The Peak of Gen 3: Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness

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Vastly improving on Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness is absolutely one of the best games of Gen 3!
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[@VarsVerum]

The biggest crime in video game history was making battle revolution just battles and not giving it the same storyline and rpg elements as XD/Colo. I miss shadow Pokémon and double battles

[@lol1013]

Hi vars

[@pokepress]

Probably a result of time constraints. Battle Revolution was really early in the Wii lifecycle, presumably to get an online game out.

[@coders1786]

Crazy how an early game on the wii looks better then the Pokémon games on the switch😂 they need to bring that company back it seems lol

[@victorvargas9330]

Imagine PBR x Xenoblade...

[@pn2294]

But Colosseum is just battling too

[@Chimeratech_O.D.]

My favourite CD was the Shedninja one. It isn't hard, but it's hilarious: Your opponent has 6 shedninja, and you have one turn to beat all of them, so you have to use spikes or sandstorm (don't recall), then Roar the first two away to make each Shedninja be instantly wiped out. Such a specific niche, but man is it funny to see a 1-turn wipe.

[@wikiuser92]

Actually, no. You set up Spikes and use Sandstorm. Sandstorm knocks out the first two Shedinja, and the rest drop like flies when they hit the Spikes.

[@IgnitedQuils]

Rock Slide is another option after setting up Spikes, but more risker due to it being 90% accuracy. So Spikes + Sandstorm is the definite way to finish it all in a single turn.

[@minecraftsteve4558]

@@IgnitedQuils “one turn”

[@Captain_Jay_T]

​@minecraftsteve4558 meaning the entire team wipes during one turn. You don't do another move after spikes and sandstorm are out, therefore you don't take another turn.

[@vustvaleo8068]

Miror B. dominates the field with his giga-Chad energy.

[@NeoGato2point0]

I still have the disc for this game all these years later. I spent a lot of time on this game as a kid and felt like it was an underrated game. I still feel that way and it has battle graphics that aged well.

[@Matt-qq4zh]

Nice, dude. I remember the gamecube disc looking awesome. The red and black goes together nicely

[@IgnitedQuils]

Plus Genius Sonority did animate the Gen 3 Pokémon, plus the Gen 4 ones in PBR and gave them nice animations such as Honchkrow

[@BitOfUltraviolence]

I got the Gamecube a few years ago as I started with PC and PS1. Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, Pokemon: Colosseum and Simpsons Hit N Run were my favourite. I wish Nintendo would do something like Gamecube again. I loved Colosseum because you play as an adopted son of a gang leader who unravels a mystery that goes turns out to be a conspiracy against Pokémon, and the town. It is different to being a ten year old who solves everything. I also like the Orre region as the technology and clothing resembles what Huter J wears and utilises. I remember seeing Hunter J die and thought it was odd. I saw violent films as a child but was always confused when it happened in children stuff as you did not always see it occur. I also liked seeing Pokemon characters who were full sized. I actually liked Wes as a character and wished Orre region was in the anime. My headcanon is that Hunter J is from there or wherever the technology is from. I also like Snagem and that the leader cares about Wes despite his betrayal and destruction of his base and organisation.

[@ratalosg44]

i feel te same way

[@WaterKirby1994]

GameCube was underrated in general. Early 2000s were easily gaming's greatest era & a lot of people back then failed to realize just how good GameCube was. Colosseum & XD Gale of Darkness for Pokemon, The last & best F-Zero game, Melee, Sonic had plenty of great games on the Cube, not to mention most of Mario Party's Golden Age, Double Dash, Thousand Year Door, Wind Waker & more. Pikmin & Animal Crossing both got their start on GameCube & there was a great 3rd Party selection on top of that. The compact size, possibly the greatest controller ever made & hardware that was better than PS2 in addition to bonus features like GBA connectivity. Looking back it really doesn't make sense that it wasn't more successful.

[@realmbeyondtheshadow]

I still jam to the mirror b theme from this game frequently all these years later. The Next Generations romhack for XD makes it even better as well, 11/10

[@cioplasmmajic8327]

I used to think that Wes was Michael's father, and the mother was a grown up Rui. Granted, I never played the original colusseum, only saw snippets of others playing it.

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

It's not a very hard assumption to make, with the father apparently having a connection to the First Shadow Pokemon Incident, Michael's Eevee being given to him by his Father while Wes had an Umbreon and Espeon, the Father helping in the Snag Machine redeveloped, ect. But the timeline just doesn't like up as XD takes place 5 years after Colosseum and Michael+Jovi are over 5 years old while being different ages, plus at the time of Colosseum Wes was only about 17, as well his Eeveelutions are both always Male.

[@KopperNeoman]

Wes was originally supposed to be the villain, but it was too out of character (he was a thief, but drew the line at brainwashing) He should have been the Snagem leader honestly.

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

@@KopperNeoman that is a statement with zero backing, it only became so popular because chuggaaconroy mentioned it in his playthrough. No one has since found any official media, behind the scenes, interviews, q&a, ect that ever stated this unfortunately. (Occasionally I've people say Chuggaa admitted to making that whole thing up himself, but I haven't seen any proof of that either so it's ironic just as questionable)

[@bloopertanooki415]

I always thought the possibilty of Eldes being Michael's father, essentially making Ardos his uncle and Greevil his grandfather.

[@BitOfUltraviolence]

Wes was awesome. Would have given Ash a slap or two. Ash became really annoying for me after a while. I miss Dawn, Misty, May and Brock. Hunter J is most likely from Orre region.

[@risel56]

On the topic of Battle SIMs, I'm suddenly reminded of Pokéstar Studios from BW2. Many of the battles feature custom opponents specifically tailored to the preset Pokémon you're given. Obviously it's not as complex as the double battle strategies you have to account for in the SIMs, but they're definitely the closest thing to a puzzle battle experience since XD.

[@fr0stdr4ke95]

This is the perfect distraction from watching my favorite competitive gaming scene catch fire today.

[@xeienar]

In this game (Colosseum too) Timer Ball is stupidly broken. Each attack counts as a turn, and since it is always double battle, it was very easy to get x3 or x4 ratio. Definitely stronger than using Ultra Ball which has x2 ratio.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Another fun tidbit about XD is the sneak peek of Gen 4 with the inclusion of Munchlax and Bonsly. And I swear, both of them seemed to have the goal of pissing the player off. Bonsly has a whole un skippable segment in the story where you have to chase it around a shipwreck and try to trap it and Munchlax occasionally pops up eating the lures set out for wild Pokemon. And you cant catch it, it just takes off. So you have to set another lure and hope Munchlax doesn't pop up, and you wasted a huge amount of time going out there and back because you only have a small amount of time to get out there before the wild Pokemon flees. I know that it's meant to be a preview for Diamond and Pearl, but I cant help but love the foreshadowing for how slow and frustrating Diamond and Pearl are.

[@WaterKirby1994]

Munchlax, if confronted quickly the owner gives you plenty of free bait to more than make up for what was eaten. Whenever I got low on bait I would hope Munchlax was eating instead of something common for that reason.

[@Mystic-Aidan]

Battle simulators are absolutely one of my favorite concepts in video games. Yu-gi-oh championship edition 2005 (I think it was called) had these things called “duel puzzles” which were basically the same thing, rigged draws and all. You could even make your own! I didn’t figure out how to play as a little kid so I never beat them, but the battle simulator did bring back some fond-ish memories of at least trying them.

[@abrahamramirez8882]

It's crazy that this games battle animations are better than gen 9's lol

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

I can never get over the gamecube animations. Those attacks and how they hit the opponent always look so powerful and devastating. Camera work is a big reason why as well. Then there's the fainting animations which are just beautiful

[@KikiYushima]

Honestly, for me, two mainstays were Houndoom and Delcatty as a pair. Those two just _tore apart_ most things that stood in their way.

[@Saroku1000]

Funny how shadow Pokémon aren't just a thing of the past anymore but now an established part of Pokémon Go

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Except it is half assed

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Not nearly the same, but cool nonetheless.

[@overcharge6835]

In Pokemon white 2 and black 2 the battle CDs do make return as pokestudios. Basically, you take on challenges following a script and figuring out how to win a certain way. How you win can affect the ending of a movie and give you some cool results.

[@dracotias]

I still have my Psychoboost Lugia from this game sitting in pkm home, mad that the move isn't actually in the newer games at all so I'd be forced to delete it if I transferred

[@mattwo7]

RIP Genious Sonority, instead of just dying, they're doomed to a future of mobile puzzle games. Least they're getting more work, that's a small win at least.

[@error_404.69]

Apparently some of them have gone on to work at Game Freak so take it as you will

[@pokepress]

@@error_404.69 that wouldn’t surprise me. As for Genius Sonority itself, it could be worse-look what happened to Ambrella.

[@juliannocartagena2007]

They need to make another Denpa Men game.

[@jebronlames987]

@@error_404.69 I take as them being better off playing with rabbit turds on a sidewalk.

[@pablodelgado7919]

Even after all these years i'm still disappointed they got rid of The Under in XD. Loved that place so much, not to mention the theme of The Under still goes hard to this day almost 20 years later.

[@WaterKirby1994]

Aesthetically The Under is awesome & it would have been cool to see that place as a cleaned up legitimate city beneath Pyrite Town. Even the abandoned excuse doesn't excuse you never visiting the place as that would only make it more appealing to criminals. I know Miror B's Cave & The Under were probably deleted to make room for the new area maps although it could have been cool to have an actual Post Game where you go to The Under rather than Unwinnable Colosseum.

[@pablodelgado7919]

@@WaterKirby1994 I agree with you, if they left The Under and at least revamp it a little and keep it as post-game content that would've been cool. But sadly seems like it wasn't meant to be

[@monkeeee]

This is what I thought the future of pokemon was going to be as a child. Safe to say I no longer expect anything

[@dvp1694]

Seriously thank you for covering these dude, these games have some of the best gameplay and story/vibes of the whole series. Thank you for bringing this too light for anyone to enjoy. Not only is it massively good nostalgia but it had genuine bangers throughout the game whether it be battles, music or story elements loved both of the 2

[@misterzygarde6431]

I think a return to Orre would be fun. Even had my own idea that'd also bring in new Pokemon and regional forms. Basically, Orre would have its own Grand Underground discovered with said new Pokemon and regional forms within it. Such a discovery leads to what can be described as a Gold Rush in information with people from several regions visit Orre and making the region become more developed with the side-effect of overwhelming the crime scene through sheer numbers alone, especially since many powerful trainers would be among those coming to Orre. Could imagine navigating the Grand Underground as a way to get from town to town. Maybe the equivalent to Galar's Flying Taxi could be done by a Psychic Pokemon using Teleport. Plus, there's also the idea of Orre's characters returning being a given. Maybe the title of champion is shared by either Wes and Rui or Michael and Lily as you face the either pair in a double battle, fitting since Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness were focused on Double Battles.

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

(Around 15:20) First time I saw the "Ultra Lusimune" fight in SuMo I immediately thought of Robo-Groudon...

[@pokefriend123]

It’s so funny because every time I’m watching a cutscene because how good they are, until a Pokemon appears on screen I forget the franchise I’m playing

[@FrahdChikun]

Genus Sonority really needs to develop another Pokémon game. I know the devs are still working with TPC since some worked on Cafe, but we really need another Colosseum-like entry again. Hell, have them work on a main line entry! Also, wasn't Wes originally going to return as the main antagonist?

[@carterackman3423]

No, thats a common misconception created by a parody account "did yuo know gaming" with you spelled wrong. it would have been interesting to see wes be the villain though.

[@FrahdChikun]

@@carterackman3423 oh yeah, that account lol. Thanks for the clarification!

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

I don't want them to make a mainline game. Just make XD 2 so we can get shadow pokemon back and a more grim storyline

[@amybugarski2668]

Definitely needed this after Tamashii Hiroka's awful video bashing Colosseum. Jesus!

[@pablodelgado7919]

I'm not surprised in the slightest as to why her channel has become a shell of it's former self. Not to mention how she's so frail against any sort of criticsm to the point that most of her videos have the comment section closed to avoid it.

[@WaterKirby1994]

Tamashii was fun when she made romhack stories 15 Years Ago, although her actual opinions relating to the series can be controversial cringe. I haven't seen anything from her in years.

[@Mr.KokoPudgeFudge]

I remember this game. It was a hand-me-down from my cousins. Surprisingly enough, the two pokémon that became the most OP in my team didn't include eevee, rather houndour and spheal I caught from some guys in the early part of the game. I also remember having no idea how to purify dark lugia, thank god for internet. Also, robot guy with creepy mansion was cool too.

[@Pownchao]

Yes! This was my first Pokémon game, and I have the fondest memories of it! I no longer have the game, but I still have my save on my memory card. Hopefully, I can still transfer all my original Pokémon from there one day.

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

If you do transfer them, in the newer games their unique Ribbons give the Pokemon "Special Titles" that you can't get any other way. For example if you transfer a Purified Shadow Pokemon like Ursaring when you send it into battle it'll state "Go Ursaring The Triumphant!" or if your Pokemon was in your party when clearing Mount Battle 100 Gauntlet then transferring and sending them into battle it will state "Go Ursaring The 100x Victorious!" Probably some of the most unique ways to show off your Pokemon Legacy.

[@Pownchao]

@@-libertyprimev1-902 Wait, are you serious?! I had no idea! That's a HUGE incentive, other than bringing along the Pokémon that started it all for me! All I really need to transfer is the game and a cable to connect GBA to the Gamecube port, but man that game is expensive now! The best I can do is wait a little longer and hope Pokémon Bank doesn't shut down anytime soon (I know it's going free in a couple of months). I have all the other gens that lead into bank, and am familiar with the process of transferring in each (I still have Pokémon from gen 3, just not specifically XD). I want my OG team back so bad! I just know I can finally bring them with me after all these years! I'm so close!

[@Pownchao]

@@-libertyprimev1-902 also, thanks for sharing that bit of info! I need to look it up to see if it's still something that actually pops up in new games like Scarlet and Violet! I really want to show off my Pokémon that way! ♥️

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

@@Pownchao Yeah it's a really neat detail I adore, my First Shiny Pokemon was an Absol in Ruby from a few years ago and I've been planning to trade it to XD for the Mount Battle Ribbon then transferring it up to maximize the showing off. Also I suggest looking for the game Without the Original Case, then later buying that separately if you care. Saved myself roughly $45 by doing that

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

@@Pownchao yes they are still active in Scarlet and Violet (it started in SwSh and now seems to be a series staple), the Mount Battle Ribbon is called the Earth Ribbon while the Purified Ribbon is called the National Ribbon with both still stating "The 100x Victorious" and "The Triumphant" respectively. (Damn the 100x Victorious Title would be an amazing Ribbon for Victini)

[@TsuriaDragon]

This is why Gen 3 is my eyes was the best Generation sure the move special and physical levels were wacky but the Pokémon, regions, Music, and characters were epic and awesome I love that generation dearly to heart. I wish nowadays they would seriously look at games like Collosuem and Gale of Darkness and learn from them.

[@megaman37456]

I look back at generation 3 and I see the peak of the franchise. The merch being just as good as the games and vice versa, no arbitrary bullshit, no dumbass decisions from gamefreak like shiny locks or open world.

[@LightStreak567]

One thing that I'm upset didn't get mentioned is that Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness was the first spinoff Pokemon games that were released along the way to the release of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl on the Nintendo DS. The next were Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team (Red Rescue Team was the last Pokemon game on the Game Boy Advance, Blue Rescue Team being the first Nintendo DS Pokemon game), Pokemon Ranger, and Pokemon Trozei.

[@WaterKirby1994]

Pokemon Dash came out for DS before Mystery Dungeon although that 2005 balloon racing game was awful & it predated XD as well. Pokemon used to reveal next gen Pokemon extra early like Ho-oh & Togepi in the anime, Marill, Snubbull, & Donphan in the 1st Movie were like Lucario, Weavile, & Mime Jr. We'll never get reveals like that again.

[@iamlucidess]

Nice, time to grab a coffee.

[@IWriteTooMuchForBleachIGuess]

*Oh my god...* For those who know these Battle CDs that I'm just learning of are basically like Duel Puzzles from Yugioh. I can't believe the possibility of something like that for Pokemon never crossed my mind. I love it.

[@alfasilverblade]

More games should do that. I want Puzzle duels in Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.

[@drakath5727]

Kinda funny how both Colosseum and the World Championship games have the same fall from grace story. They make cool gameplay simulators, eventually creating entire spinoff stories based on the main series in later games, then proceed to throw it all away in a more return to form gameplay simulator that kills the spinoff. Imagine being able to post Battle CDs online in a mainline game like how you could in Over The Nexus.

[@Redpoppy80]

I remember this era well and it really was Pokemon's golden age before Game Freak succumbed to greed. I continue to wish shadow pokemon would come back in a new game as having to snag them in double battles opened a whole new level of challenge to catching them all and that is not even mentioning how XD and Coliseum would teach you about meta strategies through the single player campaign which was soooo ahead of its time and still is today unfortunately.

[@michaelriverside1139]

Man, I was incredibly dissapointed when I realized that the very last gym leader in Sword & Shield, Raihan, essentially uses the Protect+Earthquake combo of Colosseum's first "Boss" and XD's Fourth, yet it's insanely easy despite the whole dynamax stuff, while the Shadow Entei & Hypno-Primeape were an actual threat to win the battle... It tells you everything wrong with Game Freak's gimmicks over an actually thought-out system like Shadow Pokémon even by it's Colosseum incarnation.

[@leonishikino6873]

>before Game Freak succumbed to greed. Lmao they were greedy after Red and Green popped off. That's why there's so many spinoffs and merch.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@@leonishikino6873 Nah, after 2nd gen is when they got greedy. They made Gold and Silver thinking it would be the last games and decided to just pour all their effort into those games, which is why it has 2 regions and no other pokemon game has had it since.

[@Senshi00]

This game looks better than all Pokemon games on switch

[@sanctizs]

just finished this game yesterday, love it, even the little graphics improvement in characters models compared to colosseum. That last battle was quite hard, wasn't prepared at all but shadow Lugia was the mvp accidentally because I was playing with a 5 mons party waiting for that dragonite (didn't know it was a post game exclusive) and Lugia resisting every move + having that shadow move that lower both opponents defense saved me

[@haisex3]

Need these games on switch tbh

[@TBoneTony]

Loved the Stadium and Colosseum games including Gale of Darkness despite this game being the only one out of the 4 I never got or played. At least I can appreciate the efforts from the developer to put as much Pokemon Battle mechanics so people who want to play competitively can have ideas of how they want to develop their strategies. As soon as I played Stadium 2 on the N64, I found out about the weather mechanic and always had a Electric/Water combo for Rain Dance with Thunder and Powerful Water attacks. As well as Grass/Fire combo for Sunny Day with 1 turn Solar Beam with powerful Fire attacks. Double Battles especially in Colosseum was the reason why I put loads of thought behind my weather tactics.

[@ReikuYin]

I still have this disk. Helped me finish a few dex back in the day. I know I particularly liked the purification mechanic and trying to find the best loop to get that catchy song going full blast.

[@wikiuser92]

I played through this game once. Very entertaining. I made the final battle easier by leaving an open slot in my team so that I could use Shadow Lugia as a tank to soak up hits.

[@SpectroliteDS2400]

Oh, you did that too?

[@wikiuser92]

@@SpectroliteDS2400 Yup. Made the fight infinitely easier. Temporarily benched my Medicham because I wanted to avoid hitting my targets too hard.

[@SagittariusAyy]

For the love of god, we need a new Orre game…Or at least Orre representation in Masters.

[@mattwo7]

If we got Orre representation in masters, that'd open the floodgates for Ranger, Go, Trozei (imagine Buzz and Avery in 3DCG lol), Cafe ReMix (those last two also being made by Genius Sonority, you can tell because Grock also skipped leg day and Baron Phobos looks like a gremlin) and probably other spinoffs too but it'd be pretty hard to mix them in with canon characters (Ash and the co-existence of Kris and Lyra were a bit of a stretch already).

[@zjzr08]

@@mattwo7 They already use some time and space (as you have Emerald and ORAS characters) mismatch so I think mixing such canons are fine.

[@shadowsableyexd2660]

This game was my entire childhood, can't believe I still have my dumbass username from it

[@camma12]

The animations and Pokemon look better in this than in scarlet and violet🤣

[@Frank-uw1xu]

2:20 wtf i've never seen gulpin scream like this.. those Genius Sonority 3d models are filled with details

[@MagnusTB_]

in case it hasn't already been mentioned yet, but shadow pokemon resisting shadow moves in the lategame is really useful if you pick up the optional leftovers + shadow snorlax holding leftovers itself, you can kinda just sit on the last boss fights with snorlax + salamence for example both holding the leftovers while spamming pokeballs, makes the kanto birds a lot more reasonable to catch when they can't really damage you

[@tristindurocher-batley4780]

There is an optional Chobin fight if you go to komiko’s lab after gaton port but before you go back home with Michel’s sister where he has both sunkern and magikarp

[@Milovely]

Pokémon XD will be always my fav one!! I love the slightly darker theme and the music is just og

[@RubiMelange]

I truly wish they would work on a third part to this game that shows both protagonists a little grown up. Improved mechanics, more wild Pokémon, and being able to re-battle everyone, along with more open-world would be absolutely amazing.

[@Mutty99]

12:27 I already loved Ludicolo as a pokémon, so when miror b showed up with a team full of them, it was an instant S tier character for me =))))

[@geico15minutes]

I have an idea for a proper sequel to Pokemon XD. A Pokken Tournament game that takes place in Orre years after Gale of Darkness. The battle format would just like the first Pokken. Every Pokemon can be a fighter or support Pokemon because it would be an RPG. There would be Colosseum battles, Mt. Battle and Shadow Pokemon. All of the characters from Tekken 8 would appear as trainers in keeping with the spirit of Pokken being Pokemon with gameplay elements from Tekken. The story would connect the world of Pokemon to the world of Tekken and take place after Tekken 8. Ardos would be the new leader of Cipher and have connections with the G Corporation. Eldes would join the Pokemon HQ Lab along with characters such as Jin Kazama, Lee Chaolin and Lars Alexandersson. The player character would be completely customizable. Of course, there would be new characters such as Cipher admins, G Corporation personnel and even Colosseum Leaders. The battle mode would be a Colosseum challenge, stages both old and new, Poke Coupons and online multiplayer with the same ranking system as the original Pokken. Finally, there would be a legitimate arcade mode that would be the sole method of playing an arcade version of the game. Arcade mode would have difficulty levels, secret battles and a set of Pokemon to choose from.

[@bobertboi3555]

did you know Team snagem backwards is megans meat

[@bobertboi3555]

if you know, you know

[@mattwo7]

And Ekans backwards is snakE

[@VellusTerennia]

Simpblu

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Muk backwards is...

[@duh5359]

I doubt you’ll see this comment but I wanted to say I really enjoy your videos. I honestly have never enjoyed rpgs that much but I grew up watching my older brother and cousin play them so in a way watching your vids take me back to my childhood

[@TheRpgMonger]

Thank you!

[@RunawayOrange]

Hmm the plot in this Pokémon game seems more interesting than we’re having. And pokemon actions are unique to.

[@pokepress]

The closest thing to battle CDs I can think of are some of the more difficult challenges in Pokémon Masters EX. Admittedly, much of the challenge comes from the CPU Pokemon having way too much HP, but they do feature similar puzzle-ish strategies being needed to win.

[@memorablehandle]

Ok but fr, when the mech threw the poke ball I DIED

[@robsterthelobster3522]

if i recommend something about gale of darkness it is replayability wise a randomizer is one of the most fun and funniest things you can do. fighting a cipher grunt and watching him pull out a groudon and a sunkern and the shadow you get is the fricking sunkern is great. it also offers a lot of different team comp as well as sometime much harder fights with greater rewards in shadow pokemon. a shadow rayquaza is awesome but it hits so hard and is even harder to catch!

[@ogbops]

Good times got this from Hollywood video for my 9th birthday. Had it for years until my brother gave it to a friend to play and they stole it. I just re purchased it about 2 years ago for about $230 CIB.

[@duck_man1048]

Also I never got that cutscene of micheal leaving behind the snag machine despite catching and purifying all of the pokemon, was there something I have to do to trigger it? Micheal still has it for me

[@Aetherpeter]

I wanna say something about Greevils Team. You said he has 6 Pokemon which are all Shadow, but actually he has 7 Pokemon when you think about it. They dont give you an Option to heal between the Lugia and Greevil fight and Lugia is obviously his Pokemon. So when you dont catch Lugia with a masterball, you actually fight 7 Pokemon which are all Shadow and 4 Of them are Legendarys. This fight is just GG xD.

[@MusicShortsGlobal]

Hey Monger, I just started a playthrough on Pokemon XD. What a game!

[@Gakuloid]

I love Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness, keep up the great work RPGmonger!

[@JuJu-109]

Still my favorite game till this day and forever will be

[@christianwilliams2117]

obiously cant forget mirror B, but i did forget that banger theme so thank you

[@AnimeGirl4891]

This was the first Pokemon game I ever beat when I was a kid.

[@Surge_N_Destroy]

Competing all the battle cds I could get was great. I could never beat all the orre Colosseum battles to the end.

[@duck_man1048]

Greevil took me five tries, and even then I couldn’t catch his Zapdos. I immediately ran back to Citidark to go rematch him so I could get it lol

[@ramsaybushnaq516]

Sure wish they would remaster these for the switch....

[@roxasdeviluke317]

My only complaint is that we went back to being a kid again I would've loved to be a teenager again since we haven't gotten the chance to be one since coliseum

[@mmp64son]

Highly recommend trying out Pokemon XG if you haven't, it adds so much content and modernizes a lot of the old stuff.

[@rmcBloody]

I fucking love it when you play the music you are actually talking about 🔥

[@serenitynow85]

Snatle looking like an Arceus acolyte

[@val9847]

The ending reminds me of the movie star stuff in black and white 2

[@extra4542]

the crazy part is the battles here look equal or better than S/V and this game is old as hell

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Game is literally 20 years old at this point lmao

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

Have you not considered you can just take Pokémon out of the purify Chamber once they're ready to be purified and lose no progress with them to put the new Shadow Pokémon in?

[@Kabii888]

Still have this physical copy of the game, never could beat the last Orre Colloseum battle. I loved the CDs battles tho, very challenging

[@brysonmcfaull1218]

16:26 LOVE this meme lol

[@hyliastone286]

Where can I find the Pokemon XD romhack, btw?

[@rjd-kh8et]

Puzzle battles like the Battle CDs need to come back in a modern Pokémon game. The closest we've gotten since is Pokéstar Studios in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

[@TheLomdr]

At the very least, Gen 9 doesn't give ALL of the Team Star grunts the same, limited pool across all members, but Grunts under a specific boss will use mon of a specific type (The Dark boss's grunts all use dark type mons). However, you only really face one grunt and one boss in a normal battle for the 5 bosses in the game. The subteams are all disorganized, but it makes sense with the theming of the game. But, yeah, I can understand if someone is disappointed with how you take out the 5 subteams compared to the older games (like knocking out Team Rocket's 2 bases of operation in Red/Blue)

[@ProjectRedfoot]

I came across this for sale on ebay for like almost 300 bucks, so I had to learn about it lol

[@CesarACastillo]

We need one last game to wrap up Grand Master Greevil's involvement with Cipher. Ardos even refused to accept Cipher's defeat and that look on his face as he left definitely suggests plans of his own to revive Cipher again.

[@CaulkMongler]

Thee battles were by far so much more dynamic than anything other battle style Pokémon has come out with

[@Marcus-eg9bs]

bro how did you get your golbat to evolve lol could not get it at all

[@cecillewolters1995]

Awh man, I played this and tried to catch every shadow pokemon when they appear and just missed the Primape >

[@spectrumshaytokun]

10:28 The biggest crime of Pokemon XD is the loss of the original story where Wes was actually the bad guy that was just doing things for his own gain in the original game and was supposed to be the main villain in this game.

[@thisemptyworm4677]

It's no big wonder I stayed behind in gen 3 to continue enjoying the glorious gamesn

[@zane1790]

Supposedly Wes was going to be the big bad of Cypher in XD! The idea being his plan from the start was to engineer a battle with Evice and take his place. This idea was cut because of two reasons: 1) they thought it would be too dark and 2) it would ruin repeat playthroughs of colosseum and colosseum as a whole

[@MexBaker]

Where can I look that one up ?

[@rikleons3984]

@@MexBaker nowhere

[@gravityhero2227]

I played this so much that my disk doesn't work anymore.

[@jacobj3933]

His Zigzagoons are fully evolved either mid way into or at the end of Colosseum. You just had to go out of your way to do a rematch with Willie.

[@JoystickV2]

Yet another high quality video by Monger xD - V.D.

[@EduSolsa]

Gosh, gotta check this mod for the game =D

[@areono460]

I very much enjoyed both coliseums I always went for Vaporeon since flareon is just bad in various ways and jolteon easily get 1 shot with with the other 2 if I want them I'll just play the first game

[@samanthasenju7238]

Not gonna lie i clicked on the video only to say that is the most accurate title I've seen on any video

[@milkmyshak3]

It’s funny how I started playing Pokémon XD and then this video pops up in my notifications lol

[@thomashanson9173]

If there's one thing I might criticize is that XD seems to have been released too early. It was literally just one year after Colosseum. I kind of wish they would have waited for the fourth gen. Imagine XD but it had Sinnoh pokemon. You can catch Shadow Lucario or Bronzong. I think that would be fun. And maybe it would have sold better since people had more time to really crave it.

[@victorvargas9330]

Try playing the game with OCD. I just HAD to catch every shadow Pokemon with pokeballs respective to their color scheme. Yes, I had to suffer thru Articuno and Moltres for hours and hours...worth it. Also, I NEVER purified Shadow Lugia cuz Master Ball and cuz its design looked sick! I think SL was THE first official regional variant, sick.

[@nobodyimportant4778]

"I don't like that he drives a motorcycle." "Honey, a vespa is NOT a motorcycle." -bojack horseman.

[@DatakTarr]

It is sad gamefreak said they will not bring any spiritual successor to these games :C

[@WanderingRonin509]

Man I wish this game and coliseum would get remastered and ported to the switch I mean they've been doing that with some other great GameCube games like FF crystal chronicles and tales of symphonia

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Just downloaded this on my Mac. Never had a GameCube as a kid

[@RubiMelange]

How did you feel about the game?

[@kefkapalazzo1]

@@RubiMelange great battles and the limited pool of Pokémon works to its advantage. Not much of anything else. Of course that’s enough to carry the game a lot though. Like going directly from SV to XD showed me how much I need exploration in Pokémon for example

[@metaljay77]

I think your Colosseum video spurred me to play through it. I'm fighting the urge to do the same here. I absolutely loved these games.

[@lssjvegeta7103]

what does the scouter say about the pokemon's power level?