Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's First Mod Has Removed Ed Sheeran's Song 'Celestial'

Odd choice, but hey, people will do what they want, I guess…

To each their own, I guess...

This should have been an official options toggle. Not to add to the negativity, but I’d turn that “Ed Sheeran” toggle right to OFF.

I've been sick of Ed Sheeran for a while now, so I completely understand this tbh.

This alone justifies modding. Ed Sheeran is the human equivalent of soggy denim.

Well if removing it makes anyone feel better, then, nice I guess.

Not all heroes wear capes

I mean, in terms of genuine uses, I could see this used to keep from bots DMCA striking videos/streams with the song in it. Otherwise it seems like just a preferential thing.

@Snatcher Because, that's why.

So there’s a vocal song in a game where the Pokémon still have don’t have vocal cries?

Commercialism at its very worst!

Who ? why ? In a Pokémon game ? Why ? Why not a Spanish artist if they really need to add this unnecessary western flavor ?.. game freak choices are freaking meh

Tbh, if I ever get into Sonic Frontiers I'd want to do the same and get rid of the loud and obnoxious vocal tracks.

I quite like the song? 🤔 But totally get why people may not. As long as this mod appeals to someone though, I hope it brings them joy!

@AlienX The music in that game is definitely different, but what about one way dream, no way you didn’t like that too right?

So long as you're not removing a pride flag, you can remove whatever you want, lol.

@Chimichanga They can remove whatever they want, doesn’t mean people have to like what they remove, but feel free to do so.

Who is Ed Sheeran?

So people don’t like vocal music in games now? Damn guess Persona is in trouble then.

Is "first world modding" a term?

@Arawn93 EXA_PICO games are sweating bullets and Just Sing series is seeking asylum.

I don't really get all the Ed Sheeran hate honestly. I only know 2 or 3 of his songs (including this one) and even I know he's been a pokemon fan for years so it just kinda makes sense. To each their own though

@DrJoson I neither like Ed Sheeran. That "I'm in love with the shape of you" song made me to hate him. He had some good songs before it, but since that song I avoid his career. When I heard that he will sing a Pokémon theme song, I was generally fine with it, but why?

But to replace his song with Wada Kouji's Butter-Fly is a kind of joke for me, because he sang theme songs for the Digimon, but I prefer his career much more than Ed Sheeran's. The ultimate choice would be the Matsumoto Rica's Pokémon theme songs.

Aww I feel bad for him. His music is not really my thing, but if he really loves Pokemon like he seems to, I would be really hurt if that were me, after being so excited about it.

I'm not the biggest Sheeran fan, nor a big Pokemon fan either, but in fairness this track actually isn't all that bad at all!

Well played modder.

@Snatcher Scary times when you had 0 up vote but the ones you were replying to had 3 at this. People seem to enjoy being censored and told what they can and can't do more and more these days...shudders

Why did they swapped with Butterfly by Wada Kouji ?
I prefer Butterfly by Smile.dk 😆

The level of pettiness is unreal. 😅

God's work.

Absolutely despicable that TPC pays for a vocal track by a western artist but then cuts corners at all sorts of other places when it concerns the mainline Pokemon games.

The song feels sad, like pretty much everything in the radio nowadays. And I do not want that stuff in a Pokemon game.
Please keep your going down to yourself or get some help.

Bro why do people hate ed sheeran? 💀

When did gamers become such contrarians? Ed Sheeran is fine and most people wouldn't care if he wasn't as huge as he is.

Talented, down to earth guy. Can play to a stadium and get everyone involved just by himself which is pretty amazing for any artist. Not my sorta thing but can certainly see the talent he has.

That someone has spent time creating this mod seems incredibly petty and mean spirited with a dash of attention seeking. Quite reflective of the more toxic elements of the gaming community.

I don't mind hearing Ed Sheeran. He writes some excellent songs... and seems to be a nice chap. For me it's just too much in a short time, and too many appearances in random places - which adds to the fatigue. Must be awesome for his biggest fans though... I'd love my favourite bands/groups to produce as much content as he does!

As a "take him or leave him" it leaves me feeling "hang about, there's 10s of 1000s of songwriters out there, can we hear some of their work instead because all the Ed Sheeran (both his songs and the ones he writes for others) is getting very repetitive now".

He'll take a career break one day... please... surely?!

I am in my 40s and rarely listen to anything new (I prefer the music from my youth - 80s and 90s mainly.. sometimes 60s and 70s as well) but I do not mind listening to “Celestial”, not a bad song in my opinion.
Obviously, any song (at all) that could have been chosen would not appeal to everybody. I could list some of my favourite songs of all time and there would be people who disagree..

I mean...I don't like his music but that said "Celestial" really wasn't that bad 🤣
Also lmao at the above commenters whining about a "western" artist. Change the roles to "eastern" and their comment would end up being flagged 😬

@Snatcher Same reason Fist Bump didn't fly with me, if the singers sound like agitated teenagers it doesn't appeal to me.

@Arawn93 nah it’s just that some don’t like this song specifically.

I did play a ton of games and VNs that had multiple vocal tracks (including Persona 5) and the tracks always fit the situation and the game.

But this… well it feels totally out of place, and that is when ignoring if you like the song or not.

Bring back the PokeRap.

@AlienX Totally fair criticism, I wasn’t a fan at first, so I can see why someone wouldn’t. Did you like one way dream tho? Nate wants to battle sung it.

It was bound to happen. Tis fate they say.

Of all the things people have complained about with this game this is what they do first.

Can't be that bad of a game then.

Just heard the song for the first time today. Then I vomited immediately afterwards.

@Rayquaza2510 Gotta agree with ya. It's sounds like a song plucked straight out of an early 2000's Saturday morning cartoon.

@Snatcher
The Spider-Man modding scene says otherwise, lol.

What exactly is it people have a problem with Ed Sheeran for? In music terms at least he writes his own stuff. The hate towards him is bizarre, I don't like Sam Smith but I'm not screaming about it.

@Chimichanga They didn’t want that kind of content on there site, which I think is fair, they didn’t want to be the kind of people known to have that kind of stuff on there site, they literally said you can post it anywhere else, they just didn’t want it.

@Mauzuri looks like you’re the one who has a problem. These new games are an embarrassment. It’s fine if people like them but they could and should have had much better performance. I’m all for gameplay over graphics but this is just lazy.

@BenAV What you said is too far. Sure Scarlet and Violet doesn't run pretty on the Switch or look amazing, but there are people out there who actually enjoy the game despite its flaws. You need to keep that in mind instead of saying, "Remove the rest of the game next."

Video game soundtracks with lyrics have always made me cringe. Going all the way back to Lunar: Silverstar Story.

To be honest, I like the song from Ed Sheeran; great lyrics, laid back sound, cute video - and, as a Pokemon fan, it does reach the heart. Not sure why anyone would want to take the song out.

@Mauzuri @Leonhart Looking at nearly all of their posts related to Pokémon since Sword/Shield, you'll either have to get used to this attitude or put them on ignore. I know I've gotten kind of sick of it at this point.

@BrazillianCara , Cara, it's really just news. I don't like it either; however, I'm not complaining to Nintendo Life about their topic for this article just because, if I would, it'd be biased considering I'm a Pokemon fan and do like the Ed Sheeran song. What strikes me, though, as noble is the fact that Nintendo Life doesn't show any bias in the article either. Good work to Nintendo Life for keeping this merely a news article on a modder's inconsiderate decision to mod out the song.

Ed Sheeran in the Pokemon Music Universe + Ed Sheeran helped write one of One OK Rock's songs + One OK Rock in the Sonic Music Universe = Sonic's in the Pokemon Universe!!!! OMG!!! Sonic's a Pokemon!!!!!!!!!! ! !!?!??!?!!!? !?! !! ! HeadExplodes

@Arawn93 no they don't like ed sheeran

I've never heard an Ed Sheeran song that rose to the level of, "Doesn't physically pain me to hear it," so I get it.

There should be a mod like that old Nicolas Cage Majora's Mask one, but in this case everyone and everything is Ed Sheeran.

would love it if somebody could adapt this mod to the world in general

That's kinda petty honestly, but whatever makes them happy I guess.

I've never heard of Ed Sheeran. 🤷‍♂️

52 million subs?

🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️

@BenAV I can respect your opinion of not being fond of Scarlet/Violet. That doesn't bother me. Just so as long you go preaching about said dislike of the game in question everytime. That's when I have a problem. Though, I prefer just to ignore it at best.

Since confrontation isn't my thing nor would it be.

@Pikaboom you're taking this way too seriously lmao

It thinks Ed Sheeran is fantastic, don't understand the hate. Only Shape of You I think is a terrible song. But Celestial is very good I think.

The amount of likes any comment dissing Ed Sheeran compared to other comments here saddens me

@the4realpsych I think there must have been some misunderstanding... I never said anything about the song or the artist.

Hello lovely people! Its Alex Olney with his song Celestial...

Lol, anyway: Celestial was pretty cool, as was the videoclip. And that comes from someone who isn't the biggest Sheeran fan (minus a few songs).

@BrazillianCara , to be honest, I'm not sure; I think we may have both misunderstood each other. I thought you were talking about this Nintendo Life and the way they've written it, talking about their attitude and having those sick of it to just ignore it or put it on mute (which isn't possible). Maybe you were talking about the very opinionated comments we see here? Not sure - but, one thing's for sure: I wasn't talking specifically about the song or the artist either in my comment above - just using it to state a point.

Umm... do people actually hate Ed Sheeran so much that they are just saying "F*** him, remove him from Pokymans" or something like that.

@Waka_the_Prophet Okay man. Your choice.

I mean… go ahead, it’s a mod, doesn’t affect me in any way. Hate him or love him or don’t care for him, a mod doesn’t do much at the end of the day but give people a choice.

Eh, the song is okay-ish at best, but how many times does it play in the game that it warrants a mod to remove it? I'd assume it's played in something like the intro sequence or a similar one-time cutscene (I haven't played the game but I can't imagine they'd use a vocal song as regular bgm)

@KalamStrifeVII Do people not know the definition of hate anymore? I'm serious because hate is a very strong word.

There's a huge difference between dislike and hatred. Not liking a song is not the same has hating the person who made it.

By that logic, every song you aren't a fan of, you must hate the artist who wrote it. People can dislike a song, and by extension dislike Ed Sheeren, however none of that means they genuinely hate the guy.

Ed Sheeran sucks and this is super funny.

Cool! Wish I could do this on my unhacked switch.

@Chimichanga They can remove all the pride flags they want. Your approval is irrelevant.

@Fangleman32 Okay true you got me there... But you missed my Pokýmans joke! I don't have many songs I hate. I just don't like rap and hip hop. As well as whatever the kids listen to these days. And also by extention if that were true, I wouldn't be a Nintendo fan anymore.

@Ocaz Same.

This is pretty funny, I don't get why so many people are getting upset over a mod.

very shocked about all the ed sheeran hate... I dont understand it. I really liked Celestial and it resonated with me to. I have been listening to many songs on his recent album lately and theyre extremely good and I think musically he's very talented.

Love it and wish I could put this od on my cartridge. Now just need someone, anyone to fix the performance issues so the game doesn't run like ass.

Talking about mods for games that have only been released for two days, I wonder if we can get an article about a game that hasn’t released yet.

This makes me think that a good move for RPG franchises would to add variety to their music and customize which is music is played for what. The music is great but can get repetitive.

As for the mod, I get the ed Sheehan burn out but I am not there yet. I will be happy with it once I get the game.

Now I'm waiting for a mod that replaces every other song in the game with Ed Sheeran.

This is what the kiddos call "the mod of all time".

I like Celestial, but to each their own.

Tbh I didn't like any of the current pop songs they released for Pokemon anyway.