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22.
Pokmon Super Mystery Dungeon - Second Dark Matter Battle
https://youtu.be/XeXGr9WerPg
@Haste_2 (ELIMINATED)
Keisuke Ito, Yasuhiro Kawagoe, Noriko Murakami

Last 8!

If I rated songs based solely on first five seconds, Second Dark Matter Battle might actually win the whole topic. God that scream/Pokemon cry/whatever it is pounds me into the song and then the beginning instrumentation, with those Mystery Dungeon chimes...its amazing. Simply amazing.

The rest of the song, though...its not bad, per se, but coming off the highs of the first five or ten seconds, its such a letdown. I dont remember really anything of the rest of the song despite listening to this a bunch, but that beginning is...wow. Very impactful stuff.

8.5/10
21.
Pokmon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - Battle! Wally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sX_54hHcEE
@GavsEvans123 (2 left)
Minako Adachi

This must be stellar workout music. It feels like youre pushing yourself to your limits against an insurmountable foe, like the ellipticals. Real talk though this song is literally 39 seconds long before the loop. Why so short? With some more development, this could easily break 9 territory. Still, for what it is, its pretty great.

20.
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky - Ending Theme (intro+main+Epilogue Theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lFGu1174gM
@UF8 (ELIMINATED)
Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, Ken-ichi Saito

Im not sure why the complete set was nominated here, when the main theme is basically the only thing of note for me. (I didnt deduct points for the intro or epilogue, dont worry.) And hey, look at that, its the PMD1 ending melody, with some extra flourishes like at 1:30. Boy, those Mystery Dungeon bells are all over this song. I really like this, its very lovely and engaging.

For the record: Mystery Dungeon 1s ending theme is at least a 9. Missed opportunity from the nominators!