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Pokemon Colosseum is a terrible game. It does not in the least measure up to the Pokemon Stadium games for the N64. The menu is small and uniform, which makes it feel, quite frankly, boring.

What happened to the Cups?! No Pika, Petit, Little, Prime, Challenge, or Poke Cups are to be found in the game. Instead, all they have for you is a 100 trainer knockout challenge and Colloseum modes for level 50 and level 100 Pokemon. There is no variety anymore. Forget the mystery gifts, hall of fame, and even the kids' corner! I don't know about you, but the stupids Kids' Corner games saved me from blowing a fuse when I lost an important battle.

The story mode is absolutely terrible. You play as that strange, grey-haired guy on the cover and have an annoying red-head follow you around that identifies "shadow" pokemon. The shadow pokemon concept is very unimaginitive. There are pokemon whose hearts have been closed. Steal them from their trainers to make them good again. Basically, its an excuse to make you use all the Pokemon you get, whether you like them or not. Everybody knows that there are quite a few Pokemon that absolutely suck in battle, and, unfortunately, you get some of them in to purify in story mode.

The only good thing I see about getting this game is the fact that it is in 3-D. Finally seeing my Swampert annihilate the foe on my TV is very entertaining. But graphics alone (and even the graphics aren't a big improvement from Stadium 1 and 2) is not a good incentive to buy an obviously sub-par game.

This game is a must for everyone, Pokemon fan or not!! The graphics are just stunning and gorgeous! Plus in the Colosseum mode, you actually see the trainer standing behind the pokemon, and throwing the pokeball too!! And they even blink and make real movements. There are 2 modes to play. The first is the Story mode, an actual rpg, finally!! This story is different than the GameBoy games though. This time, your a trainer who has to snag "Shadow Pokemon". You start out with an Umbreon and Espeon as your pokemon, then later you meet up with a girl who has special powers and can see the "Shadow Pokemon". A organization known as Team Snagem has closed a device called the "Snag Machine", and this can capture a trainers pokemon. Then they artificially close the pokemon's heart and it becomes a "Shadow Pokemon", and they attack humans! You then travel around to different towns with your new partner and capture these "Shadow Pokemon". Then you battle with these new pokemon, as you use them in battle and walk around with them their Shadow meter goes down, and after you reach a certain stage in the game you can completly "purify" these pokemon. Shadow pokemon do not gain exp. points in battle, however once you purify them, all the exp. points they earned during previous battles will apply to them at once. The towns are so beautiful too!! There's pokemon centers, Poke Marts, and Gyms too!! Plus lots of trainers who are ready to battle you!! The battles are all double battles, so each trainer has 2 pokemon on the field at the same time. Which makes for a very interesting and fun battle!! Plus there are also Knock-Out Colosseum battles that you can enter in the Story mode, and your pokemon will gain exp. points in these also. The second mode you can play is the Colosseum mode. You can choose from either a single or double battle. You will need to register your pokemon first, so you can either upload them from your Pokemon Ruby or Sapphire game, or enter with the pokemon you caught in the Story mode. However you can't use Shadow Pokemon. When you first start the Colosseum Battle mode, there are 4 colosseums that you can choose to battle in, each with their own difficulty level, Easy, Normal and Hard. As you progress farther in the Story mode, and become the CHAMP in the Colosseum mode, more colosseum battle stadiums will be opened. Its so awesome to battle with your own raised pokemon in 3D!! The game graphics are just so amazing!! And even the attacks look great! A real huge improvement over Pokemon Stadium for N64. The pokemon voices are great too, and there's no annoying announcer guy either. All in all, this is a fantastic game that you've got to get!! And you definetaly won't regret buying this!! Great game for everyone!!

It is one of the grates games i have played in my life.I love playing it.