Pokémon XG: Next Gen - The DEFINITIVE Way To Play Pokémon XD

[@RelanxStars]

Thanks for the great review! Really informative and insightful without too many spoilers. I’m happy you enjoyed it!

[@RelanxStars]

Oh and I’m planning on adding hyper training and nature mints in the next update which should help with the competitive stats. The trainers at the pyrite duel square are designed to focus on one type of EV for EV training though it’s still not the most convenient. I’d like to also add a way to check and reset EVs then make the EV vitamins easier to obtain.

[@whoisthisgit]

Cool, I look forward to that. I had a feeling there might have been trainers designed for that purpose somewhere in the game, it's just that when everything else has been made more convenient, classic EV training seems like a pain in the ass to me, lol.

[@pockitsune6347]

I just played XG and I cant thank you enough for making such an awesome experience!!! Probably my most fun experience in pokemon so far :,)

[@haris8219]

TY Ty TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTY FOR XG TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYYTTY

[@spacebibba8984]

@@RelanxStars Wait, you are THE actual Stars? The creator of this thing? Holy hell, thanks a lot for the effort put into it. It was hell of a ride to play this (XD is already in my Top 3 Pokémon game list). I appreciate that this is still being worked on. Nature mints would be epic. Is it possible to make EV vitamins work beyond 100 EVs on the respective stat? That would skip the spam-training. Kinda making EV training and leveling not the focus after playing through the game and maybe Mt. Battle (rare candies and EV vitamins for cheaper prices, maybe @Mt. Battle, after playing through the story?). Or maybe the EV-booster/Power-items from later generations? as a helping hand when doing EV training?

[@realbepis]

15 years later and this game still has better animations then the mainline series lol.

[@Calmtimer]

Damn you are 100% right

[@Trimint123]

Well, that is because it's not made by Game Freak themselves. And the fact that all Gen 1 and Gen 2 animations were ripped straight from Stadium series, so it's technically doesn't count for 251 Pokemons. Not only that, (it was mentioned in the video) but the animations took too long for some people liking.

[@Pichuscute]

@@Trimint123 Game Freak has Creatures Inc to make the Pokemon animations and models. The models Game Freak currently use actually even have better textures and animations already made, which can be seen in Pokedex 3D Pro. They just don't use them at all or use them incompetently. Genius Sonority was dealing with less Pokemon, but so was SwSh, and yet that changed nothing for Game Freak. Genius Sonority was also many times smaller in size compared to Game Freak and yet did a hell of a lot better of a job. As far as animations, the GC games are actually quicker than modern Pokemon, with things like ability triggers or damage animations triggering while text is shown/hp bars decrease instead of everything happening one at a time. The game also doesn't chug to half the normal framerate when in doubles like modern Pokemon does, which means it's a lot quicker. The only reason someone might think mainline Pokemon plays faster is because the trainers have nearly no Pokemon and the game is entirely in singles, rather than doubles.

[@Beefaroni_Bert]

well yeah cuz gamefreak is lazy af, meanwhile GS who made this is making chinese mobile games and gamefreak is getting praised for their bs these days. Hopefully ILCA will do better with the DP remakes, cuz its their first time making games but these games were also GS's first games and they were fantastic so hopes are high for anyone OTHER than GF

[@hunterallen4231]

That's because it was outsourced to a developer that actually cared about the legacy that Pokemon carried and used it's resources appropriately despite being a massively smaller team of people.

[@Sean_Bird]

I loved Pokémon Colosseum when I was younger, but I never played XD. The fact that there’s a full-fledged mod out for XD is both surprising and really cool.

[@miregoji2959]

It's broken in spots. Battle CDs don't work and neither does mt battle

[@TheDiego908]

It'd be cool if you covered more of these "definitive hacks" in Pokemon, there are many other great ones as well

[@mjdxp5688]

*cough* Pokémon Crystal Clear *cough* please

[@DoctorSpacebar]

@@mjdxp5688 I'm playing Crystal Clear right now! Picked Ditto as a starter- and yeah, you can do that in Crystal Clear, even if it IS a hard-mode option! "Definitive hacks" from other game series would be cool too. I'm sure there are some Fire Emblem hacks that he'd like- Road to Ruin comes to mind.

[@mjdxp5688]

@@DoctorSpacebar Newer Super Mario Bros. DS/Wii is also pretty good, more of an original thing than an enhancement, but they're really well designed, as if they're an extension of the originals.

[@Trimint123]

Well, both of those hacks was more like new whole thing than improvement for the originals. But yeah, I'll agree for definitive version hack reviews.

[@Crayon_Egbert]

Ahem "Renegade Platinum"

[@douglasarchibald1427]

wow, If I remember correctly, the shadow moves in XD were used to test the physical special split for gen 4 so I'm happy this rom includes it for all the moves

[@lchidan2782]

I didn't know that

[@douglasarchibald1427]

@@lchidan2782 yeah there's a reason why special attackers got shadow wave instead of shadow rush.

[@qoyote]

Similar unpopular opinion: in a series where so many characters are like "you shouldn't just care about Pokemon's strength, it's the bond that's important", it's weird that the way to win fights is to breed them from birth and roadmap their whole lives to get the right values.

[@samthex5614]

Well, you bond with them while you do that?

[@David_the_Psalmist]

The thing is, all of that stuff was mostly unintentional. Competitive breeding, EV training, and plotting out things like egg moves and hidden power types aren't a part of how the game's designed to be played. It's why the terms "EV's" and IV's" are never actually used in the games. The games wants you to just clear the Pokemon League and fill out the Pokedex, with maybe a few friendly battles with other players along the way. Of course, for those you'd just use your gameplay teams and play a glorified rock, paper, scissors match based on which starter you chose.

[@FrostGlader]

My Milotic, Angel, I only had plans for finding, capturing and evolving her when she was a Feebas (Considering she is Shiny). When I discovered her Nature happened to be Bold, the most desirable nature for a Milotic, plans changed, and I began training with her. Now she is Max Level, fully EV trained, Bottle Capped in every stat but Attack, has had her ability swapped from Competitive to Marvel Scale, with a Tanky Moveset, and has taken down a Mega Rayquaza all by herself. That’s because I raised her myself, from a wild Feebas just skimming the Water in ORAS (I’m not stupid enough to hunt for Feebas in either Gen 3 or 4, and I wanted to evolve her the traditional way) to a beautiful slayer of Gods in USUM. Thanks to the introduction of Bottle Caps in Gen 7, there’s literally no reason to bother with IV breeding. And with Egg Moves being able to be transferred between Pokémon by pairing them in the Daycare, and Nature Mints and the Ability Patch, as of Gen 8, you can just catch a regular old, say, Eevee of the street and turn it into a Competitive beast of a tanky Umbreon. It’s dumb.

[@wesnohathas1993]

The way Pokemon games are designed is atrociously bad for the context of competitive play. Not at all surprising that cheating runs rampant in the community as a result. It can take weeks of grinding just to create one legitimate competitively viable team, and that's with all the necessary research.

[@samthex5614]

@@wesnohathas1993 or just Pokémon Showdown

[@Neenscrame]

Hol' up, the Mudkip line gets Aqua Jet AND Liquidation?!

[@Neenscrame]

@Miror B GOD I mean, I'm well aware... haha...

[@YarnLalms711]

Mudkip gets Liquidation in SwSh, don’t think it gets Aqua Jet though

[@maddiehunter1336]

holy shit, they practically reprogrammed the entire thing. just because they put in *that* much effort is enough to sell me on it

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

I loved this hack! I loved that it improved on movesets like giving Swellow Extreme speed.

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

It's difficulty is a bit on the hard side at times but so worth to play!

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

Actually, I discovered that they got rid of the shiny lock in the game, too. I got a shiny Sneasel. Too bad I can't trade 'em to the main games. :(

[@lchidan2782]

Not only they got rid of the shiny lock they increased the chances to get the shiny too

[@batofdestiny]

Glad to see people giving love to these games. Very underrated. I didn't know there were mods for this!!!

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

I didn't know it would be covered myself. I got the hack and it's really great! Difficult but great.

[@VonFirflirch]

The music especially, these games should be getting way more remixes x)

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

This is a dream honestly. Imagine if the devs gave Colosseum a facelift.

[@RedMageCole]

Very happy to see some love for XG, this mod is awesome! Gotta get back to it myself, the slow battles can be a bit of a slog for me personally but I can find other things to do in the downtime. I do have one minor complaint, though: for some reason, Ampharos was not given the nice treatment the other Mega Evolved Pokemon got. For one thing, it's still an Electric type rather than an Electric/Dragon type which feels like a wasted opportunity to me. Second, its stats took a hit all around: compared to its old stat spread of 90/75/85/115/90/55, it now has 95/60/70/120/80/20. Minor boost in HP and Special Attack at the cost of a bad hit to Attack, Defense, Special Defense and especially Speed. I will say that at the very least, Ampharos does get Tail Glow and Cotton Guard to boost itself up, but in my opinion giving the poor thing a BST of an Audino seems unnecessary in a game where Earthquake is the best thing since sliced bread. However, I echo all of Git's points: XG is an excellent game and definitely worth a try as a Pokemon game that has not made me turn on my 'no items' rule to make it harder, just want to warn some Ampharos lovers (though for me, I already have Salamence and Sceptile on my team, I don't need more dragons).

[@RelanxStars]

It was electric/dragon in an old version but too many changes like that made the game feel too "fan game" based on some feedback I got. Didn't realise I'd unintentionally nerfed it overall though. Will have to rectify that in the next update.

[@RedMageCole]

@@RelanxStars Thank you for your reply! I can understand the fan game argument, I find that it adds some more uniqueness to Ampharos but if I am in the minority on that I can concede especially if Ampharos's nerf is looking to be rectified. I really appreciate you listening to my little nitpick and I look very forward to the next update; you've done something truly amazing with XD. Thanks!

[@RelanxStars]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 A lot of fan games take a creative liberty like changing a bunch of pokemon types or handing you lots of legendaries really easily. It makes the game not feel like a proper pokemon game because it’s so different you have to learn a bunch of new rules for that game.

[@draco4569]

Even crazier, there are two Shadow Moves that are super effective against Shadow Pokemon: Shadow Hunter (physical) and Shadow Slayer (special). So, really watch out for those!

[@vktrlndwll95]

Tried the rom hack. Had a lot of fun trying out smogon strategies and nuzlocking the game. That was damn damn damn difficult. Got to shadow lugia, got wrecked and said "ok I give up." Also, Umbreon is legit busted in this game. Helping hand, yawn, wish, taunt(that works), snarl, and thicc as hell, it's a fan-TASTIC team player.

[@forestdragonwing7552]

As someone whose only Pokemon game was Pokemon XD, and who didn't even play Pokemon Red until a few years ago, this mod looks amazing.

[@pokemario6456]

Twitch Plays Pokemon actually played this mod not too long ago, it was great! There's also far more challenging opponents in Mt. Battle. TPP did encounter the occasional glitch, such as an eternally bouncing Gyrados and a Groudon that kept respawning, but I was surprised at the sheer amount of work that must've gone into all the changes, let alone that XD mods existed at all

[@DarkFoxKit]

Thanks for covering this mod, I really wanna play it. I used to play Pokemon XD all the time. This mod is exactly something I've been looking for to give me a whole new experience with the game. :D Also, as far as I know, Pokemon XD's shinies are impossible to get unless they're wild Pokemon. So I guess this mod also fixes it where you *can* get shiny Shadow Pokemon, which is awesome!

[@christopherballero866]

I have to give a lot of credit for doing such a great job with XG. Nintendo really should do a complete and proper remake with modern mechanics of Colosseum but with the XD improvements

[@JackPR]

I had started this game on my phone but lost the save when I switched phones. I started it a few days ago and am already halfway through again, this was my favorite game from my childhood and this mod really breathes new life into it

[@jene37]

How did you get it on your phone

[@JackPR]

​@@jene37 I have an android and it runs dolphin just fine, I had to install the mod on the ISO with a specific app but other than that it's the same as running any other game on Dolphin for android. Sometimes it would freeze or run into some small bugs but with Dolphin updates it's smoothed out and as long as you remember to save often it isn't a big deal.

[@jene37]

@@JackPR holy I didn’t know dolphin emulator was on Android!! Ty!

[@jene37]

@@JackPR wat was the other app called

[@JackPR]

@@jene37 Sorry I thought I replied, any patching software should work and PC ones might work better. I think I might have used unipatcher but I cant remember if it worked or if I had to do it on my laptop.

[@BierBart12]

Holy shit, this game has always been one one of my favourite Pokemon games together with Colosseum, but this.. This might even be perfect.

[@Solibrae]

That seems like a really good and ambitious hack, just like Pokémon Crystal Clear.

[@spacebibba8984]

Thanks for the review! I was also shocked how unknown this thing is, despite being of such high quality. To be completely honest: This thing, a mod of an 15 year old game, absolutely wipes the floor with Sword/Shield in many aspects. Even it is so much better than the original, I give full credit to what XD has achieved in the past. Today we have WAY more to work with, which wasn't available back then. Sure it has its weaknesses, but I still see even the original being one of the best Pokémon games out there to date, for its innovative and fresh style alone (and holy god, true 3D animations and combat... Take that Sword/Shield! They did it 15 years ago in a non-mainline game!). I played through it in ~25h, while purifying ~70% of the Pokémon and it was one hell of a ride. The battle became tough from time to time, so at the end, I fought through half Mt. Battle in total, just to stand a chance against certain Cipher Admins. Full agree on the level mechanics. I found it to be disappointing each and every generation, when the elite 4 (or other final battles) have level... what, 45? That is wasting SO MUCH potential. Salamence wouldn't even EVOLVE until this point, wtf?! Same with ROM hacks of ORAS/XY/SM. They all utilize the Exp-Share to give you powerful Pokémon and even stronger trainers with very high levels, so it feels like an actual fight and not some kid's skrimish. Using full strong movesets, high levels, full-evolved Pokémon with high level just doesn't compare against battle with so-call Cipher """"Admins"""" who have level 25 Pokémon at the middle of the game. I'd expect ~40 here and XG delivered. Especially TMs not breaking and being FILLED with new cool moves that are actually useful is great. I finally feel like I'm really building a powerful team instead of pushing what is available (which was not too good in Col/XD) and taking whatever move is learnt. VERY OFTEN I had make tough choices of which moves my Pokémon should learn and keep. More type coverage? A special/phys alternative? More STAB moves? Tricky status-moves? Who knows...?! And you absolutely need those choices to be good, otherwise you'll be stomped to the ground by Cipher Admin fights or even their helping hands. When using Dolphin on 3x native resolution and some little graphic option tweaking, this game looks better than Sword/Shield (if you ignore the huge arena-scenes), as all attacks have 3D animations, free floating camera, ... absolutely gorgeous. Recommended it to all my friends, as most of them have played Pokémon until Sword/Shield and remember Col/XD well. I was caught anyway, as I casually played through it every 2-3 years for the fun of it. The only things that bothered me were lack of special/phys split, old moves, not much choice and similar shenanigans. XG fixed most of them, definitely. And I didn't even touch upon the Orre Colosseum or the entirety of Mt. Battle. Quick P.S. for your critique at the end: - The funny lines here and there are just meant to be exactly that. Funny. These guys are ROM hackers and the game is not sold professionally. Therefore I found this to be ok. To expand on that, I always like to see little things like this, that show me, that there are actual humans with... humor, I guess... behind that game. I think a ROM hack allows for things like this. You know that you are about to go into a community creation, when you install the mod. - EVs and other content. YES. Absoultely. However, I think this is also a weakness inherited from the original. Changes beyond trainers, Pokemon and basically everthing that is just "numbers and tables somewhere in the ROM file" are exponentially more difficult to accomplish. Therefore, I absolutely understand and forgive the lack of such a machine (would have been super nice tho; maybe grab yourself a savegame editor?). Generally, XD lacks endgame in general, beyond Mt. Battle and the Orre Colosseum (which is more than XY/SwSh has to be fair lol) so it probably wasn't designed for that. I'll leave that as a remark for future titles (looking at you Nintendo and Game Freak), to make this better.

[@spacebibba8984]

​@@EvolutionArchive23 Absolutely! Being an IT/computer science guy myself who has been quite knowledgeable about the whole ROMhacking/modding scene in Pokémon, I highly appreciate that effort and have huge respect for the work put into developing the tools necessary to do that. I always had big dreams for XD as a starting point, due to its superior battle-engine and graphics (free floating cam, 3D animations of everything), which WIPES THE FLOOR with every game released after it, including Sword/Shield. Now, we see that it is actually possible. However, I guess adding more Pokémon in there as actually intended is rather hard. So we'll see how this will develop.

[@addambarcelos]

what an improvement, XG looks pretty cool. great work from the team o/

[@edgelord8337]

I honestly think these games are the most underappreciated and underrated pokemon games It's almost like now game freak doesn't try anything new and has been doing the same thing since gen 5 And I love gen 5 and I can say that.

[@rjante2236]

My theory is that people didn't receive Gen 5 well at first and that told them "They don't want creativity, just reference Kanto a lot)

[@draco4569]

There are 3 Pokemon that Duking said were tough to find at the Poke Spots. Well, after talking to Duking and getting that info, lo and behold, the very next time I check a Poke Spot after the Spot Monitor went off, it turned out to be one of those three, and in this case it was an Aerodactyl! I don't know if that was deliberate on Stars' part or if I was just plain lucky, but boy was I shocked! I kept the Aerodactyl.

[@VesDegree]

Definitely gonna check this out. Thanks a lot for spreading the word about it! 😄

[@dakotasnyder7111]

Ive played this mod and its amazing and the fact that they not only added the 3 hoenn starters they also added fairy types in it too and added the newer moves i highly reccomend this to anyone and everyone

[@hawklass]

thanks a bunch dude !!! I was doing it with tsukuyomi and it didn't want to work!!! you really saved me

[@JellyJiggler7]

This mod is easily one of my favorite pokemon experiences ever. Thanks for bringing attention to it.

[@PokemonRules141]

Wow, I never realized how little this mod is showcased. I came across it one day by sheer accident while googling for Pokémon Colosseum ROM Hacks and I found it on the first page. I believe it was at v1.11 at the time and it has a long way since. I agree about the dialogue changes being questionable but it definitely has much better variety and while I haven’t beaten it myself, my brother plays it every chance he gets on my Wii U. It’s a really fun hack and I recommend it to anyone who likes Pokémon.

[@georgecortes3416]

I gotta try this mod for the fact that the simulation starts with you using my all-time favorite Pokemon alone! Yeah, I love my boi Metagross and getting a sneak preview with it is awesome! I don't have to kill it with 2 Earthquakes!

[@Strashky]

pretty funny how i wanted to know if shiny locks were removed on shadow pokemon and you unintentionally said that they were. Didnt think you would talk about it, but im glad you kinda did.

[@Hyperneosonic97]

Another Pokemon mod I can recommend would be Radical Red, a Fire Red rom Hack that features mechanics from all current generations (including Gen 8!). It's also VERY difficult.

[@VALDiesel01]

Played this and nuzlocked it a couple of months ago. I've been meaning to play XD from start to finish for a long time but I never could get my gamecube up and running again, still have my XD disk but still, no luck. But, after all these years, I've bought a pretty damn good gaming laptop so I went and downloaded this game and went to town. I felt like I was 9 years old again. I spent so much time into the game. As far as nuzlocking it, well, it gave me a huge run for my money. It really kicked my ass lmao. I wiped at the Gorigan battle. But, I didnt reset I just continued on with the game, no rules or restrictions. And I had an absolute blast. That feeling of accomplishment after beating Greevil was about the same as when I beat the game the first time, reallly good feeling. I was so happy that I got to experience this game again, and in a much more difficult fashion.

[@sarasaland4709]

Best change? The Pokémon now aren't in ALL CAPS!

[@dustin202]

SNORLAX Snorlax GARDEVOIR Gardevoir

[@noahp1124]

I've played xd several times and never even noticed that was a thing. who cares

[@CralexKokiri]

Many, many thanks! I played the first game (not the 100 trainer challenge) but I never got around to playing the second one. This gives me extra motivation to do so!

[@DuelmasterX3]

I remember seeing your video about XG and then playing the mod a couple of months back. It was one of the best things I've ever experienced.

[@jasonch4196]

I'm absolutely excited to play this rom hack!! The GC titles were two of my most played games of all time along with TTYD, and I love seeing hacks like these! I'd love to see a flat out kaizo of this game, seeing how everything is double battles! Great and informative video, earned a sub my friend ❤️

[@trueblueryu5713]

Idiot me, I had XD back in middle school and high school, and I foolishly gave it to someone as a birthday gift because they said they were trying to get back into GameCube collecting, and now the game is worth a sizeable amount of money. Pro tip to everyone reading: Always check the price before selling your game, otherwise you may unintentionally be out of more money than you’d think. At least I still have Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, God Hand, and Dragon Quest 4 DS.

[@trueblueryu5713]

Whoops, I typed the wrong title. I meant to type Path of Radiance, the GameCube one. For some reason I got them mixed up in my head. Ah well, edited now

[@trueblueryu5713]

@@krimsonkatt Surprisingly I do see copies in the $150 range, but those are used, of course. Some people have ridiculous expectations for a sealed copy. Heck, even the manual is like $20! It just makes me glad that I got this stuff before it was this wildly expensive

[@ProxyWasTaken]

Incredible channel! I still remember several years back ago when you did game endings #22 on Prince of Persia, and you still keep going. Kudos to you!

[@YourKingDeadpool]

Thanks for shedding some light on this cool update to one of my favorite games, im definitely going to check this out

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Man, imagine if they had added in the original twist of making Wes the final twist boss.

[@MrSadisticLlama]

Pokemon XG honestly makes me Crave a proper sequel to XD, one that takes place with the current system, oh hell, I'd love a converstion mod like XG that just makes up a whole new world, using Gen 4 pokemon. I think someone could rip the Battle revolution models for it

[@LM-nb7rj]

I've never heard of this mod in my life, but now I NEED it if I were to go back to pokemon XD. Thanks for showcasing this mod, it looks absolutely BONKERS

[@KarumaGaming]

I started XG prior to watching this video, and since I hadn't played XD since I was super young, I didn't notice a whole lot of changes other than the special split, new pokemon, and new moves. But then I got to Pyrite town and started getting absolutely obliterated by everyone I fought. I had to come check out a video because I did NOT remember XD being this difficult. Now, it's no Emerald Kaizo, but when I'm whiting out facing trainers in in the early game and flat-out losing because I'm not grinding even a little- I knew something had to be up. Glad to see my suspicions are confirmed and I'm not just total garbage at the game lmao.

[@KarumaGaming]

@@uohhhhhh69 For sure. I appreciate the challenge of it, it was just unexpected since many ROM hacks are either a total faceroll, or hell like Kaizo.

[@DragonArbock]

Honestly I think the all caps thing was just because those are the only words you need to pay attention to. I would sometimes nickname in lower case, but I now appreciate just glancing at the screen and quickly picking out the only words that matter.

[@farmingsim9813]

I'm happy there's mods of the GameCube games out there, I'll have to try this out sometime.

[@nintonintendo1]

Pokemon XD is my favourite game of all time. I Am so happy this mod exist.

[@Forged4War206]

I did a Nuzlocke of this game (hard as hell btw), and Umbreon is probably one of the most broken Pokémon in the game. Aura Filter (an item you get super early on) in tandem with its Filter ability makes it nearly impossible to one shot by any regular OR Shadow move. It’s essentially Blissey but with less HP and more well rounded bulk. It’s pretty passive until you get Foul Play, but its support movepool is insane and you can tailor it to be either an unkillable stall machine or a fantastic team supporter. Would definitely recommend for anyone wanting to try and Nuzlocke the game, or if you just want to have a super reliable Pokémon that can usually get you out of many hairy situations. Vaporeon is also really good too for similar reason, Storm Drain being absurdly useful in many fights because rain teams are pretty common.

[@Thatslifebro_]

After i watched you video i really wanted to try it out but i had no idea how to mod a Wii. Then i realized i can just use Dolphin and that made it a whole lot easier. So far i am really enjoying the fact that the battles are changed up and there are new Shadow pokemon but i am at the very beginning.

[@XmodxgodX]

Shiny chances in XG were changed to 1 in 256 apparently in earlier versions of XG even opponents' non-Shadow Pokemon could be shiny. Also in the original XD Shadow Pokemon were shiny locked due to how in Colosseum Purifying a shiny usually results in it becoming non-shiny.

[@whoisthisgit]

This was played on the newest version, so it's probably different. Plus, it's the only shiny I've seen in the game so far.

[@ryeonspeed]

holy shit this really needs more attention

[@acheronXcomplex]

Hey man, we all dream about shiny Gardevoir.

[@logans.7932]

I think it's funny that the selection of shadow Pokemon in this game was so poorly balanced, jumping from Delcatty and Yanma to Entei and Suicune, that some mod creators just went "fuck it, let's fix it ourselves."

[@onadaTotihotiH]

The ONE thing I was worried about for most of this video was if TMs were 1 time things or not

[@DefiantzWorkshop]

Fun fact, shadow pokemon in XD CAN'T be shiny! They're explicitly programmed not to be. So the the fact that you encountered a shiny shadow pokemon in XG means that they added it back into the game. Nice touch, devs.

[@bluevictini]

The reason they were shiny locked in XD was because of confusion that happened in Colluseum. Where if a shadow pokemon was shiny when encountered, that did not necessarily mean it would be when caught, because shininess is partially determined by trainer ID in those games. This also meant that you could catch a seemingly normal mon and find it to be shiny. I'm interested that the team found a way around it, made shiny hunting a nightmare.

[@RelanxStars]

@@bluevictini It was a surprisingly easy solution. Just make all shadow pokemon get generated using the player's pid from the start XD. Not sure why the original devs didn't do that tbh

[@bluevictini]

@@RelanxStars Oh neat! That's actually a really clean solution, thanks for the reply.

[@vamrack8344]

This game has more effort put into it than sword and shield.

[@toblerone1729]

THIS!

[@M0D776]

The original XD and Colosseum are way better than Sword and Shield even after all these years, the only thing XD and Colosseum lack are things that this mod adds.

[@unfoundpump]

Every fucking Pokemon game has more effort put into it than Sword and Shield.

[@justinbeers3159]

wish i would have known of this before just completing a full playthrough catching every pokemon on first encounters 😭 awesome video though!

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

Poor Adnis, they still managed to make a great thumbnail !

[@Daniel_Coffman]

I'm hoping there's some kind of hack like this for Colosseum. All I ever see on it is a mere randomizer. And since I can't run model viewers on my computer, I can't do such a thing, myself; at least when it comes to putting new Pokèmon in. Plus, I wonder if the Dolphin emulator could run this hack.

[@MrPoke]

Yes, Dolphin can run this hack

[@dakotasnyder7111]

I hope the same creator one day makes a similar one too cause collosseum was just amazing having changes like this would honestly have a lot of greatness

[@RelanxStars]

The hack tools are available if you were interested in giving hacking colosseum a go

[@Daniel_Coffman]

@@RelanxStars Can one still do it if their computer really isn't that good? I know most GameCube games don't really run terribly well on mine, unfortunately.

[@RelanxStars]

@@Daniel_Coffman yeah the tools should run fine on most half decent machines you'd get these days

[@SenatorArmstrong2018]

I got confused, thinking the XD part of the title was something you added as a joke.

[@DragonArbock]

The cumbersome nature of EVs is why in my gen 2 romhack I am not changing it to the modern system. Gen 1 and 2 let you gain stat exp in every stat at once, so you didn't have to worry about carefully managing what EVs your pokemon gained, just battle a lot.

[@whoisthisgit]

Yeah, I've always hated how much of a pain it is to work with sometimes. The only annoyance with the system in 1 and 2 was how long it could take to max out DVs. I've trained Pokemon to level 100 who still didn't reach the limit before then.

[@Dajobertomans]

When I searched pokemon xg I found month old videos, unless this took like 4-5 months to make, still a good video.

[@sourskittles4187]

honestly been itching to replay these games, glad i saw this beforehand so i know to try this version

[@UNKNWN96]

I was just thinking about getting this game and playing it again and here I am finding out that there’s a whole mod for the game making it feel much more new!

[@DoctorSpacebar]

Gotta love what modders/ROM hackers pull off sometimes- breathing new life into old games is something I'm always impressed by. I'll have to add this one to my list! Really should hurry up and finish Road to Ruin... Definitely agree on EVs though- the idea behind fighting certain Pokémon to improve certain stats is cool, but it just gets cumbersome and grindy. I know one fan game (Touhou Puppet Dance Performance, the obligatory Touhou crossover) let you just assign the EV equivalent to your puppets' stats directly, and that'd be a pretty nice quality of life feature in a regular Pokémon game.

[@VonFirflirch]

Oh, I've been wanting EVs to work like that for a while, I should check it out. ...And the prospect of answering "What's your favorite Pokémon game?" with "Some Touhou crossover" sounds hilarious to me x)

[@maneruloquendero]

Promised myself to not watch this video until I finish XD. And well, here I am

[@joelthepizzawizard493]

In my opinion Pokemon XD is the best of the whole series. It does not have a copy and pasted story and has shadow pokemon. Not to mention the music.

[@godiris4691]

thanks for bringing light to this, im sold

[@alexanderthomas3187]

I've got no way to easily play this mod for myself, but I can see all the effort that went into making it. They could have just added more Shadows and called it good, but they really went the extra couple miles. Theoretically, if you play Pokemon XG on an emulator, couldn't you fast-forward the emulator to deal with the slow battles?

[@spacebibba8984]

You might stumble upon an US-version ISO file of the game online... and apply the patch to it, instead of ripping it yourself. If you have a semi-decent computer and a controller, definitely give this thing a shot. It wipes the floor with Sword/Shield.

[@alexanderthomas3187]

@@spacebibba8984 I'll keep that in mind, but I try to avoid emulating with ROMs whenever I can. Not an ethics thing, I just find emulators annoying to use compared to physical hardware. But, maybe I'll try looking around for them if I find the time

[@spacebibba8984]

@@alexanderthomas3187 Yea, but I found it to be quite nice with a controller, to be honest (used the Switch Pro Controller, which btw connects via Bluetooth to Windows without any hassle). With a modded Wii, I'm quite sure that you can also play the ROM natively.

[@alexanderthomas3187]

@@spacebibba8984 I'll give a controller a shot if I play it. Thanks for the info!

[@ValcomDrifty]

Just saying the physical special split is the greatest move ever in history

[@AttitudeIndicator]

I prefer not having it

[@thephoenix6237]

I've played two Pokemon games to completion. Emerald. And Gale of Darkness. Gale of Darkness will always be my favorite. Maybe just because it was kinda different. It didn't feel so intimidating. And I played it a lot during an awesome time of my childhood too. So it's very up there for me. I've started playing again recently and I still love it and people can totally disagree but I actually like the graphics and details on here more than I did on Sword and Shield before I lost my switch. I just do it just feels more detailed in battles and such.

[@lotusleap]

The way Colosseum flows will always be my favorite, the original level 20+ starters and the unique spot for a final boss level, but Citadark isle is in a league of its own. A lot of things that make GoD amazing

[@Luigiofthegods]

I can't stop seeing Gumball and Seymour in the thumbnail

[@pockitsune6347]

Oh my God this game was just great. The first boss absolutely destroyed me. The game's difficulty forced me to use so many different pokemon, I think I had around 12+ different pokemon I used throughout the adventure, and with battle tower it was a blast to train em up

[@UnbornDecay]

If only my pc can run Dolphin without the game being a frameraty mess I would play this in a heartbeat

[@dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780]

I hate Double Battles so I guess I'll pass. Still, looks amazing, huge props to the devs of the mod

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

The original orre games had double battles as the default, too. I think I actually prefer doubles myself since it opens up to more ways of battle.

[@dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780]

@@mrsuperheatran2794 Yeah, I know but I could never get into the gimmick. I get it that it might be a me thing but I just don't like dealing with Double Battles at all. The many possibilities also serve as a kick in the back when I think about it because all I see when I try preparing for Double Battles is stuff I don't want to deal with. It's kind of like when you love Tekken but don't even want to touch Dragon Ball FighterZ because of all the gimmicky assists - you love all the flashy stuff, the complex mechanics and the like but you just don't want to deal with all that baggage. Single Battles will always be the preferred way to play for me which is why I could never get into the 3rd Gen tie-in games or competitive Pokemon because of how hard they doubled-down on Double Battles

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

@@dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780 That's fine, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. I actually suck more at singles because there's more switching and setting up involved. Especially after Stealth Rocks, that move just kinda ruined the format for me.

[@chanhjohnnguyen1867]

These guys know more about game design than game freak

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

If you don't have a modded Wii, could you possibly take a less... _legal_ route? For some reason I really don't want to soil my Wii just for one mod.

[@valemontgomery9401]

it rhymes with “himm’s mayor”. You’ll have to do the rest from there. In other news, Dolphin is a legal emulator for GameCube and Wii. Have fun

[@LostBlade776]

Wow this is so cool thanks for bringing this to my attention

[@tylerkasza3521]

Thank you for showing me this

[@kenpanderz672]

i think if they could make it where the game could be sped up via the emulator without speeding up the music, that'd be ideal. itd be great if the music and sounds didnt hold a special place in my heart so i could just mute it and speed it up, but i played XD when i was young, and thats just how nostalgia works :P

[@someguy764]

If only i had a PC that wasn't slow as hell

[@adriangutierrez7686]

You can use a Wii as well, with an SD card. You can find a lot of tutorials online to add homebrew to it

[@Fullmetalslap]

I'm definitely gonna give this a try

[@alexmagneiplays4555]

Shoutouts to Ecco Defender of the Future's Atlantis theme!!!

[@firewispgames7539]

This is amazing. This game will be covered.

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

The shiny Gardevoir looks amazingly beautiful! The purple hair looks stunning! Its coloring is coincidentally similar to that of Rarity from My Little Pony.

[@kellyd1910]

They need to do the same thing for pokemon battle revolution,that would be awesome

[@eggrollin5718]

Damm this looks really good Already got tickets for the cease and desist letter Hopefully that doesn't happen

[@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853]

It's a mod - somehow Nintendo only seems to go after original works built from the ground up. I don't know if that's because of the Codemasters lawsuit in the 90s, but either way, if you're ROMhacking, you tend to be safe. Just make sure you don't sell the mod.

[@redstreak9430]

@@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853 I know a Zelda OOT Mod got shut down a while back so idk if anything changed there.

[@KoopaXross]

I think the patch creator could easily fix the slow pace by removing the death animation sequence in the code. Then whenever a pokemon faints the death animation is just skipped entirely and the game moves on to the next switch in animation or continues the battle against the last pokemon.

[@LovelyAlanna]

the only reason I would play the gamecube pokemon games is to complete the gen 3 pokedex, with all these additions it's not going to be possible to transfer pokemon to my cartridges

[@yesmanjr.7215]

def getting this. so hyped!!!

[@slayer31397]

Can you transfer pokemon from the handhelds to GX? I have all the tools besides an AR to transfer so I can just move good IV mons to the game but not sure if this function is possible

[@quilavalover8232]

My one nitpick was the Hoenn starters being thrown at you so early, replacing 3 pokemon that are very uncommon in rse, Spheal, Seedot, and Houndour. I'd have the hoenn starts move to inside the lab itself rather than outside, since I prefer using non starters sometimes.

[@superstar5837]

And this is the starting point of rebooting pokéROMs to the latest GEN to get the interest of Gamers for the Nostalgia.

[@stank247]

Holy shit, they fixed all the crazy names in this game too

[@noodlefish8793]

Ive never played the sequel but colosseum is my favorite pokemon game

[@iBenjamin1000]

god this is insane. It makes me immediately want to get this mod going and try out all these different critters. Why wait in the hope that gf might deign to make a simple port of colo and xd on the switch when this game exists? The only issue is my own reluctance to mess with game mods, especially with how much I value my copy of xd and how afraid I'd be of messing up

[@eonia7667]

i wonder if this means eventually people could be able to do romhacks in the form of "fangames using the original as a base" it would be so cool

[@RelanxStars]

The hack tools are available if you ever wanted to have a go at hacking colo/xd

[@steel_crescent_archive]

Love seeing more Git. Would you mind sharing a link to the remix of the DD 2 theme for amiga that you used at the end card screen please? It sounds awesome and i would like to enjoy the full thing.

[@whoisthisgit]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4TJaY2NhciZiaM

[@steel_crescent_archive]

@@whoisthisgit thank you very much

[@komi___]

Ok that's a nice patching guide but how I load the patched ISO to play it? Is there any homebrew app to play gamecube games in the Wii from the SD or USB?