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Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, released in Japan as Pokémon XD: Whirlwind of Darkness Dark Lugia, is the second console role-playing game from Nintendo’s Pokémon franchise for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the successor of the GameCube game Pokémon Colosseum. The game takes place in Orre, the setting of Pokémon Colosseum’s adventure mode. All of the Game Boy Advance Pokémon games can connect to this game through trading and Battle Mode.
Story
The story begins 5 years after the events of Pokémon Colosseum with the introduction of Michael (or whatever the player decides to call him), the main protagonist. Michael first meets Professor Krane, his mother's boss. He introduces the concept of Shadow Pokémon, which are Pokémon whose hearts have been artificially closed. The criminal syndicate Cipher is creating and distributing them for their evil purposes. Krane also introduces the Snag Machine, which is used to capture Shadow Pokémon to purify. Krane charges Michael with the Snag Machine to capture these Shadow Pokémon and is given the Aura Reader (the eye piece) to identify them from normal pokémon. Shortly after this, Krane is kidnapped by Cipher agents. Michael goes out to save Krane and to uncover and defeat the Cipher syndicate.