<s>
Pokémon	B-Application
XD	I-Application
:	I-Application
Gale	I-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Application
franchise	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
Orre	O
,	O
the	O
setting	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseums	I-Application
adventure	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Pokémon	B-Application
games	O
can	O
connect	O
to	O
this	O
game	O
through	O
trading	O
and	O
Battle	O
Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
focus	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
is	O
to	O
capture	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
and	O
fight	O
with	O
them	O
and	O
also	O
file	O
up	O
their	O
information	O
in	O
pokedex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
are	O
captured	O
using	O
the	O
Snag	B-Application
Machine	I-Application
,	O
as	O
in	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
game	O
there	O
are	O
83	O
different	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
to	O
collect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
has	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Shadow	O
moves	O
that	O
it	O
knows	O
to	O
give	O
it	O
more	O
variety	O
in	O
combat	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
significant	O
change	O
from	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	O
moves	O
can	O
be	O
either	O
physical	O
or	O
special	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
type	O
of	O
move	O
that	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
this	O
in	O
Generation	B-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
the	O
player	O
cannot	O
catch	O
a	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
second	O
chance	O
available	O
:	O
at	O
random	O
points	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
antagonist	O
,	O
Miror	O
B	O
.	O
will	O
appear	O
and	O
have	O
a	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
that	O
the	O
player	O
was	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
catch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
obtained	O
82	O
of	O
the	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
,	O
Miror	O
B	O
.	O
will	O
appear	O
one	O
final	O
time	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
obtainable	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
is	O
captured	O
the	O
player	O
then	O
has	O
to	O
purify	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
different	O
ways	O
of	O
purifying	O
Pokémon	B-Application
:	O
one	O
way	O
is	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Purification	O
Chamber	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
is	O
to	O
carry	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Application
in	O
the	O
party	O
just	O
like	O
in	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Purification	O
Chamber	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
place	O
anywhere	O
from	O
1	O
to	O
4	O
Pokémon	B-Application
in	O
a	O
circle	O
and	O
a	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
is	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
this	O
circle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Application
that	O
are	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
circle	O
the	O
tempo	O
will	O
increase	O
,	O
which	O
increases	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
purifying	O
the	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
that	O
the	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
will	O
be	O
purified	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
walks	O
around	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
notified	O
when	O
a	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
is	O
ready	O
to	O
be	O
purified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
player	O
carries	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Application
in	O
the	O
party	O
and	O
battles	O
with	O
them	O
,	O
they	O
will	O
gain	O
experience	O
when	O
they	O
are	O
purified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
Purification	O
Chamber	O
is	O
used	O
then	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Application
will	O
not	O
gain	O
any	O
experience	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
Purification	O
Chamber	O
multiple	O
Pokémon	B-Application
can	O
be	O
purified	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
these	O
special	O
locations	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
lay	O
Poke	O
snacks	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
to	O
cause	O
wild	O
Pokémon	B-Application
to	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
these	O
3	O
locations	O
9	O
different	O
wild	O
Pokémon	B-Application
can	O
be	O
captured	O
and	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
traded	O
for	O
rare	O
Pokémon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
begins	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
The	O
Hero	O
(	O
named	O
Michael	B-Application
by	O
default	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
protagonist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	B-Application
talks	O
to	O
Professor	O
Krane	O
,	O
his	O
mother	O
's	O
boss	O
,	O
who	O
introduces	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
Pokémon	B-Application
whose	O
hearts	O
have	O
been	O
artificially	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krane	O
also	O
introduces	O
the	O
Snag	B-Application
Machine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
capture	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
to	O
purify	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krane	O
entrusts	O
Michael	B-Application
with	O
the	O
Snag	B-Application
Machine	I-Application
to	O
capture	O
these	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
and	O
is	O
given	O
the	O
Aura	O
Reader	O
(	O
the	O
eye	O
piece	O
)	O
to	O
identify	O
them	O
from	O
normal	O
Pokémon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	B-Application
goes	O
after	O
the	O
Cipher	O
Agents	O
to	O
rescue	O
Krane	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
is	O
led	O
on	O
many	O
adventures	O
throughout	O
Orre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
must	O
defeat	O
the	O
Cipher	O
Peons	O
and	O
Admins	O
and	O
rescue	O
the	O
shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
to	O
save	O
Orre	O
from	O
the	O
evil	O
Cipher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
snags	O
his	O
shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
,	O
he	O
must	O
purify	O
all	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
(	O
seemingly	O
)	O
impossible	O
to	O
purify	O
Shadow	O
Lugia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Application
are	O
purified	O
,	O
Michael	B-Application
returns	O
home	O
and	O
puts	O
down	O
his	O
snag	B-Application
machine	I-Application
,	O
but	O
he	O
stores	O
it	O
safely	O
in	O
his	O
room	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
ever	O
needed	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
executive	O
Reggie	O
Fils-Aimé	O
said	O
that	O
Pokémon	B-Application
XD	I-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
new	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Colosseum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
would	O
be	O
more	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
gaming	O
magazines	O
Famitsu	O
and	O
CoroCoro	O
Comic	O
later	O
gave	O
screenshots	O
and	O
information	O
that	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
3D	O
graphics	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
continue	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
and	O
snagging	O
from	O
Colosseum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Eevee	O
that	O
you	O
are	O
given	O
by	O
default	O
can	O
evolve	O
into	O
any	O
of	O
five	O
Pokémon	B-Application
,	O
Vaporeon	O
,	O
Flareon	O
,	O
Jolteon	O
,	O
Umbreon	O
,	O
or	O
Espeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
demo	O
released	O
to	O
retail	O
stores	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
goes	O
through	O
two	O
battles	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
snag	O
three	O
Shadow	B-Application
Pokémon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
demo	O
was	O
playable	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Rocks	O
America	O
"	O
tour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
features	O
two	O
Sinnoh	O
related	O
Pokémon	B-Application
species	O
from	O
the	O
Diamond	O
and	O
Pearl	O
generation	O
introduced	O
in	O
Pokémon	B-Application
:	O
Destiny	O
Deoxys	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
evolve	O
into	O
previous	O
species	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pokémon	B-Application
XD	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
usually	O
scoring	O
6	O
–	O
7	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
(	O
8.6	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
was	O
its	O
highest	O
score	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
commonly	O
criticized	O
for	O
having	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
recycled	O
material	O
from	O
the	O
earlier	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Colosseum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
common	O
complaint	O
were	O
the	O
Poké	O
Spot	O
areas	O
,	O
regarded	O
as	O
very	O
limited	O
and	O
small	O
compared	O
to	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
discussing	O
the	O
mixed	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Application
console	O
games	O
,	O
Retronauts	O
recalled	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Pokémon	B-Application
XD	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
selling	O
over	O
1	O
million	O
units	O
as	O
of	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
