I wish they revive this awesome spin-off series someday! Or at the very least, introduce more vigilante protagonists to shake up the formula

Fun fact about Gonzap and his Skarmory. I failed to catch it during his Realgam fight. I also failed to catch during his rematch in his base. I fought him again and his dialogue was "Geez. You really want my Skarmory, don't you"

Shame that now with the series being 3D the Pokemon Company probably has no interest in rereleasing them Also making an only double battle game and only letting you get Plusle is so dumb, the whole point of the two is to have them on double battles

PKMN COLOSEEUM AND XD WERE WHAT SWORD AND SHIELD SHOULD HAVE BEEN D:

Things that would be amazing to see. 1. Having these games rereleased on the switch. 2. Creating a sequel to XD to make a trilogy. 3. Make those games trade compatible with all the other Pokémon games on the switch.

While I do love the fact that they broke the trend of the protagonist being a goody two-shoes, it's a real shame they never did much with it. There was dialogue from npcs that hinted that Wes wasn't bothered much by petty crime like theft and the reason he blew up the hideout was because of an altercation between members of Team Snagem. It's implied that the argument was between Wes and the head of Team Snagem. I like to think that they were just a notorious gang but Cipher came to them with the plan of using Shadow Pokémon and this might have been where Wes drew the line. Unfortunately, this doesn't really amount to much aside from the confrontation in Realgam Tower. A great idea, but bogged down from the constraints of having a silent protagonist.

i STILL replay Colosseum / Gale of Darkness as a yearly tradition, trying out different mixes of teams. over a decade later and they still hold their charm. really hope the pokemon company wakes up & revisits this format sometime. *sigh*

Can't wait to hear you talk about Gale of Darkness; such a great game with the most absurd final boss in Pokemon history, I still can't believe they did what they did.

One of the most fond gaming memories I have is my friends and I speedrunning this game in college because we didn't have a GC memory card. We did this during finals mind you so we played in shifts and were barely able to get in at a little over 24 hours.

man this HAS to be one of the best pokemon games. Look at the animations, they're so expressive and nice to look at

You know what's really sad? Last year when The Pokemon Company had a montage video before the announcements of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl along with Pokemon Legends Arceus. Nether Pokemon Colossuem nor XD appeared in the montage video, yet Pokemon Dash did. That will forever baffle me as a fan of the Orre duology.

I loved Pokémon Coliseum back when it released. It was like the first 3d Pokemon RPG, though didn't feel like a proper main Pokemon. It was the game i wanted Pokemon to be after Pokemon Snap showed us how beautiful pokemon could look in 3d. Its pretty nostalgic to look back at this game. :)

12:38 "Anyway, with the creator of penis music defeated" made me laugh way harder than it should have.

What's this!? A SEQUEL to Pokemon!? And here I've been playing Pokemon 1.0, Pokemon 1.2, Pokemon 1.2.5, Pokemon 1.5, Pokemon 1.7.1, Pokemon 1.8.6 and Pokemon 1.9.2 for the last 25 years! Who knew Pokemon 2 had already been made all this time ago.

Man i love Colosseum and Gale of Darkness, they are such a mess but are still outstanding entries on the series.

Getting Hoh-Ho was the greatest achievement I've felt in a very long time. I worked my butt off!!

I absolutely flipped when I saw we started with Espeon and my favorite Eeveelution at the time Umbreon. I never got to play the game but one day, I hope we get it on Virtual Console or a remake.

I love the fact that you played as a completely different, older character. I also love how Orre gives more depth to the Pokemon world; it isn't just your odd evil teams that are criminal. Orre seemed to be a dystopia riddled with corruption.

I wouldn't mind seeing this return, but there is one change I'd like to see implemented: Shadow pokemon were a cool addition, but I would also like a much larger selection of wild pokemon to catch on top of the shadow pokemon. I know in GoD they did this, somewhat, but the roster was pretty small. They wouldn't have to put every pokemon in, that would be fucking insane to ask, but I would like maybe 200+ in total, both wild and shadow pokemon. Just for variety sake.

I don't see Colosseum being included in the Switch's 2nd or even 3rd year of GameCube support. It's not super obscure but it's prbly not even among the first 20 GC games Nintendo would think to release on such a service. Which is a shame because it and it's sequel are a great addition to the canon.

I remember hearing awhile back that for some reason the Pokémon company had sold or lost to rights to coliseum and XD. That’s why you don’t see any kind of shadow Lugia renditions anywhere nowadays and the game are both totally ignored now :(

17:20 It doesn't affect misdreavus flasbacks.

Colosseum and XD will forever be the most underrated Pokemon games ever. They were especially rewarding because they featured many Gen 1 and 2 pokemon you couldn't get in Ruby and Sapphire. I see what they tried with Legend of Arceus, but man imagine if they made a game with as deep of a story as Colosseum/XD with all the battle mechanics and multiplayer. They should at least remake them.

This game has such nostalgic memories for me, I remember when I was 6 years old I was having trouble with the start of the game so I had my friend over for a sleep over for my birthday and he helped me play this game deep into the night.

18:26 Actually Mystery Gift existed since Gen II, but mythical Pokémon were only distributed through in-person events, not Wi-Fi.

still my favorite pokemon game to this date but they refuse to even acknowledge it. :( I liked gen 3, but not because of ruby or sapphire, decent games as they were, but because of this game.

I LOVE Colosseum and XD. I still feel to this day that XD has enough loose ends to warrant a sequel, and one of my biggest gaming disappointments is that Battle Revolution wasn't Shadow Pokemon 3. Hopefully they'll make a third shadow pokemon game someday.

Man, I would love to see another Pokemon that is allowed to have this kind of edge. Orre is my 2nd favorite region after Hoenn, the desolate Mad Max styling of it is so unique to Pokemon and I wish Game Freak was willing to give this harsh atmosphere another try.

Colosseum is and always will be my favorite pokemon game!

They did so many things right with Colosseum that it still saddens me to this day that they didn't take enough of the lessons from that game and apply them to the later ones. I understand that the other games make your character a generic blank-slate goody-two-shoes from a small town to make it easier for the players to project themselves into the character but I LOVED how they gave Wes considerably more depth by giving him a stronger backstory and a morally gray one at that. Made playing the game much more interesting and enjoyable. I was supremely disappointed when I played Gale of Darkness and found they more or less reverted back to the norm, making the game feel a lot more boring as a result. You've also hit a slew of the other highlights that make Colosseum a true hidden gem among the other Pokemon games. We're definitely not going to get another Wes for Scarlet/Violet but maybe one day if they ever do a Legends 2 they'll give us a more interesting main character to drive the plot forward.

If you do mystery dungeon please do explores of sky! That story will shock you by how amazing it is for a pokemon spin off series!

It was so different the main series pokemon but it worked so well. The atmosphere is great, the music is solid, and its difficult but fair. One of my favorite things about it are the battles, having them all be a double makes the battles feel grander and more of a spectacle. The shadow pokemon are very interesting too, a criminal group using science to turn pokemon into malicious living weapons is twisted yet makes for a good plot. Even the main character himself formally being a criminal was nice choice as it adds mystery and makes him look like a badass. I played XD growing up and never knew about colosseum until I was older, but even then I would love to see pokemon do something like this again

Their are many games that people want a sequel to like metroid dread and metroid prime 4 but I want coliseum 3 to come out tbh

Looking back that was a good way to do a plot twist in a game, "hey you know that character you saw very early in the game who you thought was just a minor character for this city ? Yeah he's actually the final boss". Not to mention the final battle theme slaps

"Dan Green the entei" a man of culture.

Thank you so much for putting a spotlight onto Colosseum. This game is incredibly important to me. I have a lot of fond memories struggling against some of this games hardest bosses and spending time in the stadiums purifying every single shadow pokemon. One day we might be able to revisit the Orre region, or even just see Miror B in Pokemon Masters.

That Pokemon expert being brought face to face with Entei is...such a magical moment to behold.

This game has been my first and favorite Pokémon game ever, I hope they make a sequel or something similar to this again with shadow pokemon.

If they combine Legends with Collosuem and Gale of Darkness I would definitely play this non stop so much potential

Love seeing people try out the GameCube games, underrated entries in the franchise. Didn’t know you streamed on twitch and plan too at least watch your colosseum streams and XD if I can catch those.

My biggest issues with this game were A) it was a bit on the short side, B) it felt like there was a bit too much battling and not enough areas to just freely explore, and C) grinding to purify shadow pokemon could be an utter slog at times.

6:48 Also why older RPGs tended to have the party members merge into the party leader (or just never appear while you control the party leader). I remember a Final Fantasy parody once made a joke about that.

I remember that I actually succeeded in purifying Shadow Raikou with regular grinding without using a Time Flute. I literally sent it to every battle I could, but it was worth it. Went from lvl 40 to lvl 62 just like that. Really helped in the battle against Evice.

Oh my gosh! I had a strategy guide for this game too and I think this is the first time I’ve ever learned about Mirakle B!

I actually replayed these games last year, and for the most part, it’s a great time. I’ll admit that I got stuck on Colosseum at the Realgam admin gauntlet (which is funny because I remember getting stuck on Gonzap as a kid which is a later fight), but I did manage to 100% Gale of Darkness.

Gen 3 was such a cool time for the series, I really need to go back and replay this and XD

Sometimes I forget that there are millions of kids who were born long after the days of GameCube and, thus, didn't get to play this game. :P I was 22 years old when the game released in the US and my sister was in high school. We clocked in so many hours on this game, though I guess that doesn't mean much, considering we did the same thing to every game we've owned. Don't get me started on how much of our lives we "wasted" on Puzzle League. 😆 N64 and GC will always be my favorite consoles. I'm glad newer generations can enjoy these amazing games. Colosseum was an incredibly unique game that my sister and I enjoyed a lot. We still have it. We rarely get rid of our games. Still have a lot of our old NES, SNES, PSX, and PS2 games. ❤️ We, sadly, never got Gale of Darkness. By the time I hunted for it, it was already way over priced. Someday...

It’s crazy how much the colosseum overworld looks like legends arceus

Fun fact, Evice and Nascour's leads AREN'T SET IN STONE, THEY CAN BE ANY RANDOM COMBO THAT SYNERGIZES WELL

I've been wanting them to come back to this for years. The anti-hero MC (that they needed to expand on) that had an awesome character design, catching other trainer's pokemon to purify them, great animations, taking down an evil organization as the main plot, SIM battles, everything this game had to offer. This was the biggest turn for the series and it's sad that they never tried this again after Gale of Darkness.

In the attract fight. I got the fight down to my Umbreon vs her Vilploom. I was under attract and paralysis while the Vilploom was confused and paralyzed. The rng in the fight had me on the edge of my seat

love the vid Ive been listening to the soundtrack this entire week this vid help enforce my nostalgia

My childhood brain has tried its best to block out the Skill Swap Slowking and Slaking.

Hell yeah! Earliest I've ever been and hyped to see this!

Awesome video dude love your channel and I love this game it has such a unique story and feel

That would an interesting idea of giving the bad guys the non-focused legendaries of a game. Actually show that the generals of the evil team are a challenge instead of has more than 2 pokemon

Colosseum and XD Gale, Were such fun games. As someone who's played every gen, These felt so fun and unique for their time. God they were such great games in my childhood. Easily in my top 3 Gamecube games

Wish they made this into an animated OVA by Studio Madhouse, now THAT would of been amazing to watch! (Gotta SAVE 'em all!)

I love the Coliseum games. I remember catching an Entei; it was with a Net Ball.

Funny how I owned this game, played it multiple times, but can’t remember anything about it at all. Only that it existed

"Rain dish? what the hell is that?" - 1st timer's famous last words...

Fun little thing I ended up figuring out years later after my first playthrough as a kid, the game actually does give you a decent way to grind up for the final Battles of the story Via the many other Colosseums throughout the Region. While the Phenac Colosseum is definitely meant for those who wanna train up non-story party members, the Pyrite Colosseum and the Under Colosseum are great ways to train because all the teams in those Colosseums are all Type based, so its perfect to raise certain types that are in need of grinding.

Great review this was my goldmine as a kid. This game made my childhood straight up

I have played through this game so many times and I am only now finding out about mirakle b. Well that’s it time for another playthrough!

Although you just discovered this game I’m happy you did! I love this title I was OBSESSED with it back in the day, this and Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness Happy to see your video shed some light on this amazing Pokémon game

I played colosseum and gale of darkness as a child and they are still a perfect example of what Pokémon could be today on the switch.

Some of the best childhood memories I have with the entire franchise...I absolutely loved this game and played it obsessively.

It was fun playing Pokémon Coliseum years beck, the animation is beautiful and the story experience is entertaining. Thanks for this video! 😁

Colosseum is hands down the most underrated Pokemon game of all time!

Colosseum & Gale of Darkness are great

I never played this game or its sequel (mainly due to not having a GameCube), but what I've seen of them has really caught my interest. I really wish for there to be another game of this sort at some point in the future. Not necessarily a direct follow-up to the GameCube duology, just a Doubles-focused game in general. Thing is, I feel that Double Battles open up a lot more opportunities for difficult and memorable boss fights as well as creative player strategies/tactics than Single Battles ever could. (And since many people, rightfully or not, complain that Pokémon is "too easy", maybe a game of this sort would satisfy that crowd). I, for one, would love to rise to the challenge and see how clever I can get with the possibilities Doubles offer. And as Monger says, despite how much attention was drawn to their introduction in Gen 3, Doubles have always been incredibly underused in the main series (albeit Emerald at least tried), and then you have all these moves and Abilities clearly meant for Doubles (Wide Guard, Helping Hand, Heal Pulse, Plus/Minus, Telepathy, Healer...), but of course you'll never use them in a playthrough where the amount of Double Battles you'll face can be counted on one hand. It's sad, really. I get that we can get to see some of that in PvP and in Battle Facilities (Tower -& clones-, Frontier, PWT and such), but imagine getting to develop and adjust your Doubles playstyle over the course of a full-fledged campaign. It would be a whole other experience. One we haven't been offered since Gen 3.

A few extra fun facts to keep in mind: -When you are affected by a sleep status condition, calling your pokemon immediately wakes you up (therefore defeating the entire point of having the awakening item in the game) -Every snaggable pokemon you can get are only from generations 2 and 3. There are NO gen 1 pokemon you can catch in your storied playthrough.

I never had Colosseum but did have XD Gale Of Darkness and loved it until I got too scared to fight Shadow Lugia toward the end of the game and never beat it. I was a coward.

One of my favorite games of all time. Wish it was ported to the Switch

I sincerely hope this game gets a proper remake, with all the bells and whistles. I miss Coliseum and XD.

Jumpluff or Ampharos or even Plusle are handy to use; they come with all sorts of status moves to make snagging stuff easier.

Thank you for making this video I wish more people would talk about this game so Nintendo could do a rerelease for Switch

1:37 Not all of them are thieves. Especially not Team Yell who are basically just a bunch of British football hooligans (apparently while football hooligans tend to commit several crimes and acts of straight up terrorism, theft actually isn't common among them).

8:07 If Sega ever outsources another Space Channel 5 game and/or Samba De Amigo game (because they sure as hell won't make one themselves, just as they outsourced the Alex Kidd remake, Panzer Dragoon remake, Streets of Rage 4, etc), Mirror B should be a guest character on the release for whatever Nintendo console is the newest at the time.

Nobody ever talks about the D-Disk and the deep under Colosseum. Where you can continue to fight the Cipher Admins and Agnol.

Finally another person who appreciates mirror b. Like I do and thank you for talking about mirakle b. I didn’t know he existed now I can fight him

I can't wait to see your Legends Arceus video. I've put in a 100+ hrs and currently perfecting the pokedex

Honestly, I love how this game has its npcs use moves that in most games are exploits the players discover on accident.

Take a breath man, that was fast. And now do a video about the second game, please

"Let me give you a criminal kiss~! MWAH!"

I loved this game as a kid. I’m sure I would enjoy it now. This and Pokémon Stadium are the ones I would request for a remake/remaster

Two videos in under a week! I really enjoy them so keep up the good work!

As a kid, I remember thinking all of my Pokémon were OP because I brought them over from gold. Just to not win a single gym badge 😂

Like, first Amazing and truthful review of the game Mong. The fear in your voice when you realized Slaking didnt have truant anymore will never be forgotten.

I'm glad they havent forgotten this series if they bothered bringing shadow pokemon into GO but hopefully it just hints to a revival of this spinoff in the future. Not only did this introduce a good way of getting new pokemon but the syndicate is my favorite even out of the mainline evil organizations..a team that solely goes for conquering by weaponizing pokemon by closing their hearts is the most brutal thing without being too crazy like "resetting the universe" or something. It even shows with how much stronger a shadow is than their normal form so it adds for a bit of strategy while dealing with them. Even the double battles was fun in these games. Besides this series came out when only gen 3 came out. We are into what, 8 now, so there's a lot more potential to have a mix of pokemon to make as neat shadows to catch. Most likely it'll have to take place anywhere but Orre though with the type of pokemon we know are already there.

I miss this series so much. Sure, it had its flaws, but these are two of my favorite pokemon games ever. The story also felt way more compelling to me than most pokemon games, and I'm really sad that there likely will never be another Colosseum game again.

I honestly LOVED this game and wished I still had it. 10/10 would play again

wes: mhm yes these are my dogs umbreon: let me give you a crim-in-al kiss "Kisses espeon"

They need to seriously remake/port or sequel this series. The one Pokemon game that I over poured hours into. It's just that good.

I wish I never sold off my copy of Pokemon Colosseum and its sequel Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness on Amazon nine years ago...

Just an FYI for anyone interested, in the past few months a hack for Colosseum called Pokemon Grand Colosseum has been released, and it includes things like the physical/special split, harder difficulty, fairy type, new moves and changed shadows. Definitely worth checking out if you want to play this old classic with a new twist!

As yes, smart AI… (remembers the Chuggaaconroy compilation of misdreavus being hit by normal type moves)

Mirror B is doing a tree only challenge run until the protagonist ruins it

I would kill to have these on the Switch. These are my favorites

Yo, who remembers the unlimited/infinite pokeball glitch? Man that saved me on trips and money good times, good times!