GB Sounds


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The GB Sounds (Japanese: ＧＢプレイヤー GB Player) is a type of Key Item exclusive to.

Manual activation
The item changes the background music to -like rearrangements of the tracks in the area that are similar to the original ones from. Sound effects and radio music are unaffected by the GB Sounds.

Description

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Acquisition

 * Celadon Condominiums 3F (from Game Freak sound designer after obtaining all 16 Badges)
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Changes
Despite the fact that the old-style tracks are supposed to sound like the original tracks from, none of them sound exactly like the originals. The sound different and many s have other. Some tracks had their s altered somewhat and other notes in various tracks are not even heard at all. This is due to the games using a soundfont for playback rather than generating real chiptunes. The different audio hardware between the Game Boy and the Nintendo DS would also have been taken into consideration.

Additions
Several tracks that are absent in the original have received old-style rearrangements. Examples include Global Terminal and Route 47. Despite this, none of the facilities, except for the outside area and the, received an old-style rearrangement. in the facilities at the Battle Frontier with the GB Sounds active will also result in the old-style Battle! (Trainer Battle—Johto Version) being used. This effect is reverted when battling a.

Limitations
Some of the original tracks from, such as Professor Oak and Opening Movie (Pokémon Gold & Pokémon Silver), cannot be listened to with the GB Sounds. The tracks pertaining to Team Rocket can only be listened to in the Giovanni event triggered by taking a to the Ilex Forest shrine. To solve this issue, hosts the Pokémon Past Archive program every, which features these tracks in addition to a few others, such as all the  encounter themes.

Oddities
If active during a Bug-Catching Contest, the GB Sounds will not switch to the old-style version of National Park during the contest results; however, it'll perform the switch after the results are announced.

There is also which results in the music being muted on  or Cinnabar Island.

The GB Sounds does not affect the unused SEQ_DUMMY (played in the Mystery Zones) or SEQ_TEST_TITLE tracks, which are mere copies of the regular Route 29.

Trivia

 * Although the GB Sounds is unable to play certain old-style themes such as Radio Tower Occupied! during regular gameplay, it was programmed to play them.

In other languages
GB-Player Lector GB Lecteur GB Lettore GB GBプレイヤー ＧＢ播放器（道具）