Fun fact for the hardcore collectors, "Purified Shadow Pokemon" and "Pokemon in your team when completing the Mount Battle 100 Gauntlet" each get a Unique Ribbon not found anywhere else in the series. Now if you were to transfer a Pokemon with these Ribbons from Colosseum (or XD:GoD) all the way through the series up to Sword/Shield or Scarlet/Violet you gain the option to equip these Ribbons so that whenever the Pokemon (for this example Metagross) is sent into battle the appearing message will state "Go Metagross The Triumphant!" if the Purify Ribbon is equipped and "Go Metagross The 100x Victorious!" if the Mount Battle Ribbon is equipped! Highly exclusive and cool ways to show off a little about your Pokemon Legacy.
@@Bramblestar9339 there is technically a cheaper method, with a Homebrewed Gamecube or Wii you can pull the game's Rom and Save File onto an SD Card, then use something like PKhex to port the Pokemon into the later games (easiest would be the 3DS Gen 7 games then transfer them from Pokemon Bank to Pokemon Home, or if you have a Homebrewed Switch cut the Gen 7 middle man).
Dude this is so cool I've literally just started out on a journey to fill the Pokedex on every Pokemon game from the bottom up, by system from gen 3 with fr and lg then ruby/sapph. Trading my Pokemon up thru every series as I go. I'm currently playing fr and Colosseum got the GBA to GC cable on its way in the mail. I will get these ribbons on as many Pokemon as I bring over 😁
i still got my original copies of Colosseum and Gale of Darkness from almost 20 years ago. these games are so timeless and have aged so well imo. especially when compared to the mainline pokemon games coming out nowadays.
The only problem I had at all with it when playing thru it again is first, finding where to go next, and second, slow battle animations. But the fact those are the only two faults imo says a lot
The OST was unexpectedly solid. Especially the Cipher Peon Battle, I don't know what the mooks did to get such an amazing theme. I initially played the game ENTIRELY to get the legendary beast trio onto my Diamond and Pearl save file, because this was years before the Gen 2 remakes, but enjoyed the ride way more than I thought I would.
20 years later, the graphics, battle camera angles, attack animations are all so much better than the latest released pokemon games. Absolutely embarrassing
Right?? It's staggering because sometimes we remember games from the "good old days" a little bit to good looking - but man, putting XD or colosseum next to violet and scarlet really makes you feel these game are just a few years old, but definitely offer better artdirection and a consistent tone and style.
I agree on attack animations, but Colosseum and XD’s graphics are NOT better than modern games, Colosseum is charming but kinda ugly, and XD looks extremely basic, they reuse N64 models in those games like c’mon
I loved these games when I was a kid. Im glad I picked them up when they were $60 or less. Still have my pre-order disc with the WISHMKR Jirachi on it too!
I'll never forget back when this came out I was in 4th grade (30 now), my buddy pulled it out of his backpack to show me since I was going to his house for the weekend. We beat the whole story in one weekend. One of my all time favorite Pokemon games. Fun fact, most of the team that made this game had no prior knowledge of Pokemon and actually consisted of a dev team sniped from Sony at the time. One of the best sound tracks, the whole game wasn't appreciated enough in my opinion. We need a Wes follow up ASAP.
Real talk the battles can last so long because of the detailed animations and all of them being double battles, yet the fairly short looped battle tracks NEVER get old... Up most respect to the writers and orchestrators for this perpetually clean soundtrack!
Pokemon Colosseum was my childhood back when I played it on the gamecube! I still have my copy because i love this game so much and it's crazy expensive right now.
I just beat colosseum for the first time a few months ago and as someone who started with gen 3, this felt like a time capsule that I instantly fell in love with. It was definitely one of the hardest games which was such a breath of fresh air. Beating it was so much fun and gratifying bc I lost like 10 different times to the final boss before I finally won(thanks to a little rng help). Also beating Mt.Battle and getting my first gen 3 Ho-Oh was so rewarding to be able to trade it into my emerald version. This game up there with Emerald, HGSS, BW and PLA. Also I think Colosseum is more fun than XD which I also just finished playing.
This was actually my first pokemon game, before it I just got to occasionally borrow my cousin's for like five minutes, so it holds a very special place in my heart right next to Zelda Wind Waker. It may have also been what sparked my undying love for Umbreon.
Pokemon Colosseum is the best Pokemon game I've ever played. The animations make the Pokemon feel alive. The dark and mature tone is exactly what we need in modern Pokemon games. They say that Pokemon is a kids game. But the people who primary play Pokemon games were once kids, and are now in there late 20's and late 30's. Pokemon needs to stop marketing itself as a kids game because its core audience has evolved.
IKRRRR, Idk the reason for the company to make the future games so childish and make the graphics look like it's still on the beta version ffs. The kids would still love to play pokemon even if the target audience was for 13+ people. It would be far better if the future pkmn games would be a bit serious when it comes to story, maturity and I wish they would actually improve the fps and graphics, if BOTW and Mario Odyssey was good then why can't they make pokemon like that. Pokemon now became like a goody two shoes on a daily basis of rainbows and sunshine I hate it
Not really. Yeah its nostalgia based audience is older now but pokemon is literally the biggest franchise in the world. Without actually knowing, I'd guess that kids are the vast majority core marketable consumers now. Myself as well as a lot of content creators and others as an adult who understands gaming/gaming development and don't eat spoon fed repetitive contrived animes as I did as a kid, I now have the choice to not give gamefreak and the pokemon company my money. Which is a choice I made years ago since they can't be bothered to put out anything even half respectable now. I play my GBA/GBC/DS games for nostalgic purposes via emulation because I don't support bad practices. Marketing pokemon more mature for adults is cutting out a HUGE part of their multi billion dollar market; which will never happen because the pokemon franchise only exists still to make money. Not please anyone. That's why literally 95% of their games are copy paste, the switch games are released broken and mediocre and they've marketed a 10 year old as the protag in the anime for nearly 30 years. Its 2023. Time to stop locking a large portion pokemon to trade evolutions and the same fucking game with a different color name so you have to spend $120+ to get all the regions pokemon plus the cost of whatever device you're using.
Colosseum will forever be the title that killed the franchise for me. Not because it was bad (on the contrary, it's my favorite besides Legends Arceus) but because it was something fresh and different from "get gym badges," haha.
Good time to get back into it. Scarlet/violet are promising to be different. And the alola games tried to at least shake up the formula a bit, I’d say give it a try
@@gokubroly12009 dumbing down gym puzzle and call it trial is not shaking up the formula. Same with Terastalize, it is mega evo with a fresh coat of paint.
@@annedrieck7316 Dumbing down gym puzzles is just as much a shake up as removing the annoying dark cave bat attack map would be. Those were unecessary features that added nothing to the game.
@@gokubroly12009 IMO Scarlet/Violet are definitely great mainline Pokemon games especially the story that was if not the best story that we’ve got from Pokemon since B/W definitely in my top 3 favorite generations the only problem is lag issues which is expect it to have, but overall they’re are great.
@@annedrieck7316 The puzzles were never that great, all Alola did was take another approach to them. Alola's gyms change the formula a ton while still making them familiar. 1st off they're dungeon biomes to return to and catch unique Pokemon in, and sometimes collect previously unobtainable items, the reward for beating these "gyms" are badges that actually have a proper battle function, multiple functions in fact. You also ignore the fact that rides completely remove annoying HMs and allow you to customize and build your team exactly the way you want it without changing anything to abide by the environmental progression throughout your adventure. Alola was the best change that EVER happened to this series in terms of changing the formula of overworld progression.
This and the original Silver were the Pokémon games I grew up with, both were handed down from my older cousin. I’ve always really liked the look of the towns and characters in the game, the soundtrack has some really good songs, really amusing villains (love Miror B), and I get the double battle thing isn’t for everyone but I like the gimmick.
i played this as a kid, didnt know the name of it. i had to look up which game cube game has Umbreon lol. honestly if you like Pokemon this is a great game, music, level design, fight layout. its all good even for its time. the art direction is worth playing. plus, a motorcycle its just so cool all the cutscenes it gets your attention easily.
I love everything about this game. The story, tone, limited lineup, region and challenge were all a breath of fresh air in the series, and the music was amazing. Pretty cool that between this and XD you can get Pokémon, items and moves that are rare in Gen 3, and even some event Pokémon too!
I remember renting this game from Blockbuster and finally persuading my mom to buy it from them so I could have it. Super glad to currently have it because it’s freaking expensive now.
I remember going into eb games and buying a used GameCube with 60 of my 100 dollars of birthday money just so I could play this game. Worth every penny. I enjoyed this game so much then transferred my Pokémon into Ruby. My friends lost their minds when they saw the Gen 2 Pokémon in my roster.
You and I are the same age, 27 and we both like Gen 3 the best as our favorites. Great video, Colosseum is a great spinoff as well as it’s sequel XD: Gale of Darkness which I hope you eventually look at.
One of my fave Pokémon games. These were the good days when Gamefreak knew we wanted more than just the badge running story we always get. I don’t care about being a Master, I’d rather explore and see the more gritty side of the universe. So cool. It’s what made me happy that Arceus seemed to return to form with a game that wasn’t focused around hunting down gym badges
This game was so good because gamefreak didn't make it. Look at the pokemon idle animations, and the reaction to moves. Gamefreak would never put this much effort into a title.
@@b__w_4565 cold day in hell bro smh. Game freak knows people will buy it, they got the pokemon franchise on lock. I haven't purchased a title since sw&sh and I won't until a new developer takes the ip over(I'm gonna die and never play again smh😭)
Sometimes I wish I was rich just so I can hire a team just to recreate this and make a remaster. I can die happy if I know there is a pokemon collesuem remaster
Pokemon Colosseum is still one of my all time favorite Pokemon games!! As you already said the starter choice is so dope, the shadow feature is still one of the coolest mechanics in the entire franchise and my favorite thing about this game? Shiny Pokemon. Only Shadow Pokemon can be shiny, but my god do they look SICK! For example Shiny Shadow Quilava - it has GREEN flames. Or Shiny Shadow Suicune - it has BLACK hair! This game aged so well, it's just lovely to see! Still playing it regularly these days. Great video man!
I played gale of darkness first as a kid and yea i can say colosseum was the harder game just all the quality of life changes and more mons to catch really helped
that intro gave me chills, the last time i got chills like that was when i was a kid and found out a main line Pokémon game was coming to GameCube on my own box tv. That's an eerie feeling...
Fun bit of trivia about that 100 trainer gauntlet from Battle Mode. If you play through to the end with a team you brought over from story mode, the game will give you a Ho-oh for your efforts. That's the only legitimate method of getting a Ho-oh in gen 3.
This game is in my top 5 Pokémon game of all time. Btw I didn't know Matty had another channel, I directly looked for TH-cam videos relating to Pokémon Colosseum, and didn't expect Matty to have a video about it, this is cool! First KOA - Reckoning and now Pokémon Colosseum, we think alike.
I remember as a kid, I had to make a choice between getting paper mario TTYD and this game for christmas... I chose paper mario... yet with time, I started sulking bc I also loved pokemon so much... so my mom got me Colosseum too! :'D
I've been playing it on my channel, and its been ok. You definitely feel its age especially with the tasks you need to do, but i just returned the gear for the powerplant.
coloseum single-handedly blows out of the water every single game freak release after the ds era of games! and even before that imo best pokemon game ever!
Although a much different experience than a lot of the other Pokemon games at the time it was definitely a radical departure and a great game from the different perspective of a turncoat switch sides from the criminal element to saving Pokemon
i've been telling you for years how good pokemon colosseum was matty come on bro. colosseum and XD are literally the GOAT pokemon games. theyre also the only games set in mainland america (based off of the american southwest at least, its literally Pokemon: New Vegas) If the arceus team remade colosseum for switch with an open world it would be an absolute BANGER (please steal that idea and spread it around i want it to happen lol)
This and XD gale of darkness are my favorite pokemon games for sure . It’s a shame game freak refuses to acknowledge them and we will probably never get something like this again . I wish I could get it again but it’s so expensive now
The fact this game has better animations than SwSh is embarrassing but apparently not to GameFreak. My Dad is 60 and I remember him coming round when I was playing Sword and he said to me "Didn't these games have better graphics and animations 15 years ago" and I was just like yes, yes they did. He was referring to Battle Revolution. I had to explain to him that a more competent studio made these Gamecube games and GameFreak are just damn lazy, lie and are honestly a bit incompetent.
If anyone who loved this game as a kid wants to play it again then I can't recommend the mod for this enough. It's called Pokemon Grand Colosseum and adds phsyical special split, fairy type, increased difficulty and a bunch of other stuff like infinite TM's.
I played Pokémon Colosseum when it released on the GameCube. I think it was regarded by many as an incredibly disappointing follow up to Pokémon Stadium (and its sequel), and this meant that many didn't give the single-player side of the game the attention it deserved. This is a massive shame as it's by far one of the most original Pokémon games to date.
Man, I remember when I played Coliseum at an old friend's house in elementary and was like, "BRUH, I gotta go to GameStop and get this." Man was that a great trip to the store when it happened. Gale of Darkness I just remember getting because I think my grandma got it for me after, I forget a bit. But point is, yh it's prolly my favorite dualogy of games in Pokemon. Though unlike Matty, I lasted till Gen 4, don't know if I stopped playing for any bad reasons though but wouldn't catching up here and there with what I've missed and those new ones are looking interesting ngl
IDK I preferred Colosseum for its darker protag and story along with it being more difficult. Gale is still good but it lost that edge along with being easier overall due to difficulty and added ease of use mechanics.
Damn, I very rarely find someone that agrees with me on Colosseum being the better of the two. Also I hate the Miror B redesign and axing his amazing battle music in XD. The protag looked like a Digimon character.
Yes, yes it is! With older games, you measured the hype it had when it came out, the success it had when it came out, and how it held up against its peers at the time. Not nitpick 5, 10, 20 plus years after its release.....
And a lot of that had to do with a lack of social media. There's a whole industry now built around revealing games years before they're ready to come out just to get a media cycle going. You hear about a game as if it's around the corner and 3-5 years later it either still hasn't come out or it's still in beta stage on Steam or something.
Overall I loved the game. The only thing I didn't like about it was that Groudon and Kyogre was on the cover but not in the game unless you transfer them over.
I like Colosseum more than Gale of Darkness because the protagonist of XD felt more like your typical Pokemon protagonist. I like how edgy Wes is and I like having a companion travel with you. I think more Pokemon games should let your character have their own backstory and have a travel companion. I think it changes up the formula quite a bit.
I remember playing this at a friends house for 5 minutes and I loved it. Didn’t remember what was going on but it looked really cool. I never had a GameCube growing up and I begged my mom, mostly for Gale of Darkness. So thanks for making me spend $120+ on this lmao. Great video as always
Pokemon coliseum was one of my absolute FAVORITE video games from my childhood!!! It was a breath of fresh air, as I was starting to get bored of the whole collect 8 badges, fight elite four repeating cycle. Pokemon coliseum showed a fantastic new Pokemon experience that I wish they would've continued past Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness. It felt so fresh!!! Still have my copy from my childhood, the corners of the case are torn up a bit from a puppy we had at the time taking my console game cases out into the yard and chewing them up, but the game was completely okay! Even though pokemon coliseum and gale of darkness is a highly sought after video game (have you seen the prices they're going for?!) I will never sell my copy of Pokemon coliseum and gale of darkness. Perfect games. (Though I was more of a fan of pokemon coliseum than i was of XD Gale of Darkness) Chefs kiss 💋
I played this game when i was like 8 years old. Im so glad i am able to play it on an emulator on my steam deck now. So much nostalgia!! $200 for this game now? So glad i found a working rom for it lol
Pokemon Colosseum was a childhood game for me that was practically impossible to ever play again after I sold my GameCube. I wish Nintendo would just put these freaking games on Switch.
Can’t believe I had this game and sold it at a garage sale with my GameCube, Thousand Year Door, Mario Party 6, and other games for like $20 in 2011. If I could go back in time, I’d curb stomp 11 year old me.
I was about 12 when this released and too get it I dragged my best bud to the game store to get the game only to realise I didn't have enough money... walked 20 mins back home to get more games to trade in still not enough....4 trips there and back I finally got it... a 12 year old should not be left to wander to the town centre to shop.. everytime I walked though the door to get more games my mum would eye roll
Lmao seeing that established titles ad after the controversy was hilarious. Not giving you crap, no one knew, but it's funny how it was so prevalent a year ago.
I remember selling my XD gale of darkness game by accidentally leaving it in my wii, I still have the case with manual and everything and always wished I’d kept it. Years later this past may I dove back in and finally beat it and finished almost my entire Gen 3 Pokédex
Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon Gale of Darkness should be in a collection on the Nintendo Switch. My brother had and sold a sealed copy of Pokémon Gale of Darkness before the retro gaming insanity started. Cool video. ^_^
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I think Colosseum a different kind of bad, in that it’s full of consumer hostile practices, such as how you can’t transfer Pokémon until purified and the game is done, or how slow and hard it is to purify. Or the fact that you can’t save anywhere. BUT. At least they’re actually FINISHED games, rather than the mess that SV is
@@ZerosGameInn Tbh, it's mainly nitpicking. I don't MIND a harder game, but losing a turn to hyper mode just happening really does feel like a fuck you
Haven't even watched the video yet, but restarted playing Pokemon Colosseum over Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (Sonic was the original reason I bought a new memory card after grabbing my old GameCube from my mom's house) and thought I'd barely play for 2-3hrs. I ended up playing for +8hrs the first 3 days each day... 😅 I was sucked in and I'm around 3/4ths through the game now cuz I took a break to work. My favorite gen/region is Johto, and favorite Pokemon Typhlosion, so I'm probably *slightly* biased. Just to answer the video title, YES! It definitely is THAT GOOD!
Pokemon Gale of Darkness is the superior title, but Colosseum has enough of its own identity to make it stand out and still age well. It is a grindy game in 2022, but still a memorable one. My childhood self who bought a launch Gamecube hoping there would someday be quality Pokemon RPGs for the system truly got his wish fulfilled!
If this game were to ever get remade, there's a number of changes it'd need. I feel like XD Gale of Darkness shouldn't be a sequel but rather like a postgame expansion, all the Shadow moves it added should've just been part of Colosseum to begin with. Also, there needs to be a Minun in the game, it's pointless for there to be a Plusle without a Minun. The Shadow List needs a complete overhaul, of the 48 Shadow Pokémon, 10 of them are already accessible in Hoenn games (11 if you count the Plusle), and another 10 are already accessible in both Kanto remakes. I feel that the Shadow list should prioritize Pokémon to fill in any of the gen 3 games' dex vacancies, all the version exclusives and otherwise inaccessible Pokémon. And the ones that are technically accessible but a pain in the butt to get normally, like how Hitmontop is technically accessible in the Kanto remakes but a huge pain to acquire because of how it evolves from Tyrogue. Otherwise, the catchable Pokémon should consist of some odds and ends to just lend themselves to a good party. I'd say swap out Makuhita, Swablu, Vibrava, Absol, Tropius, Metagross, Slugma, Heracross, Skarmory, Skiploom, Furret, Yanma, Dunsparce, Ledian, Ariados, Piloswine, Tyranitar and Togetic… For Masquerain, Roselia, Lunatone, Zangoose, Lombre, Nuzleaf, Scizor, Slowking, Weepinbell, Arbok, Arcanine, Cloyster, Elekid, Magby, Sableye, Seviper, Solrock and Mawile, with an extra non-shadow Minun thrown in for good measure.
The reason I ask is I was a huge fallout fan. My favorite TH-camr in those days was called Mr Matty plays and he speculated about fallout 4 and you look so much like him. Also you said Matty will remember
Straight up just one of the best pokemon games as a single player RPG. The mainline games have their own charms, but I would argue that the story and single player experience often feels lacking- especially in recent generations. Colosseum (and Gale of Darkness) really stand out as games that show the potential of how solid a more narrative driven pokemon RPG can be. It's a shame they abandoned this style of side game/spinoff almost immediately 😔
NGC had some of the best Pokemon games, it went way downhill from there. They don't have quite the same charm as Stadium or as much multiplayer content as those, but they are still classics.
Matty loving seeing you check out all these Pokémon games! You gotta check out Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. Best story and gameplay Pokémon has to offer.
Fun fact for the hardcore collectors, "Purified Shadow Pokemon" and "Pokemon in your team when completing the Mount Battle 100 Gauntlet" each get a Unique Ribbon not found anywhere else in the series. Now if you were to transfer a Pokemon with these Ribbons from Colosseum (or XD:GoD) all the way through the series up to Sword/Shield or Scarlet/Violet you gain the option to equip these Ribbons so that whenever the Pokemon (for this example Metagross) is sent into battle the appearing message will state "Go Metagross The Triumphant!" if the Purify Ribbon is equipped and "Go Metagross The 100x Victorious!" if the Mount Battle Ribbon is equipped! Highly exclusive and cool ways to show off a little about your Pokemon Legacy.
Earth Ribbon looks amazing
Wish I had all the wires and handheld systems to do this 😩 these are my favorite Pokémon games
@@Bramblestar9339 there is technically a cheaper method, with a Homebrewed Gamecube or Wii you can pull the game's Rom and Save File onto an SD Card, then use something like PKhex to port the Pokemon into the later games (easiest would be the 3DS Gen 7 games then transfer them from Pokemon Bank to Pokemon Home, or if you have a Homebrewed Switch cut the Gen 7 middle man).
Dude this is so cool I've literally just started out on a journey to fill the Pokedex on every Pokemon game from the bottom up, by system from gen 3 with fr and lg then ruby/sapph. Trading my Pokemon up thru every series as I go. I'm currently playing fr and Colosseum got the GBA to GC cable on its way in the mail.
I will get these ribbons on as many Pokemon as I bring over 😁
Coliseum and gale of darkness are the only reasons I asked my mom for a GameCube. And it was worth all the begging.
I own gale of darkness and it still works
I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on so many delightful cube games.
😮gale of darkness? If u love coliseum imma check it out🎉
Agreed. Coliseum and gale of darkness is the best pokemon games of all time 😀
Literally the only reason i wanted a gamecube too
i still got my original copies of Colosseum and Gale of Darkness from almost 20 years ago. these games are so timeless and have aged so well imo. especially when compared to the mainline pokemon games coming out nowadays.
The only problem I had at all with it when playing thru it again is first, finding where to go next, and second, slow battle animations. But the fact those are the only two faults imo says a lot
I still have mine I consider Colosseum & XD: Gale of Darkness as main series games.
The OST was unexpectedly solid. Especially the Cipher Peon Battle, I don't know what the mooks did to get such an amazing theme.
I initially played the game ENTIRELY to get the legendary beast trio onto my Diamond and Pearl save file, because this was years before the Gen 2 remakes, but enjoyed the ride way more than I thought I would.
Kids today wont know the struggle haha. It was either colosseum or frlg and restart 3 diffrent times
The thing that always stuck with me was the general aesthetic of the game. It looks like it's straight out of Trigun.
Right haha I thought I was only one like dude gives vash the stampede coat vibes.
20 years later, the graphics, battle camera angles, attack animations are all so much better than the latest released pokemon games. Absolutely embarrassing
Right?? It's staggering because sometimes we remember games from the "good old days" a little bit to good looking - but man, putting XD or colosseum next to violet and scarlet really makes you feel these game are just a few years old, but definitely offer better artdirection and a consistent tone and style.
You gotta be joking 😂
I agree on attack animations, but Colosseum and XD’s graphics are NOT better than modern games, Colosseum is charming but kinda ugly, and XD looks extremely basic, they reuse N64 models in those games like c’mon
This game was so awesome to play through, why can't Nintendo make another game like this one? Just imagine the hype
It's partially because the money isn't in creating quality immersion anymore.
Gamefreak didnt make this game that's why
@@blanktrigger8863 No. It's because the mainline games are now 3D, so there's no need for games like these.
Bc we got those shitty scarlet violet games now. Thats officially their reasoning. And it suuuuucks ass to this day.
@@Foatizenknechtl Ummm... What's your source, exactly?
I loved these games when I was a kid. Im glad I picked them up when they were $60 or less. Still have my pre-order disc with the WISHMKR Jirachi on it too!
I loved Coliseum bc the protagonist is 16 years old instead of a baby in nursery school like the mainline games.
True, the colosseum protagonist is prolly the most badass out of all the protagonist in the series lol
So bad ass and also we start with 2 pokemon. Both super cool and not a classical starter 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Someone is finally talking about this game. I loved it so much. Mirror B’s soundtrack is 🔥
Tama Hero just released a big video about this game
People are talking about this all over youtube! haha
I'll never forget back when this came out I was in 4th grade (30 now), my buddy pulled it out of his backpack to show me since I was going to his house for the weekend. We beat the whole story in one weekend. One of my all time favorite Pokemon games. Fun fact, most of the team that made this game had no prior knowledge of Pokemon and actually consisted of a dev team sniped from Sony at the time. One of the best sound tracks, the whole game wasn't appreciated enough in my opinion. We need a Wes follow up ASAP.
Real talk the battles can last so long because of the detailed animations and all of them being double battles, yet the fairly short looped battle tracks NEVER get old... Up most respect to the writers and orchestrators for this perpetually clean soundtrack!
Pokemon Colosseum was my childhood back when I played it on the gamecube! I still have my copy because i love this game so much and it's crazy expensive right now.
I just beat colosseum for the first time a few months ago and as someone who started with gen 3, this felt like a time capsule that I instantly fell in love with. It was definitely one of the hardest games which was such a breath of fresh air. Beating it was so much fun and gratifying bc I lost like 10 different times to the final boss before I finally won(thanks to a little rng help). Also beating Mt.Battle and getting my first gen 3 Ho-Oh was so rewarding to be able to trade it into my emerald version. This game up there with Emerald, HGSS, BW and PLA.
Also I think Colosseum is more fun than XD which I also just finished playing.
I couldn't beat this game as a kid I got stuck on the last battle
This was actually my first pokemon game, before it I just got to occasionally borrow my cousin's for like five minutes, so it holds a very special place in my heart right next to Zelda Wind Waker.
It may have also been what sparked my undying love for Umbreon.
Pokemon Colosseum is the best Pokemon game I've ever played. The animations make the Pokemon feel alive. The dark and mature tone is exactly what we need in modern Pokemon games. They say that Pokemon is a kids game. But the people who primary play Pokemon games were once kids, and are now in there late 20's and late 30's. Pokemon needs to stop marketing itself as a kids game because its core audience has evolved.
IKRRRR, Idk the reason for the company to make the future games so childish and make the graphics look like it's still on the beta version ffs. The kids would still love to play pokemon even if the target audience was for 13+ people. It would be far better if the future pkmn games would be a bit serious when it comes to story, maturity and I wish they would actually improve the fps and graphics, if BOTW and Mario Odyssey was good then why can't they make pokemon like that. Pokemon now became like a goody two shoes on a daily basis of rainbows and sunshine I hate it
Not really. Yeah its nostalgia based audience is older now but pokemon is literally the biggest franchise in the world. Without actually knowing, I'd guess that kids are the vast majority core marketable consumers now. Myself as well as a lot of content creators and others as an adult who understands gaming/gaming development and don't eat spoon fed repetitive contrived animes as I did as a kid, I now have the choice to not give gamefreak and the pokemon company my money. Which is a choice I made years ago since they can't be bothered to put out anything even half respectable now. I play my GBA/GBC/DS games for nostalgic purposes via emulation because I don't support bad practices.
Marketing pokemon more mature for adults is cutting out a HUGE part of their multi billion dollar market; which will never happen because the pokemon franchise only exists still to make money. Not please anyone. That's why literally 95% of their games are copy paste, the switch games are released broken and mediocre and they've marketed a 10 year old as the protag in the anime for nearly 30 years.
Its 2023. Time to stop locking a large portion pokemon to trade evolutions and the same fucking game with a different color name so you have to spend $120+ to get all the regions pokemon plus the cost of whatever device you're using.
Yep. Sounds about right. 😎 currently beat fire red. Now I'm heading into soul silver on my 3ds XL. I'm having a ball😏
After that I'm heading into Omega Ruby, then platinum, and finally pokemon X.
That's all I have in my pokemon collection
Colosseum will forever be the title that killed the franchise for me. Not because it was bad (on the contrary, it's my favorite besides Legends Arceus) but because it was something fresh and different from "get gym badges," haha.
Good time to get back into it. Scarlet/violet are promising to be different. And the alola games tried to at least shake up the formula a bit, I’d say give it a try
@@gokubroly12009 dumbing down gym puzzle and call it trial is not shaking up the formula. Same with Terastalize, it is mega evo with a fresh coat of paint.
@@annedrieck7316 Dumbing down gym puzzles is just as much a shake up as removing the annoying dark cave bat attack map would be. Those were unecessary features that added nothing to the game.
@@gokubroly12009 IMO Scarlet/Violet are definitely great mainline Pokemon games especially the story that was if not the best story that we’ve got from Pokemon since B/W definitely in my top 3 favorite generations the only problem is lag issues which is expect it to have, but overall they’re are great.
@@annedrieck7316 The puzzles were never that great, all Alola did was take another approach to them. Alola's gyms change the formula a ton while still making them familiar. 1st off they're dungeon biomes to return to and catch unique Pokemon in, and sometimes collect previously unobtainable items, the reward for beating these "gyms" are badges that actually have a proper battle function, multiple functions in fact. You also ignore the fact that rides completely remove annoying HMs and allow you to customize and build your team exactly the way you want it without changing anything to abide by the environmental progression throughout your adventure. Alola was the best change that EVER happened to this series in terms of changing the formula of overworld progression.
Tell all this to @TamoHero she dismantled this game saying it was trash!!! This is my all time favorite pokemon game glad you enjoyed it
This and the original Silver were the Pokémon games I grew up with, both were handed down from my older cousin. I’ve always really liked the look of the towns and characters in the game, the soundtrack has some really good songs, really amusing villains (love Miror B), and I get the double battle thing isn’t for everyone but I like the gimmick.
i played this as a kid, didnt know the name of it. i had to look up which game cube game has Umbreon lol.
honestly if you like Pokemon this is a great game, music, level design, fight layout. its all good even for its time. the art direction is worth playing.
plus, a motorcycle its just so cool all the cutscenes it gets your attention easily.
I love everything about this game. The story, tone, limited lineup, region and challenge were all a breath of fresh air in the series, and the music was amazing. Pretty cool that between this and XD you can get Pokémon, items and moves that are rare in Gen 3, and even some event Pokémon too!
I remember renting this game from Blockbuster and finally persuading my mom to buy it from them so I could have it. Super glad to currently have it because it’s freaking expensive now.
I remember going into eb games and buying a used GameCube with 60 of my 100 dollars of birthday money just so I could play this game. Worth every penny. I enjoyed this game so much then transferred my Pokémon into Ruby. My friends lost their minds when they saw the Gen 2 Pokémon in my roster.
You and I are the same age, 27 and we both like Gen 3 the best as our favorites.
Great video, Colosseum is a great spinoff as well as it’s sequel XD: Gale of Darkness which I hope you eventually look at.
One of my fave Pokémon games. These were the good days when Gamefreak knew we wanted more than just the badge running story we always get. I don’t care about being a Master, I’d rather explore and see the more gritty side of the universe. So cool. It’s what made me happy that Arceus seemed to return to form with a game that wasn’t focused around hunting down gym badges
Gamefreak aint make this
This game was so good because gamefreak didn't make it. Look at the pokemon idle animations, and the reaction to moves. Gamefreak would never put this much effort into a title.
@@WavyJayZ damn then they need to move on from game freak lol
@@b__w_4565 cold day in hell bro smh. Game freak knows people will buy it, they got the pokemon franchise on lock. I haven't purchased a title since sw&sh and I won't until a new developer takes the ip over(I'm gonna die and never play again smh😭)
What is Sw & Sh mean?
Sometimes I wish I was rich just so I can hire a team just to recreate this and make a remaster. I can die happy if I know there is a pokemon collesuem remaster
Make it in VR, for future generations
Pokemon Colosseum is still one of my all time favorite Pokemon games!!
As you already said the starter choice is so dope, the shadow feature is still one of the coolest mechanics in the entire franchise and my favorite
thing about this game? Shiny Pokemon. Only Shadow Pokemon can be shiny, but my god do they look SICK!
For example Shiny Shadow Quilava - it has GREEN flames.
Or Shiny Shadow Suicune - it has BLACK hair!
This game aged so well, it's just lovely to see! Still playing it regularly these days. Great video man!
Who else got stuck on the early levels as a kid? Lmaooo wow this game is a hidden memory unlocked
I played gale of darkness first as a kid and yea i can say colosseum was the harder game just all the quality of life changes and more mons to catch really helped
That part where you said the game goes for over $120 that’s why people pirate it
Mario Kart Double Dash had a bonus disc that came with it, and from that disc I found out about Pokemon Colosseum.
that intro gave me chills, the last time i got chills like that was when i was a kid and found out a main line Pokémon game was coming to GameCube on my own box tv. That's an eerie feeling...
The end game of this was insanely hard lol
Oh wow, I never played this one. I played XD Gale of Darkness though.
Finally catching the "official" Ho-ho was glorious
Fun bit of trivia about that 100 trainer gauntlet from Battle Mode. If you play through to the end with a team you brought over from story mode, the game will give you a Ho-oh for your efforts. That's the only legitimate method of getting a Ho-oh in gen 3.
One of the best if not the best pokemon right up there with silver/gold and heartgold soulsilver.
This game is in my top 5 Pokémon game of all time. Btw I didn't know Matty had another channel, I directly looked for TH-cam videos relating to Pokémon Colosseum, and didn't expect Matty to have a video about it, this is cool! First KOA - Reckoning and now Pokémon Colosseum, we think alike.
Both Colosseum and Gale of Darkness are awesome. I recently replayed them, and they still hold up in my opinion. I
Last Pokemon game ive personally played brand new. Such good memories.
God I hate how expensive these games are man...and that they've NEVER BEEN RERELEASED!!!!
I remember as a kid, I had to make a choice between getting paper mario TTYD and this game for christmas... I chose paper mario... yet with time, I started sulking bc I also loved pokemon so much... so my mom got me Colosseum too! :'D
better graphics and animations that a game 18 years later on a higher budget on a drastically more powerful system. Ridiculous
I've been playing it on my channel, and its been ok. You definitely feel its age especially with the tasks you need to do, but i just returned the gear for the powerplant.
I very much enjoyed both Colosseum and Gale of Darkness.
These games are such underrated gems, they are only reason I am still a fan of the franchise!
The GameCube pokemon games were so underrated bro
Appreciate the support for scotland🏴
coloseum single-handedly blows out of the water every single game freak release after the ds era of games! and even before that imo best pokemon game ever!
Although a much different experience than a lot of the other Pokemon games at the time it was definitely a radical departure and a great game from the different perspective of a turncoat switch sides from the criminal element to saving Pokemon
I love how you worded the Pokémon bonding in the game! It truly is a cool system.
i've been telling you for years how good pokemon colosseum was matty come on bro. colosseum and XD are literally the GOAT pokemon games. theyre also the only games set in mainland america (based off of the american southwest at least, its literally Pokemon: New Vegas)
If the arceus team remade colosseum for switch with an open world it would be an absolute BANGER (please steal that idea and spread it around i want it to happen lol)
This and XD gale of darkness are my favorite pokemon games for sure . It’s a shame game freak refuses to acknowledge them and we will probably never get something like this again .
I wish I could get it again but it’s so expensive now
The fact this game has better animations than SwSh is embarrassing but apparently not to GameFreak. My Dad is 60 and I remember him coming round when I was playing Sword and he said to me "Didn't these games have better graphics and animations 15 years ago" and I was just like yes, yes they did. He was referring to Battle Revolution. I had to explain to him that a more competent studio made these Gamecube games and GameFreak are just damn lazy, lie and are honestly a bit incompetent.
Wish we got more serious and mature Pokémon games like this.
This and XD Gale of Darkness were so good. Hate i sold my copies 😭 i love these way more than Stadium games
I’ve wanted xd gale of darkness for so long but wasn’t willing to pay £80 for it like 5 years ago it’s now £200 🥲😭
If anyone who loved this game as a kid wants to play it again then I can't recommend the mod for this enough.
It's called Pokemon Grand Colosseum and adds phsyical special split, fairy type, increased difficulty and a bunch of other stuff like infinite TM's.
it's amazing the fans can do what the game company does not want to huh?
I love Pokemon Colosseum and Gale of Darkness was a amazing sequel.
I played Pokémon Colosseum when it released on the GameCube. I think it was regarded by many as an incredibly disappointing follow up to Pokémon Stadium (and its sequel), and this meant that many didn't give the single-player side of the game the attention it deserved. This is a massive shame as it's by far one of the most original Pokémon games to date.
Imagine having an old game cube game and it is better looking than the newest switch games.
You are NOT getting a noble title from Established Title and you are NOT actually buying land, its too small. Look up established titles controversy.
Colossuem and XD were awesome, and still is. It's story is a different approach than the mainlines. We need more of that.
Man, I remember when I played Coliseum at an old friend's house in elementary and was like, "BRUH, I gotta go to GameStop and get this." Man was that a great trip to the store when it happened. Gale of Darkness I just remember getting because I think my grandma got it for me after, I forget a bit. But point is, yh it's prolly my favorite dualogy of games in Pokemon. Though unlike Matty, I lasted till Gen 4, don't know if I stopped playing for any bad reasons though but wouldn't catching up here and there with what I've missed and those new ones are looking interesting ngl
And how cool is it to open with Umbreon and Espeon as your main Duo of starter Pokemon
IDK I preferred Colosseum for its darker protag and story along with it being more difficult. Gale is still good but it lost that edge along with being easier overall due to difficulty and added ease of use mechanics.
Damn, I very rarely find someone that agrees with me on Colosseum being the better of the two. Also I hate the Miror B redesign and axing his amazing battle music in XD. The protag looked like a Digimon character.
Yes, yes it is! With older games, you measured the hype it had when it came out, the success it had when it came out, and how it held up against its peers at the time. Not nitpick 5, 10, 20 plus years after its release.....
And a lot of that had to do with a lack of social media. There's a whole industry now built around revealing games years before they're ready to come out just to get a media cycle going. You hear about a game as if it's around the corner and 3-5 years later it either still hasn't come out or it's still in beta stage on Steam or something.
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I didn't know Marty was a Bus Driver growing up!?! How cool!
Overall I loved the game. The only thing I didn't like about it was that Groudon and Kyogre was on the cover but not in the game unless you transfer them over.
I like Colosseum more than Gale of Darkness because the protagonist of XD felt more like your typical Pokemon protagonist. I like how edgy Wes is and I like having a companion travel with you. I think more Pokemon games should let your character have their own backstory and have a travel companion. I think it changes up the formula quite a bit.
I remember playing this at a friends house for 5 minutes and I loved it. Didn’t remember what was going on but it looked really cool. I never had a GameCube growing up and I begged my mom, mostly for Gale of Darkness. So thanks for making me spend $120+ on this lmao. Great video as always
I'm not a pokemon guy but it is one of very few pokemon games I've played and liked
Pokemon coliseum was one of my absolute FAVORITE video games from my childhood!!! It was a breath of fresh air, as I was starting to get bored of the whole collect 8 badges, fight elite four repeating cycle. Pokemon coliseum showed a fantastic new Pokemon experience that I wish they would've continued past Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness. It felt so fresh!!! Still have my copy from my childhood, the corners of the case are torn up a bit from a puppy we had at the time taking my console game cases out into the yard and chewing them up, but the game was completely okay! Even though pokemon coliseum and gale of darkness is a highly sought after video game (have you seen the prices they're going for?!) I will never sell my copy of Pokemon coliseum and gale of darkness. Perfect games. (Though I was more of a fan of pokemon coliseum than i was of XD Gale of Darkness) Chefs kiss 💋
I played this game when i was like 8 years old. Im so glad i am able to play it on an emulator on my steam deck now. So much nostalgia!! $200 for this game now? So glad i found a working rom for it lol
Pokemon Colosseum was a childhood game for me that was practically impossible to ever play again after I sold my GameCube. I wish Nintendo would just put these freaking games on Switch.
Can’t believe I had this game and sold it at a garage sale with my GameCube, Thousand Year Door, Mario Party 6, and other games for like $20 in 2011. If I could go back in time, I’d curb stomp 11 year old me.
I was about 12 when this released and too get it I dragged my best bud to the game store to get the game only to realise I didn't have enough money... walked 20 mins back home to get more games to trade in still not enough....4 trips there and back I finally got it... a 12 year old should not be left to wander to the town centre to shop.. everytime I walked though the door to get more games my mum would eye roll
Lmao seeing that established titles ad after the controversy was hilarious. Not giving you crap, no one knew, but it's funny how it was so prevalent a year ago.
I remember selling my XD gale of darkness game by accidentally leaving it in my wii, I still have the case with manual and everything and always wished I’d kept it. Years later this past may I dove back in and finally beat it and finished almost my entire Gen 3 Pokédex
Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon Gale of Darkness should be in a collection on the Nintendo Switch. My brother had and sold a sealed copy of Pokémon Gale of Darkness before the retro gaming insanity started. Cool video. ^_^
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Do not fall for this Established Title scam. TH-camrs are not researching anything past a scam email and are reading scripts with incorrect information that is violation of the US Federal Trade Commission for false advertising..
Coliseum and Gale of Darkness are better than what we been getting lately, also they are amazing games
I think Colosseum a different kind of bad, in that it’s full of consumer hostile practices, such as how you can’t transfer Pokémon until purified and the game is done, or how slow and hard it is to purify.
Or the fact that you can’t save anywhere.
BUT. At least they’re actually FINISHED games, rather than the mess that SV is
@@borby4584 eh, i dont see the problems you do, but imma enjoy them either way, as for Scarlet which i got, i like those bugs
@@ZerosGameInn Tbh, it's mainly nitpicking. I don't MIND a harder game, but losing a turn to hyper mode just happening really does feel like a fuck you
@@borby4584 they needed a gimmick to implement, just practice and get used to it, its not as bad as people make it out to be
Pokemon Colosseum is early 2000's edginess done right.
takes me back to the good ole days
Haven't even watched the video yet, but restarted playing Pokemon Colosseum over Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (Sonic was the original reason I bought a new memory card after grabbing my old GameCube from my mom's house) and thought I'd barely play for 2-3hrs.
I ended up playing for +8hrs the first 3 days each day... 😅 I was sucked in and I'm around 3/4ths through the game now cuz I took a break to work. My favorite gen/region is Johto, and favorite Pokemon Typhlosion, so I'm probably *slightly* biased. Just to answer the video title, YES! It definitely is THAT GOOD!
XD Gale of Darkness was a great sequel to Colosseum, but I did miss the edgy white haired main protagonist of the first game.
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Matty I love you and your content. I got this game in 2004 and played it until 3am (I was 8 or 9). Thanks for putting up the GOOD content 🙏🙏😅
Pokemon Gale of Darkness is the superior title, but Colosseum has enough of its own identity to make it stand out and still age well. It is a grindy game in 2022, but still a memorable one.
My childhood self who bought a launch Gamecube hoping there would someday be quality Pokemon RPGs for the system truly got his wish fulfilled!
If this game were to ever get remade, there's a number of changes it'd need. I feel like XD Gale of Darkness shouldn't be a sequel but rather like a postgame expansion, all the Shadow moves it added should've just been part of Colosseum to begin with. Also, there needs to be a Minun in the game, it's pointless for there to be a Plusle without a Minun. The Shadow List needs a complete overhaul, of the 48 Shadow Pokémon, 10 of them are already accessible in Hoenn games (11 if you count the Plusle), and another 10 are already accessible in both Kanto remakes. I feel that the Shadow list should prioritize Pokémon to fill in any of the gen 3 games' dex vacancies, all the version exclusives and otherwise inaccessible Pokémon. And the ones that are technically accessible but a pain in the butt to get normally, like how Hitmontop is technically accessible in the Kanto remakes but a huge pain to acquire because of how it evolves from Tyrogue. Otherwise, the catchable Pokémon should consist of some odds and ends to just lend themselves to a good party.
I'd say swap out Makuhita, Swablu, Vibrava, Absol, Tropius, Metagross, Slugma, Heracross, Skarmory, Skiploom, Furret, Yanma, Dunsparce, Ledian, Ariados, Piloswine, Tyranitar and Togetic…
For Masquerain, Roselia, Lunatone, Zangoose, Lombre, Nuzleaf, Scizor, Slowking, Weepinbell, Arbok, Arcanine, Cloyster, Elekid, Magby, Sableye, Seviper, Solrock and Mawile, with an extra non-shadow Minun thrown in for good measure.
This game is tied to the issue with having an incomplete pokedex that requires you to buy spin off games to get some of your favorite mons back...
The reason I ask is I was a huge fallout fan. My favorite TH-camr in those days was called Mr Matty plays and he speculated about fallout 4 and you look so much like him. Also you said Matty will remember
Straight up just one of the best pokemon games as a single player RPG. The mainline games have their own charms, but I would argue that the story and single player experience often feels lacking- especially in recent generations. Colosseum (and Gale of Darkness) really stand out as games that show the potential of how solid a more narrative driven pokemon RPG can be. It's a shame they abandoned this style of side game/spinoff almost immediately 😔
Yeah its hilarious how openly the villain got showed in colliseum and gales of darkness
Everyone i knew referred to this game was pokemon stadium 3 until we learned about the japanese one.
I got my hands on a copy super cheap at a flea market. I'm going to play it today.
NGC had some of the best Pokemon games, it went way downhill from there. They don't have quite the same charm as Stadium or as much multiplayer content as those, but they are still classics.
This was a really good reviews of this Pokemon game.
Matty loving seeing you check out all these Pokémon games! You gotta check out Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. Best story and gameplay Pokémon has to offer.
Best of all time
We need Pokemon stadium 3! it’s been over 23 years.
I much prefer the art direction the gamecube RPGs have to the one SwSh and SV have
You have to go back to where Mirror B was. You will find a surprise waiting.
I had to do a double take when you mentioned conquest, had to remind myself that's an official spinoff and not ahem.. "Con Quest"