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PokemonXD: Gale of
Darkness is the long awaited follow up to the RPG part of Pokemon
Coliseum on the GameCube,
and the first true 3D Pokemon RPG. In this title you
return to the place Coliseum took place, Orre, where Shadow
Pokemon are still a problem. In the Electronic Entertainment Expo
(E3) demo which we played you begin in a lab, checking out what is
in there.
Similar
to Pokemon Coliseum instead of catching wild Pokemon you have to nick
shadow Pokemon from other trainers, which is so very gratifying,
however you can’t catch normal Pokemon in the same way. It
features the double battle mode from the start and indeed didn’t
show any one-on-one
fights in the demo shown at E3, although I would think it would be
a combination of the two in the finished game.
The
graphics are improved slightly from Pokemon Coliseum, its
smoother lines and slightly better effects aren’t that
noticeable. The area I played in was viewed from a slightly top
down angle, very similar to the Game Boy Advance games which make
it relatively
easy to see what is going on around you and to pick things up you
find. I think fans of the Pokemon series will love this;
it’s intriguing even with what I’ve seen and definitely one to
look forward to.
They
were giving away nothing of the plot at all, except for the fact
that Shadow Pokemon are a problem and you must research into what
has happened. There is a Shadow Lugia which appears on the
beginning sequence, but we still do not know any other details as
of yet. I’m guessing though they want to keep us in suspense as
to what happens, so check back for updates!
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