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| ==Sequel== | |||
| There have been talks about a third possible sequel in the works following Pokemon XD's release, and the title for an upcoming sequel coming for the Wii-U Exclusively is known as Pokemon-Epic of Time http://en.wikipedia.org/Pokemon-Epic_of_Time | |||
| ==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | |
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| Developer(s) | Genius Sonority |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Composer(s) | Tsukasa Tawada |
| Series | Pokémon |
| Engine | Modified Pokémon Colosseum engine |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, released in Japan as Pokémon XD Yami no Kaze Dark Lugia (ポケモンXD 闇の旋風ダーク・ルギア, Pokemon Ekkusudī Yami no Kaze Dāku Rugia, lit. "Pokémon XD: Whirlwind of Darkness Dark Lugia"), is the second role-playing video game from Nintendo's Pokémon franchise for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the successor of the GameCube game Pokémon Colosseum. The game takes place in Orre, the setting of Pokémon Colosseum's adventure mode. All of the Game Boy Advance Pokémon games can connect to this game through trading and Battle Mode.
Gameplay
Shadow Pokemon
The main focus of the game, like its predecessor is to capture Shadow Pokemon and purify them. Shadow Pokemon are captured using the Snag Machine, which is the same way as in Pokemon Colosseum. In this game there are 83 different Shadow Pokemon to capture. Each Shadow Pokemon has a set of Shadow moves that it knows to give it more variety in combat, which is a significant change from Pokemon Colosseum. If at some point in the game the player cannot catch a Shadow Pokemon; there is a second chance available, at random points throughout the game an antagonist Miror. B will appear and have a Shadow Pokemon that the player was not able to catch. Once the player has obtained 82 of the Shadow Pokemon Miror. B will appear one final time with the final obtainable Shadow Pokemon in the game.
Purifying Shadow Pokemon
Once a Shadow Pokemon is captured the player then has to purify it. There are two different ways of purifying Pokemon: one way is to use the Purification Chamber, and the other is to carry the Pokemon in the party just like in Pokemon Colosseum. The Purification Chamber allows the player to place anywhere from 1 to 4 Pokemon in a circle and a Shadow Pokemon is placed in the center of this circle. Depending on the Pokemon that are placed in the circle the tempo will increase, which decreases the speed that the Shadow Pokemon is baptized in fire. After that the Shadow Pokemon will be purified as the player walks around, and they will be notified when a Shadow Pokemon is ready to be purified. When the player carries the Pokemon in the party and battles with them, they will gain experience when they are purified. If the Purification Chamber is used then the Pokemon will not gain any experience, but with the Purification Chamber multiple Pokemon can be purified at the same time.
Mt. Battle
The Mt. Battle area is an area that is accessible early on in the game and is a 100 trainer challenge. The 100 battles are split into 10 battles in 10 different zones with the trainers in each zone being stronger than the ones in the zone before. The tenth trainer in each zone is called the Area Leader, and after each Area Leader is defeated the player gets a specific number of pokecoupons. When the player defeats an Area Leader the first time the player gets a special item. At the front desk Mt. Battle the player can exchange their pokecoupons for certain prizes.
Poke Spots
One other new aspect to the game is that there are three different PokeSpots throughout the game. At these special locations the player can lay Poke snacks in the area to cause wild Pokemon to appear. At these 3 locations 9 different wild Pokemon can be captured and they can be traded to a protagonist named Duking for rare Pokemon. One challenge of the Poke Spots though is that sometimes an old lady's Munchlax will appear and eat the player's Poke Snacks, which make it harder for the player to capture wild Pokemon. The old lady will give you 10 Poke Snacks.
Story
The story begins five years after the events of Pokémon Colosseum with the introduction of The Hero, (default named Michael) the main protagonist. Michael talks to Professor Krane, his mother's boss, who introduces the concept of Shadow Pokémon, which are Pokémon whose hearts have been artificially closed. The criminal syndicate Cipher is creating and distributing them for their evil purposes. Krane also introduces the Snag Machine, which is used to capture Shadow Pokémon to purify. Krane entrusts Michael with the Snag Machine to capture these Shadow Pokémon and is given the Aura Reader (the eye piece) to identify them from normal Pokémon.
Shortly after this, Krane is kidnapped by Cipher agents. Michael goes after the Cipher Agents to rescue Krane, and soon is led on many adventures throughout Orre. He must defeat the Cipher Peons and Admins and rescue the shadow Pokémon to save Orre from the evil Cipher. At the end of the game, he must get to Citadark Isle and battle the main villain: Master Greevil, who, in the beginning of the game, was thinly disguised as an old rich man named Mr. Verich. After Michael defeats Greevil and snags his shadow Pokémon, he must purify all of them, including the (seemingly) impossible to purify Shadow Lugia. After all of the Pokémon are purified, Michael returns home and puts down his snag machine, but he stores it safely in his room to be used if it is ever needed again.
Development and marketing
In March 2005, Nintendo of America executive Reggie Fils-Aimé said that Pokémon XD would be a new GameCube game, but not a sequel to Colosseum. He said that the gameplay would be more similar to the Game Boy Advance role-playing video games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
Japanese gaming magazines Famitsu and CoroCoro Comic later gave screenshots and information that revealed that the game would have 3D graphics similar to those of its predecessor, Pokémon Colosseum. It was also revealed that the game would continue the inclusion of Shadow Pokémon and snagging from Colosseum. Nothing of the plot was revealed, other than the fact that a black Shadow Lugia was said to play a large part in the story. It was also revealed that the player starts with an Eevee, and that the levels progress more closely to the main handheld series. The Eevee that you are given by default can evolve into any of five Pokémon, Vaporeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Umbreon, or Espeon. Towards the start of the game when the player must enter the parts shop, there is a man who will give you any of the five evolution-inducers: Sun Shard, Moon Shard, Water Stone, Fire Stone, or Thunder Stone.
Nintendo released two demos to promote the game. In the demo released to retail stores, the player goes through two battles where the player can snag three Shadow Pokémon. The second demo was playable on the "Pokémon Rocks America" tour.
This game features two Sinnoh related Pokémon species from the Diamond and Pearl generation introduced in Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, both of which evolve into previous species. They are Munchlax, which evolves into Snorlax, and Bonsly, which evolves into Sudowoodo. However, they cannot be obtained in the Advanced series titles, because they lack the Sinnoh Pokédex, although the player can temporarily use Bonsly during one minigame.
Sequel
There have been talks about a third possible sequel in the works following Pokemon XD's release, and the title for an upcoming sequel coming for the Wii-U Exclusively is known as Pokemon-Epic of Time http://en.wikipedia.org/Pokemon-Epic_of_Time
Reception
Pokémon XD received mixed reviews, usually scoring 6—7 out of 10 (8.6 out of 10 was its highest score), mostly positive.
The game was commonly criticized for having a large amount of recycled material from the earlier Pokémon Colosseum. This recycled material includes a number of reused areas, some recycled graphics, and a modified engine. GameSpot commented that "not much has changed since the original". Another common complaint were the Poké Spot areas, regarded as very limited and small compared to Ruby and Sapphire. While discussing the mixed quality of the Pokémon console games, Retronauts gave it as an example.
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- ^ "Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness PokeSpot Information". Retrieved 16 February 2012.
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