Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

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Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
North American Box Art
Developer	Genius Sonority
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	GameCube
Release Date(s)	August 2005 (JPN) October 2005 (NA) November 2005 (AUS) November 2005 (EUR)
Genre	RPG, Fantasy, Action
Rating	(E) Everyone

Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness is a follow on from Colosseum. It is an all new creature-collecting role-playing Pokemon game for the Nintendo GameCube. XD retains the basic monster-battling formula as its predecessor, but with a longer, single-player game and a few minor game play tweaks to address some common complaints about the previous game. As a result, the only people who will really appreciate this game are those who are already familiar with the series (i.e. those who own/have played Colosseum).
Gale of Darkness takes place five years after the events in Pokémon Colosseum. The story starts off with a massive shadow Pokémon attacking a cargo ship in the middle of an ocean. It turns out that the cargo ship was filled with powerful,and dangerous shadow Pokémon. If you played Colosseum, you'll remember that shadow Pokémon are exactly the same as regular Pokémon except that they have "closed the door to their hearts" and have become aggressive toward humans. The group that staged the ship heist is known as Cipher, and as you learn more about them you'll find out that they basically want to collect all the shadow Pokémon to create an army of evil creatures to take over the world. You play as a young boy who also happens to be a gifted Pokémon trainer, so it's up to you to thwart Cipher's plans and purify all the shadow Pokémon.

Gameplay

You start the game of with an Eevee, who soon later evolves Into Jolteon, Vaporeon, Flareon, Espeon or Umbreon. You are able to choose which form it takes on so you can get your preferred evolution out of the five.

It is mainly the exact same game as Colosseum, except from the fact that is based 5 years later with a slightly different plot line. You travel throughout the region in search of shadow Pokemon to purify, and in search for Professor Krane, who has been kidnapped by Cipher. You can save your game file at a PC or heal your Pokemon at a Pokemon Center.

New Features

Poke Spots
Poke Spot gives you the chance to catch wild Pokemon. There are three different Poke Spots; Oasis, Cave and Rock. Once you have captured a Pokemon from a Poke Spot, you can trade them in-game for a different Pokemon. In order to catch one of the Pokemon, you must lay a Poke Snack, then checking on your radar, you will be able to know when the right time is to catch the Pokemon. But watch out, or Munchlax might eat your food before others come!

Purification Chamber In Colosseum, Pokemon were able to be purified one at a time in Agate Village. Now, you can place a Pokemon in a Purification Chamber (along with other Pokemon), to purify your Pokemon. This process is much quicker than the old way and it is the only way to fully purify the Shadow Lugia that is obtained in the game.

Shadow Pokemon As seen in Colosseum, the shadow Pokemon are back! In order to capture them from evil trainers, you must snag them with the snag machine on your arm. In order to tell if a Pokemon is a shadow Pokemon, you use the radar eye-piece, which straight away notifies you of the shadow Pokemon.
These shadow Pokemon have Shadow Attacks, special shadow attacks only shadow Pokemon can learn. To trade the shadow Pokemon over to FireRed/LeafGreen/Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, they must first be purified.