as a splat3 newcomer i don’t have any nostalgia attached to the original color pulse, nor memories in general (nostalgic or not) of what it was like to hear the og in the square during splatfests, so it was very “omg two cakes” for me - i’ve listened to the original and now i’m hearing ‘24 and i like both. but i do see where fans who’ve been around since splat2 are coming from with the “lower energy” comments.
though closer to the song’s reveal, some people were acting like the new version is ear-splittingly awful… so i was surprised the first time i heard it that it was just like, a nice song, if a little different from/less energetic than the original.