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Pokémon Colosseum for Nintendo GameCube
Pokémon Colosseum for the Nintendo GameCube combines a narrative RPG with battles where two Pokémon are on your side at the same time. You travel with Wes through Orre and try to save Shadow Pokémon. Those Pokémon were used for the wrong purposes by their trainers. With the Snag Machine you remove them from an opponent during a fight, after which you work on their recovery.
You start with Espeon and Umbreon. Because two team members fight at the same time, you look beyond the power of one attack. You choose goals, take types into account, and consider how your Pokémon's abilities complement each other. Additionally, when an opponent uses a Shadow Pokémon, you must avoid taking it out before you can catch it.
Purging your new team members gives the journey a secondary purpose besides defeating trainers. You take them with you, use them and help open their closed hearts again. The order in which you expand your team depends on the encounters in the story. Between battles, you'll visit places, speak to characters, and follow clues about the organizations behind the Shadow Pokémon. It is an adventure in which putting together a working duo and carefully dealing with new finds are recurring themes during your journey through Orre.
Region and language
Our Nintendo GameCube games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Pokémon Colosseum for Nintendo GameCube includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Pokémon Colosseum
Pokémon Colosseum was created by Genius Sonority and originally released in 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube. The project built on the idea of using Pokémon from the Game Boy Advance in televised three-dimensional battles. The makers added their own RPG adventure, so that you could also build a team within Colosseum and follow a story.
During a developer conference call, the team mentioned three central ideas: double combat, snagging, and purging. That combination gave the familiar Pokémon rules a different direction. Rescuing damaged Pokémon made catching part of the story, and fielding two Pokémon at a time placed more emphasis on teamwork among team members. Orre's design also acquired its own character, with an older protagonist and a landscape that, according to the designer, was loosely based on his depiction of Phoenix.
The individual combat options also remained connected to Ruby and Sapphire on the Game Boy Advance, via additional hardware. Colosseum thus set its own story next to the tradition of Pokémon Stadium. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness followed in 2005 on the same console and further expanded the rescue and purge. The first game clearly establishes how those two actions, together with double battles, drive the adventure.
Similar games for Nintendo GameCube
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is the direct sequel, featuring the same region and rescuing Shadow Pokémon. You start with Eevee and get extra options to purify multiple Pokémon. Colosseum starts with Espeon and Umbreon and shapes its journey around a different protagonist and its own series of encounters.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door shares the turn battles and the search for a good collaboration with a partner. You also influence attacks there with timed button presses. Colosseum loosens the timing of your fingers and mainly requires knowledge of typing, choice of attack and putting together two Pokémon that can complement each other.
Skies of Arcadia Legends also offers a story with travel, group development and turn-based combat. You follow a regular group of sky pirates and explore a world of floating islands. Colosseum makes collecting and purifying Pokémon a central activity, giving your battle party another way to grow as you progress through the story.
Tales of Symphonia lets a group of heroes travel the world together and develop new skills. The battles there take place in real time, with instant movement and attacks. Colosseum gives you room to choose assignments per turn and lets much of your strategy depend on which two Pokémon are on the field at the same time.
Lost Kingdoms shares collecting creatures and choosing which powers to take with you. You summon them there via cards during real-time battles. Colosseum uses a persistent Pokémon team and turn choices. Saving a Shadow Pokémon also means that you have to help it recover after being caught before it can fully participate.
