Thanks for keeping me entertained during a long train ride! Loved this game so much when I was younger and I am amazed I managed to 100% the game before I learned English and had to guess my way through most of it.
Loved your video man. This game also has a unique shiny hunting mechanic, and many of the pokémon have different color schemes in their shiny form compared to the main line games. For example, Shiny Quilava has green flames; or shiny Suicune has a black mane. I would love to see you do an XD video. The way you format is really clean,and honestly between all the AI crap it's so refreshing to see this style of video done by an actual human being. Thank you for this love letter you made in honor of Colosseum!
20:25 Plusle is Colosseum's secret weapon though. Attack the XP Share to it and let it run around in the background until it level catches up. Then Helping Hand becomes amazing to boost Suicune's Surf while that one holds the Mystic Water with Rain Dance boost.
Actually you don't even need to level Plusle up. The AI always goes for KOs (therefore guaranteed to target Plusle) so put Protect + Helping Hand on Plusle and you're guaranteed 2 good turns even with 40 level disadvantage 🤣
Dude I love Pokemon Colosseum and XD was pretty good too. The art style to me is much better than the newest Pokemon releases (sword and shield/scarlet). The intro goes hard, like a Pokemon game's intro should!
Coliseum and gale of darkness are some of my favorite pokemon games. With the aspect I enjoy the most about them being that they truly feel like you we’re playing something you could have seen in the anime. Would be cool if they brought this style of gameplay to one of the newer games, tbh.
Is it though? I mean, XD is technically in Orre and has shadow pokemon, but the vibe is completely different. XD was very much campy and more kid-friendly than Colosseum was.
love these long format videos dude! you narration style, editing, injections of humor, such a great vibe for my saturday morning. looking forward to your future vids :)
Plusue is supposed to be used as a support in colloseum, with moves like helping hand and thunderwave, she's ment to help with powering up moves or catching shadow pokémon. I don't blame you for not using her, she really is just filling a niche
I like Stantler a regular amount lol I used one when I did some Mt. Battle grinding for coupons (I didn't want to use my main team for this grind to not over level them). Anyway, Stantler isn't too bad. It's got decent attacking stats (for single player), a great movepool compared to some of the other Johtomons, and an incredibly solid ability in Intimidate. I'd use a variety of different moves on it without investing too much into it (since the one use TM's it could learn were reserved for my actual team), so I remember its moveset being Take Down/Thunder/Calm Mind (previously Light Screen)/Confuse Ray by the end of the grind, as it paired well with my Rain Dance Feraligatr I wasn't using on my main team. I think with a more proper TM investment, it could definitely pull its weight if you're playing through the main story with it. Great video - was really nice hearing someone not completely bash the game, but also not completely fanboy over it. You had a lot of great points, and it made for a nice watch/listen.
Good stuff! I definitely wish we had a new game that was designed around VGC/doubles format, so weird that the competitive scene is based around a battle style the mainline games barely use
What you displayed is just the half of the game. There was also a Virtual Trainer Room involving Colosseum specific e-reader cards, rewards and 3 shadow pokémon. If you had Action Replay, after purifying every shadow pokémon, you could activate the japanese bonus disc celebi event since event itself was coded into the game and CD was just a trigger for it (like an in-game event item). Allowing you to get 1(+48 more) Celebi and if you had enough Poké Coupons, a PP Max, a Pikachu holding Light Ball and a spare Master Ball! While not sure, I think you could get those for your GBA carts too. Would be especially useful for FRLG carts, to catch both the Roamer and Mewtwo.
Mantine with "Water Absorb", Jumpluff for status conditions, Altaria with Fly/Dragonbreath, Flygon with Earthqake. Flygon can spam EQ while never hitting team members. Another water-type can constantly restore Mantine's HP. I've beaten the game several times with these mons. You can re-battle the trainers in the Pyrite square.
I was too poor to have a GameCube and colosseum but luckily my cousin had both. I remember pretending to like him just so I could play this game in all its 3d pokemon glory.
I remember exploiting the infinite poke ball glitch because I was so strapped for cash when I was kid playing this game. Literally half of the catchable mons from this game in my Pokemon Home were caught with master balls 💀
The legacy of kain remaster that is coming out in December would be great content for you to cover. You have great videos that are very well put together and I think alot of the 300k+ people in a group I follow would definitely love your content.
I never had this game growing up. I would always borrow it from a buddy to play it. Every time I would get burnt out around the half way point. I don’t know what it is but this game could never hold my attention.
I never got into Pokemon, and part of the reason was that there wasn't a story game like this - that I was aware of, until now. I also skipped Gamecube, and I don't really feel up to acquiring one, just to play one game. This was an enjoyable playthrough, all the same.
Something I appreciate about Colosseum is the length of it, XD Gale of Darkness felt very long and it grew tiresome, Colosseum feels like the perfect length for what it is!
Man, I remember trading in Sonic Advance 3 for this game thinking it was just Stadium 3 and would have minigames and stadium mode and whatnot. I was disappointed at first, but it definitely became my favorite over time. The whole atmosphere has never been matched by any other game in the series, and fan games haven't come close either because they either go too dark and edgy, or they miss the mark and end up campy like XD. The music is also unmatched. Masuda's tunes are great and all, and very iconic; but Tsukasa Tawada's music is just godly. Love the rock/western themes in the music. Also, the first time I saw the "Save 'em all" ad was YTV during The Zone ad segments.
I'm still bewildered about how little subscribers this channel has. The quality & the numbers just aren't adding up 😅 You deserve so much more & I can't imagine you not having [more] success if you just keep at it! Love your vids, man!
An NPC upstairs in the Phenac Pokémart tells you about Outskirt. Sure it’s not obvious but as a kid I thought it worked well and forced me to explore the whole town
I missed when pokemon felt like its own franchise. But since late 00s pokemon felt like another part of nintendo within nintendo tradition. Since late 00s, pokemon felt like Nintendo culture. Instead of its own thing. I hate that “kids today missed out what i had when i was their age” mentality. But when i was 9 back in 2001. I remember pokemon felt like its own culture, its own tradtion, its own feeling. Now it feels like it’s another flavor in a spoon of nintendo, but back then it felt like its own flavor. I dont know how to explain this to kids today who did not felt it.
I played this game before I could read. Similar to other Pokemon games LMAO. Battle Volcano is what made me quit. I always wondered why some battles were impossible, and I somehow managed the power spikes prior to Battle Volcano.. but that was too much for young me to handle lmao
I need people to start covering the contents of the Leaks! Specifically, all the internal conversations and decisions that have been aired when it comes to prioritizing money instead of putting quality content.
@@thecamobot yeah I really want a comparison video to highlight the animations/models of the pokemon between stadium and coliseum/XD. It would be an interesting video to watch. Or maybe make it a short.
As a kid I had few issues creating a whole fanfic headcanon for the games I played, esp after I beat them, and Phenac City was where most of that was set and the music just makes me super happy to hear to this day Super cheesy stuff going on too - Wes appears to die but returns just in time to prevent Justy from swooping in to hook up with the girl (who I named after the girl I crushed on in third grade!!). Just wonderful cringe all around
@thecamobot oh, I certainly don't disagree. It could have been a design choice or a technical limitation, though, because nobody (except for the final bosses?) have their pokemon replaced in either NGC title. Heck, if you knock out a shadow pokemon in XD, mirror B steals them, so any trainer that you rematch is missing their shadow pokemon.
While I love Colosseum I can’t agree with the take on comparing it to XD. XD is objectively a better experience with all the gameplay improvements and imo is just as dark. Colosseum is just slightly edgier and that’s really only because of the main character.
Shame that Pokemon has no interest in doing a Colosseum remake but with some of the changes in XD. When I say a remake I mean a proper one with modern mechanics & Pokedex
Really love the way you mix in the OST into this video when you switch subjects! Great attention to detail.
Let's go 100% view retention!
Thanks for keeping me entertained during a long train ride!
Loved this game so much when I was younger and I am amazed I managed to 100% the game before I learned English and had to guess my way through most of it.
Loved your video man. This game also has a unique shiny hunting mechanic, and many of the pokémon have different color schemes in their shiny form compared to the main line games. For example, Shiny Quilava has green flames; or shiny Suicune has a black mane.
I would love to see you do an XD video. The way you format is really clean,and honestly between all the AI crap it's so refreshing to see this style of video done by an actual human being. Thank you for this love letter you made in honor of Colosseum!
I just found your videos a couple days ago and now I'm binging them all. Good stuff!
Bro I loved Stantler as a kid, I had to grind at Mt Battle multiple points in the game just to do anything with him, but I love his butt face
20:25 Plusle is Colosseum's secret weapon though. Attack the XP Share to it and let it run around in the background until it level catches up. Then Helping Hand becomes amazing to boost Suicune's Surf while that one holds the Mystic Water with Rain Dance boost.
Actually you don't even need to level Plusle up. The AI always goes for KOs (therefore guaranteed to target Plusle) so put Protect + Helping Hand on Plusle and you're guaranteed 2 good turns even with 40 level disadvantage 🤣
@@frogwhisperer4268 Oh, clever! Plusle uses Protect while Suicune sets up Rain Dance, then Plusle uses Helping Hand while Suicune uses Surf.
Dude I love Pokemon Colosseum and XD was pretty good too. The art style to me is much better than the newest Pokemon releases (sword and shield/scarlet). The intro goes hard, like a Pokemon game's intro should!
I still have the battle theme in my favorite music playlists 😅 , it is still such a funky and underrated track.
Coliseum and gale of darkness are some of my favorite pokemon games. With the aspect I enjoy the most about them being that they truly feel like you we’re playing something you could have seen in the anime. Would be cool if they brought this style of gameplay to one of the newer games, tbh.
Yooooo I thought I knew everything about these games and then you drop something like that mirakle B dude. That’s cool
Thank you for bringing *Typhlosion* with you. c:
Well, two of a kind, but I get the idea lol
Is it though? I mean, XD is technically in Orre and has shadow pokemon, but the vibe is completely different. XD was very much campy and more kid-friendly than Colosseum was.
Dude an 18 v 18 triple battle would be insane!!! It sounds awesome!
Tears in my eyes with the nostalgic music.
Man XD is my favorite game to this day, and hearing that genius senority jingle is son fucking nostalgic to this day
love these long format videos dude! you narration style, editing, injections of humor, such a great vibe for my saturday morning. looking forward to your future vids :)
@@bensbitsbytes Glad you liked it thanks for the comment! 🙂
Borderlands before borderlands was cool. Man i loved this game so much.
And the ruby sapphire tie in with jirachi
32 views in 24 min, bro's rising up
IMO I never really thought of Colo needing grinding, as long as you know what you’re doing and you clear Mt Battle up to your appropriate level once.
One of my favorite Pokemon games definitely
Plusue is supposed to be used as a support in colloseum, with moves like helping hand and thunderwave, she's ment to help with powering up moves or catching shadow pokémon.
I don't blame you for not using her, she really is just filling a niche
I like Stantler a regular amount lol I used one when I did some Mt. Battle grinding for coupons (I didn't want to use my main team for this grind to not over level them). Anyway, Stantler isn't too bad. It's got decent attacking stats (for single player), a great movepool compared to some of the other Johtomons, and an incredibly solid ability in Intimidate. I'd use a variety of different moves on it without investing too much into it (since the one use TM's it could learn were reserved for my actual team), so I remember its moveset being Take Down/Thunder/Calm Mind (previously Light Screen)/Confuse Ray by the end of the grind, as it paired well with my Rain Dance Feraligatr I wasn't using on my main team. I think with a more proper TM investment, it could definitely pull its weight if you're playing through the main story with it.
Great video - was really nice hearing someone not completely bash the game, but also not completely fanboy over it. You had a lot of great points, and it made for a nice watch/listen.
Good stuff! I definitely wish we had a new game that was designed around VGC/doubles format, so weird that the competitive scene is based around a battle style the mainline games barely use
This game is the reason I still love Misdreavus
What you displayed is just the half of the game. There was also a Virtual Trainer Room involving Colosseum specific e-reader cards, rewards and 3 shadow pokémon. If you had Action Replay, after purifying every shadow pokémon, you could activate the japanese bonus disc celebi event since event itself was coded into the game and CD was just a trigger for it (like an in-game event item). Allowing you to get 1(+48 more) Celebi and if you had enough Poké Coupons, a PP Max, a Pikachu holding Light Ball and a spare Master Ball! While not sure, I think you could get those for your GBA carts too. Would be especially useful for FRLG carts, to catch both the Roamer and Mewtwo.
Mantine with "Water Absorb", Jumpluff for status conditions, Altaria with Fly/Dragonbreath, Flygon with Earthqake.
Flygon can spam EQ while never hitting team members. Another water-type can constantly restore Mantine's HP. I've beaten the game several times with these mons.
You can re-battle the trainers in the Pyrite square.
Found a new favorite UA-cam channel let's go
I was too poor to have a GameCube and colosseum but luckily my cousin had both. I remember pretending to like him just so I could play this game in all its 3d pokemon glory.
I remember exploiting the infinite poke ball glitch because I was so strapped for cash when I was kid playing this game. Literally half of the catchable mons from this game in my Pokemon Home were caught with master balls 💀
The legacy of kain remaster that is coming out in December would be great content for you to cover. You have great videos that are very well put together and I think alot of the 300k+ people in a group I follow would definitely love your content.
@@CrowMaann I've never tried those games but wanted to, I'll definitely consider it 🙂
I have always liked standler a regular amount. Big fan of the design and typing
I never had this game growing up. I would always borrow it from a buddy to play it. Every time I would get burnt out around the half way point. I don’t know what it is but this game could never hold my attention.
@@someguy_matt Id bet it was the long battle animations, my footage was 80% fighting haha
I never got into Pokemon, and part of the reason was that there wasn't a story game like this - that I was aware of, until now. I also skipped Gamecube, and I don't really feel up to acquiring one, just to play one game. This was an enjoyable playthrough, all the same.
Something I appreciate about Colosseum is the length of it, XD Gale of Darkness felt very long and it grew tiresome, Colosseum feels like the perfect length for what it is!
Ahhh this video really makes me want to pick up this game again
Man, I remember trading in Sonic Advance 3 for this game thinking it was just Stadium 3 and would have minigames and stadium mode and whatnot. I was disappointed at first, but it definitely became my favorite over time. The whole atmosphere has never been matched by any other game in the series, and fan games haven't come close either because they either go too dark and edgy, or they miss the mark and end up campy like XD.
The music is also unmatched. Masuda's tunes are great and all, and very iconic; but Tsukasa Tawada's music is just godly. Love the rock/western themes in the music.
Also, the first time I saw the "Save 'em all" ad was YTV during The Zone ad segments.
This was my favorite game growing up 💜💪🏼
I'm still bewildered about how little subscribers this channel has. The quality & the numbers just aren't adding up 😅 You deserve so much more & I can't imagine you not having [more] success if you just keep at it! Love your vids, man!
An NPC upstairs in the Phenac Pokémart tells you about Outskirt. Sure it’s not obvious but as a kid I thought it worked well and forced me to explore the whole town
Stantler is amazing, it's the fastest Intimidate user in the game and can sleep opponents
Kinda wild that you can make a big Colo video as some kind of authority on the subject but had no idea about Mirakle B
Colosseum is the goat, flaws and all. It brought the concept of Pokemon Hunting which is sadly not explored.
I missed when pokemon felt like its own franchise. But since late 00s pokemon felt like another part of nintendo within nintendo tradition. Since late 00s, pokemon felt like Nintendo culture. Instead of its own thing. I hate that “kids today missed out what i had when i was their age” mentality. But when i was 9 back in 2001. I remember pokemon felt like its own culture, its own tradtion, its own feeling. Now it feels like it’s another flavor in a spoon of nintendo, but back then it felt like its own flavor. I dont know how to explain this to kids today who did not felt it.
Started playing this again on my Steam Deck and named Rui/the NPC partner Legolas; that way, I can ask her what her elf eyes see.
40:30 The reason for this being that their 6th Pokémon would be the one that you missed if I recall.
4:13 “consider the state of rpg’s in the cube…” then goes to show one of the single best rpg’s of all time 😂
@@thatguymatt5816 I could've been more clear I was talking about the library as a whole haha
@@thecamobothaha no I gotcha, I just thought it was funny. Nothing if you’re comparing it to the PS2, but There’s a few big hitters on the cube
@@thatguymatt5816 If and when I do a Symphonia video, it's going to be massive. it's one of my favorites of all time 🙂
@@thecamobot dude hell yes! Me too 💪🏽
Great video!
Hyper mode is super convenient. Crit shadow rush is great - you def don’t need to call them
Despite Groudon and Kyogre being on the front cover for some reason, they cannot be caught in Colosseum.
I played this game before I could read. Similar to other Pokemon games LMAO. Battle Volcano is what made me quit. I always wondered why some battles were impossible, and I somehow managed the power spikes prior to Battle Volcano.. but that was too much for young me to handle lmao
New subscriber and hoping to see more good content like this
Here before this banger of a vid pops off
Oh this video is a banger
I need people to start covering the contents of the Leaks!
Specifically, all the internal conversations and decisions that have been aired when it comes to prioritizing money instead of putting quality content.
Oh. Fun fact. The gen 1 and 2 animations in this game were taken directly from pokemon stadium 1 and 2
@@darkdestiny3700 I knew the models were the same at least , I should've mentioned it! 😮
@@thecamobot yeah I really want a comparison video to highlight the animations/models of the pokemon between stadium and coliseum/XD. It would be an interesting video to watch. Or maybe make it a short.
I don’t know if you know this but you’re really about to pop off
@@monchis5674 sure hope so haha
U sir know how to make a high quality video.
Technically 2 of a kind
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As a kid I had few issues creating a whole fanfic headcanon for the games I played, esp after I beat them, and Phenac City was where most of that was set and the music just makes me super happy to hear to this day
Super cheesy stuff going on too - Wes appears to die but returns just in time to prevent Justy from swooping in to hook up with the girl (who I named after the girl I crushed on in third grade!!). Just wonderful cringe all around
the under iin this games aalways gave me ff7 midgar vibes!
41:00 the 6th slot is open incase you didn't catch the legendary dog the 1st time.
Ah true, but they could've replaced those pokemon!
@thecamobot oh, I certainly don't disagree. It could have been a design choice or a technical limitation, though, because nobody (except for the final bosses?) have their pokemon replaced in either NGC title. Heck, if you knock out a shadow pokemon in XD, mirror B steals them, so any trainer that you rematch is missing their shadow pokemon.
@@MGMCorruptions Yeah who knows, maybe they just thought it was more work than it was worth
there are a few rom hacks of this game that make it better
While I love Colosseum I can’t agree with the take on comparing it to XD. XD is objectively a better experience with all the gameplay improvements and imo is just as dark. Colosseum is just slightly edgier and that’s really only because of the main character.
Yes do pokemon XD!😊
Mf got a sunflora and delibird in the last boss rush.. fuckin a what a slap in the face. Im glad i started on XD..
I always thought that EIN was pronounced like Ian.
I like Stantler a regular amount
@@K9mathematic 🙏
Shame that Pokemon has no interest in doing a Colosseum remake but with some of the changes in XD. When I say a remake I mean a proper one with modern mechanics & Pokedex
WHY DONT THEY MAKE POKEMON GAMES LIKE XD AND COLLESEUM
do xd do xd do xd
Reset is weak 👎