Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness is Genius Sonority's second Pokemon game for the Gamecube, after Pokemon Colloseum. The game once again takes place in the Orre region of the Pokemond world. All GBA Pokemon games can connect to the game. Shadow Lugia is featured on the boxart.

Story
The game takes place 5 years after the events of Pokemon Colloseum with the introduction of a character default named Micheal, though the player can change the name. He meets a professor named Professor Krane, his mother's boss. He introdcues Micheal to Shadow Pokemon, Pokemon who have been corrupted by crime syndicate Cypher. He is also given the Snag Machine, which can be used to snage Shadow Pokemon. He also gives him the Aura Reader, an eyepiece that tells the differance between Shadow and normal Pokemon. Later, Krane is kidnapped by Cypher members. Micheal is forced to rescue him from Cypher's base in the desert whilst saving Shadow Pokemon. After he saves Krane and defeats one of Cypher's Admins, he and Krane return home. The Purification Chamber is finished, which is used to purify Shadow Pokemon.

New Features
Poke Spot Poke Spots are areas that allow the player to capture wild Pokemon. There are three areas: Cave, Rock, and Oasis, each of which offer different Pokemon to capture. This Pokemon can be traded ingame, used in the Purification Chamber or traded to GBA games.

Shadow Pokemon Shadow Pokemon are Pokemon that have been corrupted by crime. They can use Shadow attacks. In Colleseum there was only one, in XD there are eighteen. Thought they are of little use to fellow Shadow Pokemon, they are super effective to non-Shadow Pokemon. The downside to Shadow Pokemon is that they are unable to gain experience points from battle

While Pokemon Colleseum had 48 Shadow Pokemon, Pokemon XD has nearly double that. The game offers one of the few chances to obtain sertain Pokemon for the Third and Fourth generation of games.

Purification Chamber Since there are so many Shadow Pokemon, the game offers a new method of purifing them. Whereas in the last game they had to be purified one at a time, up to nine can be purified at once in the Purification Chamber. The Shadow Pokemon are placed in a chamber with four non-Shadow Pokemon are placed in a circle. The normal Pokemon will cure the corrupted Pokemon. It helps if the Pokemon are arranged in a pattern where they are super effective to each other.

Notable Pokemon
Lugia Cypher has corrupted the Legendary Bird in hopes that it will resist attempts to purify it. It is the only Shadow Pokemon that looks different than its normal state. It is fought toward the end of the game, as Cypher leader Grand Master Greevil has it. Lugia is level 50.

Eevee Eevee is Micheal's default Pokemon. Early in the game it can be evolved into Jolteon, Vaporeon, Flareon, Espeon or Umbreon.