Pokemon Black And White 2 - Legendary Battle Theme | Reacting To Video Game Music! 

I grew up with the DS era of Pokémon games, with Diamond being my first experience (I was probably around 8 years old as well) so the sound of the Black and White games are very nostalgic for me as they came out only a few years after my first experience with the franchise. This is my favorite Pokémon track because I can actually recall how shocked I was when I first listened to this theme as a child. Just so much cool stuff here: The way it changes speed so rapidly, the build up leading to the piano breaking. This completely blew my mind as a kid and I was glad to see it aged well after I went back to playing Pokémon years later.

Gamefreak: So how many beat drops do you want for your Legendary Theme? BWB2W2: *yes...*

to me this soundtrack encapsulates what it feels encountering a legendary pokemon. there's a little of hype, a little bit of anxiety, and a little bit "the fuck is going on?".

Ahh, Pokémon never fails to deliver banger soundtracks, and Gen 5 sits at the peak.

You never grow out of Pokemon. You just go through an awkward phase where it's somehow embarrassing to talk about before diving headfirst back into it for one reason or another, be it the games, music, or just sheer nostalgia.

Games are still going, the anime is still going. Pokemon will still be going when you are 90 years old. Pokemon is forever.

The whiplash this song gives. It tells you "you're fucking up with beings that defy common sense. Thread lightly"

...kinda wanna have him react to Cynthia's (piano) theme. That one's like a survival mechanism to incite fear into their prey.

gen 5 gets a lot of undeserved hate during its time, playing it again now it's genuinely my favourites. best story, best music, and *ANIMATED SPRITES*

Yeah, it's safe to say you've been missing out. You come in expecting the music to be all bright and upbeat (and to be fair, most of the time, it is), but in every single generation of this series, there's always several themes that make you think, "HOLY HELL, THIS IS FROM A POKEMON GAME?!"

BW and BW2 are such masterpieces for their time I cannot stress how important they are to me in my life. They represent a golden era of pokemon that we can never go back to. I love everything about the games, the immense details in it's environment, the abundance of new Pokemon designs, and of course the MUSIC. I hope I get to see more reactions to this phenomenal OST

I imagine Junichi kicking in a door to the directorial staff of the game during development and saying "ARE YOU NERDS READY FOR SOME INDUSTRIAL PROG?" in Japanese with a boombox on his shoulder.

God, this song has it all-- the tempo ebbing and flowing, the harsh, pounding bass and synths, but my favorite of all might be that dainty piano that sometimes almost seems to _fall apart_ just from the intensity of everything around it. There are some parts that literally sound like someone took the piano keys off of a keyboard and put them into one of those rainpipes, like the person at the keyboard just DIED in the middle of playing. So cool, I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

Pokemon music sometimes goes SO HARD for absolutely no reason. Like there are legitimately some tracks that'll go toe-to-toe with the Final Fantasies and the Castlevanias. From the most recent mainline games, everyone LOVES the gym theme (especially with the cheering intact. It feels like the crowd cheering is a part of the music). But my other favourite is the Slumbering Weald theme.

You know, I was just thinking about how Jesse doesn't have a single Pokemon reaction, looking forward to more, Pokémon has amazing music!

Gen 5's Music is the most complex in the entire series, it really is like nothing else you've ever heard.

Good to see Pokemon, every game has at least a couple of absolute bangers. I would recommend “Champion Cynthia Battle” from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. One of the most iconic Pokémon themes.

You're right about this track being an "end game" theme. "Legendary" here refers to the biggest, baddest Pokemon in the game. It would be the Pokemon Yellow equivalent to the song that plays while battling Mewtwo. After the first generation, these Pokemon are usually featured on the box art as well, or part of the game logo.

Gen 5 pokemon, the Black and White games, is generally considered to be the epitome of the franchise. The soundtrack is full of bangers, I find myself still just playing compilation videos for background music often from it. Now one soundtrack in particular from gen 4 in looking forward to seeing on this channel is Cynthia's theme, generally considered a meme track due to the context behind it, but still a solid track none the less

the soundtrack is one of the few things that keeps me coming back to pokemon after all this years. if i may suggest a couple of OSTs from the franchise, one a bit old and one new, they are Zinnia Battle theme and the Volo battle theme. the second one is big spoilers for the latest pokemon game, but they are both fenomenal. BTW this was on the original nintendo DS. a 2005 handheld console.

Let the floodgates open!! YES!! Finally someone that reacts to Pokémon music!!

Gen 5’s soundtrack was crazy in the best ways possible because they were experimenting with their formulas like crazy at this time. So you get cool tempo gearshifts in songs like this one, new and revised song styles that absolutely mark this era as unique. If you’re willing to follow up this song and see further down the rabbit hole (specifically for Gen 5), I recommend for your pallet: -Victory Road (with Badge Gate Buildup) -Vs Zekrom/Reshiram -Vs. Colress -Elite Four (Black and White) Have fun in wonderland, Alice! ^_^

The generation 5 soundtrack plays with surround sound quite a bit. There are several themes that actively switch from left to right and back. It makes the themes a lot more dynamic and make it feel like you're actually in the middle of the action. Generation 5 (Black/White/Black2/White2) really hits harder than a lot of the other games.

The characters of Black and White 2 are named Nate and Rosa while the first game's protagonists are named Hilbert and Hilde. Also there's a special battle theme for the box legendaries Reshram, Zekrom and for the sequels Kyrem. You should listen to champion Iris battle theme.

This shit blew out my ds's speakers

Pokemon as a whole has some great music. Gen 4 (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) and Gen 5 (Black/white and Black/White 2) have some of my favorite music in the entire series. You should definitely check out more if you can. The Zekrom/Reshiram and Black/White Elite 4 battle themes are amazing.

3:05 You have indeed been missing out this hard. New pokemon osts absolutely slap

I really love when songs play with tempo and timing like this one.

I was wondering when Jesse would eventually get to some Pokemon music, the music is one of the most consistently good parts of the franchise. Can’t wait until we start getting Gen 4 music, my personal favourite Gen as far as the music goes.

Cynthia's theme is gonna blow your mind... shes considered one of the hardest champions in the entire series and her theme matches that statement.

you might want to listen to the themes of Ultra Necrozma and PLA Giratina, two of my favorites.

Glad we’ve finally got Pokémon music. Some of my absolute favorite soundtracks from Nintendo. Hopefully you get to react to Legends Arceus’ Giratina Theme or Lorekeeper Zinnia soon, some of the best Pokémon has to offer!

The entire gen 5 soundtrack is absolute fire I would love to see some more people react to it

Despite how the games are received (some are easy, some are boring, etc.), one thing Pokemon does really well thanks to its music is theming. When it comes to fights with legendary pokemons, the elite 4 or the champions, the themes always feel incredibly powerful and fitting for the setting. The chamipon theme for gen 7 (Sun and Moon), also known as Champion Title Defense I believe, was an absolutely unforgettable experience. Unlike all other champion themes this one is very personal, since SPOILER ALERT: it is the player's own theme, which also mixes leitmotifs from various other pokemon themes. Basically an anthem for the players who have stuck with the series for so long.

It's so awesome to me that this is what you were able to hear for your first time in decades. This is the best game Pokemon has to offer in my eyes, and I hope more people have requests from it coming.

Oh heck, I just checked the description and just happened to see that this video is now on EXACTLY 102000 views! XD Awesome!

That’s Pokémon music to me. Good stuff that uses synths and instruments and a whole lot of styles and moments you would never had thought to use together, but always result in a really good experience to listen to.

Speaking of the hardware, Pokémon RBY and GSC were GameBoy (Color), while Ruby Sapphire Emerald and the RG remakes were GBA. Diamond Pearl, Platinum, Black and White were DS, which really had much stronger sampling engines, while still having a bit of a bit crunch to the samples. Starting with X and Y and beyond, those were all 3DS and Switch, and switched to pre-rendered looping audio tracks, no longer being sample sequenced in real time on the hardware.

It's wild that this was on the original DS!

This track has a license to slap

The Pokémon black and white releases have the best soundtrack by far thanks for reacting!! Any pieces from black and white or their sequels are worth checking out :)

So this track plays in game for 2 groups of Legendary Pokemon. One group is The Forces of Nature, which consists of Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus, and the other group is the Swords of Justice, which consists of Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion. They're way stronger than the average Pokemon, you can think of them as similar to the Legendary birds from Kanto, but they're not on the same level as a Pokemon like Mewtwo. You can encounter them late in your journey. This is one of my favorite tracks! This series has a lot of bangers but I return to this one specifically a lot. Pokemon Black and White and the sequels have probably my favorite sound track so if you get a recommendation from them I can super duper vouch. If you want a recommendation from a different game too tho, the Kanto Gym leader theme from Pokemon HGSS, and Solgaleo/Lunalas theme from Sun and Moon are my other favorites

POKÉMON BW2 MY BELOVED ❤️ No, seriously: Black/White and Black 2/White 2 are my favorite games in the Pokémon franchise and the soundtrack is one of the best, if not the best in the series in my opinion. BW/BW2 were very ambitious games - including the soundtracks. So much so, that they were hated by the overall fanbase when they first came out, even if the reasons for that were questionable at best. Today, though, they are being held in high regard and seen as some of the best entries in the Pokémon franchise. In terms of sound, many typical elements from modern electronic/techno music started to be incorporated here and with the sound identity of the Nintendo DS MIDI Soundfont, the results are mind-boggling. (For clarification: The Mainline Pokémon games went from GB > GBC > GBA > DS > 3DS > Switch) But there's a lot more variety than that, even within the BW/BW2 games themselves. N's Castle would probably be my favorite, to name one, and it's not even a battle track. In short: Yes, Jesse, you've been missing out VERY HARD for VERY LONG - The Pokémon franchise has a near infinite amount of musical goodness to offer and I want to see you explore as much of it as possible! Very excited for your future Pokémon reactions! veeegy out

Yeah, the Pokémon series has some really amazing songs. Incredible battle themes, emotional pieces, you name it. Can't wait to see you react to more of them.

This is such a good concept for youtube, I'm gonna recommend you to my friends.

this battle theme plays during encounters with the swords of justice (pokémon known as cobalion, terrakion and virizion), the genies (pokémon known as tornadus, thunderus, and landorus) and when fighting victini, the victory pokemon. it was first heard in pokémon black and white (2010/2011) and returned in their sequels, pokémon black 2 and white 2 (2012), both of which game out for the DS (DSi era, into the early 3DS era) as well as a couple other games further down the line. this theme is intense, and every time you hear it, you’re facing an immensely powerful pokémon, very capable of taking you down. personally, i associate it the most with victini, who i wound up naming my cat after. (yes, said cat is still alive; i only call him victini when he’s misbehaving. we mostly call him bean now.) pokémon has some of the most impactful and amazing soundtracks in any franchise, period, but this is definitely one of its best-throughout all games, including spin-offs. it’s definitely one of my favorites, and it’s the favorite of many, many others. even my grandma, who knows very little about pokémon, was blown away by this track when i played it for her, and she was very excited listening to its changes in tempo. music transcends a lot, generational boundaries included. i don’t know if you take requests from the comments or exclusively from patreon, but i could recommend lots of different pokémon tracks from SEVERAL different games, but i will recommend another track from black 2 and white 2-VS champion iris, and a track from both games (BW/B2W2), the VS elite four theme.

Pokémon Black 2 was the first Pokémon game I ever owned and the music in that game was something else. I still listen to the legendary battle theme from time to time.

keep in mind: this shit was coming out of a Nintendo DS. they managed to fit ALL OF THIS into those tiny ass speakers and it STILL WORKED

i used to just let my ds blast i had a one of those old speaker chairs and would hook up black and white 2 while playing i loved the dying theme the panic it makes you feel

yeah gen 5 pokemon music just slaps for literally no reason and its great XD

Gen 4 & 5 music just hit the best to me personally, so glad to see BW2 was requested. This Legendary theme, used for the optional legendary pokemon, is just a bop. The track for the cover legendaries are named after them (Zekrom/Reshiram), so that's the actual endgame tracks though (I believe the difference between the two are crackling lightning for Zekrom and fire sfx for Reshiram's theme). For my personal Gen5 recommendations I'd say you gotta listen to Hugh's/Rival battle theme, the Pokemon World Tournament Final Battle theme, Black/White Kyurem theme (ALTHOUGH this one might not be fit for a reaction since iirc all version are fucky when it comes to headphones and get worse that way), Colress' battle theme, both battle themes of Ghetsis and the Gym Leader + Last Pokemon theme. Honestly you could just give the entire osts a listen but that might be a bit much for the channel, haha.

Nice to see you enjoyed it! Try listening to "Battle! Colress Theme" , "Champion Cynthia Theme" and "vs Guzma Theme". Pokemon games have their ups and downs so it depends on you what you want to play. Wanna try vanilla, play any original pokemon game. Mainline games too easy/limiting for you, try out some romhacks. Wanna try something different, play pokemon mystery dungeon (yes there's mods for those too if they were too easy/limiting). For a returning player, I suggest trying out original games of Pokemon Platinum, Black / White 1, Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon. These can easily be found either physical or digital (cart or rom) and can be played using emulators.

A tune that encapsulates that anxious panic you feel about having both underleveled and overleveled pokemon in your team while battling a legendary you wanna catch and having no master balls, only regular pokeballs "OH GOD NO DONT KILL ME" "NO WAIT DONT KILL THEM" "FUCK LETS HOPE THIS ONE DOES IT" *The ball opens for the 7th time" "AAAH!! AAAAAAAAAAAAH"

"What console is this on?" - Nintendo DS! "Do not tell me I've been missing out this hard" sorry to say it, but... you've been missing out this hard ;) Generation 5 (Pokemon Black & White and Pokemon Black 2 and White 2) has some of the BEST music in the franchise, but honestly, ALL the pokemon games have phenomenal music. Other aspects of the games can fluctuate in quality from game to game, but the music? The music always hits HARD.

I'm so glad you're gonna be listening to Pokémon music, because by God does every game's soundtrack bang. Pokémon was the first video game I ever played, and I still love it to this day. I would recommend listening to Cynthia's Encounter theme, Cynthia's Battle theme, or Giratina's Battle theme next.

*Man, oh man, did you open the floodgates. There is so much to love about Pokemon, and the OST is one of them. If you're up to more Pokemon, I ((HIGHLY)) recommend to check stuff from Gen7 (Sun & Moon) it's jam packed with absolute BANGERS! [ ex: Aether Foundation Battle, The Secret Side of the Aether Paradise, Elite four Battle, Guardian Deities Battle, Team Skull Leader Guzma Battle... to name a few ]*

This song sounds so intense and I think that's what makes it for everybody. It feels like you're being pursued by an overwhelming, powerful presence that changes reality around you as it stands, and this theme captures that feeling nearly perfectly. The beat drops and speed changes resembling your heart rate, with it slowing down when you think you have everything under control, only for it to pick back up again as that sense of hope you once had slowly diminishes. Astounding work as always Nintendo.

I'm so happy you finally got to review pokemon, and gen 5 at that! I would reccomend listening to driftveil city, marine tube, and the elite 4 theme for black and white and black and white 2. Also, black and white 2 are ds games

You have definitely been missing out this hard Pokemon music is phenomenal and Black and White is one of their best outings.

generation 5 (released 2012), on the DS (released 2004) This is the theme of minor Legendary Pokémon battles, trying to catch them. in this game, the minor legendaries are the Swords of Justice (Virizion, Cobalion, Terrakion. also known as Musketeers) and the Forces of Nature (Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus. also known as Genies)

i fucking love gen 5 unova is hands down my favorite, it has my 3rd favorite mon in the series, haxorus (used to be my #2 but then alola came in with kommo-o stole the #2 spot) and most of my favorite tracks in the series with the only exception being the champion theme from HG and SS

THE FLOODGATES MUST OPEN!! The Black and White games(gen5) had the most intense music in the series. I'm so hype for you to listent to more iconic tracks! Also-! If people could link the evolution of specific tracks as the gens go by that would be dope (example: champion theme from gen1, or red theme evolution)

Yo!!!! So glad to see people reacting to these!!! Please do the Dark matter 2 theme from Super Mystery Dungeon!

I'm a gen 3 guy myself, could never get into the DS and forward games, but I do really enjoy this track. Heard it in some memes and looked it up. Gen 3 has some fantastic music as well, I should put the remastered Aqua/Magma boss theme in the suggestions sometime

I love this reaction!❤

Loved this 🤜🏼🤛🏼

If you thought that was weird, listen to Giratina's battle theme. It encapsulate the whole weirdness of the Distorsion World it comes from!

That's one hell of a pick to represent Pokémon for the first time on this channel! Pokémon OSTs rarely if ever disappoint and Generation 5's OST really gives no shit and just goes in super hard for some reason. It's still very much unique among the series in that regard. Looking forward to seeing more Pokémon on here! Cynthia's battle theme is an absolute must, but there's so much more! Even when the games have become more and more disappointing since the golden age of Black/White 2, the OSTs always include tons of great stuff.

Oh god, theres soooo many pokemon tracks that are bangers. Looking forward to seeing you react to some.

I'm not a huge pokemon fan anymore but this was my first game and my favorite game. Whenever I hear the music I get rlly nostalgic. Out of the Pokemon games I've played it has some of my favorite music, characters, character designs, and pixel art out of all the games. It's probably the nostalgia talking with how much I played it as a kid, but I love this game a lot. Kinda sad I erased my save a while ago tho...

Absolutely love how the pianist just gives up at 3:06

I love this battle theme because of how chaotic it is. There’s so little room to breathe.

DS Pokemon is full of bangers, I recommend Decisive Battle N from BW1 or Giratinas theme from Platinum

Played a TON of Pokémon, fairly certain I played through Red and a ton of the original N64 stuff before I even knew what any of the attacks did (I started young, prolly when I was like 6). Played through BOTH HG/SS (I liked HG and played it far more) but I think Pokémon White 1 is by far one of my favorite games of all time. This song blew me away and I’m fairly certain the Ritardando into Accelerando completely and utterly rearranged my brain and how it processes music. Like these 15 seconds alone shaped my musical taste throughout high school, when I was in Band, and into where I currently am now, which is college. Pokemon’s pretty aight.

This Is incredible.

Gives me chills every time

this was a great reaction

ooooooh Pokémon you say? yes the series is still ongoing, the next gen is coming out this November I already got my hands full requesting Sonic music, so I hope someone else will start adding Pokémon to the list there's a loooot of games to pick tracks from

This is one of my favorite themes from the ds era of Pokémon, black and white had so many bangers

This one.... THIS ONE!!!!! AH SWEET MEMORIES

Pokemon has such good music! I've loved Pokemon music since I was a kid and I think it's severely underrated. 3rd Gen probably has my favorite music, the trumpets are iconic.

Black Whilte 1/2 were definitely one of my favourite later gen games. I don't think I've completed the story of any other since then. The music was definitely awesome in this generation.

I highly recommend Pokémon trainer zinnia theme, it’s one of my favorite themes

Other songs Main melody, build up tension, releases tension, 🔥🔥🔥 And this song goes like 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

2:45 that little bit reminds me so much of the Azelf, Uxie and Mesprit fight

Ho boy, reacting to Pokemon music opens a whole slew of new cans of earworms. There are so many great tracks across all the games, and even the anime openings.

Honestly you should probably listen to the entire Pokemon BW and BW2 soundtrack. It's an absolute banger. They make use of the Amen Break drum sample a lot in the soundtrack too which is always a good thing

the fact they got this good sound design out of just a midi file and soundfont file blows my mind. limitation encourage creativity, i guess.

Black and white and its sequel games take place in the region of Unova, which is based on america (new york specifically). As a result, its music is very high energy, bombastic, and eclectic.

the camera blurring at 2:47 is so fitting.

ik this is old as hell now so u prob wont see this and already know it now, but basically this plays when fighting alot of the legendary pokemon in black2 and white2, and legendary pokemon in the story are basically super powerful (usually mythical beings) pokemon that theres only 1 of in the world think mewtwo, mew, and the legendary birds (zapdos, articuno, and moltres) from gen 1

When it comes to pokemon I could easily recommend a hundred for you to listen to. It's so much better than anyone would expect

Gen 5's music stands out so much to me. Most generations have amazing music. While im aware im bias towards gen 5 its music is just amazing. No other generation has me jamming out while my pokemon is a breath away from death.

yeah theres a lot of banger pokemon tracks lmao, gen 4 giratina and lake trio battle themes, the mount coronet theme, hgss ho-oh theme (idk if its that popular but it lives rent free in my head), any version of the weather trio theme is gonna bang, the usum ultra necrozma theme, gen 8 gym theme, you been missing some absolute slappers

Yaaaas! He has reentered the world of pokemon! I'd love to see him listen to Anistar City's theme. It's one of my favs.

Pokemon had never done anything this nuts before or since

One helluva reintroduction to a banger franchise

I mentioned on another video where this song plays, but this song is like Chaos incarnate. This theme plays when your fighting the Kami trio (Pokemon incarnations of the storms, lightning, and the earth), the 3 Sacred Sword Pokemon (three musketeers basically), and Victini, the Pokemon spirit of victory. This song is telling you you done messed with things beyond your control and understanding, and now you're going to pay the price.

This scared the crap out of me as a kid. It felt like I absolutely had to catch the legendary or else I'd die or something.

This song, the Team Plasma grunt theme from the original BW games and Hugh's theme from BW2 are by far the biggest bangers of gen 5. So glad to see it getting the attention it deserves