@Tytarion Daggeron I know I’m six years late, but I’m sorry for your loss. I hope she’s in a better place now, and that you and your family are doing well.
Likewise, I can't even imagine what that must have felt like. I wish you all the very best, and I know you can and will achieve whatever you set your mind to.
* I know I’m six years late, but I’m sorry for your loss. I hope she’s in a better place now, and that you and your family are doing well*Thanks Komaru Naegi you couldn't have said it better
Literally what happened when I replayed the game some months ago, I managed to barely keep myself together when I disappeared, but soon as the flashbacks at the beach started, I instantly broke down. Dang this game is powerful...
This song holds more emotional weight than Don't Ever Forget, in my opinion. People that played Rescue Team before this game could've predicted the ending, even if it was still incredibly heart-wrenching. There's something about hearing this song for the first time after the joyful credits, awaiting what could possibly come next. Watching your partner remember how far they've come and fond moments with you, then proceeding to bawl just makes your disappearance hit harder than in the previous game. You're utterly powerless in the situation you observe- all you can do is remember.
In truth, both are emotionally strong songs. It's the combination that just.... destroys one. I know this. I've played this game several times, and i STILL cry, even after knowing what will happen. I know how emotional this game gets to me. I've never thought that the story was about the human, but about the partner, who grows in courage thanks to you, just to be taken all way in an instant. The flashbacks make it even worse.
I played Red Rescue Team! I played Explorers of Time too! I knew very well what was coming when I booted up Explorers of Sky! ...didn’t stop me from weeping anyway once the goddamn songs kicked in though. XD
The combination of the tracks is mainly what makes the game so powerful. You have the climaxing tracks playing first, and as soon as everything has calmed down you get these heart-wrenching, lifelong tracks that leave the best impression imo. Memories Returned, A Wish For Peace, Defend Globe, etc. etc.
It's also the flashbacks that make this moment. For the most part the game throws unnecessary flashbacks at you. But in this moment where your partner is mourning the flashbacks of the most important moment between you and your partner im combination with the soundtrack and the narration, it gives you the full dose of emotion. Sure, your partner suffers in Rescue Team for a short moment until you return minutes after. But your partner had to travel all the way back alone. He spent months trying to get over his loss. And in this moment of the beautiful sunset he broke. And we broke with 'em
I have never cared for a fictional videogame character so much. Ray the shinx was a great partner. Even though he isnt real, he is a reminder that I still have great friends and family that care about me. And above all, fight for your goals. Yeah ok, it may be stupid, but Ray is the best.
I don't care about the mixed ratings this game gets. To me, this game is absolutely amazing. Great story, emotional ending, good visuals, a long post-game, and stunning music makes this one of my, if not my, favorite games of all time and my favorite series of games I've ever played. Long live PMD.
I agree 100%. This game IS my favorite. It never got the chance it deserved because of poor ratings, and haters who hate it without knowing its true beauty. to all those who disagree with me... fuck you.
This has been my favorite game for years. When I played it for the first time, I was stunned at the music, the story line, and how attached you can get with some of the characters. This was the first game I actually ever played with a huge post-game, such as graduating from the guild and more dungeons you can uncover and explore. I also enjoyed each of the bosses, such as Dusknoir and Primal Dialga. The dungeons were phenomenal, each one unique in their own way. But my favorite part of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky? My partner and my Character. I don't know what it is, but I feel like I'm connected to my character. And the way my partner is so determined through the story and he says it's because I'm with him, it just makes me love him and my character even more. :)
i really want a MD game for gen 6, especially now that all three members of team charm have mega evolutions, do you know how awesome md will be with mega evolutions! they better work hard on the post -ending next time though, gates to infinity was awesome but didn't have shit for a post-ending
Whofan06 actually i take part of that back, it is pretty shocking to get through the credits and your character doesn't come back, like i was so shocked i cried over that more than the end credits themselves which i thought wouldn't make me cry but then the goodbyes and junk i just lost it
Mixed rating mostly comes from big review sites that simply don't like or get paid to like certain games. IGN is definitely NOT the site to go to for any reliance. This game was lit and everyone knows it. This community shows it.
I recently had to say goodbye to a very close friend and this song popped into my head... She gave me strength, taught me so much and made me feel loved. The parting was sad, but I won't ever forget her.
+Deso Lark Oh, you are wrong, my friend. She didn't leave you. If you truly loved her, she never will leave. She is with you in your heart forever, and don't you ever forget it! It sounds cliché, but believe me, it's only considered cliché because it's true!
As long as you remember her and keep it in your memories and heart, she wont ever truly die, even though the parting hurts, is something that has to be treasured, each happy, sad, bitter and sweet memory holds a meaning and you are the one that gives it
I know its been 6 years since you posted this, but I really hope both of you tried to find a way to communicate online or fpund each others phone number somehow. That friendship sounds like it will never die and has a spark that lights up the darkness around it
The player character disappearing is an incredibly sad and touching moment in and of itself, but nothing destroys me inside more than seeing the partner character reminisce on everything the two of you went through, only to break down and wail at the fact you're no longer there
Here we are. It's okay to cry. This game's soundtrack is life changing, and I don't think there's anyone who would want to disagree with that. Hell, even the game itself is life changing! It's just... It's just something so great.
This song set the bar to an all time high. Your partner remembers you based off of his/her pure memories. That is just heart-wrenching... My partner was charmander and I was bulbasaur.
This is the game that inspired me to start writing. The tragedy, the beauty, the passion and the love of this game touched me so dearly that I couldn't keep it pent up any longer. I started writing about this game and what do you know? Everyone says it was beautiful. I guess in the way this game was my start on something new.
I feel you. I started writing about 6 years ago and I've always had this music that inspired me so much and made me feel confident. And then I played this game, fell in love with it and it gave me so much inspiration and energy.
I first heard this song when I was eleven. I’m twenty-four now. This game was the first, and to date only, one to ever make me cry. Sure, others have come close, but this one touched my soul in way no other has or will. As the years go by, and I walk further down the road of adulthood, I will always look back fondly on my childhood and the games I played. So to the brilliant minds behind PMD, I have but one thing to say. Thank you so much.
I played this game so often and I always cried. I still play it and I've been mudkip, torchic, piplup & treecko but my partner would always be shinx. I loved it to death like my best friend and it literally broke my heart seeing him cry over me. This game is truely a gift, the music is so touching and the story is wonderful. One of the best games I've ever played and I've played many (doesn't matter which genre or console). I've never thought that a game could make me feel this way.
For some reason the thing that really got me is when Dialga returns the player character and then the partner character runs towards them and it just says "END". I have no clue why "END" got me so much but it did 😭
@@localidiot5484 You know when in movies, at the end before credits the title card for the movie would appear and that is when you are supposed to clap? Well, when "END" showed up, I clapped because God this game brilliant.
It is this game, more than anything, that has bolstered my abilities as a storywriter. I'm blessed to have played this game. Thank you for this. My partner for this adventure, both iterations, was Shocker J. Sparx the Pikachu, who followed me outside the boundaries of the game and into my own stories. Thank you, Chunsoft, for giving me the ability to meet him.
Can’t listen to this song without becoming teary-eyed. So far, this is the only game soundtrack that makes me feel THIS certain way. This game and it’s soundtrack are immaculate.
My partner was eevee, and I was a chimchar on my first playthrough. I remember crying through the whole credits. Even when my character returned, it took a while to regain composure. God I love this game.
Dude, sticking with eevee through the game was both the best and worst thing I ever committed to! Sure, run away was the worst thing ever, sure it made the goodbye hurt a lot more but I’d do it again!
A a bullet of feels hit my chest when Grovyle left back to the future and I disappeared in front of Autumn (chickorita was my partner) I love these games to death and will always replay them over and over again
People say we shouldn't judge games on nostalgia and emotions. But scrolling through the comments all these years, realising the feelings are universally shared, how can you not? We are not robots designed to criticise games based on their technicalities. In my opinion the gameplay is still solid, but that's far from the reason why EoS is the best game of all time. As someone who has replayed the games upwards of 20 times, crying my heart out at this very scene every single time, I know most people will relate.
Wow.....I can't believe that someone would actual dislike this video. I'll never be ashamed to admit that this song makes me cry all the time b/c Ik it just doesn't give me feels. It gives feels to a lot of other people too. I will never understand why the person that disliked this video wouldn't have any feels from listening to this beautiful piece of music that Satoru Iwata composed. Thank you Satoru Iwata. He will forever be w/ us in memory. ;-; But still. Rlly? That one person that disliked this video probably has no soul. :/
Blazin Games Plz don't hurt me but Mr Iwata didn't compose the music, as great as a man he was, several others developed the music, but still this is an amazing game with even more amazing music.
If I can be honest, my life has been hard friend wise. I was always played for test answers or berated for lunch money, but nobody stepped in when things got rough. My brother went to school with me, and he never helped, so what was I to do? Sit, play PMD2, and hope to arceus not a soul noticed me behind the bleachers crying. I was an outcast, and not a single person decided they should help. My first friends were May, Barry, and Bianca, my role-model was Red, and I dreamed of being as fearless as groovile. I want to say things got better, but no. This still happens. Thank god I have an oasis, Pokemon, because it really is an outlet for me.
that's amazing, and although times have been hard for you, if you keep fighting, you'll find some good people, maybe other Pokemon fans like you, a good thing of our generation is that at least we can find friends on the Internet :)
Its amazing how emotional this game truly is. It starts as an awesome game that we think is just like any other Pokemon game, and it turns into this sad game.
This Game isnt sad, its joyful, the only reason you see sadness in this song is because after all the adventures you go through with your friends, It all ends just like Life itself, extinguished. Wake up, we are not dead yet, share time with the ones you love and work hard, so you can share your success
Finished a playthrough to this game recently. I was Riolu and my partner, Vulpix. The ending to the main story still gets me to this day. Seeing my Vulpix partner, Willow, remembering our times together with this theme and watching her break down crying, made me cry too. This is one of the best games ever made, if not the best game ever made.
I don't think a video game ever managed to make me as emotional as this game has. I just found my old copy of Explorers of Sky, and pretty much did a speed run and beat it in four days. God... that ending really punches you in the gut. I fucking love this game.
This game is what keeps me going. This is my motivation. This will forever be my favorite game of all time. Every time I play, I'm Riolu, aka Seany. And my partner Pikachu, aka Jason. Jason was my childhood best friend and he moved away 6 years ago and he's visited 3 times but I feel it's appropriate I keep naming my partner Jason. This game gives you the feels that no other game ever could. Thanks Chunsoft.
While I will preach to the high heavens forever that Don’t Ever Forget is the saddest piece in this absolute masterpiece of a game, I will admit, I cried pretty damn hard when this played too
what i love about the ending sequence of this game is after you beat Dialga the music slowly gets sadder and sadder and sadder and you're just crying you're eyes out and then bam into the epic end credits music, i just wanna give the game an applause just for its music this game is seriously incredible it will always be my favorite game of all time, i'm sorry Zelda series, youve yet to trump this game for me
Okay not gonna lie, Super MD pretty much trumped this game by having the best post ending gameplay ever. Like Sky is still a million times better on the post-ending story, but like Super MD is just so much freakin' fun. :/ oh well, ill always have the nostalgia factor
I recently saw Whoisthisgit's creepy bad endings on this game, which has resparked my in the series. The part (SPOILERS) where your character starts disappearing makes my eyes water. And I wanted to check out the music... Once I got here, I was scrolling through the comments while the music was playing, then just started bawling. I might do it again if I keep on going through the comments. Everyone here talking about their experiences with this game and the music, combined with the context on the reason why this music was used broke me. And despite that... I'm proud to cry. This game is amazing and makes me feel alive. The spark of emotion and the way it hits you makes me want to enjoy life the best I can. I'm so happy that this game exists. And to everyone in the comments and replies... thank you so much. It makes me so happy to see so many people re-connecting with the game. I love all you guys so much...
Don't ever forget already made me cry, but from the point this song plays I just break into tears and at the end I just can't take it anymore. Such a beautiful song and is my favorite scene from the game(I am at the surrounded seas).
I still don't know exactly what (if anything) is wrong with this game. Except Grudge Traps. Music's awesome, story's awesome, gameplay's awesome, Grudge Traps suck.
I don't care about grudge traps (I don't have any memories of actually hitting any anyway. I've been hit by the move grudge and never seemed to care about it), but PP-zero traps are a pain. Also: 3 problems with the game - the prologue storyline ends suddenly and awkwardly, the things NPCs say are often pretty stupid (especially in the postgame, e.g. when the ursarings suggest you go to luminous spring and evolve, even if you've already done it), and the AI in dungeons is terrible - the 4th member of my team keeps on wandering off.
that's what makes this game awesome, it's frustrating gameplay adds a bit of challenge, a lot of games that focus on story and music totally leave out a good focus on gameplay, but not MD.
Whofan06 I prefer the difficulty in a game to arise from the challenges of the game being difficult, but still possible to work out, rather than from bad AI and unbalanced gameplay. If I'm stuck on an escort mission and a ghost comes out of the wall then there's very little I can do to stop it knocking my client out, as few moves can hit enemies in walls. Some moves like magnitude and ominous wind are completely overpowered - I once had members of my team knocked out SIX times in ONE turn because of ominous wind's speed boost.
speedyblupi Really the 4th member in your team wandered off? I had that problem in Gates. I just returned to EoS and didn't have a problem with it at all. AI can be pretty dumb though >< it would be annoying when I'm in front of my partner fighting a Pokemon and he just sits there not helping.
Not ashamed to say that when i finished the game and heard this song, cried ugly, snot filled tears...almost 12 years later, rediscovered it after the mystery dungeon dx announcement...and same thing happened
Why does this song get me closer to tears than the actual ending music? That one is always the one that people say makes them cry, but for me, this is it. Watching all the faded memories, combined with this music... Gets me every time.
This was the moment where I broke out in tears. Never had I much cried at a video game, and not many others would get the same effect, or even come close. The Scenes, the music, the memories, they stay with me today. even now still listening to this song I shed a tear. This game had an effect on my that I never knew it had, and I am grateful for it now happening.
Trust me, its had that effect on all of us, never once have i beat this game and not cried. Crying at the end of a good game is like crying at the end of a good movie... unfortunately many people don't understand that
***** I couldn't agree more. And to be honest, I couldn't find the new PMD (Gates to Infinity) as touching as Explorers. Just how much I'd love to be able to play Explorers of sky again on my nintendo 3ds, to just bring back the good times... #Nostalgia
Same here I was trying to fast forward the memories scene while trying not to get upset at such an ending having to return. but that's what truly makes these games special the music, cut scenes and most importantly the character development. You could be a pokemon version of yourself making you feel like you was really was there with your partner and in the story. (Which is how I do it) and I would play with Riolu as my favourite partner and play as Turtwig since I am so much like him in that inner pokemon way. I'm not an Eevee person either it's just an account I used to use for roll playing. If any of you feel like crying from this I could still give you a hug if you want one. :3
PS this is also my favourite MD2 song as it feels like the song really is trying to wail it's sadness out to you, about how much you would be missing the good old times you used to have with your partner and best friend and memories always get me proper emotional since you can't bring the past back. Definitely the saddest song IMO.
I replayed the entire game over the past 3 days... this was my first time replaying it since my first playthrough in 2010. Holy shit I'm an adult now and this still turns me into an emotional wreck.
I have replayed this game like 20+ times...and I still cry my heart out at this scene. Doesn’t help that I always name the characters after my close friends and family. I just...😢😭😭😭😭
I beat this game for the first time in years a few days ago and it was so hard trying not to cry as I saw the flashbacks... and my partner on the beach....
"Don't ever forget" is emotional because of the heartbreaking depart of a loved one. But this theme here is where it really gets heartwrenching. Unlike in Rescue Team your partner doesn't get much time to mourn. He's occupied with returning to the guild alone, telling and spreading the tale and keeping to aid the guild. And by doing so he supresses all the sadness he's building up for several months. At the beach when he's recollection the most important moments with you, that's when he finally breaks and unleashes all the emotions he's dammed up. Then you see him collapse to the ground next to the spot where he met you as he can't bear the emotional pain caused by the loss of a loved one. The moment the music box-like nostalgic melody plays, as the flashbacks of the most emotional moments between you and your partner are shown, is when the tears start flowing if they weren't already. This is one of the most powerful, emotional moments not only in gaming history but in all of media. If your eyes are still dry after getting through this ending your heart must be made out of stone.
Connor Mulder If you mean the riolu and shinx pairing, it's most likely because both are new, and they are very powerful and fair well in most dungeons.
Holy hell does this game punch you in the gut. Seeing your partner think of all of the good times with you after so long without you and being unable to do anything but break down is honestly more real than anything I've ever seen in a game. That is exactly what it's like to miss someone who has passed away. Even more mature video games that I've played haven't shown that side of death and mourning. Too bad it's undercut by you returning, but I understand not wanting to end on such a downer for what is supposed to be a game in a kids franchise.
For all the moments I've ever experienced in a video game nothing hits me as hard as this theme does and after all these years I think I know why. If you've played video games for years you do sort of get used to tragic endings especially in this series however very rarely do you ever see your own character die but even among this series what Sky does that makes it so much more powerful is show the full impact it has on the world you left behind and especially your partner. If you've ever lost someone who is such a big big part of your life and heart you know the kind of pain I'm talking about and that pain of having all those memories hit you at once... there really is nothing that compares to it.
How about that! The first time I played Explorers of Darkness I ended up being a Chikorita and chose Torchic as a partner! Good times man, good times... ;)
Good ol' Steve (Riolu) and Meowth. That was my duo. I called them Team Wolf Bait back in the day, but on my most recent playthrough, courtesy of the Wii U eShop, I called them Team Neo Retro as a respectful nod to my first playthrough.
I don't know the game; I don't know its community. I don't know its people, what makes it fun, what makes it sad. But I don't need it. This is enough for me. This is enough to feel. To breathe. To see, to live. I don't know why this was composed, but I know that whoever did it had nothing else at heart than making people feel with their music. So thank you, whoever you are. You brought a little more life and emotion to this world.
every english released mystery dungeon game( minus gates to infinity. i need to buy it again to play) the endings made me cry. the creators knew that music alone can speek 1000 words. even if you have no idea what happend it tugs at your heart strings and makes you feel sad
I miss u baby kitty cyan .... Ur my pride and joy that got taken from without seeing u for years im sad that i cant get replacement for u. I love u. I always will.
This game was amazing it actually puts life and death into play, the story is epic and its not kiddy as crap like blue rescue team was. Grovyle was my fav character cuz of his past and sacrifice. This was truly an excellent pokemon game and I hope they cum out with another PMD game like this
What's interesting about the Mystery Dungeon games, is even though becoming a Pokemon and exploring a world filled with talking Pokemon sounds extremely childish (heck the most bad-ass character in the series is Wigglytuff), these games have a lot of mature shocks. can we count how many times the characters are nearly brutally murdered? (SPOILER ALERT) in rescue team youre chased down by all your friends in a manhunt, then almost get dragged into the underworld. You almost get hacked to death in Explorers, your character actually DOES die in the end, then Darkrai tries to convince your characters to commit suicide. then there's that damn scene in Gates to Infinity that is NOT mild cartoon violence, its brutal for a kids game. :/
Wowowow, suicide? Hold on, *Spoilers below* I remember that he wanted you to join him by making an illusion that your partner joined him. That is not suicide! He might kill you afterwards but you don't do it yourself.
Wowowow, suicide? Hold on, *Spoilers below* I remember that he wanted you to join him by making an illusion that your partner joined him. That is not suicide! He might kill you afterwards but you don't do it yourself.
The Gray Pet No, this was before you actually meet the real him. Darkrai appears before you as Cresselia in your dreams claiming that you and the partner's existence is causing time to fall apart, and that they need to "disappear" (implying death) to fix things. This causes the two of them to almost contemplate suicide. "Maybe if what she says is true... maybe it's better if we both disappear..."
Honestly, I'm... kind of a sucker for those games, those movies and those books that just... tear your heartstrings out and turn them into violin strings or whatever. But... Well, this one did it better than most. *Far* better than most. It... I felt connected to both my own character, and my partner. The parting hurt, and it hurt for a while. Just... seeing your partner there, remembering the good times they'd had with you, and all you get to do is watch, seeing them crying, and you're sitting there crying too because there's nothing else you can do. I've never felt more connected to a fictional video game character before, and I've never cried so hard over a video game in my life. Never will again, either. And this song is just the icing on the cake. Bravo, Chunsoft. Bravo, Arata Iiyoshi.
I saw this scene in a vid, and thought it was pretty cool, so I got the game. When I got to this scene, I started absolutely bawling, I couldn't even control it. It's amazing how actually playing the game makes that big if a difference.
My Sixtales and Riolu were such a perfect duo. I bawled my eyes out as a kid while playing this. I wasn't good at it, I'm not a good gamer, I really struggled finishing it and so it meant even more to me cause it wasn't a quick play through. I actually felt that I had gone on a grand adventure with my partner and we had suffered lots of failures and setbacks. And then I finally beat Dialga and saved the timeline and boom I start vanishing and Riolu is crying. I had a complete breakdown as an eight or nine year old lmao
I played PMD2 games like four times already. (Squirtle and Cyndaquil, Skitty and Riolu, Munchlax and Chikorita; and I'm currently playing as Eevee with Shinx) this just moves me everytime no matter how many times I've finished it. It feels, and sounds like home.
This music is beautiful and sad. Whenever I hear it I could cry. I know how it feels like if you lose something you like or love... This threnodic...I will never forget it!
I recently finished my first ever playthrough of eos and god, seeing my partner crying on the same place we met fucking broke me, im glad i found out about pmd not only it introduced me to the pokemon series in general but its one of the very very few games to emotionally break me. 10/10
