Pokémon Soundboard?

It's the final month of the year, and in all previous months of this year, I've put in a series of discussions that I called "gimme five", five posts in one week that pertain to a specific topic. Lots of things happen at the end of the year - if the first week of this month doesn't already make that evident - so in the interest of time, I'm going to clear out that series of discussions over the course of this week. I also already have the topic in mind, which would be "sound and music" - appropriately, since it's close to the familiar holidays and therefore it becomes the "sounds of the season". Needless to say, each discussion continues to be somehow related to Pokémon as the big topic of this blog.

Now, certain apps for videoconferencing have what is known as a "soundboard". During a meeting using the app, and particularly during certain activities, the soundboard can be used to activate certain sounds in response to different happenings. Some real-life settings could also have an actual version of this concept. Bringing this concept to Pokémon, one could conceivably have a soundboard with a Pokémon theme to it, and all the sound clips would be taken from and involve Pokémon somehow. It would be an entertaining twist to generic soundboards, and if Pokémon happens to be the focus of the activity or meeting, then it would be quite appropriately festive.

The question, of course, is what Pokémon sounds would be on such a soundboard. An obvious one would be the cries of several Pokémon, which would cover their presence and representation on the soundboard to be able to be invoked into different contexts. Speaking of species, one can't forget the de facto series mascot Pikachu, which has plenty of sound clips of its own and thus can be potentially included in the soundboard; more recently, Eevee has been gaining traction as a mascot as well, and therefore it can also stand to be included. Finally, Pokémon is rich in other sounds as well, and the most popular of those (like the Poké Ball sounds) could certainly be included.

Back to the context of the videoconferencing itself, a Pokémon soundboard is definitely perfect for a certain platform for doing that and in particular with a certain relation to gaming, one that many gamers will surely recognize in this day and age. Yet it is also true that Pokémon appeals to many people beyond gamers and certainly without some of them needing to play the games, so with that, there is the thought that it may be possible to make the soundboard stand alone and be platform-independent, with certain ways to use it on different ones. This would also open the door to use it beyond videoconferencing, yet still wherever some Pokémon context is useful and needed.

At any rate, Pokémon is about sounds and music just as much as it is about its other forms of media expression, so the "gimme five" topic for this week makes a lot of sense. Starting that off with the topic of a Pokémon soundboard also gets things going on a fascinating manner due to its potentially many possibilities, especially with regard to content, platform, and usage. That also means potentially many possibilities for entertainment as well, something that Pokémon like other great aspects of pop culture do and do very well, certainly in modern times. With that, the "sounds of the season" are off to a good start, and Pokémon can only liven that up even more somehow.

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