Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness (Game Cube, 2005)

Maybe it was just me, but when I found out there was going to be a Pokemon game for nintendo gamecube, and that it was not going to be like 2 other pokemon games for non-handheld consoles (Pokemon Snap, and one I forget the name but you had to find the clips to a movie, blah blah..boring!!)I was elated! I will admit, the handheld pokemon games for Gamecube Color, and Gameboy Advanced, are awesomely addictive games! So the aspect of this type of game coming to Nintendo Gamecube was extremely exciting! I did not buy the game immediatly, because one, I am not a major video game player, I usually play when my younger cousins are visiting and we play games like super smash brothers melee. My youngest cousin has recently become a major pokemon fan (I swear his brain is a pokedex in its own). His love for pokemon brought me back to when I liked them (when they first came out) He told me he had been saving up to buy Pokemon XD and I told him if he paid at least 20 I woul buy it. Alas that is how this great game came into my hands. Now, I 1-player mode or Story, mode, is based on a young hero, who is a great and well known trainer amognst the vibrant set of charachtrs in the Pokemon HQ lab. Its known from the start that you must be the hero of Orre land by defeating Cipher, the evil thugs who higjack the S.S. Libra full of pokemon! While closing the hearts Cipher is also creating the strongest anf most evil shadow pokemon XD011 (shadow Lugia). The game is simply laid out, and while people wrote walkthrouhs and whatnot, is really isnt a very complicated game, especially if you are familar with the pokemon handheld games from gameboy advamced amd Gameboy color. While the handheld games
(Round 1: red, blue, yellow,)
(Round 2: Gold, Silver Crystal)
(Round 3: Ruby, Saphirre. Emarald)

All fo those nine games have similarites also way different, which is why i love these games so much!

Upon getting XD I found it was not exactly what I was expectimg, but it is very fun, You get the chance to own somevery cool legedary Pokemon like Lugia, Articuno, Moltres, Arcanine, and more!! Still after the Story is complete it is years later in game tme o every one you fight wil have a 40+ level.
Tham after you been Eagin's 2 Pichus, 2 p:kachu's, and Raichu's. He will tham shpw ypu the Orre collesieum. I reccomend having 1 pokemon way over level 70 (youw first challanger has level 70 pokemoon. I have not beeten the first challager as of this review to see what goes on next, but I have heard Rumors rhat after beating all of orre chalangers, other Rarer pokemon come to the 3 poke spots, bit be sure to have them fully loaded because the rarer pokemon tend to eat the faster, and when the Miror B radar does off he will eithier be at one of the Poke spots. Once he has run out of the shadow pokemon you lost, tha will run away cowardly and the radar will eventtually go off again and this time if you think you have gotten all missed shadow pokemonn rom him than go to the Gateon Port Light House, take the elevator You should find him there and you will battle again, only this time he has a dark dragonite!

VS mode, The Majror downside to tha game does not let you select what pokemon you w or unless yoy have the PC cord to transfere pokemon amd having the wireless thing is the only way for up t 4 players, In RefiarD