GB Sounds

This article is about the key item called GB Player in Japan's Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. For the Nintendo GameCube accessory, see Game Boy Player.

The GB Sounds (Japanese: GBプレイヤー GB Player) is a key item obtainable in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. After players have defeated all 16 gyms in the game, they can receive it from one of the Game Freak employees in Celadon Mansion. It allows a player to change the game's background music to redone 8-bit tracks from Gold and Silver.

Trivia

• Several tracks that weren't in the original Gold and Silver also received 8-bit remixes. Examples include the themes of the Global Terminal and Routes 47 and 48.
• None of the Battle Frontier facilities, except for the outside area and the Battle Tower, have an 8-bit remix of their background music.
• The item only changes background themes, not other audio effects.
• Some of the original game's tracks, such as Team Rocket's themes (Unless the player hasn't fought Giovanni yet), the music played when the player meets Professor Oak, and the opening and closing music, cannot be accessed using the GB Sounds, because they only play before the player has the chance to obtain it. To accommodate these, the Pokémon Music Channel hosts a "Pokémon Past Archive" program each Sunday, featuring such otherwise unheard pieces in addition to a few other themes.

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