Pokémon Colosseum (ポケモンコロシアム, Pokemon Koroshiamu) is the first Nintendo GameCube incarnation of the Pokémon video game franchise. It incorporates elements of both the main handheld games in the series as well as the Pokémon Stadium games. It is also notable for having a considerably darker storyline than most other Pokémon games. The game was released in Japan on November 21, 2003, in North America on March 22, 2004, in Europe on May 14, 2004, a...
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Pokémon Colosseum (ポケモンコロシアム, Pokemon Koroshiamu) is the first Nintendo GameCube incarnation of the Pokémon video game franchise. It incorporates elements of both the main handheld games in the series as well as the Pokémon Stadium games. It is also notable for having a considerably darker storyline than most other Pokémon games. The game was released in Japan on November 21, 2003, in North America on March 22, 2004, in Europe on May 14, 2004, and in Australia on June 24, 2004. A sequel titled Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness was released in 2005.
Pokémon Colosseum puts significantly less importance on the non-RPG aspects of the game than Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2. For example, there are no mini-games, nor is there a Gym Leader Castle/Tower. While it is the first 3D Pokémon video game with an RPG mode, it does not allow the player to use rental Pokémon the way the Pokémon Stadium games did. This was probably done because Pokémon are obtainable in the RPG mode, thus most of...
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