one can change my mind.
This video made me a bit anxious hahaha
I remember being stressed to the brim doing this fight on Diamond version :P
Playing this song right is going to be harder than the actual battle
Much thanks!
Beautiful!
The music for gen four features a ton of parallel perfect fourths.
Thanks for the tutorial
I, Cynthia, have a dream
It’s been such a long time, I forgot how much I love this song!
I also have a suggestion if you don’t mind: I know it’s not that well known of a song or a game, but it’d be pretty cool if you could to “Overthere stair” from Super Paper Mario.
YES THANK YOU I NEEDED THIS
Guzma theme next?
Bless you smb.
Ah nostalgia, this fight made me so nervous as a kid, like Jesus. I remember having Empoleon use surf on every elite 4 member before her. Then, when my surf didn’t oneshot her milotic I was like *insert bonk meme*
The best champion in the series everyone, done by the best piano channel on the internet
I have to evolve into a machamp whit the speed of a shedinja to make this 😔👌
You should do Mr Sandman
This stuff gave me flashbacks. Cynthia is the hardest champion ever.
At least in the Sinnoh remakes Spiritomb will actually have a weakness
@@DarkEclipse78 what if fairy moves
I hope not. I sincerely despise the fairy type and its pokémons: if Nintendo just did a remaster of Platinum/Pearl/Diamond without changing anything I'd probably buy a console just for it
.
@@DarkEclipse78 well...
In platinum the Ralts line is a thing
So at least one solid Fairy type is there
there was still a way to get a weakness to it in 4th gen if you used foresight, the ghost typing was disabled so fighting moves could be super effective against spiritomb
@@Blackyboi39 yeah but that's very unusual when it takes up a move slot that ppl are more readily going to use for fun attacking moves, especially for casual players and the newbies, whereas you could get a fairy move by coincidence and then coincidentally do it without appreciating the puzzle and difficulty behind battling spiritomb
Only left the low hp and the full recover and its perfect
Pd:this is pure art, very well done
someone played this along with the approaching theme for cynthia for a school talent show, and i can tell you that i heard a few people scream in fear
This is my favorite battle music
next do the chesseburger ong from veggietales!
or at least the pokemon battle music composed by Toby Fox.
My first encounter with Cynthia was in Pokémon Black and my fucking God I spent 24 in game hours get battling her over and over until I won
Me: physically prepares for future plethoras of sword and shield music.
Sheet music boss: LETS DO POKÉMON MUSIC A DAY EARLY
Thank You :')
You did the battle music on piano... without the approaching cynthia music! I cri
Thank god they made her OST awesome
Holy shit yes