One listen.

I pretty much wrote everything in the first two sentences. From there it was stretching. I feel I could’ve gone deeper into what was going on, or about where this piece is used, but I didn’t. Oh well.

Go Ichinose’s (一之瀬剛) “Pokè Mart” (“フレンドリィショップ”) is from GBA Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Music Super Complete and Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Super Music Complete. These soundtracks cover Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. The version I wrote about is the original version.

I hope you enjoy.

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Energetic percussion with a bit of a skip in its step before keys slide down and everything moves into a bop. There’s energy and life in this, and it sounds inviting and joyous. It’s a place to be.

The sounds move neither quickly nor slowly. They keep a space and flow, and the rhythm stays steady and upbeat. The melody changes and there’s a little pause in there. Perhaps as a way of asking which way to go, how to move forward, what is needed, and it’s all kept brief enough. Brief, brisk and pushing onward as the sounds fade and the song ends.