seeing my poor partner continuing to live, trying to go back to the cheerful lifestyle of treasure town, then come down to the beach and just collapse with grief, like they wanted to all those months ago at the foot of the spot where their best friend just disappeared forever from. they forced themself to keep moving then, they forced themself to keep moving for months, but they can’t just hold all that back.
People say the moment the hero dissapears is the saddest moment, i disagree. While it was sad, and it did get me misty eyed, THIS. THIS right here was the moment that gets me crying. This is the moment that hits me in the feels everytime. Explorers of sky will always be one of my favorite games, and the story it told will always be close to my heart.
For me it’s when the partner is leaving on their own. Something about that scene just makes me sob, man. The music just pulls on my heartstrings so well.
I find it amazing how a Pokémon game that has one of the deepest and most emotional stories in the entire franchise, isn’t even a mainline game, but a spin-off.
This game’s ending made me realize the journey wasn’t about me - it was about my partner. Sure, he was whiny at times with dialogue and it made me a bit irritated - but over time, I came to find my partner, a Shinx aptly named Toshinori, held a special place in my heart for making me realize that he in his own way wasn’t so different from me. He conquered his fears and saved the world alongside someone from the future, who shone a light in his world of fear and darkness. For that person to be removed from his life overwhelmed him with grief and sorrow, so much so he couldn’t continue to move forward for the person who’d given him friendship and courage. He hid the grief he felt for months, trying to return to a normal life, ultimately to let it all go through recollection on the beach where we’d first met. THIS was where I cried. Not during the tearful goodbye, not when Grovyle had to leave, but this moment made me lose it. I ultimately cried not for my departure, but for the grief Toshinori felt. I would have felt the same in such a situation. The soundtrack of this game makes me think and reflect on the impact EoS gave me. God damn, this game is so spectacularly written in terms of emotional impact. Edit: I originally played this game back when I was a freshman in college. Now a senior and still coming back to this game's soundtrack. Emotional impact lasts a long time - I even used a Luxray in Pearl named Toshinori. Also top comment???? Dang.
Yeah, that's exactly how I felt too. I realised I was just a side character in this wider story about my partner, after all the stone chose your partner- not you.
John O' Groats I never realized that till now... I’ll be honest, I never considered myself to be the ‘hero’ of my own story. I always enjoyed seeing myself as a side character. Not only since every game makes you the “hero,” but since side characters usually do small things that have profound effects on the plot. Stuff that doesn’t take a hero with powers to do, something that anybody can do with a bit of courage. Realizing that this story has always been about my partner sort of blows my mind, since thats what I sort of wanted. I didn’t place those time gears in their slots. I wasn’t the hero. I didn’t save the word. All I did was be a good friend.
@@tournesol99 that's how i did rescue team dx and that story left so much impact & bond with my Eevee (as me) and my Treecko nicknamed Birch (as my partner) that I played explorers of sky with that combination and now I have even more impact & bond with Eevee & Birch.
huge tip: do NOT under any circumstances name the player and partner after yourself and a loved one in your life. it's been so many years and even though we're married now, even thinking about this song and this scene makes me break down in tears. don't do it.
I named myself as my first ever pokemon I had, and lost long ago. Also my partner, Shinx was my second ever pokemon, I never lost my Shinx so he's my oldest Pokemon. I did not know the same story would repeat itself from Pokemon Diamond to Mystery Dungeon, where my Shinx ended up alone.
Trying to explain to my parents, as a kid, why I was powerfully sobbing and trembling while holding my DS was impossible. Not having the words to express it, and being shocked that I was feeling the most intense emotion over this game... It was surreal. What a masterpiece..
I restarted the game a few days ago and I finished the main story just now, and my gosh, I never cried this much over a video game. When my partner just collapses when my character disappeared, I lost it. Seeing my partner in so much despair broke my heart :'(
Do you remember when we won, Do you remember when we lost? I remember all those times and now you're gone! The friend I lost to time... I felt I had to add on.
That's...brilliant!! It works through everything that's awesome about this game and the amazing storytelling that still makes me tear up 11 years later. My hat is off to you
My mom passed away earlier this month. The day before I came home from college. I didn’t get to say a proper goodbye. Last time I was home for break in March, I had her choose the player, partner, and team name for a new Rescue Team DX save file I was starting. Named the player after her (because she took the quiz) and the partner after me. I haven’t finished the main story yet, and with her passing, I don’t think I’ll be able to handle the ending. (I’m tearing up as I’m writing this.) And even though it’s a different PMD game, I can’t sing the lyrics I made for this song without crying. “We’ll keep our memories through Time, Because our fates are intertwined… And although Darkness will try to break them, I know things will be fine. And when we grow old and we die, Then we will take them to the Sky… Forever they will live on in our hearts and souls… We’re explorers old.” Love you, Mommy. 💚💙
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon really mastered the art of controllong the human emotions with music. I've played many games with a sad story before, and most of them didn't even come close to make me feel as sad as a game that's catered towards kids.
the part where your partner just breaks down on the beach is what broke my heart most as a kid (as if the hero disappearing wasn't bad enough) seeing my lil charmander buddy collapse on the beach where we met sent me into full-blown body-wracking sobs
Simply put, amazing. One of my favorite games, if not, my all-time favorite game. Beautiful, well-executed story with fitting composition. Very few games make me feel like this one does.
This game and my partner Shinx taught me when I needed it the most what friendship was. I only had one friend and she was horrible to me but I didn’t know because I was so young that how I was being treated wasn’t how friends treat each other. I was dragged everywhere with her, having her take my things without asking and dictating how I dressed, forcing me to only be friends with her while only talking to me when she felt like it. Then I found this at a game stop, I still remember the exact one too, on a whim and bought it cuz I loved Pokémon. But my darling Shinx and everyone at the Wigglytuff Guild taught me what friendship was. I was treated like a friend and to this day the end of any PMD game makes me cry. This ending in particular will always hold a very central place in my heart. I lost that copy of the game, I don’t think I’ll ever find it and I don’t think Shinx will ever really see me again but I know he’s okay and happy and I am too. I have wonderful friends now many years later and I have him and everyone else to thank for it.
I have trouble crying at sad things, for some reason. But goodness, this brings me pretty close. And it sure does hurt. Coping with loss of someone close to you, much less the person you owe almost your whole life to... I can't imagine. Loss is something we'll all have to deal with at some point or another, though... perhaps this game helps prepare one for that, to some extent. (As well as the other games in the series, of course!)
This game has a big effect depending on how much someone cares about it. Even better, this game really draws you in with getting to know the story, your partner, and all other important characters because they all play a big role. Yep, best game i've ever played and none will beat it.
@@Trattt yeah I watched this game for the first time during my favorite Streamers First playthrough wich was baisicly a meme run, no one in the stream could take this seriouslly and we all kinda just laughed though it lmao
I listen to this playlist while I do homework, but whenever it reaches this point, I always have to pause and just appreciate the music, the memories, and the feels.
Havent played the game in years.. but just hearing the track, the tears start flowing. I still remember every moment that's shown while the song plays. And i remember the way it ends above all else.
I haven't played Explorers in a while. I just randomly remembered this song and wanted to hear it again. Crying over a Pokemon game at 12:31 in the morning wasn't on the schedule but I'll take it.
Easily the most underrated song of the soundtrack. Probably my favorite piece of music in all of video games, if I'm being honest. The feelings this song conjures... there's just nothing like it.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky is such an incredible experience. Spike Chunsoft knew how to show emotion in these characters. I dont think any other Pokemon game will ever come close to being as filled with emotion as this one. Ironically, this game is timeless. I love you Pokemon Mystery Dungeon ❤
i was a turtwig and my partner, a pikachu, was Ka-Chow. when the flashbacks started playing with all our shared memories together, all of the adventures we had together, i just couldnt hold it in anymore. when Ka-Chow ran to Bidoof and collapsed on the beach it hurt me SO MUCH. i could really feel his grief right then and there. Ka-Chow..i love you so much. thank you.
They made 5 songs right after the others, each one as sad but hopefuls as the previous, they knew what they wanted to do and did it very well, I'm still holding back tears
Fantastic game. Fantastic ost. Unbelievably emotional for a Pokémon game, not only made me cry as a child but even as a teenager/adult. Still brings tears to the eyes. Masterpiece of a game
Recently I said "I don't want to say goodbye" were the best PMD soundtrack by far. I forgot with how much intensity "Memories Returned" hits. THIS is the best soundtrack in the PMD series and the scene when it plays is the most emotional one so far in a Pokémon game in my opinion! The flashbacks and the music don't pierce my heart, they hit it with the impact of a powerful explosion and that's an understatement!
this theme still makes me get teary 10 years later god DAMN its SO GOOD 3:16 reminds me of the mother 3 love theme which doesnt help the crying at all either lol
I believe that some of the M3 dev team joined chunsoft and game freak after they disbanded, so that's why some of the music in PMD and gen 5 sound similar
Well, I did a bit of digging, and the Wikipedia on Creatures Inc. (Pokemon co-developers) said that it was formerly Ape Inc. (Mother developers). As they worked on some of the spin-offs before, some of the staff might've moved to Chunsoft, so there isn't a *direct* correlation between them as I stated earlier, but there is still a chance that some of the composers swapped over to the new team working on PMD2. Apologies for stating something as fact when I didn't (and still don't) know all the details
@@nickbullinger141 You’re kind of right. One of them was Kouji Maruta, one of the progammers for MOTHER 2, who has also contributed on a few Mystery Dungeon games, like Shiren the Wanderer 2 (as a designer), and the two first Pokémon MD games (as a programmer).
I'm probably the thousandth person to dump their experience with this game in the comment section, but even after naming myself "turdwig" and keeping the name of my partner the same as their species, a riolu, I *still* cried at the ending. All of those adventures, even with a name as stupid as turdwig, once they were over, i couldn't not get misty-eyed. This game's writing is legendary; this is the ONLY videogame that made me cry. For the kids, obviously.
This music takes on a new and even more painful meaning when one of your friends, one of the most important people you knew in your life, who supported you so much and loved you so much, passed away. At least in the game the companions meet again, in real life that does not happen. But I know that one day we will be able to see each other again. Goodbye my sweet friend, I will never forget everything you did for me and I will always carry you in my heart.
After the dialga battle up til you officially return to your partner was the very first time I ever cried from a video game's story. Played this back when it came out and I was still a child; this still remains my favorite pokemon game of all time. Honestly it's one of my top video games ever
yall mind if i put some mf lyrics that someone else made? sick. Here I am, Standing here alone, Remembering you, Asking 'why'? Oh, please, just tell me why. (Why did you have to go? I just want to know.) So, there you were, just laying there. It really gave me quite a scare. When you awoke, we adventured and became the very best friends. You gave me the courage to fight. You gave me will to do what's right. You really meant everything to me because... You were my best friend. (Why did you have to go? I just want to know.) x2 Now, here I stand, watching the sunset, Thinking of all the fun Times that we shared With each other, best friends... Best friends until the end. We ventured through the waterfall. Jumping through was a real good call. You always knew just what to do as if it was just nothing new. We went to stop the darkness spread. We made it up until the end. But then, you had to leave me there, with nothing left... Only memories. (Memories returned. Memories of you.) x2
Hell yeah, I was worried for a long time that these lyrics were gone with the comment they'd originally been posted on. Glad to see they're still in circulation.
until now, it is quite shocking to see there is not a single rom hack that tells the partner's life without the hero by his or her side. Should be a nice message on coping with depression and sadness.
returning 2 years later i realize.... that you won the physical battle... but it led to an emotional internal battle with your partner that he was trying so hard to fight the pain away...
If you think about it, your partner never had time to mourn his loss. He lost you on his way home, but had to go on regardless and fulfill your last wish, that is to live and tell the tale. We see your partner being occupied with spreading the story and working for the guild for several month after the incident. And all this time he suppressed his sadness. This is the moment in which he gets completely overwhelmed by his suppressed emotions. All the sadness he has harnessed over time gets unleashed at once as he breaks down on the beach next to the place he first met you. And that's why this moment is even more powerful than "Don't ever forget".
This theme just says, it's hard to lose a friend, or better yet, your best friend. Here we are having your partner which lets just say is your best friend. You told him/her to continue and move on forward without you and he/she has to stick on his own. But this just hits hard for us and them. Goes to show you how much we value our closest friends.
In Explorers of Darkness this song was originally and aptly named “Memories of You” instead of “Memories Returned” I personally find Memories of You to be a way better name for the song. To even imply your partner somehow forgot about you after the months you had passed away is really unfitting. I know it doesn’t really matter all too much but it’s sad to see the internet forget about some of the original names of the tracks as this game overshadows the original two.
Actually, Returned is slightly different from Of You, as that bit from 0:12 to 0:22 wasn’t in the latter. Also, Returned could be a way of saying that they allowed themself to fully remember the moments with us again after months of putting it aside. So the memories about us returned, not literally the ones of us.
I actually cried more with this scene than with "dont ever forget", I knew pretty well it was gonna happens, still cried, but yikes, this scene broke me, in pieces, disintegrated
Cell remembers his time there, his friends, family, home, and everything he once knew, but now it's all gone, it no longer exists, and only he is left... Only he knows about it, but he can't really tell anyone about it because nothing comes out of his mouth when he tries to say it... He really misses everything there, but he's not sure if he could ever see anything like that again...
This is by far my favourite track of the entire OST. While I love the Mystery Dungeon theme this is the only song I currently know of that manages to smack me right in the face with nostalgia and make me cry. I'm having this play at my funeral.
Returning to this song because I just completed the postgame of my new file of Sky, making up for how I lost my old file. That old file had so many good memories on it, gradually becoming better friends with my partner and since I was a kid with less time on my hands each major milestone was a big deal and I remember being so proud when we managed to beat Mirage Groudon on our first try, just trying to survive the bleak future, getting curbstomped in the Hidden Land and training to get better, beating Dialga on a sick day with no Reviver Seeds because Gardevoir in the Team Charm special mission burned through all of them during the Aggron fight, going through sentry duty over and over again whenever I didn't see a mission I wanted, just spending countless hours grinding to the point my hero and partner were like Level 97/98, recruiting every single legendary other than the Regis and Deoxys and Darkrai that I could, and all my failed attempts at Zero Isle because I was a silly kid. I wanted to return to this game I held so dear and get back to the place I used to be at, so I even assembled a dream team this time, sticking with Eevee again and going with Squirtle, my favorite starter (who isn't Popplio but sadly this was pre-Gen 7), as my partner, and by using my extra DS and a copy of Explorers of Darkness I think so I could recruit both Ralts (now evolved into Gallade) and Salamence, two of my all-time favorite pokemon, via jobs after fighting them in the Explorer Maze in the dojo. We were a great team, had a great vibe going on, made some more fond memories of going through various dungeons and even if we all couldn't come just picked whoever would want to come along the most like bringing Aria/Salamence to Sky Peak, and even finally cleared Zero Isle West. It was a long ride, but finally beat Darkrai yesterday, and I got so crazy emotional when my partner said "Every pokemon exists for a reason. (Player), I hope we can continue exploring!". Out of nowhere, I just began to miss my old file so much. Siegfried was meant to fill the hole in my heart that Rosie, the Vulpix/Ninetales on my original file, left behind, and I love him and my other teammates very dearly. I hope I can keep adventuring with him and the others where my adventures with Rosie had to come to an end. To better explain in some vague hope that maybe someone out there has my old file, whether you restarted it or not, I just hope you enjoy the game now that you have it. My team was an Espeon named Eve who was like Level 97/98, Ninetales named Rosie who was around the same level, a Drapion named Skorpio who was probably in her level 80 or early 90s, and a Mismagius named Maggie who was I think in her late 70s or early 80s. Haha, not the most creative names, I know, but I named them when I was like nine or ten and couldn't really go back to change them. I lost my 3DS at a restaurant in Pittsburgh (which is a long ways from where I live) in 2015 by accident and by the time I noticed we were at the point where it was unreasonable to go back, where I'm hoping it wasn't thrown away but rather one of the waitstaff noticed no one came back for it and gave it to their kid or played it themselves. I hope the game impacted you the same way it impacted me.
I remember that time when I was playing this game for the first time and I have lost it all in the end. My partner was a bit annoying at times, but in the end I felt so sorry for them. Just because of me they got the courage to finally follow their dreams. Without me they'd probably still sit there and be scared of doing anything new or risky. I have given them their hope and stuff and I was their one and only. Losing the only loved one you have must be awful. I was crying about ten minutes, because just thinking about this and seeing your partner literally just breaking down cause of your death hit so different. And my parents called me for dinner that time and were wondering why I was crying so badly.
I just finished it yesterday. I actually managed to compose myself after Temporal Tower and was proud of myself. And then this part started and I lost it 😭 Such an incredible composition which i can never forget
I just got to the credits only a few hours before typing this out... this game is incredible. Everything about it makes me question why I never even considered playing this game as a kid, so many years ago when I actually had a DSi. I was never a 'Pokémon kid' growing up - it was in 2016 when GO blew up that got me into the series. Something still weighs on my mind, though... everyone talks about this game and how it had them crying as a kid, and even years later when they listen to the soundtrack again, it's just as emotional as when they first experienced the ending. So now I lie here in bed, as a 21 year old guy who grew up with Mario Galaxy, Minecraft and Halo, wondering why I didn't feel these emotions on the same level as everyone here in these comments. Don't get me wrong, this game had me FEELING things, bro. The Igglybuff special episode had me starting to tear up by the end, but the ending just had me sitting there... wanting to cry, but I just can't. To be fair, I was never much of a crier when it comes to video games. The only thing to EVER make me cry was hearing 'Under Cover of Night' again in Halo Infinite. Still, to this day, the only thing to truly make me shed tears. But this game... it had the most emotional story out of any game I've ever played, and yet I sit there, watching my Piplup slowly fade away... my partner Eevee becoming increasingly more hopeless that she'll never be able to see me again until she turns into a bawling mess, while I watch... wanting to cry with her when I have no tears to give. What happened to me? Why can't I feel genuine depressed sadness anymore? Am I just a hollow shell of a man, with no soul left in him? What happened to the passion? I love good stories SO much... I just want to cry, man. Just let me be an emotional wreck, please... Just let me feel human again... Take me back.
Childhood friend of mine loved this game as much as I did. It was foundational to our friendship. I haven't played the game since he died last year. This is absolutely going to destroy me.
sometimes music brings back an emotion without a memory attached, this makes me feel like crying even though I don't quite remember the scene it played in
Together with In The Morning Sun, A Wish For Peace, Through The Sea Of Time & ofc Don't Ever Forget... probably my favourites of the OST (not counting the dungeon OST) God this game really had it all! GROVYLE❤❤❤
No matter how hilariously anticlimactic Dialga’s Fight is for me, that little music box bit at 0:32 hits like truck. Remembering all the little moments that give this game so much character, I still remember crying to this music the first time I played. I hope they make another a PMD game with as much love as this one got because in my opinion, Pokémon peaked with storytelling on this game.
Don’t ever forget doesn’t move me too much. This is entirely different. What Don’t Ever Forget sets to do is to note that well… you’re dying and will be gone before the song is finished. But Memories Returned is something else, it’s a reminder of everything you and your partner did together. Every last trial you faced, you did it together. You’ve grown right alongside your partner. And to see that grief that they formed for you as they wanted to stay composed to honor the final promise they made to you. That weight then comes crashing down on them after months of just having to live on after something like that. Grief so strong that it shook Dialga from atop Temporal Tower, a literal god of time whose lived since time began felt the sheer unrelenting pain from there.
Unrelated to the actual game, but I came here because I was reminded of this. A game that I hold very close to my heart is getting shut down at midnight tonight at the time of typing this, the game is Dragalia Lost, a Free to Play gacha game co-developed by Nintendo and CyGames. I know what your probably thinking, having an attachment to a gacha game, one of the most predatory mobile game types out there, but hear me out. Dragalia Lost was a very free to play game, I spent money on it over the course of it’s 4 years of being around, but not even close to amounting to $1000 total, I gotten most of what I ever wanted in the game without spending real money. The game never felt pay to win, and I was able to do a vast majority of it’s content. The best part though? The game’s story and characters. Over the course of 4 years, I met and learned about many characters and their stories, all of which I found really entertaining and exciting and sometimes tragic and heart breaking too, I’ve come to love so many of the characters, it became a daily religious habit to at least play the game for a couple minutes each day, if not longer. The main campaign thankfully got a satisfying conclusion, so it will die peacefully, but man it still hurts that it’s all coming to an end, I won’t be able to play one of my favorite games anymore after tonight… Rest well Dragalia Lost, I will never forget you…
I never got to play Dragalia Lost, but with World Flipper (another game developed by CyGames) shutting down in July, I think I’ll know at least a fraction of what Dragalia players felt. At least we might be keeping the Flipperpedia as an archive, but man, the pinball gacha adventures coming to an end feels so weird after a year of playing.
When I said I was okay with this... with leaving this world behind... I said so with the assumption that she'd be okay. I believed that my partner would eventually recover from my loss... but seeing her on her way back down... on the stoneship. Barely able to stand on her own four feet, let alone keep herself together. It was only in that moment, after I had ALREADY died, that I finally understood what it meant to FEAR death. Not in the moment we fought the god of time, not when I watched my own body melt into light, but when I saw how grievously my partner would mourn me. I took it all back immediately. I wasn't ready to die yet. I screamed it unto the heavens. "I can't leave Vivee behind like this, not when it hurts her this much! I can't be ready to die if she isn't ready to let me go! Help me! MAKE IT STOP!" I know not how my plea was answered... but it doesn't matter. Someday, I will experience death again, as is the fate of all that lives... but next time it won't scare me, because we'll be doing it together. And we will die old, happy, and fulfilled. I will see it no other way.
You know what people? It' been soo long since we could exit from our houses here, and from tomorrow we will be able to do it. I just want to hug my best friend, I miss her soo much. I'm gonna play this when I'll meet her. Hope you can hug you friends too people
At this point even right now with more adult responsibilities and having not played this game in a while, this song hits you with the "weaponized nostalgia" like as if it were tear gas...and I wouldn't have it any other way. The tears are of joy and remembering a time where things were simpler and more innocent. I may have grown up and become more hardened/cynical within that time. But the memories of this glorious game stick around to remind me of those good ol days, and soften those walls I have set up.
This moment. THIS. MOMENT. I've always been a crybaby. However, when it comes to stuff like movies, shows, or games, aside from one instance, I've never genuinely cried in any of them. BUT. While this game wasn't able to make me break down and cry, this moment was the closest a game ever got me to cry like the little b*tch that I am. Grovyle's sacrifice? I can stomach that. Your MC dying? No prob. I played Red Rescue Team before. I know how this shtick goes. This one however? Almost bawling my eyes out, holy sh*t. This game is amazing.
This was the place when i met Skitty again... Memories when skitty was a riolu here... **Insert memories of vulpix and riolu's adventure** those memories where the best.... B: hey vulpix dinner is ready
![Cozy Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Piano Music with Relaxing Rain [ for studying, work & sleep ]](/img/1.gif)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Tears, Despair and Sadness
still T/D/S which is probably the point but how am i going to seperate them?
technically though despair would be from gates if you think about it
PMD: Explorers of Cry
Pokemon misery dungeon
PMD Explorers of Emotional Damage
When the main character stops speaking in parentheses with his last words you know wtf going down and it honestly made it way sadder
Yea that was the time he/she actually talked
This is what I tell people when they ask why I love this game. This moment.
Yes, i remember
It always hit me so hard
"Even after I Dissapear from this world I will never forget you"
Oh, so you aren't crying yet? Well don't worry, this'll fix that up quick
I know right?
You thought Don't ever Forget was the only song like that? Haha
I got mentally rekt
finished memories returned and think your save lets just remix the opening theme and give you some credits.
@@purinpuff1337 Mystery Dungeon- A game that depresses the everloving crap out of you
seeing my poor partner continuing to live, trying to go back to the cheerful lifestyle of treasure town, then come down to the beach and just collapse with grief, like they wanted to all those months ago at the foot of the spot where their best friend just disappeared forever from. they forced themself to keep moving then, they forced themself to keep moving for months, but they can’t just hold all that back.
Noooo
hi aster!
you get it
1:27 it sounds like even the instruments are trying to keep it together
People say the moment the hero dissapears is the saddest moment, i disagree. While it was sad, and it did get me misty eyed, THIS.
THIS right here was the moment that gets me crying. This is the moment that hits me in the feels everytime.
Explorers of sky will always be one of my favorite games, and the story it told will always be close to my heart.
The pokemon mystery dungeon era was amazing :,)
@@silverbowftw5225 Mystery dungeon doesn't really have an era, they're still making new games... But it does have a gold era.
For me it’s when the partner is leaving on their own. Something about that scene just makes me sob, man. The music just pulls on my heartstrings so well.
Absolutely. The actual farewell scene was a bit short, but showing the aftermath of the player character dissappearing worked really well
@aetimes2 we are finally due for the next pmd whether it be a remake or a new entry
I find it amazing how a Pokémon game that has one of the deepest and most emotional stories in the entire franchise, isn’t even a mainline game, but a spin-off.
This is still the most emotional game I've played lol
that's pmd for ya
That's because Spike Chunsoft made it
pokemon took our childhood hostage against our nostalgia
me now about to play Mother 3 v.i.a friends reccomendation, wish me luck
This game’s ending made me realize the journey wasn’t about me - it was about my partner. Sure, he was whiny at times with dialogue and it made me a bit irritated - but over time, I came to find my partner, a Shinx aptly named Toshinori, held a special place in my heart for making me realize that he in his own way wasn’t so different from me. He conquered his fears and saved the world alongside someone from the future, who shone a light in his world of fear and darkness. For that person to be removed from his life overwhelmed him with grief and sorrow, so much so he couldn’t continue to move forward for the person who’d given him friendship and courage. He hid the grief he felt for months, trying to return to a normal life, ultimately to let it all go through recollection on the beach where we’d first met.
THIS was where I cried. Not during the tearful goodbye, not when Grovyle had to leave, but this moment made me lose it. I ultimately cried not for my departure, but for the grief Toshinori felt. I would have felt the same in such a situation. The soundtrack of this game makes me think and reflect on the impact EoS gave me.
God damn, this game is so spectacularly written in terms of emotional impact.
Edit: I originally played this game back when I was a freshman in college. Now a senior and still coming back to this game's soundtrack. Emotional impact lasts a long time - I even used a Luxray in Pearl named Toshinori. Also top comment???? Dang.
Wow that's so deep.. it actually made me think
Try playing the game with a Treecko for a partner. It really adds that final element of depth to complete the story.
Yeah, that's exactly how I felt too.
I realised I was just a side character in this wider story about my partner, after all the stone chose your partner- not you.
John O' Groats
I never realized that till now...
I’ll be honest, I never considered myself to be the ‘hero’ of my own story. I always enjoyed seeing myself as a side character. Not only since every game makes you the “hero,” but since side characters usually do small things that have profound effects on the plot. Stuff that doesn’t take a hero with powers to do, something that anybody can do with a bit of courage.
Realizing that this story has always been about my partner sort of blows my mind, since thats what I sort of wanted.
I didn’t place those time gears in their slots. I wasn’t the hero. I didn’t save the word. All I did was be a good friend.
@@tournesol99 that's how i did rescue team dx and that story left so much impact & bond with my Eevee (as me) and my Treecko nicknamed Birch (as my partner) that I played explorers of sky with that combination and now I have even more impact & bond with Eevee & Birch.
huge tip: do NOT under any circumstances name the player and partner after yourself and a loved one in your life. it's been so many years and even though we're married now, even thinking about this song and this scene makes me break down in tears. don't do it.
😭😭😭 *sniff* now you tell me??😭😭😭🤧🤧
I named my partner after my actual partner. God I cried
Man id boohoo like a baby....
Especially if we broke up my god could u imagine!? 😂😂
too late it just made me cry harder augghh
I named myself as my first ever pokemon I had, and lost long ago. Also my partner, Shinx was my second ever pokemon, I never lost my Shinx so he's my oldest Pokemon. I did not know the same story would repeat itself from Pokemon Diamond to Mystery Dungeon, where my Shinx ended up alone.
I could play this game a thousand times and still cry every time .
Saaame
Justin Wallace I always do that
Omggg same im crying rn
I still do
@Justin
Now THIS guy gets it!
(whimper)
Trying to explain to my parents, as a kid, why I was powerfully sobbing and trembling while holding my DS was impossible. Not having the words to express it, and being shocked that I was feeling the most intense emotion over this game... It was surreal. What a masterpiece..
I restarted the game a few days ago and I finished the main story just now, and my gosh, I never cried this much over a video game. When my partner just collapses when my character disappeared, I lost it. Seeing my partner in so much despair broke my heart :'(
I was so depressed back then omg. I remember it clearly
I'M CRYING 😭
Who was your partner, out of curiosity?
@@devinsymonds1602 My partner was Shinx
@@devinsymonds1602 Riolu
"But (hero name) isn't here anymore"
Ow, Can I hurt myself with feels.
Do you remember, when, we, laughed?
Do you remember, when, we, cried?
Remember all, the explorations, that, we, had, together, friend?
Do you remember when we won, Do you remember when we lost? I remember all those times and now you're gone! The friend I lost to time...
I felt I had to add on.
Is it okay if I submit this poem for class???
That's...brilliant!! It works through everything that's awesome about this game and the amazing storytelling that still makes me tear up 11 years later. My hat is off to you
Nooo :,(
@@killianshort2292 oh man
My mom passed away earlier this month. The day before I came home from college. I didn’t get to say a proper goodbye. Last time I was home for break in March, I had her choose the player, partner, and team name for a new Rescue Team DX save file I was starting. Named the player after her (because she took the quiz) and the partner after me. I haven’t finished the main story yet, and with her passing, I don’t think I’ll be able to handle the ending. (I’m tearing up as I’m writing this.)
And even though it’s a different PMD game, I can’t sing the lyrics I made for this song without crying.
“We’ll keep our memories through Time,
Because our fates are intertwined…
And although Darkness will try to break them, I know things will be fine.
And when we grow old and we die,
Then we will take them to the Sky…
Forever they will live on in our hearts and souls…
We’re explorers old.”
Love you, Mommy. 💚💙
sorry for your loss bud, hope you'll feel better soon
hope youre finding peace
I always started crying when your partner breaks down in tears... 😭
AHHH I cried after recalling that scene in the past soundtracks
Crying at the PMD EOS soundtrack at 4 AM
You still cryin?
@@Incarnate629 yeag
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon really mastered the art of controllong the human emotions with music. I've played many games with a sad story before, and most of them didn't even come close to make me feel as sad as a game that's catered towards kids.
the part where your partner just breaks down on the beach is what broke my heart most as a kid (as if the hero disappearing wasn't bad enough)
seeing my lil charmander buddy collapse on the beach where we met sent me into full-blown body-wracking sobs
Simply put, amazing. One of my favorite games, if not, my all-time favorite game. Beautiful, well-executed story with fitting composition. Very few games make me feel like this one does.
Couldn't agree more.
Agreed bro. I restart the game every now and then
This game and my partner Shinx taught me when I needed it the most what friendship was. I only had one friend and she was horrible to me but I didn’t know because I was so young that how I was being treated wasn’t how friends treat each other. I was dragged everywhere with her, having her take my things without asking and dictating how I dressed, forcing me to only be friends with her while only talking to me when she felt like it. Then I found this at a game stop, I still remember the exact one too, on a whim and bought it cuz I loved Pokémon. But my darling Shinx and everyone at the Wigglytuff Guild taught me what friendship was. I was treated like a friend and to this day the end of any PMD game makes me cry. This ending in particular will always hold a very central place in my heart. I lost that copy of the game, I don’t think I’ll ever find it and I don’t think Shinx will ever really see me again but I know he’s okay and happy and I am too. I have wonderful friends now many years later and I have him and everyone else to thank for it.
Imagine this game as an anime with the same music and well acted. Oh my lord I would cry til' I'd die.
I have trouble crying at sad things, for some reason. But goodness, this brings me pretty close. And it sure does hurt. Coping with loss of someone close to you, much less the person you owe almost your whole life to... I can't imagine.
Loss is something we'll all have to deal with at some point or another, though... perhaps this game helps prepare one for that, to some extent. (As well as the other games in the series, of course!)
This game has a big effect depending on how much someone cares about it. Even better, this game really draws you in with getting to know the story, your partner, and all other important characters because they all play a big role. Yep, best game i've ever played and none will beat it.
Yes
@@Trattt i cried alot
@@Trattt yeah I watched this game for the first time during my favorite Streamers First playthrough wich was baisicly a meme run, no one in the stream could take this seriouslly and we all kinda just laughed though it lmao
Five sad songs in a row. Chunsoft, why do you want us to cry so much?
I listen to this playlist while I do homework, but whenever it reaches this point, I always have to pause and just appreciate the music, the memories, and the feels.
Partner: BIDOOOOOFFF!😭😭😭
That part made me burst into tears😢😢
Agreed...
Oh my.. I don't remember that- wait I think I do now :,(
Oof...by golly
Havent played the game in years.. but just hearing the track, the tears start flowing. I still remember every moment that's shown while the song plays.
And i remember the way it ends above all else.
Sameee
When you find something in your closet from a friend you haven't seen in ages.
I haven't played Explorers in a while. I just randomly remembered this song and wanted to hear it again. Crying over a Pokemon game at 12:31 in the morning wasn't on the schedule but I'll take it.
Don't ever forget scene made me cause a river in my room, it turned to an ocean here.
Fun fact I flooded my whole house
Easily the most underrated song of the soundtrack. Probably my favorite piece of music in all of video games, if I'm being honest. The feelings this song conjures... there's just nothing like it.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky is such an incredible experience. Spike Chunsoft knew how to show emotion in these characters. I dont think any other Pokemon game will ever come close to being as filled with emotion as this one. Ironically, this game is timeless. I love you Pokemon Mystery Dungeon ❤
i was a turtwig and my partner, a pikachu, was Ka-Chow. when the flashbacks started playing with all our shared memories together, all of the adventures we had together, i just couldnt hold it in anymore. when Ka-Chow ran to Bidoof and collapsed on the beach it hurt me SO MUCH. i could really feel his grief right then and there. Ka-Chow..i love you so much. thank you.
They made 5 songs right after the others, each one as sad but hopefuls as the previous, they knew what they wanted to do and did it very well, I'm still holding back tears
This scene always made me cry 10x harder than when the player disappeared at temporal tower
Main character : Imma head back in
Man, this game made me shed all the tears in my system. No wonder I didn't cry at all the other game's endings.
Fantastic game. Fantastic ost. Unbelievably emotional for a Pokémon game, not only made me cry as a child but even as a teenager/adult. Still brings tears to the eyes. Masterpiece of a game
poor bidoof just wanted the partner to go back to the guild and ended up watching an emotional breakdown 😭😭
nothing will ever top pokemon mystery dungeon. cheers, a pokemon fan since 2002
Recently I said "I don't want to say goodbye" were the best PMD soundtrack by far.
I forgot with how much intensity "Memories Returned" hits. THIS is the best soundtrack in the PMD series and the scene when it plays is the most emotional one so far in a Pokémon game in my opinion! The flashbacks and the music don't pierce my heart, they hit it with the impact of a powerful explosion and that's an understatement!
this theme still makes me get teary 10 years later god DAMN its SO GOOD 3:16
reminds me of the mother 3 love theme which doesnt help the crying at all either lol
i have just made a discovery and it is that they are both in d major
I believe that some of the M3 dev team joined chunsoft and game freak after they disbanded, so that's why some of the music in PMD and gen 5 sound similar
Nick Bullinger on god?? source?
Well, I did a bit of digging, and the Wikipedia on Creatures Inc. (Pokemon co-developers) said that it was formerly Ape Inc. (Mother developers). As they worked on some of the spin-offs before, some of the staff might've moved to Chunsoft, so there isn't a *direct* correlation between them as I stated earlier, but there is still a chance that some of the composers swapped over to the new team working on PMD2. Apologies for stating something as fact when I didn't (and still don't) know all the details
@@nickbullinger141 You’re kind of right. One of them was Kouji Maruta, one of the progammers for MOTHER 2, who has also contributed on a few Mystery Dungeon games, like Shiren the Wanderer 2 (as a designer), and the two first Pokémon MD games (as a programmer).
I'm probably the thousandth person to dump their experience with this game in the comment section, but even after naming myself "turdwig" and keeping the name of my partner the same as their species, a riolu, I *still* cried at the ending. All of those adventures, even with a name as stupid as turdwig, once they were over, i couldn't not get misty-eyed. This game's writing is legendary; this is the ONLY videogame that made me cry.
For the kids, obviously.
All the challenges we got trough, together
:,(
This music takes on a new and even more painful meaning when one of your friends, one of the most important people you knew in your life, who supported you so much and loved you so much, passed away. At least in the game the companions meet again, in real life that does not happen. But I know that one day we will be able to see each other again. Goodbye my sweet friend, I will never forget everything you did for me and I will always carry you in my heart.
Poor Turtwig and Bidoof crying together on the beach, Bidoof was a true friend :(
He’s a real one
After the dialga battle up til you officially return to your partner was the very first time I ever cried from a video game's story. Played this back when it came out and I was still a child; this still remains my favorite pokemon game of all time. Honestly it's one of my top video games ever
yall mind if i put some mf lyrics that someone else made?
sick.
Here I am,
Standing here alone,
Remembering you,
Asking 'why'?
Oh, please, just tell me why.
(Why did you have to go?
I just want to know.)
So, there you were, just laying there.
It really gave me quite a scare.
When you awoke, we adventured and became the very best friends.
You gave me the courage to fight.
You gave me will to do what's right.
You really meant everything to me because...
You were my best friend.
(Why did you have to go?
I just want to know.) x2
Now, here I stand, watching the sunset,
Thinking of all the fun
Times that we shared
With each other, best friends...
Best friends until the end.
We ventured through the waterfall.
Jumping through was a real good call.
You always knew just what to do
as if it was just nothing new.
We went to stop the darkness spread.
We made it up until the end.
But then, you had to leave me there, with nothing left...
Only memories.
(Memories returned.
Memories of you.) x2
You just wrote a damn poem, my friend, and I like it.
Was this from a video? Or somewhere else? I can't find it, it's lovely
Hell yeah, I was worried for a long time that these lyrics were gone with the comment they'd originally been posted on. Glad to see they're still in circulation.
@@danielliang9266 I think it was just from a comment someone made somewhere, on one of the vids for this song.
until now, it is quite shocking to see there is not a single rom hack that tells the partner's life without the hero by his or her side. Should be a nice message on coping with depression and sadness.
returning 2 years later i realize.... that you won the physical battle... but it led to an emotional internal battle with your partner that he was trying so hard to fight the pain away...
Sleepy Cheeto I remember realizing that as a kid. He felt so alone even with the entire guild beside him.
Heh
If you think about it, your partner never had time to mourn his loss. He lost you on his way home, but had to go on regardless and fulfill your last wish, that is to live and tell the tale. We see your partner being occupied with spreading the story and working for the guild for several month after the incident. And all this time he suppressed his sadness. This is the moment in which he gets completely overwhelmed by his suppressed emotions. All the sadness he has harnessed over time gets unleashed at once as he breaks down on the beach next to the place he first met you.
And that's why this moment is even more powerful than "Don't ever forget".
Hearing this song and seeing your partner break down into tears, it destroys me a lot.
Such a hidden gem game. 🎮🎮
This theme just says, it's hard to lose a friend, or better yet, your best friend.
Here we are having your partner which lets just say is your best friend. You told him/her to continue and move on forward without you and he/she has to stick on his own. But this just hits hard for us and them. Goes to show you how much we value our closest friends.
Barrier of feels in every corner....
Yup
In Explorers of Darkness this song was originally and aptly named “Memories of You” instead of “Memories Returned”
I personally find Memories of You to be a way better name for the song. To even imply your partner somehow forgot about you after the months you had passed away is really unfitting. I know it doesn’t really matter all too much but it’s sad to see the internet forget about some of the original names of the tracks as this game overshadows the original two.
Actually, Returned is slightly different from Of You, as that bit from 0:12 to 0:22 wasn’t in the latter. Also, Returned could be a way of saying that they allowed themself to fully remember the moments with us again after months of putting it aside. So the memories about us returned, not literally the ones of us.
I actually cried more with this scene than with "dont ever forget", I knew pretty well it was gonna happens, still cried, but yikes,
this scene broke me, in pieces, disintegrated
It's been 17 years and this theme still makes me misty-eyed. PMD just has a way with its music, especially in RT and Explorers imo.
Nothing hurts me more than seeing Chikorita break down in the middle of the beach, missing her partner, Piplup.
I won't cry..... I promise.
(50 seconds into the song) *sobbing uncontrollably*
Cell remembers his time there, his friends, family, home, and everything he once knew, but now it's all gone, it no longer exists, and only he is left... Only he knows about it, but he can't really tell anyone about it because nothing comes out of his mouth when he tries to say it... He really misses everything there, but he's not sure if he could ever see anything like that again...
This is by far my favourite track of the entire OST. While I love the Mystery Dungeon theme this is the only song I currently know of that manages to smack me right in the face with nostalgia and make me cry. I'm having this play at my funeral.
Returning to this song because I just completed the postgame of my new file of Sky, making up for how I lost my old file. That old file had so many good memories on it, gradually becoming better friends with my partner and since I was a kid with less time on my hands each major milestone was a big deal and I remember being so proud when we managed to beat Mirage Groudon on our first try, just trying to survive the bleak future, getting curbstomped in the Hidden Land and training to get better, beating Dialga on a sick day with no Reviver Seeds because Gardevoir in the Team Charm special mission burned through all of them during the Aggron fight, going through sentry duty over and over again whenever I didn't see a mission I wanted, just spending countless hours grinding to the point my hero and partner were like Level 97/98, recruiting every single legendary other than the Regis and Deoxys and Darkrai that I could, and all my failed attempts at Zero Isle because I was a silly kid. I wanted to return to this game I held so dear and get back to the place I used to be at, so I even assembled a dream team this time, sticking with Eevee again and going with Squirtle, my favorite starter (who isn't Popplio but sadly this was pre-Gen 7), as my partner, and by using my extra DS and a copy of Explorers of Darkness I think so I could recruit both Ralts (now evolved into Gallade) and Salamence, two of my all-time favorite pokemon, via jobs after fighting them in the Explorer Maze in the dojo. We were a great team, had a great vibe going on, made some more fond memories of going through various dungeons and even if we all couldn't come just picked whoever would want to come along the most like bringing Aria/Salamence to Sky Peak, and even finally cleared Zero Isle West. It was a long ride, but finally beat Darkrai yesterday, and I got so crazy emotional when my partner said "Every pokemon exists for a reason. (Player), I hope we can continue exploring!". Out of nowhere, I just began to miss my old file so much.
Siegfried was meant to fill the hole in my heart that Rosie, the Vulpix/Ninetales on my original file, left behind, and I love him and my other teammates very dearly. I hope I can keep adventuring with him and the others where my adventures with Rosie had to come to an end.
To better explain in some vague hope that maybe someone out there has my old file, whether you restarted it or not, I just hope you enjoy the game now that you have it. My team was an Espeon named Eve who was like Level 97/98, Ninetales named Rosie who was around the same level, a Drapion named Skorpio who was probably in her level 80 or early 90s, and a Mismagius named Maggie who was I think in her late 70s or early 80s. Haha, not the most creative names, I know, but I named them when I was like nine or ten and couldn't really go back to change them. I lost my 3DS at a restaurant in Pittsburgh (which is a long ways from where I live) in 2015 by accident and by the time I noticed we were at the point where it was unreasonable to go back, where I'm hoping it wasn't thrown away but rather one of the waitstaff noticed no one came back for it and gave it to their kid or played it themselves. I hope the game impacted you the same way it impacted me.
The embodiment of yelling "LET'S GOOOOOOO" with tears of joy in your eyes.
Did you hate your partner that much or something? Cause this is the part where they remember everything and d̶i̶e̶ cry on the beach.
Is he talking about the player being brought back by Dialga?
I remember that time when I was playing this game for the first time and I have lost it all in the end. My partner was a bit annoying at times, but in the end I felt so sorry for them. Just because of me they got the courage to finally follow their dreams. Without me they'd probably still sit there and be scared of doing anything new or risky. I have given them their hope and stuff and I was their one and only. Losing the only loved one you have must be awful. I was crying about ten minutes, because just thinking about this and seeing your partner literally just breaking down cause of your death hit so different. And my parents called me for dinner that time and were wondering why I was crying so badly.
God take me back to when pokemon gave me such a magical feeling
I just finished it yesterday. I actually managed to compose myself after Temporal Tower and was proud of myself.
And then this part started and I lost it 😭
Such an incredible composition which i can never forget
I'm not crying I'm just cosplaying a whismer :')
I just got to the credits only a few hours before typing this out... this game is incredible. Everything about it makes me question why I never even considered playing this game as a kid, so many years ago when I actually had a DSi. I was never a 'Pokémon kid' growing up - it was in 2016 when GO blew up that got me into the series.
Something still weighs on my mind, though... everyone talks about this game and how it had them crying as a kid, and even years later when they listen to the soundtrack again, it's just as emotional as when they first experienced the ending.
So now I lie here in bed, as a 21 year old guy who grew up with Mario Galaxy, Minecraft and Halo, wondering why I didn't feel these emotions on the same level as everyone here in these comments. Don't get me wrong, this game had me FEELING things, bro. The Igglybuff special episode had me starting to tear up by the end, but the ending just had me sitting there... wanting to cry, but I just can't. To be fair, I was never much of a crier when it comes to video games. The only thing to EVER make me cry was hearing 'Under Cover of Night' again in Halo Infinite. Still, to this day, the only thing to truly make me shed tears.
But this game... it had the most emotional story out of any game I've ever played, and yet I sit there, watching my Piplup slowly fade away... my partner Eevee becoming increasingly more hopeless that she'll never be able to see me again until she turns into a bawling mess, while I watch... wanting to cry with her when I have no tears to give.
What happened to me? Why can't I feel genuine depressed sadness anymore? Am I just a hollow shell of a man, with no soul left in him? What happened to the passion? I love good stories SO much... I just want to cry, man. Just let me be an emotional wreck, please...
Just let me feel human again...
Take me back.
you have a whole entire community that feels the same way you do. our hidden little gem of one of the most perfect stories ever written.
Pokémon Misery Dungeon: Explorers of Cry
Childhood friend of mine loved this game as much as I did. It was foundational to our friendship. I haven't played the game since he died last year. This is absolutely going to destroy me.
THE FUCKING MONTAGE BRO 15 YEARS LATER IM 25 AND STILL CRYING OVER THIS FUCKING GAME
sometimes music brings back an emotion without a memory attached, this makes me feel like crying even though I don't quite remember the scene it played in
_Smiles and Tears._ I mean, look at the both of them...
Together with In The Morning Sun, A Wish For Peace, Through The Sea Of Time & ofc Don't Ever Forget... probably my favourites of the OST (not counting the dungeon OST)
God this game really had it all! GROVYLE❤❤❤
No matter how hilariously anticlimactic Dialga’s Fight is for me, that little music box bit at 0:32 hits like truck. Remembering all the little moments that give this game so much character, I still remember crying to this music the first time I played. I hope they make another a PMD game with as much love as this one got because in my opinion, Pokémon peaked with storytelling on this game.
One of the few times I cried when playing a video game! This game is a masterpiece!!!
“Keep an open mind”
Don’t ever forget doesn’t move me too much.
This is entirely different. What Don’t Ever Forget sets to do is to note that well… you’re dying and will be gone before the song is finished.
But Memories Returned is something else, it’s a reminder of everything you and your partner did together. Every last trial you faced, you did it together. You’ve grown right alongside your partner. And to see that grief that they formed for you as they wanted to stay composed to honor the final promise they made to you. That weight then comes crashing down on them after months of just having to live on after something like that.
Grief so strong that it shook Dialga from atop Temporal Tower, a literal god of time whose lived since time began felt the sheer unrelenting pain from there.
Unrelated to the actual game, but I came here because I was reminded of this. A game that I hold very close to my heart is getting shut down at midnight tonight at the time of typing this, the game is Dragalia Lost, a Free to Play gacha game co-developed by Nintendo and CyGames. I know what your probably thinking, having an attachment to a gacha game, one of the most predatory mobile game types out there, but hear me out. Dragalia Lost was a very free to play game, I spent money on it over the course of it’s 4 years of being around, but not even close to amounting to $1000 total, I gotten most of what I ever wanted in the game without spending real money. The game never felt pay to win, and I was able to do a vast majority of it’s content. The best part though? The game’s story and characters. Over the course of 4 years, I met and learned about many characters and their stories, all of which I found really entertaining and exciting and sometimes tragic and heart breaking too, I’ve come to love so many of the characters, it became a daily religious habit to at least play the game for a couple minutes each day, if not longer. The main campaign thankfully got a satisfying conclusion, so it will die peacefully, but man it still hurts that it’s all coming to an end, I won’t be able to play one of my favorite games anymore after tonight… Rest well Dragalia Lost, I will never forget you…
I never got to play Dragalia Lost, but with World Flipper (another game developed by CyGames) shutting down in July, I think I’ll know at least a fraction of what Dragalia players felt. At least we might be keeping the Flipperpedia as an archive, but man, the pinball gacha adventures coming to an end feels so weird after a year of playing.
When I said I was okay with this... with leaving this world behind... I said so with the assumption that she'd be okay. I believed that my partner would eventually recover from my loss... but seeing her on her way back down... on the stoneship. Barely able to stand on her own four feet, let alone keep herself together.
It was only in that moment, after I had ALREADY died, that I finally understood what it meant to FEAR death. Not in the moment we fought the god of time, not when I watched my own body melt into light, but when I saw how grievously my partner would mourn me.
I took it all back immediately. I wasn't ready to die yet. I screamed it unto the heavens. "I can't leave Vivee behind like this, not when it hurts her this much! I can't be ready to die if she isn't ready to let me go! Help me! MAKE IT STOP!"
I know not how my plea was answered... but it doesn't matter. Someday, I will experience death again, as is the fate of all that lives... but next time it won't scare me, because we'll be doing it together. And we will die old, happy, and fulfilled. I will see it no other way.
You know what people? It' been soo long since we could exit from our houses here, and from tomorrow we will be able to do it. I just want to hug my best friend, I miss her soo much. I'm gonna play this when I'll meet her. Hope you can hug you friends too people
At this point even right now with more adult responsibilities and having not played this game in a while, this song hits you with the "weaponized nostalgia" like as if it were tear gas...and I wouldn't have it any other way. The tears are of joy and remembering a time where things were simpler and more innocent. I may have grown up and become more hardened/cynical within that time. But the memories of this glorious game stick around to remind me of those good ol days, and soften those walls I have set up.
This moment. THIS. MOMENT.
I've always been a crybaby. However, when it comes to stuff like movies, shows, or games, aside from one instance, I've never genuinely cried in any of them. BUT. While this game wasn't able to make me break down and cry, this moment was the closest a game ever got me to cry like the little b*tch that I am.
Grovyle's sacrifice? I can stomach that.
Your MC dying? No prob. I played Red Rescue Team before. I know how this shtick goes.
This one however? Almost bawling my eyes out, holy sh*t.
This game is amazing.
I made a playlist of random songs and getting silksong music immediately into this on the random selection the sadness is real
Okay but Dialga didn't have to make our poor partner wait three months before reviving their companion, poor Turtwig was hurting that long..
All these soundtracks get more nosotalgic and age so well :')
This was the place when i met Skitty again... Memories when skitty was a riolu here... **Insert memories of vulpix and riolu's adventure** those memories where the best.... B: hey vulpix dinner is ready
V: No let me be depressed and stereotypically cry on this beach for another 30 minutes
B: lol ok
this is the most human game that can exist on earth
Why did i not cry when i beat this game, then i watch this video and THEN FINALLY cry, WTF!!😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫
And btw i beat the game 2 weeks ago didnt cry idk why
Maybe it only now just hit you. Some people need longer to start feeling grief
Never say goodbye, cause you’re never really gone. See you later.
If the other parts of the ending didn't tear me up this music destroyed me lmfao 1:54 when the music got to this point I was tearing up so much
(Hero name): "I got one more in me"
This is the best theme ever😢 I’m a bit sad from what I seen from play throughs, to see them very sad I don’t like seeing any Pokémon sad 😢
*MFW you literally "die" of peak fiction.*
This would fit in with the tag der toten ending so much.
Everyone cried at the moment of disappearance
I cried here.
NO I CANNOT CRY NOW(fails and crys)NOOOOOOO
3:16 I love the chorus part :)
Man i cried again :,(
The beginning part sort of sounds like PMD gates to infinity theme of hope.
Chikorita :'(