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    Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness

    Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness (GameCube)

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    Developer

    Genius Sonority

    Publisher

    Nintendo

    Genre

    Turn Based RPG

    Players

    4

    C3 Score
    7
    Reader Score (9 Votes)
    9

    There is something eerily familiar about Pok
    To an extent we feel cheated here. On the GameBoy each iteration of the Pok

     

    Thankfully, the game does open up and get better after an hour or two. And when it does, it is slightly disappointing. We actually dug out our copy of Pok

     

    We are being a bit unfair on this game though; our main gripe is that it is far too similar to its predecessor in far too many ways. But it does improve on it in man ways too! Firstly, it looks better, even the locales stolen from Colosseum have been revamped a bit and the whole game looks lovely and stylised. The gameplay has been beefed up significantly too, for the first time you can catch Pok

     

    This is one big game, and there is plenty to keep you amused. The multiplayer element is one of the best fun, allowing you to transfer over Pok
    Gameplay

    7

    Basically the same as Colosseum and we don't like that one bit. It is painfully slow to get into it and the best of the game is saved until very late, when all but the most hardcore of Pok
    Graphics

    8

    Improved over the previous version, but we would have expected more development in a year. Other games simply look better and despite it being stylistically excellent and quite detailed in places, it doesn't quite come up to scratch.
    Sound

    6

    We hate the sound of Pok
    Value

    9

    This is one long, long game. The single-player alone has over thirty hours worth of playtime and then some. Then you have an improved multiplayer battle mode and you and your Pok
    7

    /10

    C3 Score Considering this is probably the last home console Pok
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