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PatrickZ July 24th, 2013 9:34 AM

Colosseum or XD: Gale of Darkness?
 
For me, I would have to say Colosseum. XD was the first one I played, but I don't like the fact that you spend almost 1/4 of the game on Citadark Isle alone. Plus, Colosseum had a better choice of Pokemon IMO, and the ending was challenging.

You?

Sirfetch’d July 24th, 2013 11:48 AM

I always liked Colosseum a bit more because of the original storyline, and the legendary beast being obtainable. XD had a bit more of a selection however.

Satoshi Ookami July 25th, 2013 12:36 AM

Played and finished both.
I liked Colosseum more because of Wes & Rui and 'cause you had both Espeon and Umbreon from the start while in XD you could only have one.
Also because of availability of legendary beasts as they could have been used in game storyline.
This was missing in XD where XD001 and legendary birds were at possession of the last boss so you couldn't pretty much use them... :/
But XD001 was the main reason why I liked XD as well but Colosseum is better imo.

joycerodgridue July 29th, 2013 2:31 AM

Played only Colosseum and yes as said above liked the storyline. kept us in game all the time.

Purple skies July 29th, 2013 9:13 AM

I choose the colossum it has awsome and cool to be in

PokeHacks11 August 9th, 2013 1:30 PM

I prefer Pokemon XD because you can catch Lugia.

Entermaid August 9th, 2013 4:26 PM

I was glad to see the return of Miror B. in XD! Both games are nice, but there is more variety of locations in XD. With the coastal town, ect. Additionally, I like how I was able to choose which path of evolution for my Eevee, and that I didn't have two eeveelutions. I mean, I love my Vaporeon! Though the wild pokemon encounters were limited, it at least existed, plus you can catch a FLYGON! And, generally XD offered more pokemon to obtain. However, Colosseum offered a bit more as far as the storyline. At the end of the day, Pokemon is about Pokemon, and XD appealed more to me in selectivity aforementioned.

bobandbill August 9th, 2013 4:51 PM

I'll go with Colo, even if XD had more to do, more to snag, the Battle Sims and so forth. Colo just had more going for it with johto starters and a more interesting protagonist and the like. I suppose I am a bit biased, but oh well. It is an opinion poll. =p

Iceshadow3317 August 9th, 2013 4:59 PM

I am gonna have to go with Colo, I never finished XD. I don't even remember how far I got in XD.

PatrickZ August 25th, 2013 2:34 PM

cool to read your thoughts. THanks for the replies

Tsutarja August 26th, 2013 12:04 PM

I have both, I have played both, and I like both, so I'm not sure why that wouldn't be a problem to have as a poll choice. :s

But I guess I could say I liked XD more because it has a wider variety in many ways, especially for the Shadow Pokémon..

cbd98 August 26th, 2013 6:24 PM

There are pros and cons to each, and my preference is kind of biased because I played it first, but I'll have to go with XD. I guess I just became a spoiled brat with the purification machine doing all the work for me without needing to carry around all the shadow Pokemon throughout my entire journey, as well as the Orre Colosseum at the end of the game for an added challenge.

Magykx August 26th, 2013 7:14 PM

I have only played Colosseum. It was fun for what it was. Gale of Darkness looked too similar to catch my interest, so I never picked it up.

blue August 27th, 2013 7:04 AM

I've played both Colosseum first and then XD and I gotta say as much as I love them both it has to be Colosseum for me.

Flushed August 29th, 2013 10:11 PM

Both were pretty amazing. I enjoyed the mechanical aspects of XD more, i.e. the battling and shadow mechanics, not to mention the graphics. But as said by many others, Colosseum had some dynamic characters and storylines. Overall XD wins, but not by much.

Microchip55 September 9th, 2013 8:17 AM

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Originally Posted by O07_eleven (Post 7757781)
Colosseum had:
-Better characters with Wes and Rui.
-A very gripping storyline from the word go. It really was amazing the first time you played it.
-Espeon AND Umbreon were better starters. You also start a bit higher leveled so less grind time.
-A more mature theme overall good for teens/adults, XD seems more watered down and focusing on children.

XD had:
-Better graphics and animations
-More Shadow moves
-More Shadow and wild Pokemon!
-Anything you want bby girl ;)
-New locations and characters

I've only played Colosseum so i'm obviously biased but I think Colosseum looks like a better package overall, the setting, theme and story were nailed perfectly, I loved every second, XD still looks good with some gameplay tweaks and decent story but Colosseum all the way bby!

Basically, what he said ^ haha
I liked both but I played Colesseum first and loved it.

Jet Pilot September 9th, 2013 12:42 PM

XD: Gale of Darkness was poorly made.. I bought it for my Gamecube in grade 6. Honestly it was the most disappointing thing I had ever played. The whole storyline in general was completely awful. Colosseum for sure.

Paige Berlitz September 9th, 2013 2:20 PM

I played both of them and I like them both the same.

PhoenixSoul September 12th, 2013 2:37 AM

I played them both but I have to say Colosseum appealed to me more for it's storyline and pokemon selection. Plus two Eevee evolutions are always better than one. :P

Itcheeee September 14th, 2013 8:46 PM

Played both but never completed XD, so far. I read XD was literally build on top of Colosseum (like, an official hack :P) and in some ways improved some of Colo's functions (Shadow moves, purifying, ect). Colo had a darker, more mature tone. Grateful they made XD though, for obtaining more Pokemon for 3rd gen games. :)

Ari Niko September 28th, 2013 10:06 PM

I've played a little bit of Colloseum, so I can't fully judge. However, from what I have played, XD >>>>>>>>>

She_Delphox October 18th, 2013 3:46 AM

I have played both games and I like XD Gale of Darkness more than Colosseum.. Mainly because there are less annoying parts in the game imo (no one is following you around, and the starter Pokemon of G/S/C took waaaayyy too long to get etc.).

Somehow I liked the "snag-able Pokemon" in XD better than those in Colosseum. One downside however was that the MasterBall glitch in XD was solved, and in Colosseum still works though :P

Satoshi Ookami October 18th, 2013 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by She_Delphox (Post 7888457)
I have played both games and I like XD Gale of Darkness more than Colosseum.. Mainly because there are less annoying parts in the game imo (no one is following you around, and the starter Pokemon of G/S/C took waaaayyy too long to get etc.).

Rui following Wes was the cutest thing in Colosseum :D

Elaitenstile October 19th, 2013 1:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Ash493 (Post 7889067)
Rui following Wes was the cutest thing in Colosseum :D

Haha yeah, that's true. I kind of like XD better, though. The wild spots, though annoying, was at least an improvement. I mean, stealing Pokémon from trainers is cool and somewhat justified because they're shadow Pokémon, but I don't want to say that I became a great trainer by stealing others' Pokémon. Aaand Cipher and Lugia were pretty cool, too.

bobandbill October 19th, 2013 4:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ★Hoenn★ (Post 7889780)
Haha yeah, that's true. I kind of like XD better, though. The wild spots, though annoying, was at least an improvement. I mean, stealing Pokémon from trainers is cool and somewhat justified because they're shadow Pokémon, but I don't want to say that I became a great trainer by stealing others' Pokémon. Aaand Cipher and Lugia were pretty cool, too.

Yes, a lack of wild Pokemon was annoying, although it did make sense for the plot and region. Bribing Pokemon with cake and then listening to wild western themed music when battling them was... a bit different to the game freak games though, haha.

DuckSwimmer October 19th, 2013 9:08 PM

As much as I can remember, I liked Colosseum better than XD. Basically just cause of the Storyline ..and also Umbreon being one of the starters.. *-* <3

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ October 25th, 2013 5:56 AM

I've played both of the games and i prefer Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness because there was more to do and there wasn't someone following you and I felt that to be really annoying.


:t354:TG

Shadow101thehedgehog October 25th, 2013 10:10 AM

I personally feel that XD is the better game, but the experience is slightly soured if you've already played Colosseum because they share quite a few areas.

Ig Pokemon Lover October 26th, 2013 8:09 PM

I liked both but Xd was better because i was glad of having someone not following and getting in the way. Also like how we could get the 3 legendary birds this time and Lugia.

Prof. Apollo / Shadow Boss Erebus November 10th, 2013 2:50 AM

I'm going to call it a tie. This is mostly because, with XD being a direct sequel and occurring in the same region, etc. I like to think of them as two segments of the same game.

Batty November 10th, 2013 6:34 AM

I accidentally voted for Colosseum when I meant XD. I played both, and I only became extensively interested in XD Gale of Darkness. Colosseum just kind of bored me, I only played it until shortly after I got Suicune.

[Lucian] November 10th, 2013 10:18 AM

Colosseum
XD was too easy.

Pike Queen November 10th, 2013 6:40 PM

I pick Colosseum. For some reason, I just really fell in love with the characters, and I love how dark and mature it is for a Pokemon game. Much more so than XD, in my opinion. I got rid of it when I was much younger because I didn't know what to do to move on, but I'm glad I decided to buy and play it again one day, as it is one of my favorite Pokemon games now.

CelticsPhan November 15th, 2013 1:31 PM

Colo gets my vote and yes, I have played both and love both. Wes is BY FAR the best protag out of these two, and IMO the best protag in all of Pokemon hands down. In XD you're just a kid, while in Colo you have this mature, slender figure. And let's not forget- TWO starters! Having both Umbreon and Espeon (one of my favorites by the way) is useful because this game is one of the hardest vanilla games.

The plot is fantastic, you're not mindlessly obtaining badges anymore just because you want to be the champ. Instead, you're thwarting evil bosses and saving the world. I'm sure everyone has tried at least once to snag an opponent's Pokemon before and now that you can is very interesting.

Colo also has a better selection of Shadows. I mean the list goes on for cool Shadows: Houndour, Teddiursa, Bayleef, Croconaw, Quilava, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Metagross, Tyranitar and a bonus Ho-Oh at the end.

XD has a similar story, but it just doesn't beat Colosseum in my opinion.

bobandbill November 15th, 2013 7:37 PM

Quote:

Colo also has a better selection of Shadows. I mean the list goes on for cool Shadows: Houndour, Teddiursa, Bayleef, Croconaw, Quilava, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Metagross, Tyranitar and a bonus Ho-Oh at the end.
Granted, your choice of Johto starters is pretty good, but I'm not sure that it quite outweighs the near double amount of Pokemon available in XD. (Also Teddiursa and Houndour were in XD early on, not in Colosseum). But I'll agree with you on the other points, haha. Yay for a different, more interesting (and cooler) protagonist!

Spinosaurus November 16th, 2013 11:57 AM

Colosseum has the much better atmosphere and settings plus better pacing but damn if I don't love the variety XD has. :(

Going with XD based on the replay value and content. Both are very great tho, and a good breath of fresh air from the usual formula.

Shadow101thehedgehog November 16th, 2013 2:05 PM

IMO XD is better, but if you played Colosseum first it somewhat ruins it.

[Lucian] November 16th, 2013 4:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pike Queen (Post 7931072)
I pick Colosseum. For some reason, I just really fell in love with the characters, and I love how dark and mature it is for a Pokemon game. Much more so than XD, in my opinion. I got rid of it when I was much younger because I didn't know what to do to move on, but I'm glad I decided to buy and play it again one day, as it is one of my favorite Pokemon games now.

This. The first couple days I played it, it didn't even feel like I was playing Pokemon until I had a battle. Same with XD, but I still prefer Colosseum over it.

Thief November 18th, 2013 8:59 AM

Honestly I loved both... :\ But I'll go with Colosseum even if just for the cooler protag and the fact I remember more of it.

And Umbreon.
'Cause Umbreon.

AuraKnight95 November 18th, 2013 3:00 PM

I prefer XD over Colosseum. As others have already mentioned, I really enjoyed all the variety XD has compared to Colosseum (the Shadow Pokemon, areas, etc.) and overall I feel that the game is more fun than Colosseum. Also, as strange as it may sound, as a kid I enjoyed Michael as the protagonist more than Wes, and never really understood all the flak that Michael got from fans. I guess it was because I was able to relate to Michael a lot more than Wes. I thought a kid being able to take down all of Cipher was awesome! Of course, now I agree that Wes is epic. :P

Plus, XD's version of Miror B...how could you not like the game?! Unless you prefer Colosseum's Miror B hahah. :P

Amourshippingfan23 December 17th, 2013 7:47 PM

I loved Pokemon XD Gale Of Darkness very much, since is very intressing game to play, plus you Get to capture Lugia my favorite pokemon, I think Pokemon XD is more intressing than Pokemon Colosseum,

Faye Rose~ December 22nd, 2013 3:50 PM

XD purely for Miror B's music. That song was the bomb.

orangeralts21 January 1st, 2014 5:57 PM

I have played both, until I was blue in the face, and can not honestly chose which one is better. They are very different from each other, mechanics and plot, and are for people looking for different things. Right now, I would have to say XD, but maybe that will change.

Edit: But I love Miror B's theme equally. Colosseum's was funny and XD's was amazing.


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