Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness Comes To Switch 2 GameCube NSO In March

Also, they didn't even mention Colosseum...

a sequel first? strange decision

I legitimately don't understand why they can't just give us a date. It's a month away, SURELY they know when it's available.

I'm also slightly worried it might not support Home, that is THE thing I'd be interested in, actually getting to play the game with the pokemon I want because the roster in XD is notoriously awful.

I love this game to bits, but not releasing Colosseum first (or together) is a mistake. I'll be waiting to play this until that releases, and I imagine I won't be the only one.

Is this a nod to how the Pokémon franchise is working backwards these days? Why else would they release this before Colosseum?

@Dom_31 Well, Stadium doesn't allow that, right? So... :/

@Robot99 Yeah, I'll wait too, if it's a sequel. Seems strange.

Looking forward to this, but surprised they're bringing this before Colosseum. But, honestly, never played gale of darkness so excited to jump in.

@AussieMcBucket sure, but they have Gen 3 games on switch now. Granted, I think with the information that the home transfer for those are one-way the hopes for XD and Colosseum are already pretty...dead lol

Not that I'd buy the Gen 3 games for how much they're asking.

I saw somebody have that Pokemon game on my local shopping website but they tagged with inflated price because it was very rare game.
I already saw the gameplay from YouTube and it looked okay but I didn't feel really sold with the game as I still prioritize the easier to get games but have higher hype than the very rare inflated retro games with very very low interest to play after purchased them.

Not being Home compatible makes it an easy skip for me, really don't see the point in bothering.

Pretty confusing how they are releasing the sequel first. I still have colosseum and if I remember right it still works but I don’t remember if I still have the disk for gale of darkness but it doesn’t work or if I have the case but lost the disk. Anyway excited to (eventually… hopefully) play this.

I mean, I'd release the better game first too. Dont want to leave a bad first impression.

Shocked they aren’t just releasing it as a separate eShop game for £50

Makes no sense to me. I guess I'm waiting for Colosseum.

Interesting use of time, as if every month they found a way to entertain us with games before Gen X releases.
Hey Pokemon fan! Do you consider yourself "impatient"?! Why not first play some of FireRed or LeafGreen on the same console?

I know what should have been on NSO!

Now this would easily have been worth AU$30 via the eShop.

I would've paid $20 for this and coliseum. Well if they included a fast forward option. As much as I love them, they desperately need at least that qol feature

@Dom_31 if you read the fine print at the bottom of the visual, it says Pokémon obtained in XD cannot be transferred to other Pokémon games, and vice-versa. So they’re locked in on no Home support 🙂

Considering XD takes place 5 years after Colosseum, yeah this is another big mystery of the direct. Wth 🤣🤣

I really wonder how such a decision gets made. Anyone could tell you it makes way more sense to start with Colosseum, but they just really want to be eccentric i guess

@SlowPokemon oof, reading.

Thansk for pointing it out tho. Not gonna be a deal breaker, the game's still solid on its own, but it's a huge shame.

When the presentation opened (North American on YouTube), it showed ESRB RP to T, and my reaction was "Huh? T rated Pokémon?"

Then the presentation gets to this announcement, and this is the one with a T rating. I was flabbergasted. I checked my original GameCube copy to be sure, and it was E.

Edit: After rewatching, the box art at the end does show E, but the rating in the lower corner at the start of the trailer is T.

If this game had compatibility with FRLG on switch I'd buy the GBA ones but... seems everything gets locked in the game. Big F.

Tbh it doesn’t really matter which game is released first. XD barely has any direct connection to coliseum and you play as a new set of characters in XD where protag of Coliseum isn’t even mentioned.

Strange decision to release this before Colosseum, but I am benefiting from this decision because I played Colosseum a lot as a kid but never touched XD. Looking forward to that.

I will never get over how part of the game's name is an emoji.

No native port this time, huh?

funnily enough, I actually played XD first as a kid because I didn't know it was a sequel. That said, strange decision.

Strange that they are releasing this one first and sadly these won’t have compatibility with the recent re releases of Fire Red and Leaf Green.

So I never really played a Pokemon game. Can anyone explain how this game differs from the "new generation" or the "Legends" games?

Perfect candidate for a "Shadow" drop but glad to finally be getting this. Lot of fond memories from playing this as a kid.

I still have the GameCube version! So good! 😁 can't wait to replay on NSO

@Broch83 The big differences from usual games with this and Colosseum are that they're centered around doubles battles and mostly (or entirely in Colosseum's case) involve stealing Pokemon from the trainers you're fighting rather than catching wild ones like usual.

Why can't it link to FRLG?

Nintendo can be really baffling with some of their decisions.😐

@Broch83
TL/DR It's actually good.
XD is very different from most Pokémon games.
There's a (relatively) small roster of Pokémon you can catch (most of which you 'snag' from the in-game opponent trainers) it's focused mostly on Double Battles.