Exploring Pokémon's Overlooked GameCube Gems

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024

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  • @rmt3589
    @rmt3589 14 дней назад +1

    15:59 Did they change the mechanic? In Colosseum, you can call your pokemon from hypermode, and switch them in, to speed up purification. Don't believe me, read the EIN Files. I GOT OFFICIAL SOURCES THAT AGREE WITH ME!!! (My anxiety always tells me that I'm lying)

    • @otaconguy
      @otaconguy 14 дней назад +1

      No, it’s the same. For some reason they are just not realizing it is a mechanic.

    • @rmt3589
      @rmt3589 14 дней назад +1

      @@AndiDoesThing You could call out to them, replaced the flee/retreat button. Also worked as a free awakening, or a skip turn button if you needed it. (We need a skip turn button in mainline games, ngl)

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  14 дней назад +1

      @@rmt3589 You are 100% right, I am just dumb lol. I went back and looked through my physical copy of the guide for XD. I guess my brain literally just glossed over the fact that there is a call button. I'm gonna need to make a "Corrections" video someday where I can fix all these small things lol

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  14 дней назад +1

      Pining this comment so people can see my dumb mistake

    • @rmt3589
      @rmt3589 13 дней назад +1

      @@AndiDoesThing Thanks for the pin, but everyone makes mistakes. You're not dumb, otherwise I wouldn't have enjoyed the video.

  • @canariawing
    @canariawing 26 дней назад +50

    colosseum and gale of darkness live in my brain so severely that i occasionally have dreams where they get a new game in the series made by the same developers all these years later. i genuinely think that they're better games than the slop pokemon company puts out these days 😭

    • @2006Mercury
      @2006Mercury 26 дней назад +9

      AMEN!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  26 дней назад +9

      I absolutely love how creative the games are and I would kill for a new game in the Orre region, I don’t know if it would ever happen though

    • @StevePalpy
      @StevePalpy 16 дней назад +3

      I’m with you on that! Even with the dated visuals, the pokemon animations are fantastic and the music is stellar. If you haven’t played it already, there’s a rom hack of colosseum called grand colosseum that’s really good! It changes some of the pokemon, adds physical special split, fairy type, new moves, annnd alola forms! 😮

  • @InfiniteStarz39
    @InfiniteStarz39 22 дня назад +17

    One thing I loved about these games are the Pokemon animations. They are SO much better than the current main games that's it not even funny. One of my favorites is Wailord because it actually looks huge. You can see so much personality in each of the pokemon.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  21 день назад +5

      The Orre games are absolutely oozing with personality which I love

  • @feartheoldblood7222
    @feartheoldblood7222 25 дней назад +14

    Colosseum and XD are amazing. I get their flaws but they are so different it's just refreshing to revisit and I do often. I also still have my Lugia ganecube and my childhood copy of the games :)

    • @Rosegirl398
      @Rosegirl398 24 дня назад +1

      I like Colosseum more, but I do like XD too and approve of the changes they made to Shadow Pokemon. Like in Colosseum, I sometimes just leave the Shadow at half hp before trying to catch it just so it can either weaken itself and not risk getting it low enough that the attack I did was enough for it to ko itself with recoil from Shadow Rush

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  24 дня назад +4

      Never let go of those childhood copies, they are so special

    • @Rosegirl398
      @Rosegirl398 24 дня назад +2

      @@AndiDoesThing Well technically not childhood copies, I managed to get both games from EBay before the scalping and still have them in the cases

  • @aidinexmachina4232
    @aidinexmachina4232 21 день назад +4

    3:48 I always blame it on Gamefreak being petty that they couldn't make as good a game.

  • @hella_hailey6033
    @hella_hailey6033 20 дней назад +5

    Pokémon XD was my first Pokémon game and it blew my mind. Gen 3 ATE

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  20 дней назад +3

      Gen 3 forever the best Gen, mudkip supremacy

  • @KnucklestheEcidna
    @KnucklestheEcidna 21 день назад +5

    the way I interpret the coliseum games is very simple. they were PROMOTIONAL GAMES to help market the new Gen 3 feature of double battles since Ruby and Sapphire had so little of the mechanic in the game itself.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  21 день назад +3

      That’s a good interpretation, the games really seem to fill the gap between Gen 3 and 4

  • @_Banjo_
    @_Banjo_ 15 дней назад

    the final fights having multiple pokemon you can snag really adds a layer of difficult too. You essentially "wasting" turns to try and capture the difficult pokemon, which takes multiple pokeballs usually. Whilst also not trying to faint the pokemon. Really adds so much to the fight which is already difficult.

  • @Jeorshy
    @Jeorshy 13 дней назад

    I feel like GF introducing regional variants in the main games is actually an idea I feel a sequel could utilize quite well. Setting the game years after Gale could yield some interesting Orre regional forms that could adapt to the environment. Great vid!

  • @tietzb
    @tietzb 21 день назад +2

    Great quality video - impressed! Thanks for surfacing these again

  • @brandonrogers8244
    @brandonrogers8244 16 дней назад +1

    I promise if you genius sonority worked on either a sequel or legends Pokémon game, it would shake the entire Pokémon community. ‼️

  • @Chucky5525
    @Chucky5525 Месяц назад +6

    Love getting new content recommended to me at the perfect time, and fresh out the oven too! Keep up the good work

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you! It’s been really nice to see youtube pushing smaller videos recently, I’ve found a lot of cool youtubers that way

  • @jonforget
    @jonforget 14 дней назад

    These games are essential if you want to complete your pokedex in generation 3

  • @JackitK
    @JackitK 12 дней назад

    I think this is the first video essay I've seen that acknowledges the existence of Shadow Pokemon in Pokemon Go. You've earned respect for that.
    And while your point still stands, I actually have a Pokemon that I strongly associate with Orree. Vibera. Its a long story. But to sumerize, when I played Ruby and Sapphire I had no idea Vibera and Flygon existed. I may have saw one or two Trapinch, but never realized it was part of that same line. Then I played Pokemon Colosseum, saw a Vibera for the first time, and it has been one of my favorite Pokemon from that generation ever since.
    And I think that's part of what Orre did so well as a region. It made you look at Pokemon you may have originally overlooked and experience them in a new light.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  12 дней назад

      I love your story, its so funny because I also associate Flygon with something other than Ruby and Sapphire but its not these games either, when I think of flygon I always remember the movie Pokemon: Jirachi Wishmaker which is my favorite Pokemon movie

  • @kraftysandwich
    @kraftysandwich 19 дней назад

    I’m playing through the entire franchise right now and I can’t wait to get to these.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  19 дней назад

      The entire franchise???? Oml that is so many games

    • @kraftysandwich
      @kraftysandwich 19 дней назад

      @@AndiDoesThing as of now, 39. 40 when Z-A comes out.

  • @RagingTrainer
    @RagingTrainer 22 дня назад +1

    This was very good watch! Thank you for reminding me of all the wonderful moments I had playing pokemon Gales of Darkness. it was nice to see that someone else had a similar experience to mine😁

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  21 день назад +2

      I’m glad you enjoyed it! I love getting to revisit games from my childhood like this!

    • @RagingTrainer
      @RagingTrainer 21 день назад +1

      @@AndiDoesThing Oh, I can believe it. You’re love for these game specifically is very noticeable and contagious. I kinda feel like going back to playing Gales of Darkness.

  • @Chaogardenx
    @Chaogardenx 20 дней назад +2

    I recently played a Pokémon XD ROM hack called POKEMON XG: Next Gen. It was pretty good and made me really enjoy the game again. The added difficulty and new Pokémon from Sun and Moon made it feel like a true Gen 3 experience, which I've always associated with Pokémon battles.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  20 дней назад +1

      I've actually been looking at some rom hacks recently and that sounds really cool. I'll have to check it out!

  • @_Banjo_
    @_Banjo_ 15 дней назад

    Technically bonsly made its first appearance in XD though it was a cameo and uncatchable. Though i think in terms of new pokemon, these side games had to fill in the gaps from what was missing with the GBA reset. So largely most of their dex was filled with johto.

  • @Serufi
    @Serufi Месяц назад +2

    Love the videos. Can't wait to watch your channel grow

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  Месяц назад +2

      Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!!!

  • @InfiniteStarz39
    @InfiniteStarz39 22 дня назад +2

    I remember spending so much time just to try to get Ho-Oh and Lugia since they were the only ways for me to get them at the time. It felt like it took years getting them...which probably wasn't.
    Another memorable time was my experience in trying to get the Jirachi disc since this was a like a year or two after the Colloseum came out and it was also a time before I understood the concept of pre-order bonus. I knew as a kid that they were already rare, but I didn't give up so I ended up going to almost every different Gamestop I knew at the time. It was store per week since my parents could only take me to a different mall on the weekend. I finally managed to find one in the farthest Gamestop I knew at the time, which was probably about 2 hours away from my home by car. It probably cost less than $40 since my parents bought it for me with no problems. I can't remember if it was used or new though, but I remember I was shocked when the employee just casually said they have a copy of it since I had no expectations at the time. Probably one of my luckiest hunts as a kid.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  21 день назад +1

      That’s such a nice memory, and one of my favorite things about collecting things, the hunt is part of the fun and what sticks around in your memory in the end

  • @kyleward3914
    @kyleward3914 17 дней назад

    On a technicality, bonsly and munchlax were introduced in XD, but you couldn't catch them or use them.

  • @ridensroom6957
    @ridensroom6957 17 дней назад

    I love Colosseum. It was a genuinely different type of story to have and as a huge fan of double battles, this was heavenly.
    I enjoyed XD but felt like it wasn't different enough. It was still worth playing though and im glad I got it when it was new all those years ago now it is so expensive

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  17 дней назад

      That makes sense, I feel like XD hit me more because it was the first of the two that I played and so going back to colosseum that game felt like it wasn’t as complete. Both games are definitely worth playing though and a lot of fun

  • @PrinceK0mali
    @PrinceK0mali 18 дней назад

    What's super fun as well is these games are the first games to be based off of America, long beore Gen 5.
    These games are based around the area around Phoenix Arizona

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  18 дней назад

      I didn't know that but it makes so much sense with the desert theme!

  • @2006Mercury
    @2006Mercury 26 дней назад +5

    Bruh i just did the lucky egg quest in XD it is so much fun to take pkmn from my GBA games and build insane teams on XD gale of darkness . On my XD eddition GC nonetheless

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  26 дней назад +1

      The best version of the GC for sure

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust 23 дня назад +1

      Were they thrown in the Pokemon Stadium beforehand too lol

  • @7sonicmario
    @7sonicmario 19 дней назад +1

    It sickens me how when pokemon needed you all most, you abandoned it.We never got a third series involving cipher.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  19 дней назад

      We could’ve had an amazing trilogy

  • @otaconguy
    @otaconguy 14 дней назад

    15:41 Not in my experience, when a Pokémon goes into Hypermode/reversemode all you have to do is call out to them to snap them out of it while its shadow level reduces significantly.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  14 дней назад

      Just responded to someone else about this too lol, I totally misunderstood the mechanic. So you should be able to get Tediursa to be purifiable on time unless your get really unlucky and they don't enter reverse mode like at all.

  • @Fede45454
    @Fede45454 21 день назад +2

    These games were so good. Back when pokemon was still good

  • @SuperFlashDriver
    @SuperFlashDriver 19 дней назад +2

    If you thought Pokemon Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness have been forgotten, Pokemon Channel is the one that's always forgotten about, despite me enjoying that game as much as Hey You Pikachu....

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  18 дней назад

      I vaguely remember seeing Pokemon Channel at Blockbuster as a kid, but Hey You Pikachu I remember very well lol

    • @SuperFlashDriver
      @SuperFlashDriver 18 дней назад

      @@AndiDoesThing We actually bought both Hey You Pikachu and Pokemon Channel back in both 2000 and 2003. But when we moved in May 2002, and later on in the mid 2000s, somehow we lost the game cartridge to the old Hey You Pikachu, resulting in my mom throwing out the N64 thinking it was broken when it really wasn't. So we ended up getting another N64 console in 2014, and eventually I bought the game back in 2021/2022 from a seller on Ebay whom had a copy of it form a blockbuster in Alaska (Pretty cool if you ask me). As for Pokemon Channel, well after 2016/2017 the disc broke due to too many scratches over the years so, I figured we wouldn't bother to buy it and just have it on an emulator instead...But we still own the original copy from 2003 nevertheless (It was my older sister's gift back in the day).

  • @_Banjo_
    @_Banjo_ 15 дней назад

    The shadow pokemon returning in GO. But technically... "pokespot" is another term that got reused granted they dont really work the same. But you could argue putting lures down on pokespots in real life could be similar to the game where you place treats there

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  14 дней назад +1

      I see what you're saying, I genuinely forgot those were even called PokeSpots lol so nice catch there

  • @ForeverKite42
    @ForeverKite42 14 дней назад

    Pokemon Colosseum was done by people who NEVER PLAYED pokemon. It was the first time the studio had ever heard of Pokemon. So Colosseum being a mess, makes sense; and at times a lot of the damage Calculations are wrong; Legends still has this issue.

  • @TheConuresrule
    @TheConuresrule 21 день назад

    @25:16 *WRONG*
    I always think of Colosseum when I see Espeon and Umbreon.

  • @terraventusaqua123
    @terraventusaqua123 22 дня назад

    On the subject of Shadow Pokémon, I don’t think Colosseum and XD are the first to implement the system nor do I believe that Pokémon Go’s implementation is based on Colosseum and XD.
    In the Gen I and II TCG, there was a variant of Pokémon called Dark Pokémon (Bad Pokémon in Japanese) and they can be had counterparts called Light Pokémon (Gentle Pokémon in Japanese). The aggressive nature of the Dark Pokémon movesets and the “aura” of the Light Pokémon make me believe that the TCG are what Go’s Shadow and Purified Pokémon are based on the TCG and only borrowing the purification system from Colosseum in order to tie the two archetypes together.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  21 день назад +1

      That’s really interesting, I collected the cards a lot as a kid but I don’t remember that, I wasn’t the most observant kid so that’s probably on me lol, it’s still fascinating that they would chose to bring that system to GameCube and then through to Pokemon Go, it feels like it still lacks any main line representation

  • @allhailme8457
    @allhailme8457 21 день назад

    I'm working on a challenge i gave myself. Im going to catch the Scyther from XD and take him through every region to defeat all the elite 4's and then when he goes to the Switch after beating SWSH, i will evolve him in PLA into Kleavor. I just want him to have ribbons that prove hes been in every region. And hell be a very rare Kleavor that says he comes from a distant land. I wish all the pokemon that moved into Orre in XD would get Orrean forms.....

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  21 день назад +1

      That is a crazy challenge, good luck! That’s gonna involve so much trading lol

  • @Linkswolfform
    @Linkswolfform 23 дня назад

    Love the tone of your video! Your love for XD shines through and I am always happy to sing the GameCube Pokemon duology's praises.
    I have a different perspective on some points however.
    I have replayed XD about 10 times and I don't remember having to go back and grind more shadow gauge on Teddiursa. If anything, I have Teddiursa ready and Poochyena and Ledyba not far behind. Maybe we take different paths though!
    The fact of the Orre region not having any new pokemon to define it does ring partly true. I strongly remember Colosseum's identity because it reunited players with Johto pokemon that were locked to gbc. XD came out after FRLG fixed some availability, but it introduced Bonsly and it's first playable experience (albeit very limited to battle bingo).
    Love the video, but I hope if others are curious about Colosseum and XD they will understand that there are many different experiences and some of those experiences were only available in the early 00s!

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  23 дня назад +1

      I played through the game twice for the video and both times my tediursa was nowhere close to ready, I went out of my way to fight everyone I could along the way so I’m not totally sure 🤷 I really hope people go back and play these games too because they do hold up really well and they are just a really good time.

    • @Linkswolfform
      @Linkswolfform 23 дня назад

      @@AndiDoesThing Maybe you got a nature that responds to colognes both times. Interesting!

    • @purple8133
      @purple8133 21 день назад

      @@AndiDoesThing Maybe Teddi also went into reverse mode less for you? But its for sure a nature issue.
      If you weren't able to rebattle trainers, it honestly would be the perfect introduction to scents. Like, sorry Teddi is so close, here is a scent this should get you the rest of the way. Oh by the way if you ever need more just go to the shop in town.

  • @MrGamerofmusic
    @MrGamerofmusic 18 дней назад

    Don’t feel too bad. These games were already considered retro. Exactly 10 years ago!

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  18 дней назад +1

      That makes me feel so old and I am only 24 lol

    • @MrGamerofmusic
      @MrGamerofmusic 18 дней назад

      @@AndiDoesThing I’m 32! I am a grand elder of the fan base! I was in kindergarten when the series came to America! The original demographic that people forget Pokémon still nostalgia bait, cater to. Because they want us to still buy the games. But also for our kids we aren’t having, lol

  • @Kniffel101
    @Kniffel101 15 дней назад

    1:20 Colosseum and XD are great Gen 3 games, but just because they're using the battle system, doesn't make them mainline games. =P

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  14 дней назад

      I mean... there is more too it than that, like a whole 30 minutes worth of video more...

  • @stephvondames6369
    @stephvondames6369 16 дней назад

    I think this game came out too soon. If it were released today, it would benefit from regional fakes or regional variants.

  • @TheReZisTLust
    @TheReZisTLust 23 дня назад

    I dont think they immediately get into different terrain in game universe as opposed to from our pov

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  23 дня назад

      I mean as much as I want to agree, I’ll never forget the route in RSE where its all grassy and nice and then bam its suddenly a desert

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust 23 дня назад

      @@AndiDoesThing Nice, that route actually was the one in mind too but I think that cause boulders needed for strength for instance are assumed to be huge along with Cut trees being big enough to block a route. Slateports a huge town can be traversed in a moderate amount of steps, one block is probably quite a few steps in universe.

  • @obeysquirrel
    @obeysquirrel 29 дней назад

    To be fair these games were made to fill out the dex for gen 3 and XD helped with giving Pokemon exclusive moves for competitive play

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  29 дней назад +1

      That’s interesting I never thought about that. Seems kind of convoluted since I have never actually met someone who owns the gameboy player for GameCube

    • @obeysquirrel
      @obeysquirrel 28 дней назад

      @@AndiDoesThing oh nah you didn’t need the GameBoy player you just need a GameCube and gba link cable i believe it cost a tiny bit more or the same price as the link cable at the time

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  28 дней назад

      Omg how did I never know these existed?? I had the gameboy link cable but I’ve literally never seen a gamecube one, thats crazy cool

  • @carlitosfrancisco7342
    @carlitosfrancisco7342 23 дня назад

    The problem rant about not having no new pokemon was not the problem with the games , it was just expensive to get them

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  22 дня назад +1

      That could have played a role, but the price difference wasn’t really that crazy. The GameCube games were only $50 while the Gameboy games were around $35.

  • @BLOODY__FATALITY
    @BLOODY__FATALITY 24 дня назад

    XD Gale of Darkness is my favorite Pokemon game besides Soul Silver.

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  24 дня назад

      Both are amazing choices, I miss my DS and Soul Silver

  • @Kevblaze11
    @Kevblaze11 17 дней назад

    i lost my copy last year q-q

  • @FN64Productions
    @FN64Productions 9 дней назад

    How high were you when YOU decided that coliseum & XD were over looked? Search either title and there is so much love for it.
    This is 2024 muchacho, this video of pokemons first 3d story game should of came out when x&y came out on the 3ds or when Lets Go came out as the first console games. Hell even when pokemonGo started using Shadow pokemon or Shadow Lugia.
    All im saying is rename the vid

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  9 дней назад

      I think you’re missing the point. In fact I say it in the beginning of the video, there certainly is love for these games, and you’ll definitely find that love when you specifically go looking for it, but if you talk to the the general populace many barely remember or don’t even know about these games, so they are overlooked “muchacho.” Maybe watch the video before commenting next time.

    • @FN64Productions
      @FN64Productions 8 дней назад

      @AndiDoesThing I did watch the video, you got whatever full amount of ytp ads u put in it from me.
      I'm mexican so I said muchacho dk why that bothers you
      So I would say read the full comment before you comment. My point ended with me saying rename the vid. It's click batey.
      I also said when X&Y came out, Let's Go, and shadows & shadow lugia came out there were plenty of "I bEt YoU dOnT kNoW aBoUt ThEsE 2 GCN gAmEs" that came out to view to the general populace.
      Which goes back to my point, there's plenty of video essays/retrospectives that came out the last like idk 10 years that made the general populace aware of it. So all I'm saying is rename the vid. They're not overlooked. I totally got the point of your video, your title is in correct but I watched your video

    • @AndiDoesThing
      @AndiDoesThing  8 дней назад

      Listen, I’m not gonna argue with you. If you don’t like it, then don’t watch it. It’s as simple as that 🤷

    • @FN64Productions
      @FN64Productions 8 дней назад

      @@AndiDoesThing dawg I already watched it lmao

    • @FN64Productions
      @FN64Productions 8 дней назад

      @AndiDoesThing like if u can't take feedback n think you put something out that's perfect then maybe you should disable comments
      Instead of just arguing you're correct n produced a perfect product