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Another Entry in the Pokemon Empire

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 20 / 28
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon XD is one of those games that would be good if we didn't know there could be something better. It's basically a refit of Pokemon Colliseum with a few updates and a new story. Which is good, right? Well, if you like Colliseum, yes. Then it's great. If not ... well, you still might have issues.

The idea of shadow pokemon is, to put it bluntly, gimmicky and annoying. The purification process still takes far too long, and catching only certain pokemon from trainers (which sounds cool) exists only because of the major flaw that exists in this game.

Once again, you can not battle wild Pokemon, like in the Game Boy versions. That means no catching them in the wild, and (my biggest issue) no battling wild pokemon for experience. Instead, you have to fight trainers, and these battles are long and frustrating. I hate to say it, but Pokemon is the kind of game where grinding through dozens of quick, wild pokemon battles is an integral part of the game. Having to fight the harder, longer trainers for experience that in the end is not proportionately higher as to make it worth it, makes the experience nothing short of boring.

It makes me sad, because if a game was perfectly translated from Game Boy to Gamecube, it would be wonderful and entertaining. The story in this is better than any Pokemon before, and the areas beautiful. Its' just those 'improvements' in the battle system that spoil it for me.

Again, I recommend this cautiously. If you like Colliseum, then fine, this will be fun for you. If you don't, stay away. And for those of you who never played Colliseum, I would suggest renting, or trying Colliseum first (it's only $20, certainly an amount that can be risked on a maybe game).

Best Pokemon Game Ever!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To make this review short and sweet, I'll just get to the point. Buy this game! I don't care if you don't like pokemon, just buy it right now. I guarrantee you that you'll love pokemon after you play this game. Yes, it's that good. If you don't order this game right now, you are so totally going to regret it later in life.

Pokemon fans, BEST BUY FOR POKEMON LOVERS!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 19
Date: October 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you are a pokemon fan, buy this game. If you are not a pokemon fan and you buy this game , then what gave you a reason for buying this game that you wont even play unless it is a gift for a pokemon lover!!!!!SO,POKEMON FANS, BUY!BUY!BUY!BUY!BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I got ripped off

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 21
Date: October 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed the gameboy pokemon games. I never bought stadium or collosium though, because I liked pokemon for its RPG elements and catching all the pokemon. When I heard that nintendo was bringing Pokemon to GameCube as an actual RPG I was very excited. This game is not a full pokemon RPG; it's nothing more than Stadium/Collosium with a few basic RPG elements thrown in. I'm very disappointed in nintendo, not just for their poor game, but for all but lying about what it was.

Why? Why Nintendo? Why did you did it again?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: October 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I dont believe this they did it, AGAIN! This pokemon game is as worst as its predecesor, I mean, when we were back in the 2003 Nintendo announced a POKEMON RPG adventure for the cube, at first it was like WOW!!! I thought it was going to be like a gameboy game just that it was for the cube, this was a really good idea so I waited to the release date, the wait was finally over I got this game, I even remember saying: "At last Ive got it, good bye Pokemon Stadium" then I started playing, imagine my face when I realized you "steal" pokemon from other trainers and not in the open grass terrains, this didnt bother me it was like cool, but then this thing of the shadow pokemon and that I could only steal the ones were bad, so after that I got dissapointed, sold it to a little kid in no more than 2 months, and started playing pokemon stadium again.

Now one year later they get this one out and I say: "Didnt you learn anything in this year?" I mean the only difference I see is that the character has changed and obiously the story, but its still the same and again it has the crappy multiplayer system that lets you use only your pokemon from the GBA games, so what I mean is that what they should have done was to make it as the GBA games (you can capture WILD pokemon and pass through gyms) and to have done a Pokemon Stadium style multiplayer in which the game has all the pokemon from the series at your disposal.

So in all this game is a huge mistake done by Nintendo, I hope they realize this when the revolution is realeased, so if you like good RPGs dont buy this game, if you like the GBA and Pokemon Stadium games dont buy it, if you are a pokemon fan well is up to you, ah and one more thing, my little brother has this game so dont think I dont know what Im talking about.

Good, but bad at the same time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: October 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My review of this game, is simple, it was good in some areas, and bad in others. In the aspect of it being an RPA game, i think that it was a total disaster, in the form of it being a fun adventure game, i think that this game hit it off, and deserves a follow-up game, but also, I think that the next game should be more involved with the art of actually CATCHING the pokemon, not just fighting in some arena with them...That's my review....I hope you found it helpful.

PS.Oh, and another thing, whoever "big el" or whoever that reviewer was, it might be helpful, the next time you review a game on an english site, that you review the game in ......ENGLISH! because whatever you were doing, (not sure what it was) it was sure as heck not english.

Pokemon XD:Better than Colosseum

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: October 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you've played Colosseum read this.If you haven't played Coloseum
You might want to get it before you buy this game.

Now,on with the review,

Guess what?Cipher's back.But this time thev'e got a new weapon,and
its up to you to stop them.With new characters,places,and story this game is way better than Colosseum.The pokemon battle system hasn't changed.You will visit new places(ex.Pokemon HQ Lab,Gateon Port)as well as places from Coloseum(ex.Agate Village,Mt.Battle)
This is a great game and its totally worth the $50.Oh yeah,and those of you who don't like Pokemon XD,go play that Grand Theft Auto crap and don't bother us "Pokefans" anymore.GET THIS GAME!!!

Pokemon Colliseum with an upgrade!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 56 / 61
Date: October 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

[Note: This is coming from a 21-year-old reviewer]
I don't see why people are having a problem with this game. Personally, I was a big fan of the 3d-cartoony style of RPGs from when they first made big splashes on the Dreamcast. Games like Grandia, Skies of Arcadia... I just love how these games are done, and Pokemon XD is no exception.

So what the XD for? An "extra dimension" of play. Apparently, all this really means is that you get a new character, a new storyline, and get to set out on the usual Pokemon adventures. Which isn't bad- I haven't played a Pokemon game yet I didn't like (excluding the smaller spinoff games, of course). This game supports the full cast of characters from Sapphire / Ruby / Emerald, and that's a whole lotta Pokemon.

You start as (since you name yourself, I'll call the character Hero), a kid who finds out, as usual, that you're responsible for saving the world by battling cute little monsters with monsters of your own. This time, you're given a sort of cybernetic arm attachment and headset that allows you to analyze and capture Shadow Pokemon- who must be converted back to the "light side" through love and affection in order to regain their former power.

What's new? If you played Colliseum, basically nothing. There's a new story, and the new Shadow Lugia Pokemon wandering the continent. Other than that, however, you'll only want this game if you just enjoy "catching them all" that much.

For fans like me who missed Colliseum, but have played the original games, you get to experience Pokemon in a well-thought-out 3d setting that's just gorgeous. Shadow Pokemon come equipped with Shadow type moves when you get them, so Pokemon you never would have thought about bringing out before suddenly become extremely useful as you'll always have Shadow moves to fall back on. Very nice. Speaking of which- yes, you have to steal Shadow Pokemon from the villians who use them for battling. What you'll really do is defeat all of the opponent's other Pokemon and from there, it's no different from capturing rare Pokemon in earlier games- only this time, the enemy can't run away, and if you accidentally defeat it instead of capturing, you can re-battle almost any time you want!

Never played Pokemon? It's an extremely easy to learn game, complete with insanely cute and cool Pokemon to battle, and it's family-friendly, as not even the wildest situations would rate above PG.

A lot of reviewers have said you can't catch wild Pokemon- and that's not exactly true. There are many "spots" where you can leave out treats and try to capture wild Pokemon- leaving more treats means Pokemon stay longer, so they're easier to capture. It's not quite like crawling through the grass in the old games, but it gets the job done. I saw a few other reviewers comment that converting the Shadow Pokemon takes too long- just through battling in the early game, I was able to cleanse more than one Pokemon per hour of play, and that included time it took to unlock an area to complete the process. Doesn't seem so bad to me! Plus, I haven't even opened up the secondary cleansing method available in the game.

Overall- It's another Pokemon game, and a pretty good one. It's colorful, it's cute, and it's been extremely fun to play. If you're plopping down money for a Pokemon game, isn't that exactly what you expect? Sure, stealing Shadow Pokemon and cleansing their hearts is a little different- but it's fun. The only people I wouldn't reccomend this game to are Colliseum fanatics who don't feel like starting the experience over- the two games are basically very similar. My girlfriend played Colliseum tons, and I could barely pull her away from the Gamecube on this one, but apparently other Colliseum fans feel otherwise.

good pokemon game...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i've never played colosseum or any of the gameboy pokemon games, although i plan on getting emerald which looks pretty good. i used to think pokemon were kids-only games, but changed my mind and picked this up because previously i figured i was too old for mario as well but the greatness of paper mario: the thousand year door set me straight. well pokemon xd is pretty cool and the graphics are outstanding. yes i wish like some of the other reviewers that you could wander around the world and capture pokemon in the wild (you can capture some at three spots in xd), but it's not too big of a deal. it's mostly a battle-and-collect-them-all game, with some rpg elements. overall it's a fun game that i would recommend. i've got to cut this short because there are still a few shadow pokemon out there i've got to capture.

the nintendo DS rules!

Similar .. but BETTER than Colosseum

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 73 / 82
Date: October 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A fun trip back to the land of Orre with some familiar faces and some new friends. If you like Colosseum, you will find the upgrades in this game to be a godsend. I still don't enjoy the GameCube versions as much as the GBA ones, but everything that I WISHED I could do in Colosseum can be done in XD.

The main differences are as follows:

1. What we all wished for has happened .. you can SAVE the game anywhere, anytime, as often as you like! This was by far the most annoying thing that I discovered when I first bought Colosseum. I was so used to saving my game before any major battle, or before trying to catch a "one-shot-only" Pokemon. With XD, you no longer have to seek out a PokeCenter or a computer to save the game. This makes all the difference in the world. I am no longer "afraid" of what's lurking around the corner because I can always start over if I wasn't ready for what was lurking in the darkness! LOL

2. You can catch WILD POKEMON in XD. Another thing that I could never get used to in Colosseum. In XD, you are shown three "Poke Spots" where you leave treats (bait) for wild Pokemon. You have a Pokemon-detector that goes off if any wild Pokemon are munching your treats at a Poke Spot. Again, with the new "save feature", you can save the game and THEN go hunting. If you kill the wild Pokemon by accident, just restart.

3. There is a cool new Purification machine so you can purify up to NINE Pokemon at the same time. Very much a time saver. No more dragging around Pokemon that you never intend to use just to open up their hearts.

4. New story line. Some old towns, some new towns, but an interesting storyline throughout.

5. Graphics. Graphics are noticibly better in XD.

6. Shadow Moves. Instead of one shadow move, all shadow pokemon automatically come with at least two. There are many possible shadow moves .. all with different strengths and effects. Much more interesting.

7. New Pokemon. There are (at least) two new Pokemon. You can't catch them, but I think their appearance foreshadows a new batch of Pokemon which will probably be available in the next version of the game. One character even mentions that new Pokemon are being spotted all over the land.

All in all, much better than Colosseum. Just adding a few simple changes (most notably the "save feature") brings a whole new enjoyment to an older game. Pokemaniacs will not be disappointed with this purchase.

NOTE: As I have suggested in my other reviews, buy the NINTENDO POWER guide instead of the Prima guide. MUCH more complete.

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