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9. Diamond/Pearl - Hearthome City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQu3Pcrha1w

I like pretty much every Pokemon city theme, but I wouldn't necessarily consider them among my favorites in the series. Typically, I need to hear a tune several times for it to properly get stuck in my head. Except for one. The entire track is so whimsical and pretty. Everything from 0:19 on puts a big ol' grin on my face. My first time playing Platinum (I skipped D/P), I had to have sit outside the Hearthome Pokemon Center for close to an hour just vibing.

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9. A Cornered Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L29-dbnY7k

"A dragon never yields." Man, when I said the best plot twist in the series needed a likewise amazing track to go with it, they did even better for the second best plot twist in the series. While Investigation Core 2002 fits the feeling of that twist quite well, this one matches even better, and has the perfect name to boot. Well done, Capcom, as usual.

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9. Box 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CwvrVNlacw

Pretend this and Despair Searching were swapped. Now that I've heard that bass, DR1's superior investigation theme doesn't deserve to be above V3's anymore. That said, it still slaps pretty hard in its own right. I don't think anyone playing DR1 for the first time is quite ready for what Case 5 unleashes on their ears.

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9. Rachel's Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_eaSHN5ujM

Jeez, Advance Wars music is gonna be hard to do write-ups for, isn't it? Uh, you see, Rachel is a CO from Orange Star and Nell's sister, and she's kinda excitable and quirky, but also smart and a good leader, and this fits her pretty well, cuz that part at 0:33 is kinda aloof, I guess? The end.