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Final Honorable Mentions and then I can sleep!

X/Y Gym Leader Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQzl9_ja99s

I skipped some generations of Pokemon there toward the end. I have a huge blind spot when it comes to gens 6-8. In order to see if I missed anything good, I did a quick checkup on the big 7: wild, trainer, rival, legendary, gym leader, elite four, and champion battles, starting with Sword/Shield and going backwards. Gens 7 and 8 whiffed for me, so going into gen 6, I was relieved I wasn't missing anything.

But then I got to this. This is unlike anything I've ever heard in a Pokemon game. But I love it? And apparently people generally don't like it? I guess it's different enough that I understand, and maybe it just doesn't feel right in context, but I could listen to this for hours! I especially adore that melody from 0:33 to 1:50.

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Cross Examination ~ Allegro 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LICY7XMIye0

The DLC case broke me. All I can think about when I hear this song is The Dissing of Phoenix Wright. I start bobbing my head just like he does. What has my life become.

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Despair Searching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqv33YKku1c

So uh, I've still got my headphones on from when I talked about Days of Ruin's soundtrack, and because of that, I'm just now noticing the bass in this song. Holy shit, this rules. I should've bumped this up to the top 10. Anyway, this is a very different vibe from the previous games' investigation themes. Instead of an overly frantic feel, this is jazzed out and calm. Given who you play as for most of these, I guess that makes sense.

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Advance Wars 2 - Ending Credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFIbAMomhAA

The first time I beat this game, I was lying down in the backseat of my family's car, driving back from South Dakota on summer vacation. I was not good at this game as a teenager, so by the time I won, I was exhausted, mentally. This track came on, accompanied by a bunch of images that represented different parts of the campaign, and it truly made me feel accomplished. Like my troops had fought hard and earned that time of peace. As soon as the credits were done rolling, I went into the Sound Test, put this song back on on repeat, and eventually dozed off for a well-deserved nap.