The creator of Undertale has revealed that he composed one of the songs for the upcoming Pokémon Sword & Shield for Nintendo Switch . Undertale was developed almost solely by Toby Fox, whose work is heavily influenced by Nintendo games–most notably the EarthBound/Mother ser
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It seems that Fox’s collaborations with Nintendo aren’t done yet, as he has announced on Twitter that he has composed a song for Pokémon Sword & Shield. Fox stated in the comments of the post that it isn’t one of the main tracks. The announcement post was accompanied by a drawing of Yamper, which is one of the new Pokémon in Pokémon Sword & Shie
Undertale and it’s successor, Deltarune , have acquired huge fanbases in Japan and it’s no surprise that Fox has been asked to compose music for popular video game franchises, especially considering how beloved the Undertale soundtrack is among gamers. The Pokémon series is no slouch when it comes to music and it has had its fair share of memorable tracks over the years so the pairing is a matchmade in heaven of so
Pokémon Sword & Shield won’t be the first time that Toby Fox composed music for a Nintendo game , nor is it the first time that he has worked with Game Freak. Fox recently composed the entire soundtrack for Little Town Hero, which was an RPG for Nintendo Switch that was released earlier in October. Little Town Hero was one of Game Freak’s rare non- Pokémon titles and the fact that Fox was asked to work on it had already led to speculation that he would also contribute music to Pokémon Sword & Shi