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''Pokémon Colosseum'' is notable for being the first fully-3D ''Pokémon'' RPG (with a storyline and everything!) and for some unique gameplay features: such as the fact that every fight in Orre is a double battle, requiring a whole new set of tactics from regular play.
The sequel, ''Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness'', was released the following year. ''XD'' scaled things back a few notches by replacing the [[Anti
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* [[As Long As It Sounds Foreign]]: Another theory about the weird names of Orre is that the weird names were selected to give the region an otherworldly, foreign feel.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The graphics improved greatly from ''Colosseum'' to ''XD''.
* [[Black and White Morality]]: Cipher's primary characterization is that they are unashamedly trying to '''[[Take Over the World|TAKE OVER THE WORLD]]''' ([[That Guy With the Glasses|Of course!]]), with all members being fully aware of this goal. A stark contrast from Pokémon's use of relatively small scale groups with the goal of making money, [[Well
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Miror B. [[Funny Afro|He has a Poké Ball afro.]] [[Dance Battler|He loves to dance.]] [[Crazy Awesome|He's also an Admin of an evil Pokémon organization.]]
* [[But Thou Must]]: Don't want Rui to follow you around? [[But Thou Must]]! Don't want to help Rui save all the Shadow Pokémon? [[But Thou Must]]! Want to use your Pokémon-stealing device to steal non-Shadow Pokémon? [[But Thou Must|But Thou Mustn't!]] Don't want to fight Eldes, because it wouldn't mean anything? [[But Thou Must]], my friend.
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** Many, many, many characters are or have been suspected of being expies of characters from various canons of Pokémon. It's actually part of the fun for some people trying to see which characters are which.
* [[Faceless Goons]]: Cipher grunts. Ironically, they are the only evil team in the series whose grunts have individual names.
* [[Five
** [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Evice}}
** [[The Dragon]]/[[Dragon
** [[The Brute]]: Dakim
** [[The Evil Genius]]: Ein
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* [[Marathon Level]]: Mount Battle.
* [[Master of Disguise]]: Silva, a rare purely good example.
* [[Mind Rape]] / [[Heart Trauma]]: The methods involved in Shadow Pokémon production, with [[Empty Shell]], [[Super
* [[Obviously Evil]]: {{spoiler|[[The Dragon|Nascour]] from ''Colosseum'', as well as [[Big Bad|Greevil]] and [[The Dragon|Ardos]] from ''XD'', but Eldes pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] at the last second, and several other villains don't look half as dangerous as they are when they first show up (such as Evice/Es Cade).}}
* [[One Game for The Price of Two]]: One of the complaints was how in order to get all of the Pokémon before FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald were released, you needed this game and one of those [[Game Cube]] to Game Boy Advance Link Cables.
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=== Tropes used in ''Colosseum'': ===
* [[Anti
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Wes.
* [[Bowdlerise]]: Rui's shirt no longer [[Bare Your Midriff|shows off her navel]] and has her skirt lengthened a few notches (originally it was ''[[Up to Eleven|shorter]]'' than Dawn's) outside of Japan. A bit odd in such a [[Darker and Edgier]] work, but least she no longer looks like a cheap hooker.
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: Rui's grandfather. {{spoiler|Aspired to be a pokemon master? Granddaughter's a redhead? His oldest, strongest, and closest pokemon is a Pikachu? It's most likely Ash, and his wife is Misty.}}
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: An early Nintendo Power ad made out Wes to be an outright villain.
* [[Non
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Despite the fact that [[Rescue Romance|Wes saved Rui from kidnapping]], their relationship doesn't seem to be romantic.
** Though it's hard to tell when [[Heroic Mime|one of the pair doesn't speak at all]].
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* [[Wake Up Call Boss]] / [[Early Bird Boss]]: Miror B. in ''Colosseum'' is this due to the fact that you can't level up any Snagged Pokémon yet, and you have precious few moves that are effective against his team. At least his battle theme is a [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showpost.php?p=2693362&postcount=124 This is likely based on an aborted 64DD game, Pokémon RPG].
* [[White
** Nascour fits the trope better, and his hair is more blueish than white. Though some may argue he's more creepy than pretty.
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* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Gorigan has two pairs. One he wears as intended, the other he wears on his neck.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Two scientists who have designed a method for serial abuse of Pokémon use "gosh" and "Gadzooks" in XD.
* [[Infinity
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Orre is cleaned up in XD (but it is still fairly dark, particularly at the beginning and at the end), more grass and trees are growing, water is spreading, there seems to be more Pokemon League presence in the region, while one [[Wretched Hive]] is shut down and the other has a now clean white building in it whose inhabitants are dedicated to being helpful. The game makes it pretty clear that Wes shook up the region's status quo pretty good.
* [[Lost Forever]]: Picking the wrong questions in an interview (You have to answer all completely truthfully) will make the Amulet Coin inaccessible without trading (you instead get a much less useful item that can be found elsewhere) and evolving the Shadow Togepi will make the special Elekid you can trade it for a plain old Elekid.
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** Also Greevil. He's greEVIL.
* [[Mister Big]]: Greevil.
** [[Overlord, Jr.]]: Ardos and Eldes.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Chobin wears the spiral variety, and is also [[Blind Without
* [[Never Say Die]]: {{spoiler|It's made blatantly obvious that Cipher used Shadow Lugia to outright '''murder''' the S.S. Libra down to the last man, but since this is [[What Do You Mean
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Unless you trade over Pokémon, Orre Colosseum.
** ''Colosseum'''s story mode is a huge [[Difficulty Spike]] compared to the rest of the series, because of the small pool of available pokemon and the fact that rather than sticking to one type like the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 or other games, bosses use legitimate--and often very effective--strategies which can easily decimate your party.
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