Colosseum man, what a nostalgia trip. Basing an entire game around double battles, no wild pokemon, being a straight up criminal in the game, this ain’t your grandpappy’s pokemon that’s for sure
7:01 speaking of catching how in the HOLY WORLD did a POKE BALL catch a Misdreavus from FULL HP??! Maybe you all don't understand but if you actually played heartgold safari zone using a safari ball (let's say it's as good as a great ball) to catch a misdreavus you need like at least 10 ATTEMPTS and they are level 17 What are catch rates in this game? Poke ball 97 %?? Next pls catch Kangaskhan from full hp since it has the same cath rate as Misdreavus (I can't forget the pain of catching Kangaskhan in the safari zone in the main games)
I really wish they made more Pokémon games in this style. While there is far less player freedom, it allows the game devs to sculpt a far more intentional difficulty curve.
To be honest I think most casuals would love to have a team preset since choosing the right pokemon for the right situation, min-maxing and choosing the right moves is hard for someone who doesn’t play much.
@@CaTastrophy427 For example in gen 3 in Battle Frontier there was a building called the Battle Factory where you had to face 7 trainers by choosing from the pokemon provided to you and you could swap with those of the teams you defeated between each battle. That was my favourite game mode after finishing the game because I could experience different battles with different pokemon and strategies without having to build my team from scratch everytime. If I remember correctly in Colosseum and XD there was also a mode where you would fight another trainer with both sides having random teams. I also really liked the challenges where you are placed in a specific situation and you have to win by using the only method or by being creative.
Pokemon Coliseum is such a fever dream of a game. So many weird artistic decisions and gameplay quirks, its like if you played pokemon and watched mad max before going to sleep lol.
Colosseum was one of my favourite games growing up and when X & Y were announced I honestly expected the same quality or better. Fast forward to day and we're still seeing all the same animations from X & Y, very sad.
So, there actually is a reason for this, and it was the same problem that pokemon battle revolution had. Battles take way too dang long, all the detailed animations and everything add a really long time to each individual battle. And frankly, nobody really bought these games. But I would believe that there will be another similarly styled pokemon game eventually.
Colosseum stripped down the pokemon formula to its most essential components: Creative art direction that ties in with region concept and available pokemon An amazing soundtrack that survives repetition And most importantly, actual great battles and bosses
@@EruditoGaming ppl say this all the time but a lot of the ppl at genius sonority ended up working at game freak, including james turner whos behind some of the more controversial pokemon designs, and art direction for sword/shield
I didn’t know how to purify Pokémon as a kid so I just trained them in the battle tower repeatedly. I went back years later and purified them and they shot up to mid lvl 80s. I played a LOT
Playing Colosseum and XD is both a blessing and a curse. They're amazing games, but playing them will make you hold every Pokémon game afterward to a real standard, and thus be forever doomed to crushing disappointment.
I'm disappointed they never made an open world Pokemon game based on the anime. Imagine being able to travel to multiple regions, your pokemon know more than 4 moves, you can visit all the small towns that were only in the anime, and you actually battle in the tournaments for each region, instead of jus the Elite 4, not to mention traveling to the Orange Islands as well. That would be the ideal Pokemon game, in my opinion.
I live for this game's battle animations. All the love and care that went into it is so cool. Zigzagoon even runs in to attack, and recover, by zigzagging, as a Zigzagoon actually would. Ludicolo dancing, Hitmontop spinning around, Cacnea balancing on its spikes... It's honestly all just so good and I really wish we could get a modern take on it.
@@_G.C True as that may be, they've been reusing animations ever since the games hit 3D. If they took the time to do it now, then pretty much all future installments wouldn't be nearly as bad to do in that quality.
@@nebulous9280 They could do it if they broke it up into thirds again. Have a third of the pokemon in one game with all of their new animations, and with each passing generation they could add the rest so they don't have to make 800+ animations,
That spoink didnt actually stop bouncing. It just bounces extremely slowly when fainted signifying the slower heart beat upon unconsciousness. Non manga pokemon isnt as dark as people make it out to be.
I still remember the day I got this game. I was so excited when I got home to play it. Back in the good old days when you literally went into games blind and experienced everything new for the first time spoiler free. My mind was blown at the constant double battles/starting at mid 20s. The wonder and excitement I felt for that first battle at the start of the game will never be felt again, for any game ever. Coliseum is a masterpiece.
Love this game. I remember my Grandma coming to my school randomly, saying there was an emergency, took me out of the class and showed me the game in the car, told me that I could play all day. Amazing memories. Love ya, Grandma.
I'll never forget going to flea markets and getting my PS1 with my grandma...she even haggled it down 20 bucks. Gotta love your grandma's lmao. Your grandma sounds like such a fun lady. :)
11:16 Couldn't agree more. The Cyndaquil line is my favourite of all time and I was so happy when I found out they fixed the flames in Legends Arceus (at least in battle)
Favorite thing about this video is that he did the same thing EVERY kid did when playing this game. Skirt the edge of the platforms in Mt. Battle to try and avoid battles
i kinda got spoiled on mt battle before i played it so i knew you couldnt avoid it...i also knew it was the best way to power lvl your pokemon so any fight i was underlvled for, i came right back and went to the highest floor i could manage.
@@IkanaMaskedMan the current directors for pokemon are currently PC cowards they'd never want to risk pokemon being edgy again or else gen z will throw a fit.
@@jinxxpwnage You've got some pretty severe brainrot if you think political correctness has anything to do with it. Far from fearing their fanbase, the Pokemon Company are too busy rolling in cash for doing the bare minimum of work that their jobs entail to listen to customer complaints. It has very little to do with politics at all.
@@blarg2429 that's merely my opinion man you don't need to take offense to it, only reason i think this is because in general we've never seen more mature things in pokemon games since this game. Regardless of budget or time they just love marketing to younger audiences more and more again I'm probably wrong.
Fun fact the shadow typing was actually the experimental version of Physical Special Split. Shadow Rush was based off attack and moves like shadow wave shadow storm were special.
@@scylla1772 XD ironed out a lot of the kinks of Colloseum in general. Colloseum has unbeatable atmosphere, but as far as an actual game, XD blows it out of the water in all ways besides how suddenly kick-your-teeth-in-hard the Entei guy fight is if you're not prepared.
@@aprinnyonbreak1290 So true. I was so lucky the first time as a kid, I saw him on the back and was like oh god that's a boss let's go back and heal, and I kinda went off-tracks and ended up getting more exp in pyrite. Barely won the entei battle after that. I was legit shocked at how brutal that was.
THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD! SUCH A GOOD GAME! Edited: I just beat Grand Colosseum, it’s a super hard version of this game. Like if you want SmallAnt to Nuzlocke it.
I remember doing the 100 trainer challenge to get Ho-oh and being on like the 99th battle when I accidentally shutoff my gamecube and having to do the entire 100 trainers all over again… great times, this game forever slaps
Why is a game almost 20 years old more expressive and interesting than what they're doing in the series now? I know the answer but I wanted to shout my frustration into the void
This game had a really good soundtrack. What a unique experience The music was a little bit 70s a little bit 80s but overall something I can't describe
I remember playing this game as a kid, I had multiple saves. I loved this game, and the music! the battle music is still the best to me after all these years.
I really do hope there will still be a Colosseum/XD/Battle revolution kind of game again, these spinoff games was one of the best challenging pokemon games I've ever played plus the graphics were much more better compared to the main storyline games up to now lol
Sadly I don’t think Nintendo will, because of the nature of these games. Stealing and crime isn’t really a Pokémon thing anymore. I really want one on switch though.
The main character of this game is actually the best Pokémon trainer protagonist that you play as because he can just steal people’s Pokémon and use them
You can always tell when Ant actually recorded his videos based on his hair color, his sub count, and his sub goals lol. Call me crazy but I think he's gonna hit the goal to do botw bingo with Crow
Pokémon elders in a nutshell: "I used to be the best Pokémon trainer, but getting older means that I got rid of my good Pokémon to have one Pokémon that is terrible."
@@uberkirbeeh7954 hence why any trainer with a brain would invest in training ghost pokemon like gengar, or something like claydol that has a very long lifespan. If they are stuck up on wanting a living pokemon, then they can go ahead and choose something like machamp alakazam and wailord, as their lifespans are about equal to that of a human.
@@zepeterinma Imagine getting a ghost pokemon and it dies because it's still a living thing despite being a ghost. Would it become a ghost again or just stop existing?
@@uberkirbeeh7954 I think that would equate to passing on, and stop existing in this world. idk if the pokemon world has an ethereal realm, since they seem to be intertwined in the physical world. But the only pokemon I can think of that that would apply to is rowletts evolution decidueye. I somehow don't see decidueye becoming a gastly after dying.
@@zepeterinma Reminds me of that animation A Budding Dream with the retired trainer parents having a really old Charizard and a practically unchanged Dragapult.
I remember when I was 8 years old and I played this game It was a good nightmare, my love for eeveelutions came from this I remember when I played Gale of Darkness later and I shat bricks when the encounters were 2+ shadow pokemons Good game, missed it a lot
IMO what makes Colosseum difficult is that there is a limited pool of pokemon you can acquire and without researching ahead you're basically building a team blindly as you go, HOPING that you're leveling the right pokemon. Pretty sure i got myself stuck and never beat the game.
How... did you get stuck? Mount Battle can give you Exp. Edit: Espeon and Umbreon can actually carry you the entire game as well... so you have even less excuse.
I remember having this game when I was younger and I unknowingly did a hardcore run of this game. Because younger me didn't read about the game the first time I went through the entire game with just umbreon, espeon, and pusle. Yes the entire game including the 100 battle mountain with just those three. Later on I replayed the game correctly, but I still laugh that I played this game on hard mode my first time. I still remember I abused the heck out of moonlight, physic, and stall tactics.
I never thought I'd see you play this! I must have done it dozens of times myself, back in the day. As a kid, this was the greatest. I felt heard when you tried to sneak past the trainer in the battle tower, as I'd done 1-100 more times than I can count and I NEVER stopped trying that. It will never work, mind you... and I knew that.. I couldn't help it.
Omg this game was my childhood!! I ran Espeon/Jumpluff as my main pair running full status moves on Jumpluff and full attacking moves on Espeon and that actually worked for me until like halfway through the game where I got stuck - so cool to see you playing it!
I was extremely invested in Pokémon as a child for a while, but lost interest after I played GSC to the absolute death. I came back to it around Gen 4-5 times but that also got me to check out what I missed, including these games. IIRC I got a GBA, legit copy of Emerald, and even the GCN link cable to hook it up to my Wii. I remember having chills when I played these games for the first time, it was so good. Not only was it incredibly nostalgic and felt like part of me came home, but it had basically realised a dream I had, for a console Pokémon RPG with Stadium-style graphics and presentation. It's hard to believe the company that made this was so small. Then when PBR came out, I hoped for a follow-up more along the lines of Stadium/Colosseum or even XD, but no dice. Now here we are today, the series is on the Switch for God's sake, but the games still look, sound and play nowhere near the level these ones do. I know the roster these days is incredibly huge, so maybe my expectations are unrealistic, but still! The missed potential is almost painful.
Wait, this is considered the hardest Pokemon game? This was literally my first pokemon game. It also sparked my undying love for Umbreon. I remember playing this as kid when I didn't even have a memory card. Had to either keep restarting or just leave my GameCube on for weeks (That thing was tough) until I finally got one.
Honestly Plusle is a beast in that game. Maybe I just had a really good Nature but that little guy carried me through the 100 battle stadium thing up north. Been a favorite of mine ever since, I don't care that it's considered averagely weak.
they needa get back to making games like this again for pokemon ... this was different as hell compared to the mainline pokemon games , and thats why it worked so well . doesn't hurt to have a good set of pokemon to catch... kept using umbreon and espeon throughout the whole first time i played, this game made me love umbreon even more
My favourite pokemon game to this day is pokemon conquest and that's just a nod to a Japanese game series with similar game play. But yeah they definitely need to try more unique things with pokemon it's fun (just don't ruin em like pokemon unite
With the Legends series, it's promising. I'm pretty pessimistic when it comes to Pokemon. The studio that makes pokemon games can barely do it right, and it's been that way since the very first generation. Kanto being in generation 2 was a miracle by one guy (I forgot the name) that also handled compressing the data in the first gen because game Freak coders struggled with resource management, and likely still do. On top of that, it's been proven Pokemon fans lap up anything related to Pokemon no matter the quality. Nintendo doesn't need a quality product because whatever they release will break sales records (Sword and Shield broke some sales records and Pokemon fanatics tout that as a sign of good quality).
SmallAnt: "Oh that sucks, I have an Adamant Espeon that's like the worst nature you could possibly get." Me: *Has a flashback to the time where SmallAnt suffers the first half of his Pokémon Ruby Wonder Guard playthrough.*
This is actually the first pokemon game that I ever played because I never grew up with handhelds for some reason. I guess that it was a good thing because Colosseum really forces you to remember your type match ups and not rely on a single pokemon. Also, I don't get why chat was so adamant on Ant getting Croconaw, Gatr just isn't very good prior to the Phys/special split.
Loved this game! Spent HOURS trying to get Tyranitar... As soon as I caught it my sister came down and turned my GameCube off because I wasn't up for dinner 😂😭
I replayed and completed this game for the first time at the start of this year. It still holds up well. Because its never had a re release it isnt even morally bad to emulate it now. Id say play it 100% if your a fan of pokemon
Quilava is such a unique pokemon line. Cyndaquil is based on an echidna, a monotreme (egg-laying mammals, like the platypus). Quilava is based on an (African) porcupine, a rodent. Typhlosion is based on a badger, a mustelidae (weasel family).
I remember playing Colosseum as a kid on my GameCube; I got stuck at the mayor and idk what happened after that. Another thing I remember is that this game may have sparked my love for the eeveelutions It has also occurred to me that my dumb kid self may have never purified any of my Pokemon and somehow made it through a good chunk of the game out of sheer chance.
These games were so dope when they came out, and they still really look good. I always thought they'd remake the gen 3 games on GameCube when I was like 13 to look like this.
So we have adult ansem-posessed Riku, and a creature whose door to its heart is tightly shut, all in the first 3 and a half minutes of the video? Are we sure this is a Pokemon game, and not a Kingdom Hearts game?
The bonus disc that gave Jirachi was so exciting for me as a kid. This game is so fun but gets hard quickly for a lot of kids. I really enjoyed it though.
Holy crap... the nostalgia. I was like 5 years old trying to play this game but I deadass could not get out of Phenac city lmao. The attack animations were amazing.
This game brings me so much joy, in many ways. One of them is when my dad got me the special game cube Pokemon Colosseum randomly one day and my sisters cried the whole day that it was unfair, good memories.
I loved the dedication to double battles in this game. So much easier to build your team around that concept rather than having to balance against singles like in Emerald.
Love this and Gale of Darkness so much that I have them on my GameCube emulator on my PC. Love seeing someone else experience this for the first time after so many years
As soon as I realized he was swapping out team members I remembered what the level curve of this game looks like and got scared, then I remembered there is a reason he does this full time and I don't do it.
I’m so glad you did this game, it’s my favorite and no one ever talks about it! Double battles only is so awesome and all the bosses have the wildest teams
@@porkadillo9752 True true. I guess all Pokémon games have their pros and cons and personally I think all games are equally good in their own way no matter how bad the graphics are for some generations. And i love how petty this conversation has become lol
Just to let you know that two things happen after you rescue Vander. 1. Outskirt Stand sells more kinds of Pokeballs(like the Net Ball which I use to make it easier to catch Suicune). 2. You can refight all the trainers in Pyrite Building and Pyrite Cave every time you leave Pyrite Town. Going to the Under counts as leaving Pyrite Town.
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Pokémon Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness are the best Pokemon games, you can't change my mind
And why would we? They have Miror. B in them
You are subjected to your own opinion.
I agree wholeheartedly
If any games need remakes, it’s these games. The only taste I’ve gotten is through Chugga’s videos 🥲
I counter with Pokémon Rangers Shadow of Almia
Colosseum man, what a nostalgia trip. Basing an entire game around double battles, no wild pokemon, being a straight up criminal in the game, this ain’t your grandpappy’s pokemon that’s for sure
never heard of this game before, and with that story line i had to double check if it was *actually* official lol
@@MarieKyriney should play it if ever have the chance
It’s literally the most interesting and fun pokemon game, alongside pokemon xd gale of darkness
@@MarieKyriney Xd gale of darkness is a direct sequel. So if you go to play it do coliseum then gale of darkness
@@MarieKyriney blows my mind that ppl don't know colosseum and XD lol
@@MarieKyriney yeah, it is official but its not canon I'm pretty sure
Catching the enemy's pokemon and using them right away in battle is such an interesting mechanic.
I think there are a few rom hacks with that exact feature
it's such a power move lmao "now your mon works for ME"
7:01 speaking of catching how in the HOLY WORLD did a POKE BALL catch a Misdreavus from FULL HP??!
Maybe you all don't understand but if you actually played heartgold safari zone using a safari ball (let's say it's as good as a great ball) to catch a misdreavus you need like at least 10 ATTEMPTS and they are level 17
What are catch rates in this game? Poke ball 97 %?? Next pls catch Kangaskhan from full hp since it has the same cath rate as Misdreavus (I can't forget the pain of catching Kangaskhan in the safari zone in the main games)
1:32 That Becky Lynch.
I really wish they made more Pokémon games in this style. While there is far less player freedom, it allows the game devs to sculpt a far more intentional difficulty curve.
Difficulty in my Pokemon Game? Absurd!
To be honest I think most casuals would love to have a team preset since choosing the right pokemon for the right situation, min-maxing and choosing the right moves is hard for someone who doesn’t play much.
@@LAM1895 So, the Wii game, Pokemon Battle Revolution? It's a fun game, tbh.
@@CaTastrophy427 For example in gen 3 in Battle Frontier there was a building called the Battle Factory where you had to face 7 trainers by choosing from the pokemon provided to you and you could swap with those of the teams you defeated between each battle. That was my favourite game mode after finishing the game because I could experience different battles with different pokemon and strategies without having to build my team from scratch everytime. If I remember correctly in Colosseum and XD there was also a mode where you would fight another trainer with both sides having random teams. I also really liked the challenges where you are placed in a specific situation and you have to win by using the only method or by being creative.
Yah but a lot of little kids play this game
Pokemon Coliseum is such a fever dream of a game. So many weird artistic decisions and gameplay quirks, its like if you played pokemon and watched mad max before going to sleep lol.
Still one of the best games the franchise has to offer
@@rudania personally I think for a series like pokemon, a fresh injection of hard drugs before making a game is exactly what it needed
Loved using my Emerald to send my 100 Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza to booty slap the game.
@@Nash- I want Pokemon but almost too much acid
@@Nash- Both Digimon and these games were made that way
I can't get over how good the animation looks in this. Why can't they do more of this?
greed. its really sad.
Colosseum was one of my favourite games growing up and when X & Y were announced I honestly expected the same quality or better. Fast forward to day and we're still seeing all the same animations from X & Y, very sad.
@@snicklefritzal if PLA isn’t good then it’ll be a huge disappointment
So, there actually is a reason for this, and it was the same problem that pokemon battle revolution had. Battles take way too dang long, all the detailed animations and everything add a really long time to each individual battle. And frankly, nobody really bought these games. But I would believe that there will be another similarly styled pokemon game eventually.
play super mystery dungeon.
Pokémon Colosseum is actually my favorite game of all time, and it also has my favorite soundtrack, I love it so much.
Saaaaaame
Bruce have you ever even been 10 with a game boy and the original Red game with no idea what Pokémon was? When I evolved, **it was wild.
Ho un fukano sauvage apparaît
@@stanislasgilet1756 no
@@stanislasgilet1756 a wild growlith?
Colosseum stripped down the pokemon formula to its most essential components:
Creative art direction that ties in with region concept and available pokemon
An amazing soundtrack that survives repetition
And most importantly, actual great battles and bosses
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Yo, nice homm3 profile pic
I would have loved to have seen genius sorority do a main Pokémon game.
@@EruditoGaming ppl say this all the time but a lot of the ppl at genius sonority ended up working at game freak, including james turner whos behind some of the more controversial pokemon designs, and art direction for sword/shield
@@LeafGreen906 this news saddens me
This man enjoyed mirror B as much as we all did. R.I.P mirror B, one of the best characters in the pokemon franchise, may your ludicolos dance on.
Last I checked, he's one of the most requested characters for Masters. Not sure of the viability of getting him but hey.
Why you say R.I.P?
@@tercial cos hes been dead since the release of this game and they have no plans to remaster colosseum or xd gale of darkness
@@char198 you mean the character ?
@@tercial yes lol dead as in we'll never see him in a pokemon game again
I didn’t know how to purify Pokémon as a kid so I just trained them in the battle tower repeatedly. I went back years later and purified them and they shot up to mid lvl 80s. I played a LOT
Love how everyone knows Pyrite Town's song even without the knowledge of Colosseum/Gale of Darkness existence. It's soooo good
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Playing Colosseum and XD is both a blessing and a curse. They're amazing games, but playing them will make you hold every Pokémon game afterward to a real standard, and thus be forever doomed to crushing disappointment.
I havent played a pokemon game since 3red gen anyways.
Glad i've played nearly every pokemon game.. XD and ORAS/XY were the best versions in my opinion. Havent played mystery dungeon stuff yet
And then you go playing Kaizo and other ROMs instead of basic Canon
my life in a nutshell after i played SA2 then i see these modern sonic games coming out
I'm disappointed they never made an open world Pokemon game based on the anime. Imagine being able to travel to multiple regions, your pokemon know more than 4 moves, you can visit all the small towns that were only in the anime, and you actually battle in the tournaments for each region, instead of jus the Elite 4, not to mention traveling to the Orange Islands as well. That would be the ideal Pokemon game, in my opinion.
I live for this game's battle animations. All the love and care that went into it is so cool. Zigzagoon even runs in to attack, and recover, by zigzagging, as a Zigzagoon actually would.
Ludicolo dancing, Hitmontop spinning around, Cacnea balancing on its spikes...
It's honestly all just so good and I really wish we could get a modern take on it.
I do have some sympathy for the pokemon company's animators. That would be hd animations for over twice the amount of pokemon they had back then
@@_G.C True as that may be, they've been reusing animations ever since the games hit 3D. If they took the time to do it now, then pretty much all future installments wouldn't be nearly as bad to do in that quality.
@@nebulous9280 They could do it if they broke it up into thirds again. Have a third of the pokemon in one game with all of their new animations, and with each passing generation they could add the rest so they don't have to make 800+ animations,
I still wonder why they couldn't just reuse the animations from these games
@@BierBart12 Probably because they can't reuse the rigs in whichever engine they use now
I would like to remind everyone if Spoink stops bouncing he dies. The Spoink that "fainted" in the game, is actually dead.
Spoinks when earthquakes hit: ☠
@@timosullivan9099 lol
That spoink didnt actually stop bouncing. It just bounces extremely slowly when fainted signifying the slower heart beat upon unconsciousness. Non manga pokemon isnt as dark as people make it out to be.
@@rwiii5115 manga pokemon that actually dark
@@rwiii5115 the original manga was so dark I always wished the rest of the series was like that tbh😂
I still remember the day I got this game. I was so excited when I got home to play it. Back in the good old days when you literally went into games blind and experienced everything new for the first time spoiler free. My mind was blown at the constant double battles/starting at mid 20s. The wonder and excitement I felt for that first battle at the start of the game will never be felt again, for any game ever. Coliseum is a masterpiece.
I feel the same way. I’d die of happiness if they ever remastered these games
same here! In a sense, the internet has ruined games. I cant enjoy a game without seeing a million spoilers on youtube, instagram, etc..
The bosses here actually feel like bosses, not like the main games where barely anyone bother to have more than 4 pokemon if you're lucky.
When Venus started with a Steelix, I nearly shit my pants. Her attraction strat is brutal, too.
You gotta play sacred gold. All the gym leaders are hard as balls
@@thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989 I’m pretty sure sacred gold is not a main game, it’s a Rom
@@soggyballsack639 yeah it is, but it's a really good one
Love this game.
I remember my Grandma coming to my school randomly, saying there was an emergency, took me out of the class and showed me the game in the car, told me that I could play all day.
Amazing memories.
Love ya, Grandma.
What a baller Grandma
thats fucking sick I would remember that for the rest of my life
@@hariodinio Chadma
@@ameliakyle7054 lol chadma, more like gradma
I'll never forget going to flea markets and getting my PS1 with my grandma...she even haggled it down 20 bucks. Gotta love your grandma's lmao. Your grandma sounds like such a fun lady. :)
11:16 Couldn't agree more. The Cyndaquil line is my favourite of all time and I was so happy when I found out they fixed the flames in Legends Arceus (at least in battle)
10:15
“Do they actually just keep using normal type moves on misdreavus?”
*Doesn’t effect misdreavus compilation flashbacks*
Hello fellow Chuggaconroy fan!
my childhood ngl
@@joeylehman9649 first thing I thought of as well
***IT DOESN’T AFFECT MISDREAVUS x60000***
The sounds of a man dying of laughter
Favorite thing about this video is that he did the same thing EVERY kid did when playing this game. Skirt the edge of the platforms in Mt. Battle to try and avoid battles
We all tried
lmao imagine wanting to battle
i kinda got spoiled on mt battle before i played it so i knew you couldnt avoid it...i also knew it was the best way to power lvl your pokemon so any fight i was underlvled for, i came right back and went to the highest floor i could manage.
I wish this game had an animated series associated with it. It would be so cool to watch these characters with expressions in a whole new region!
I wish a third game with this style, story, animations of the Mons, don't care if it's not the entire dex
yea it's very stand alone.I wonder why this was never a thing although this is like the most unique pokemon game
@@IkanaMaskedMan the current directors for pokemon are currently PC cowards they'd never want to risk pokemon being edgy again or else gen z will throw a fit.
@@jinxxpwnage You've got some pretty severe brainrot if you think political correctness has anything to do with it. Far from fearing their fanbase, the Pokemon Company are too busy rolling in cash for doing the bare minimum of work that their jobs entail to listen to customer complaints. It has very little to do with politics at all.
@@blarg2429 that's merely my opinion man you don't need to take offense to it, only reason i think this is because in general we've never seen more mature things in pokemon games since this game. Regardless of budget or time they just love marketing to younger audiences more and more again I'm probably wrong.
Its so cute how the mc has another seat on his ride for his pokemon instead of using pokeballs like everyone else
Which are promptly replaced with the girl, as soon as she joins you. Whelp, back to the Pokeball they go.
@@byronlyons3548 Makes sense that two Pokémon who evolve through friendship would be great wingmen.
Fun fact the shadow typing was actually the experimental version of Physical Special Split. Shadow Rush was based off attack and moves like shadow wave shadow storm were special.
I wish coliseum had those moves, gosh. XD will always be my favorite because of this
@@scylla1772
XD ironed out a lot of the kinks of Colloseum in general. Colloseum has unbeatable atmosphere, but as far as an actual game, XD blows it out of the water in all ways besides how suddenly kick-your-teeth-in-hard the Entei guy fight is if you're not prepared.
@@aprinnyonbreak1290 So true. I was so lucky the first time as a kid, I saw him on the back and was like oh god that's a boss let's go back and heal, and I kinda went off-tracks and ended up getting more exp in pyrite.
Barely won the entei battle after that. I was legit shocked at how brutal that was.
@@scylla1772 I don't think that's the case, they had the physical/special split by gen two, these games were a little after gen 3
@@dtwduuvaaall6865 no they didn't they had the split after gen 3
THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD! SUCH A GOOD GAME!
Edited: I just beat Grand Colosseum, it’s a super hard version of this game. Like if you want SmallAnt to Nuzlocke it.
“It doesn’t affect Misdreavus” is such a throwback for me! Glad some people in chat caught that too!
Omg yes!! That Chuggaconroy video is so funny
@@cassidywilliams8498 humor 101
I still go back and watch his series every so often
I can’t believe I’m actually finding an active conversation about Chuggaaconroy still. Thinking about that dude brings back so many childhood memories
@@SesamUbe Whoah didn’t think this many people recognized what I said! I can’t believe his Colosseum run was 8 years ago already
The soundtrack of this and XD is insane!
They definitely have baller soundtracks, my favorite song being Miror B.'s theme from colosseum.
Every time I read XD I think it’s a smile face for a split second.
👍
XDDDDD
The Mirror B theme from XD is my favorite
"I was speedrunning the game unintentionally."
The best part is, this isn't even the first time SmallAnt has done that.
Does Hollow Kinght ring a bell?
@@aidanwhite5631 Yep, that's exactly what I was referencing XD
I remember doing the 100 trainer challenge to get Ho-oh and being on like the 99th battle when I accidentally shutoff my gamecube and having to do the entire 100 trainers all over again… great times, this game forever slaps
Better than finding out afterwards that you can only catch it if you didnt miss any shadow pokemon. xD
@@rotsono that happened to me I was so sad. Went through all that for nothin!
but weren't there controls after each 10 trainers?
@@sasir2013 I dont remember, I think as a kid I had heard that you had to do 100 straight or it wouldnt work, so that's what I did... twiceXD
@@L3thalShad0ws7 Nah mate, it does work with pauses
100 double fights in a row is insane
finally smallant sheds some light on this certified hood classic
Wait , who did nobody answered I your comment , you susssy baka
Cool
m.ruclips.net/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/видео.html
When the IMPOSTOR is VERIFIED
Are you the imposter 😳
@@jamesmonorow574 how did that get me...
It's nice to see so many mentions of chuggaaconroy, this dude is still a legacy that his moments in colosseum are still remembered up to this day!
I like watching parts of his RP
*It doesn't affect Misdreavous...*
probably one of my longest time subscribed, i always am giddy when other people talk about him.
For real
🦶
Damn you beating Venus so easily without even grinding and even missing a lot of the natural progression battles makes childhood me cry.
Why is a game almost 20 years old more expressive and interesting than what they're doing in the series now?
I know the answer but I wanted to shout my frustration into the void
The void hears all
Small roster, tight focus, small internal resolution...
You dont know the answer. Lets be real.
@@JayceCH. We all know the answer
@@JayceCH. capitalism
This game had a really good soundtrack. What a unique experience
The music was a little bit 70s a little bit 80s but overall something I can't describe
22:45 Glad to see that's still the reaction everyone has to Entei popping up
What the heck was going on?? What is this man MADE OF?!!
Jk Entei ain't the best
i found it amusing when he was using misdreavus and i looked at chat to see "meme from chuggaaconroy" like, that unlocked some dormant memories.
Chuggaaconroy got me into the mother series and mother 3 has remained my favorite game to this day
Just saying his name has given me immense and unending nostalgic flash backs
I need to watch that LP again once he's done with xenoblade
I remember playing this game as a kid, I had multiple saves. I loved this game, and the music! the battle music is still the best to me after all these years.
I really do hope there will still be a Colosseum/XD/Battle revolution kind of game again, these spinoff games was one of the best challenging pokemon games I've ever played plus the graphics were much more better compared to the main storyline games up to now lol
I'm affraid they'll take out the amazing animations in favour of having more pokemon
@@nita7703 Sadly true tho :(
Sadly I don’t think Nintendo will, because of the nature of these games. Stealing and crime isn’t really a Pokémon thing anymore. I really want one on switch though.
@@HunterIsBalding We both do, we both do...
Super fun, even Battle Revolution.
"The door to its heart is tightly shut"
Guess Sora needs to come by with his Keyblade....
"Can't right now, busy in smash"
Jigglypuff: Yolo pokemon I'm moving on to smash
colosseum & xd were ahead of its time, lowkey giving us a lil taste of an open world
They are literally 10x better than any open world game made today lol ahead of their time is an understatement
yeah now nintendos open world pokemon games are trash. same with botw.
@@noOneAskedForHandleOnYT bruh
@@noOneAskedForHandleOnYT Scarlet & Violet were bad, but that doesn’t mean Zelda BOTW was
This was the first pokemon I played, and I was quite surprised when I played Diamond/Platinum afterwards.
The main character of this game is actually the best Pokémon trainer protagonist that you play as because he can just steal people’s Pokémon and use them
Technically a antihero like Shadow the hedgehog
I mean, yeah but it's not a hard bar to cross. Literally none of them really have a personality
He still a Chad
You can always tell when Ant actually recorded his videos based on his hair color, his sub count, and his sub goals lol. Call me crazy but I think he's gonna hit the goal to do botw bingo with Crow
I've definitely played through Colosseum 15-20 times or more, and I never knew about "Mirakle B" and his bootleg music. That's amazing.
Pokémon elders in a nutshell: "I used to be the best Pokémon trainer, but getting older means that I got rid of my good Pokémon to have one Pokémon that is terrible."
That or the mons died naturally due old age before the elders did and are now stuck with the new generation of the old mons' eggs.
@@uberkirbeeh7954 hence why any trainer with a brain would invest in training ghost pokemon like gengar, or something like claydol that has a very long lifespan.
If they are stuck up on wanting a living pokemon, then they can go ahead and choose something like machamp alakazam and wailord, as their lifespans are about equal to that of a human.
@@zepeterinma Imagine getting a ghost pokemon and it dies because it's still a living thing despite being a ghost. Would it become a ghost again or just stop existing?
@@uberkirbeeh7954 I think that would equate to passing on, and stop existing in this world. idk if the pokemon world has an ethereal realm, since they seem to be intertwined in the physical world. But the only pokemon I can think of that that would apply to is rowletts evolution decidueye. I somehow don't see decidueye becoming a gastly after dying.
@@zepeterinma Reminds me of that animation A Budding Dream with the retired trainer parents having a really old Charizard and a practically unchanged Dragapult.
I remember when I was 8 years old and I played this game
It was a good nightmare, my love for eeveelutions came from this
I remember when I played Gale of Darkness later and I shat bricks when the encounters were 2+ shadow pokemons
Good game, missed it a lot
I still have my umbreon and Espeon from my Colo playthrough. Transferred through all the generations.
It’s difficult enough trying to catch 1 shadow Pokemon then the last boss of the game has 6 and you literally can’t catch all of the the first time.
@@mauriceflores3343 you can it's just really hard I did it but had 50 revives going in and 3 when leaving
IMO what makes Colosseum difficult is that there is a limited pool of pokemon you can acquire and without researching ahead you're basically building a team blindly as you go, HOPING that you're leveling the right pokemon.
Pretty sure i got myself stuck and never beat the game.
Also the fact that exp is split between at least two Pokemon constantly. So if you want to level up only one Pokémon it take forever.
@@wintersong2266 Until You get the EXP. SHARE. That way one pokemon in the double battle gets more exp than the other.
How... did you get stuck?
Mount Battle can give you Exp.
Edit: Espeon and Umbreon can actually carry you the entire game as well... so you have even less excuse.
@@Buglin_Burger7878 maybe switched in other Pokémon, mistakes
finally this game gets the attention it deserves, i grew playing this one and XD, loving to see it gets some attention ♥️♥️
I agree, it is a good game.
It is the second pokèmon game I ever played (Pokèmon Black/White was the first)
Need an XD playthrough
needs a remastered version, or better yet, a third installment
Venus: Sends out Vileplume and Delcatty.
Me: Ok, so she has a basic “pretty” theme team.
Venus: Sends out Steelix.
Me: 👀
Her theme is the move Attract iirc.
Beauty is in the eye of beholder lol
steelix IS pretty 💕😎
@@cyxx414 Did you want to see my Steelix? :^)
Steelix got that diamond core, a girl's best friend.
colliseum had such a mature feeling to it. the universe suddenly felt so vast. wish game freak would make something to this avenue again.
Obligatory "they don't make pokemon games like this anymore"
But they really should. Collosseum and gale were great.
sad that they just make games for the money now and dont care about the quality
At least they still want people to buy the games
@@blindsloth364 more like they want people not to rage and refund their games so they make sure to make all future pokemon games baby mode on casual.
I remember having this game when I was younger and I unknowingly did a hardcore run of this game. Because younger me didn't read about the game the first time I went through the entire game with just umbreon, espeon, and pusle. Yes the entire game including the 100 battle mountain with just those three. Later on I replayed the game correctly, but I still laugh that I played this game on hard mode my first time. I still remember I abused the heck out of moonlight, physic, and stall tactics.
Greetings, brother! I too did that, though my game was almost a solo run with Umbreon since Espeon was so frail! Did you also have that experience?
@@Snipergod1024 yes omg espeon was so frail that my umbreon would have to take two supereffective attacks before I could revive espeon
They learned from this mistake and they force you to snag the first Shadow Pokémon in XD to ensure you at least have the proper idea fed to you.
Omg that’s amazing. It’s crazy how the young mind works like that and still finds a way
I originally played this game back in 04. I knew it was one of the best Pokemon games ever. I've replayed it so many times.
This and XD were absolute bangers back in the day.
Still bangers today
Need to see an XD playthrough
Chat spamming “Doesn’t effect Misdreaveous” brought back some memories
I never thought I'd see you play this! I must have done it dozens of times myself, back in the day. As a kid, this was the greatest. I felt heard when you tried to sneak past the trainer in the battle tower, as I'd done 1-100 more times than I can count and I NEVER stopped trying that. It will never work, mind you... and I knew that.. I couldn't help it.
Man, I forgot how brutal the Justy fight was. He legit just brought out the most cancerous team imaginable against you.
@@hariodinio have you heard about the move… double team already?
If your umbreon hasnt learned Faint attack by this point youre screwed
I'm glad to know these games were actually difficult and that younger me wasn't just bad at games
never found the game hard tbh, tho my team did consist of three pairs buiIt specificaIIy for doubIe battIes
I love this game. I remember playing Colosseum and landing myself a Timid Espeon and Bold Umbreon. It couldn't get any better.
Omg this game was my childhood!!
I ran Espeon/Jumpluff as my main pair running full status moves on Jumpluff and full attacking moves on Espeon and that actually worked for me until like halfway through the game where I got stuck - so cool to see you playing it!
Im surprised he was allowed to heal, take damage, catch pokemon, level up, use attacking moves, and walk around
This game is such a gem. They should have done more. The stories in these are the best out of any pokemon game.
The dANG gyM BATTLE HAD ME ROLLING, GOD, They said "We only really have one gym, might as well have the trainers make it LAST"
The protagonist in this game definitely looks far cooler than any other, that's for sure.
Yeah the only thing is it looks like he has a breathing tube attached to his nose or something lol
They should make more Pokémon games like this, it's unique
😡😡😡😡😡😡
My favorite pokemon game as a kid. Still hold ups well. The soundtrack of this and XD is insane!
What kind of nightmarish Pokemon game has a gym leader whose theme is "evasion" xD This game is so different in every way possible and I love it
It's why I love coliseum. They have some amazing difficulty hacks for it and XD
The games themselves are great. But the added difficulty and features from the Pokemon XG mod are insane
I was extremely invested in Pokémon as a child for a while, but lost interest after I played GSC to the absolute death. I came back to it around Gen 4-5 times but that also got me to check out what I missed, including these games. IIRC I got a GBA, legit copy of Emerald, and even the GCN link cable to hook it up to my Wii. I remember having chills when I played these games for the first time, it was so good.
Not only was it incredibly nostalgic and felt like part of me came home, but it had basically realised a dream I had, for a console Pokémon RPG with Stadium-style graphics and presentation. It's hard to believe the company that made this was so small.
Then when PBR came out, I hoped for a follow-up more along the lines of Stadium/Colosseum or even XD, but no dice. Now here we are today, the series is on the Switch for God's sake, but the games still look, sound and play nowhere near the level these ones do. I know the roster these days is incredibly huge, so maybe my expectations are unrealistic, but still! The missed potential is almost painful.
Jaiden needs to play this for a video, it’s just her style and would be so funny to see her animate
Everyone who didn’t play colosseum and gale of darkness really missed something. Most underrated Pokémon games by far
This is Pokemon Channel erasure
@Caiden That takes me back
@Caiden Don't forget Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
@Caiden oh and Pokémon conquest
They are the best 3D console games
Wait, this is considered the hardest Pokemon game? This was literally my first pokemon game. It also sparked my undying love for Umbreon. I remember playing this as kid when I didn't even have a memory card. Had to either keep restarting or just leave my GameCube on for weeks (That thing was tough) until I finally got one.
Same here! I remember myself as 6years old kid doing the same again and again training get further! Priceless memories
Me too ahahah
Dude same with no memory card! Haha
I love using misdreavus in this game. It's the only ghost type in the game and the AI doesn't know how to handle it.
Honestly Plusle is a beast in that game. Maybe I just had a really good Nature but that little guy carried me through the 100 battle stadium thing up north.
Been a favorite of mine ever since, I don't care that it's considered averagely weak.
they needa get back to making games like this again for pokemon ... this was different as hell compared to the mainline pokemon games , and thats why it worked so well . doesn't hurt to have a good set of pokemon to catch... kept using umbreon and espeon throughout the whole first time i played, this game made me love umbreon even more
My favourite pokemon game to this day is pokemon conquest and that's just a nod to a Japanese game series with similar game play.
But yeah they definitely need to try more unique things with pokemon it's fun (just don't ruin em like pokemon unite
With the Legends series, it's promising. I'm pretty pessimistic when it comes to Pokemon. The studio that makes pokemon games can barely do it right, and it's been that way since the very first generation. Kanto being in generation 2 was a miracle by one guy (I forgot the name) that also handled compressing the data in the first gen because game Freak coders struggled with resource management, and likely still do.
On top of that, it's been proven Pokemon fans lap up anything related to Pokemon no matter the quality. Nintendo doesn't need a quality product because whatever they release will break sales records (Sword and Shield broke some sales records and Pokemon fanatics tout that as a sign of good quality).
SmallAnt: "Oh that sucks, I have an Adamant Espeon that's like the worst nature you could possibly get."
Me: *Has a flashback to the time where SmallAnt suffers the first half of his Pokémon Ruby Wonder Guard playthrough.*
This is actually the first pokemon game that I ever played because I never grew up with handhelds for some reason. I guess that it was a good thing because Colosseum really forces you to remember your type match ups and not rely on a single pokemon. Also, I don't get why chat was so adamant on Ant getting Croconaw, Gatr just isn't very good prior to the Phys/special split.
Loved this game! Spent HOURS trying to get Tyranitar... As soon as I caught it my sister came down and turned my GameCube off because I wasn't up for dinner 😂😭
*late sister
Is she hot?
People talk about this game a lot, but I've actually never played it or see someone play it, so this was a fun first for me
Chuggaaconroy has an entire lets play of both this and XD Gales of darkness, if youd like to experience these games in full.
I replayed and completed this game for the first time at the start of this year. It still holds up well.
Because its never had a re release it isnt even morally bad to emulate it now. Id say play it 100% if your a fan of pokemon
Yeah, same.
The towns are all named after types of precious stones, Pyrite is fools gold, Agate, etc
I thought precious stones were things that could be cut into gems… being “Fools Gold”, it isn’t precious haha.
Quilava is such a unique pokemon line.
Cyndaquil is based on an echidna, a monotreme (egg-laying mammals, like the platypus).
Quilava is based on an (African) porcupine, a rodent.
Typhlosion is based on a badger, a mustelidae (weasel family).
I remember playing Colosseum as a kid on my GameCube; I got stuck at the mayor and idk what happened after that. Another thing I remember is that this game may have sparked my love for the eeveelutions
It has also occurred to me that my dumb kid self may have never purified any of my Pokemon and somehow made it through a good chunk of the game out of sheer chance.
They need to make more of these games. They’re incredible.
Ikr... Much better that the garbage Gamefreak is giving us
I love his smile when he realizes it's only double battles. That's kind of been my reaction too. (I also recently played for the first time.)
Has the best character in Pokémon history (not saying much…) The man, The myth, the groovy! Miror B!
It's crazy how much more personality this has compared to sword and shield! Sad I never played this when I was younger.
These games were so dope when they came out, and they still really look good. I always thought they'd remake the gen 3 games on GameCube when I was like 13 to look like this.
really not a fan of the shadow pokemon concept, limited exp available since no pokemon in the wild etc. Otherwise, great memories
So we have adult ansem-posessed Riku, and a creature whose door to its heart is tightly shut, all in the first 3 and a half minutes of the video? Are we sure this is a Pokemon game, and not a Kingdom Hearts game?
Good to see someone else thought Riku.
The art style is like Kingdom Hearts plus Final Fantasy.
Made around the same time period thats why...
The bonus disc that gave Jirachi was so exciting for me as a kid. This game is so fun but gets hard quickly for a lot of kids. I really enjoyed it though.
Holy crap... the nostalgia. I was like 5 years old trying to play this game but I deadass could not get out of Phenac city lmao. The attack animations were amazing.
I was a kid and stuck in Phenac foreverrrrrrr
This game brings me so much joy, in many ways. One of them is when my dad got me the special game cube Pokemon Colosseum randomly one day and my sisters cried the whole day that it was unfair, good memories.
Oof
Based Dad
I loved the dedication to double battles in this game. So much easier to build your team around that concept rather than having to balance against singles like in Emerald.
Yeah I always thought double battles were kind of half assed in the gen 3 main games, it's nice to see it's full potential utilized in this game
Love this and Gale of Darkness so much that I have them on my GameCube emulator on my PC. Love seeing someone else experience this for the first time after so many years
I wish they made a new Colosseum/XD type game. They are still the best games imo.
Minor B's theme in XD: Gale of Darkness is perhaps the single greatest bop in any Pokémon game.
This game is underrated AF, they should have kept going with these unique pokemon games.
what do you mean? spinoffs are still a thing
@@r.a.fgattaiguy845 None of the pokemon games they put out today are anywhere close to being as creative as Colosseum and Gale of Darkness.
@@arcadius3257 "creative" as in "you steal pokemon and purify them"
how creative
@@r.a.fgattaiguy845 Yes, that IS creative.
TF are you on about? lol.
@@arcadius3257 you´re not very smart are you?
are you telling me that´s more creative than Legends Arceus?
If Colosseum and XD got some basic Quality of Life tweaks, you’d have some of the best pokemon games in the series, without a doubt
God, the music in this game is just absolutely incredible. First and Only Video Game OST I downloaded and still actively listen to.
As soon as I realized he was swapping out team members I remembered what the level curve of this game looks like and got scared, then I remembered there is a reason he does this full time and I don't do it.
I’m so glad you did this game, it’s my favorite and no one ever talks about it! Double battles only is so awesome and all the bosses have the wildest teams
Look at those animations, I sure hope that in the next 20 years they have even better ones, or atleast ones on par
Thank goodness we do!
@@sierrablue2206 these animations put SWSH's to shame lol
@@porkadillo9752 I mean at least SWSH's animations make them not look like a sentient noodle with legs lol
@@sierrablue2206 At least Colosseum's actually make them look sentient at all. Call me when Zamazenta can make a full turn without moonwalking.
@@porkadillo9752 True true. I guess all Pokémon games have their pros and cons and personally I think all games are equally good in their own way no matter how bad the graphics are for some generations. And i love how petty this conversation has become lol
I remember this game being super hard as a kid, but I'm glad to know we all struggled with it
Just to let you know that two things happen after you rescue Vander.
1. Outskirt Stand sells more kinds of Pokeballs(like the Net Ball which I use to make it easier to catch Suicune).
2. You can refight all the trainers in Pyrite Building and Pyrite Cave every time you leave Pyrite Town. Going to the Under counts as leaving Pyrite Town.