The DS hardware is doing things it has no business doing on this soundtrack. Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver took the original Gold/Silver compositions and rebuilt them from the ground up with this warm, slightly crunchy fidelity that hits different.
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New Bark Town still makes you feel like a kid walking outside for the first time, but now there's actual depth to the instrumentation. The Trainer battle theme goes so much harder than it needs to for a handheld game. And then you hit the Kimono Girl theme and it's just...
gorgeous. Route 29 alone carries more nostalgia per second than most full console soundtracks. If you grew up with Johto, this version is the one your memory thinks it heard.