Why? Because I can.
Wild battles:
5 > 2 > 3 > 6 > 1 > 4
Trainer battles:
2 > 1 > 5 > 3 > 6 > 4
Rival battles:
Silver > Cheren/Bianca > Serena > May > Barry > Hugh
Gym leaders:
5 > 3 > 2 > 1 > 4 > 6
Elite 4:
5 > 3 > 6
Champion battles:
Blue > Steven/Wallace > Lance > Cynthia > Diantha > Alder > Iris
Villainous teams:
Galactic > Magma/Aqua > Rocket > BW1 Plasma > BW2 Plasma > Flare
Villainous bosses:
Cyrus > BW1 Ghetsis > BW2 Ghetsis > Maxie/Archie > N > Lysandre
Cover legendaries:
4 > 5 > 3 > HGSS > 6
What about you?
3's my favorite wild battle. 6 and 1 are for Trainers, if only because I remember them and like them more than 3's. I'd go with Silver too since Serena's was a bit too upbeat, and Barry's was ruined by Gen 5 Pokemon Showdown playing it ALL THE TIME. 2 for Gym Leaders, I'll be blunt. Elite Four...Yeah, I think it's a tie between 3 and 5. Yeah, Blue for champion theme. BW1 Plasma would probably be villainous team, if not Magma/Aqua, though I'd put Flare a bit higher, honestly. Same with Lysandre and N, though Ghetsis in BW1 is top. If only for Giratina, Gen 4 would top it. In terms of the main parts of the trio or whatever...I kinda like them all equally, though Ho-Oh's would probably come at the top of that...
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the remixes they make of the Legendaries come ORAS. Then again, if it's rushed...We get to face the Gods of time and space with the regular encounter theme. Fear them!...
For wild battles and trainer battles, HGSS wins for me, Cheren/Bianca is my favorite rival theme. With Gym Leaders, gen 5 wins totally, but Gen 6 wins with the elite 4 music. Champion battles have me tied with Blue and Lance.Team Galactic is my favorite evil team theme, and evil boss theme is Cyrus. Cover Legendaries wins with 3 for me, and i'll add for other legendary theme is Mewtwo's theme
ReplyDeleteYou...haven't pursued your bird yet, have you?...
DeleteWhy is Gen 6 so low on these lists? I thought the cover legendaries' theme for X and Y was one of the best. Also what about non-cover legendary themes?
ReplyDeleteThere can be many of them per game, so I got lazy.
DeleteAs for gen 6, it's the overworld music that really shines. Most of the battle themes are good but nothing exceptional, but they really dropped the ball with the gym leaders and E4. The sad part is, they have an infinitely better variant of the gym leader theme, and they use it ONCE.
There are way too many of them, even within a single generation doing so would be an absolute chore.
DeleteCool idea.
ReplyDeleteWild battles: 3 > 5 > 6 > 2 > 1 > 4
Trainer battles: 5 > 3 > 6 > 2 > 4 > 1
Rival battles: Silver > Cheren/Bianca > Barry > May > Serena > Hugh
Gym leaders: 3 > 2 > 4 > 1 > 5 > 6
Elite 4: 3 > 5 > 6
Champion battles: Blue > Steven/Wallace > Lance > Cynthia > Diantha > Iris > Alder
Villainous teams: Magma/Aqua > Galactic > BW1 Plasma > BW2 Plasma > Rocket > Flare
Villainous bosses: Cyrus > BW2 Ghetsis > BW1 Ghetsis > N > Maxie/Archie > Lysandre (I hate putting Lysandre's theme last, I just like all the others more)
Cover legendaries: Giratina > 3 > 6 > 5 > HGSS > Palkia/Dialga
Shout-out to the peril/red HP theme from gen 5 that ruined every battle theme.
You mentioning Lysandre's theme makes me think, why does he only get a remix of the regular Team Flare theme? I would've liked to have the same logic from Team Galactic apply here, where Lysandre's current theme would go to the scientist chicks (and Xerosic too, I guess), and Lysandre would get his own song.
DeleteMaybe in the deluxe version/ sequals?
DeleteI agree in general, though I may rank Cynthia's BW rendition higher than you. I didn't particularly like Gen 6's music at all (very repetitive between routes, too), even though it was in much higher quality- though Lysandre's wasn't too bad (likely by comparison). Gen 1 music was poor by nature of being so old, but Origin's rendition was quite good.
ReplyDeleteAcross generations, I feel like DPP had the best "important" music, but Unova had the best general music.
Some of my favorite tracks, in no particular order of favoritism:
Cyrus', Cynthia's, DPP Gym Leader, northern Kalos route music (read: near Dendemille), HGSS Kalos wild battle, Unova elite four, Ghetsis' theme, Plasma battle theme (BW1), DPP title legendaries, Regi themes, Snowbelle theme, Snowpoint routes theme.
I tend to favor Gen 4 because that's the first I played, although I wouldn't chalk it up to nostalgia, since going back to Platinum was a very enjoyable experience.
Wild battles:
ReplyDelete3 > 5 > 6 > 2 > 1 > 4
Trainer battles:
2 > 4 > 1 > 3 > 5 > 6
Rival battles:
Silver > Hugh > Cheren/Bianca > Serena > Barry > May
Gym leaders:
2 > 5 > 1 > 4 > 3 > 6
Elite 4:
5 > 6 > 3
Champion battles:
Lance > Blue > Cynthia > Iris > Alder > Steven/Wallace > Diantha
Villainous teams:
BW2 Plasma > BW1 Plasma > Rocket > Flare > Magma/Aqua > Galactic
Villainous bosses:
N > BW2 Ghetsis > Cyrus > Maxie/Archie > Lysandre > BW1 Ghetsis
Cover legendaries:
5 > 6 > 4 > 3 > HGSS > Crystal (You forgot that one, but I can't blame you.)
(^ Overall I like all Cover Legendaries themes quite a lot... It was the hardest category to put an actual order of favorites to)
I feel like I'm the only one who liked Hugh's theme... As bland as his character was, I thought his kick-ass theme was his sole redeeming factor.
DeleteScrew it. I've been re-listening to Iris theme and I want to put it higher.
DeleteChampion Battles:
Lance > Iris > Blue > Cynthia > Alder > Steven/Wallace > Diantha
Oh crap. Just noticed that people rate Giratina's theme separately... This changes my rating for Gen 4 completely.
DeleteFinal rating for Cover Legendaries:
Giratina > 6 > 5 > 3 > HGSS > Crystal (Suicune is on the cover...) > Dialga/Palkia
Wild battles:
ReplyDelete3 > 6 > 5 > 2 > 1 > 4
Trainer battles:
3 > 6 > 4 > 1 > 5 > 2
Rival battles:
Silver > May/Brenden > Serena/Calum > Barry > Hugh > Cheren/Bianca
Gym leaders:
5 = 3 = 2 = 1 = 4 > 6 (Everything but 6 is amazing, I couldn't decide. 6 is trash sadly.
Elite 4:
4 > 3 > 1 > 2 = 5 > 6
Champion battles:
Cynthia = Steven/Wallace = Lance > Blue > Diantha > Iris > Alder
Villainous teams:
Galactic > Magma/Aqua > Rocket > Flare > BW1 Plasma > BW2 Plasma >
Villainous bosses:
Maxie/Archie > Cyrus > Colress > N > Lysander > BW2 Ghetsis > BW1 Ghetsis
Cover legendaries:
6 > HGSS > 5 > 4 > 3
I'm not good at remembering most tracks off the top of my head, so I'd have to watch videos for like an hour to make a list of my own. I will say, however, that I seem to have very different tastes from you. I would rate Iris' theme much, much higher, maybe even put her at the very top. I think it fits her perfectly and complements the presentation of the battle. I also think the XYZ cover legendaries had BY FAR the best track, it's beyond epic.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree... I was hesitating between her's and Cynthia's theme to be third on my own list and I'm still not sure if I made the right decision. Heck, you made me doubt even more. ^^"
DeleteWild Pokemon: 3>5>6>1>4>2
ReplyDeleteTrainer: 2>3>1>4>5>6
Rivals: Barry>May>Silver>Cheren/Bianca>Hugh>Serena
Gym Leaders: 3>1>4>6>5>2
Elite 4: 3>5>6
Champions:Iris>Diantha>Cynthia>Lance>Blue>Steven/Wallace>Alder
Evil Teams:Aqua/Magma>Galactic>Old Plasma>Neo Plasma>Flare>Rocket
Team Bosses: Cyrus>Archie/Maxie>BW Ghetsis>N>BW2 Ghetsis>Lysandre
Cover Legendaries: 3>Palkia/Dialga>5>Giratina>HGSS>6
Wild battles: BW > RSE > XY > GSC > RBY > DPPt
ReplyDeleteTrainer battles: BW > RSE > XY > DPPt > GSC > RBY
Rivals: Hugh = Brendan/May = Silver > XY > Cheren/Bianca > Barry
Gym Leaders: RSE > BW > GSC = RBY > DPPt > XY
Elite 4: BW > RSE > XY
Champions: RSE > BW2 > BW > DP > GSC > XY > RBY (it's a good theme, but its remixes in later games are better)
Villainous Teams: DPPt > RSE > BW > GSC > BW2 > XY
Villainous Bosses: DPPt > Colress > N (Final) > RSE > N > Lysandre > BW1 Ghetsis > BW2 Ghetsis
Cover Legends: Giratina > Ho-oh > BW > XY > RSE > Lugia > Dialga/Palkia
The villainous bosses were the hardest for me to choose, personally. Honorable battle theme mentions go to (in no particular order) the unused legendary dog theme in RSE, Deoxys' theme, and the Regis' theme (RSE).
Wild battles:
ReplyDelete1> 2 > 3 > 5 > 6> 4
Trainer battles:
1> 2 > 5 > 3 > 6 > 4
Rival battles:
Silver > Hugh> Cheren/Bianca=Barry> Serena> > May
Gym leaders:
5 > 3 > 1 > 2 > 4 > 6
Elite 4:
3 > 5 > 6
Champion battles:
Blue > Steven/Wallace > Diantha > Cynthia > Lance > Alder > Iris
Villainous teams:
Galactic > Magma/Aqua > Rocket > BW1 Plasma > BW2 Plasma > Flare
Villainous bosses:
Cyrus > N (Not the final one though) > BW2 Ghetsis > BW1 Ghetsis > Maxie/Archie > Lysandre
Cover legendaries:
4 > 5 > HGSS > 3 > 6
My thoughts for you, will we be seeing more of these kind of posts?
Using your template:
ReplyDeleteWild battles:
5 > 3 > 2 > 1 > 6 > 4
Trainer battles:
2 > 1 > 5 > 3 > 6 > 4
Rival battles:
Silver > Cheren/Bianca > May = Serena > Hugh >Barry
Gym leaders:
5 > 3 > 1 > 4 > 2 > 6
Elite 4:
5 > 3 > 6
Champion battles:
Blue > Steven/Wallace > Cynthia > Diantha = Lance > Alder > Iris
Villainous teams:
Galactic > Magma/Aqua > BW1 Plasma = Rocket > BW2 Plasma > Flare
Villainous bosses:
Cyrus (Fuck I love that song) > BW1 Ghetsis > BW2 Ghetsis > Maxie/Archie = N > Lysandre
Cover legendaries:
Dialga/Palkia > Giratina> 5 > 3 = HGSS > 6
I think I may work on an order of route themes generation by generation as well.
Yeah, as great as the overworld themes are in generation 6, the battles themes fell a little short. I especially hate the Team Flare theme. Even worse is that they have the same annoying riff when you're in their base. Out of all the battle themes listed, Cyrus is a very close favorite.
Wild battles:
ReplyDelete2 > 1 > 3 > 5 > 6 > 4 > HG/SS > FR/LG
Trainer battles:
2 > 1 > 4 > 3 > HG/SS > 5 > 6 > FR/LG
Rival battles:
Hugh > Silver > May > Cheren/Bianca > Serena > Barry
Gym leaders:
1 > 3 > 2 > 4 > 5 > HG/SS > 6 > FR/LG
Elite 4:
3 > 5 > 6 > HG/SS (Kanto) > 4 > HG/SS (Johto)
Champion battles:
Blue > Cynthia > Lance > Diantha > Steven/Wallace > Alder > Iris
Villainous teams:
Magma/Aqua > Rocket > Galactic > BW1 Plasma > BW2 Plasma > Flare
Villainous bosses:
Cyrus > Maxie/Archie > N > BW1 Ghetsis > Lysandre > BW2 Ghetsis
Cover legendaries:
3 > 4 > HG/SS > 5 > 6
I'm too lazy to rank my favorite songs. But, this one is my #1 overall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP_AUhCJP6I
ReplyDeleteWild Battles
ReplyDelete6>5>3>1>4>2
Trainer battles
3>1>6>2>5>4
Gym Leader
5>6>1>4>3>2
E4
5(GOAT)>3>6>4>1=2
Champion
Blue>Steven/Wallace>Cynthia>Lance>Alder>Iris>Diantha
Rival
Silver>Brendan/May>Hugh>Barry>Cheren/Bianca>Serena/Calem
Team Grunts/Admin
4>5(BW)>3>5(BW2)>6>2
Team Boss
N(Final)>BWGhethis=Maxie/Archie>BW2Ghethis>Cyrus>Lysandre
Cover Legendaries
6>5>3>4>HGSS
Off topic, I'm a bit upset that N's final battle theme isn't in the Unova Pokemon League in SSB3DS.
This week's PotW is Klinklang. Of course, they mention how Genwunners are hypocrites without saying that Genwunners are hypocrites...
ReplyDeleteAnd 100 attack is now "usable", whereas it was "phenomenal" for Gogoat. Progress!
DeleteI wouldn't have expected them of all people to figure out Frustration is nice to use in case you run into Ditto, as well.
It's funny how little things like gender/happiness actually can matter that much.
DeleteAnd the best part is, for all that the game preaches about being good to your Pokémon, brutalizing them has virtually the same effect, but is actually more beneficial because most Dittos run max happiness. Eat your heart out, Karen.
DeleteYeah, I don't really feel like I should have any emotional attachment to 0s and 1s, to quote you (Although there are games that are great at doing that). And as inhumane as it sounds to throw away hundreds of baby animals into the (supposedly) ravenous wilderness, I'll continue to do so, as it means better Pokemon with no moral or emotional consequence.
DeleteI don't really like those people (read: Dorkly) that act all smugly superior because they are "just playing with the Pokemon they want because it's fun"- here are some examples:
http://www.dorkly.com/post/69687/the-dos-and-do-nots-of-pokemon-ownership
http://www.dorkly.com/post/68802/the-7-types-of-pokemon-players
Of course, I don't care if you don't want to play competitively. I do mind that competitive players are somehow "worse", and "not playing for fun".
Then again, it's a media website. Of course there will be no shortage of idiots.
*Reads the comics* My food used U-turn.
DeleteWild battles:
ReplyDelete5 > 2 > 1 > 6 > 3 > 4
Trainer battles:
2 > 1 > 5 > 6 > 3 > 4
(if we were including Gen 6's SSB4 remix it would have easily trumped all of them)
Rival battles:
May > Hugh > Silver > Cheren/Bianca > Barry > Serena
(Yeah, the two rivals I can't stand the most have my favorite themes, would'a thunk)
Gym leaders:
5 > 2 > 1 > 4 > 6 > 3
(yeah most people agree 5's is a masterpiece, especially when they're on their last Pokémon)
Elite 4:
5 = 3 > 6
(impossible for me to decide, they're both great and hell 5's samples part of 3's in a couple seconds)
Champion battles:
Blue > Steven/Wallace > Iris > Cynthia > Alder > Diantha > Lance
Villainous teams:
HGSS Rocket > Magma/Aqua > BW2 Plasma > BW1 Plasma > Galactic > Flare
(yeah I like BW2's Plasma more, I'm in the harsh minority, can't stand Team Flare's though :p)
Villainous bosses:
Cyrus > N > BW1 Ghetsis > BW2 Ghetsis > Maxie/Archie > Lysandre
(I love how N's constantly builds upon the melody as you fight him more).
Cover legendaries:
HGSS > 4 > 6 > 4 > 3 > 5
would you ever do one of these for Xenoblade's themes? I'd love to see that.
One mistake, Maxie/Archie would be > than both BW1 and 2 Ghetsis
DeleteWhere does Colress's theme rank for you?
ReplyDelete(Quickly re-listenes to tracks to make accurate rankings.)
Wild battles:
Delete3 > 5 > 1 > 6 > 4 > 2
Trainer battles:
6 > 1 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 2
Rival:
5(2) > 2 > 4 > 3 > 6> 5
Gym Leader:
6 > 1 > 5 > 4 > 3 > 2
Elite 4:
5 > 3 > 6 > 4
Champion:
Diantha >Cynthia > Lance > Blue >Alder> Steven/Wallace > Iris
Teams:
Plasma2 > Flare > Aqua/Magma > Rocket > Plasma1 > Galactic
Bosses:
Colress > N(Decisive Battle) > BW Ghetsis > Cyrus > Maxie/Archie > Lysandre > BW2 N > BW2 Ghetsis > BW N
Cover Legends:
3 > 6 > Kyurem > Ho-Oh > Giratina > Reshiram/Zekrom > Lugia > Dialga/Palkia > Suicune
Wild battles:
ReplyDelete1 > 3 > 5 > 6 > 2 > 4
Trainer battles:
3 > 1 > 6 > 2 > 4 > 5
Rival battles:
Silver > Barry > Serena > Cheren/Bianca > May > Hugh
Gym leaders:
3 > 2 > 1 > 5 > 6 > 4
Elite 4:
5 > 6 > 3 > 4
Champion battles:
Blue > Steven/Wallace > Lance > Cynthia > Diantha > Alder > Iris
Villainous teams:
Galactic > Magma/Aqua > Flare > Rocket > BW1 Plasma > BW2 Plasma
Villainous bosses:
Cyrus > Decisive Battle N > Maxie/Archie > Lysandre > BW Ghetsis > BW2 Ghetsis > Colress
Cover legendaries:
Giratina > Yveltal/Xerneas > Weather Trio > Tao Trio > Ho-Oh > Lugia > Dialga/Palkia > Suicune