Pok�mon Card GB 2 (Trading Card Game 2) GST [a new rip]

Pok�mon Card GB 2 GST
Composed by Ichiro Shimakura

Download Link (https://mega.co.nz/#!rYxQDRab!obu3Ah_GWV2VVBjgaFKxkzXKkmkGxoIgkk2-B2AdZE0)

My all-time favorite Pok�mon game soundtrack, hands down. As soon as I discovered that this game existed, I got instantly hooked on the music, and four years later, I still find myself returning to this music with the same enthusiasm as before. The music for the first Trading Card Game installment gained a spot in many older fans’ hearts, but sadly, the sequel gained few followers in comparison, as it was never released outside of Japan. Ichiro Shimakura maintains his catchy, detailed, and upbeat style for the music in the sequel, but improves (IMO) upon his previous work, creating many pieces similar to the first soundtrack and also composing some darker ones to correlate with the addition of a villainous squad in the second game. I actually ripped the music of this game a few years back with a less effective method, but needless to say, there was enough to encourage me to revisit it.

The first game’s music, with the exception of the themes for the title, credits, and Imakuni?, is included in the second game. So, you’ll see those themes in here as well (including the few not carried over, of course.)

I ripped this GST by running this GBS file (http://www.zophar.net/music/gbs/pokemon-trading-card-game-2-team-great-rocket-visit-.html) through gbs2gb, and then recording the tracks to WAV one by one from KiGB, reputed to have the best sound emulation among the GBC emulators. I then trimmed them in Audacity, applied some noise removal where appropriate, and rendered them to MP3 CBR 320. It’s not the best of formats, but with this kind of music the audio quality should be sufficient. I could release a FLAC version if people want it, as I still have all the project files.

All in all, if you’re a Pok�mon fan, a fan of older VGM, or neither, I cannot recommend this soundtrack highly enough! I wanted to list some of my favorite tracks, but there are too many!

Thanks!

Thanks!

You’re welcome! 🙂

I totally love this soundtrack! Thanks for ripping

Seriously awesome, thank you so much for ripping this.

Glad you all like it!

Thanks for sharing. Been looking for this one. 🙂

Thanks

this is a gem.. i’ve been trying to find ps2 super robot stuff, but instead i’ve found gameboy related osts like pokemon crystal, this, and golden sun 🙂 thanks!

Hi Sherkel. Thanks for sharing! Could you upload a FLAC version? I�ve been looking everywhere for a FLAC version of the first Pokemon TCG, Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Pinball, no luck so far :/

Thanks a lot, I never even knew this game existed! I also would appreciate the flac version.

Thanks for uploading! 🙂

Thanks so much for your work on this, great to hear the battle themes without the shuffling SFX at the beginning!

Many thanks for this!

Thank you! Awesome release.

It’s a shame this never came outside of Japan! I really love to play this!

It’s a shame this never came outside of Japan! I really love to play this!

It’s fully available in English too! You know what to search in case you want to try it.

On that note, the same applies (https://www.romhacking.net/translations/2035/) for another Hudson game scored by Shimakura, Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai. Anyone who likes the music from this will go mad over what he wrote for that one!! (No battle themes as elaborate as the Grand Master or Fortress Leader themes here, but that actually wouldn’t suit the game’s atmosphere well in this case.)

It’s already on Zophar (the way I discovered it), so no need to re-rip or re-upload it. There’s no package with actual titles assembled anywhere, and it’d be possible to do one now that I have played it, but there are too many that play in too many different places (even though there are 83!). It’s special enough that maybe there shouldn’t be titles anyway. Just check it out!