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Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for Nintendo GameCube
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for the Nintendo GameCube is an RPG in which you travel through Orre to rescue Shadow Pokémon and investigate the mystery surrounding Shadow Lugia. You start with Eevee and build your team along the way. The Cipher organization uses Pokémon with a closed heart, which you can take over during battles and then try to purify.
In most battles, each side fields two Pokémon at a time. You decide which attacks complement each other, which opponent you target and when you switch a team member. With a Shadow Pokémon, catching also counts: too much damage can miss your chance. As a result, you are regularly busy winning and retaining a possible new ally at the same time.
The Purification Chamber helps restore captured Shadow Pokémon. You place regular Pokémon around them and see how their types and order affect cooperation. That also gives you something to organize outside of the fighting. In addition to cities and shelters, there are some permanent places where you can attract wild Pokémon with food. You follow a route through the story, while your team keeps getting different options. The journey is about choices that last longer: who do you take with you, who do you help recover and which two Pokémon form a strong duo together.
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 XD: Gale of Darkness 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 XD: Gale of Darkness
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness was released in 2005 before the Nintendo GameCube and was redeveloped by Genius Sonority. It builds on Pokémon Colosseum, which had its own RPG adventure tied to three-dimensional Pokémon battles. The events take place again in Orre, five years after the previous story, with a new main character and Eevee as the first Pokémon.
The creators kept the emphasis on double battles and rescuing Shadow Pokémon. Purification took an additional form with the Purification Chamber. This allowed you to run multiple recovery processes alongside the storyline and the composition of a larger group of Pokémon also became important outside of a battle. The fixed spots to attract wild Pokémon added another way to expand your team.
Shadow Lugia was given a prominent place in the presentation and story. Its dark appearance immediately revealed the Shadow Pokémon's central problem. The game also remained connected to the Pokémon games on the Game Boy Advance via optional links. On the GameCube, Colosseum and XD together form their own small branch within the series: adventures in which you take an affected Pokémon from another trainer and then work on its recovery.
Similar games for Nintendo GameCube
Pokémon Colosseum is the direct predecessor and also uses double battles, snagging and purifying Shadow Pokémon in Orre. You start there with Espeon and Umbreon. XD chooses Eevee as its starting point, expanding its recovery and team-building capabilities while telling a new story in the same region.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door also offers a narrative RPG with turn-based combat and choosing a suitable partner. The execution of attacks often requires a timed button press. XD is more about typing, movement and the collaboration of two Pokémon, plus carefully catching and recovering new team members.
Skies of Arcadia Legends shares the alternation between travel, conversations and turn-based battles with a group. It follows sky pirates on a voyage of discovery along floating islands. XD keeps the story closer to the Shadow Pokémon and lets your group development mainly come from capturing, purifying and training the creatures you encounter along the way.
Tales of Symphonia combines group development with a long storyline, but gives you direct control over movements and attacks during battles. XD lets you choose assignments per turn. The similarity lies in the alignment of skills within a team; In Pokémon, typing and the simultaneous deployment of two team members play a key role.
Lost Kingdoms also lets you collect creatures and think about what powers you need for the next confrontation. Those creatures appear via cards in real-time battles. XD works with Pokémon that remain part of your group, where purifying new finds becomes its own activity in addition to fighting.
