History VideoGame / PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness

** Second, and really minor unless you remembered every minor trainer's dialogue involves a cooltrainer in front of the Agate Village Pokémon Center. In Colosseum, its a male named Dury (Takato in Japanese), whose a battle-able trainer. In XD, the cooltrainer is a female named Cida (Takami in Japanese, for maximum StealthPun) who explicitly mentions she's the younger sister of Dury and has come to the village to study like he did because she's jealous of how strong he became after studying here.

** Through Action Replay codes, the player can start the game with a Lv. 26 Jolteon and a Lv. 30 Vaporeon instead of a Lv. 5 Eevee. Like the starter Eevee, they are listed as "Obtained from [[HelloInsertNameHere Micheal]]'s dad."

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Greevil is this to Evice. Chief Sherles states that Evice was only the boss of the Orre region.]]

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Trudly and Folly return in this role as Miror B's only two minions.

* DummiedOut: Data exists for Battle [=CDs=] 51-60, though they can only be obtained by hacking. [=CDs=] 51-55 are incomplete, kicking you out of the challenge upon startup since you don't have a team (the game effectively treats this as a loss). [=CDs=] 56-60, meanwhile, are identical to some of the Battle Sim tutorials.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Silva assures Michael that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial he was not saying that he likes to wear women's clothing]].
** There is a woman in the first area that says she sleeps with her Pokémon. She's standing next to a Kirlia.
** Several strip club parallels/euphemisms are made in reference to the Krabby Club's Magicians.

[[caption-width-right:257:Those letters stands for Xtra-Dimension; it wasn't intentionally made to resemble the {{Emoticon}}.]]

* DifficultySpike: Shadow Lugia and 3 of the final boss's Shadow Pokémon have catch rates of 3 (out of 255) while, with the exception of a Shadow Snorlax and Chansey (which are still 30, or 3.9% with no damage and a default ball), everything else has catch rates that can easily be gotten to 20+% (sleep + Ultra/Net Ball). It seems as though catch rates for Legendary Pokémon may have been modified for this game, however, as they're at least easier to catch than in the main games.
** The Hexagon Brothers and Miror B, postgame. The Hexagon Brothers hang around the Cipher lab in case you feel like battling them again or have to snag any Shadow Pokémon you missed the first time around. However, after you beat Greevil, they're all at level 50, save any Shadow Pokémon. Miror B, in the final battle at Gateon Port, has five level 57 Ludicolo and one level 55 Shadow Dragonite. (Fortunately, if you have Shadow Salamence, and it has been purified or relearned Wing Attack spamming Wing Attack keeps the Ludicolo from being too annoying, as long as you watch out for the one that knows an ice-type move.)

** A man in pyrite bought ten "Poké Poles" only to later realize that they were just a bunch of red-and-white-painted metal rods that don't actually do anything.

[[caption-width-right:257:Yeah, [[{{Emoticon}} we laughed at the title too.]]]]

* EyesAlwaysShut: Prof. Krane and Mr Verich's character models never open their eyes. [[spoiler: Eventually subverted with Verich or rahter Greevil as just before the final battle, he opens them to reveal [[RedRightHand his huge, yellow eyes]]]].

** The Hexagon Brothers and Miror B, postgame. The Hexagon Brothers hang around the Cipher lab in case you feel like battling them again or have to snag any Shadow Pokémon you missed the first time around. However, after you beet Greevil, they're all at level 50, save any Shadow Pokémon. Miror B, in the final battle at Gateon Port, has five level 57 Ludicolo and one level 55 Shadow Dragonite. (Fortunately, if you have Shadow Salamence, and it has been purified or relearned Wing Attack spamming Wing Attack keeps the Ludicolo from being too annoying, as long as you watch out for the one that knows an ice-type move.)

* AProtagonistIsRyu: Michael is "Ryuto" in Japanese.

** Then there is Battlus atop Mt. Battle. His team has Eon Duo Latios & Latias along with pseudo-legendaries Metagross and Salamence with all of his Pokemon being at Level 70.

** Second, and really minor unless you remembered every minor trainer's dialogue involves a cooltrainer in front of the Agate Village Pokemon Center. In Colosseum, its a male named Dury (Takato in Japanese), whose a battle-able trainer. In XD, the cooltrainer is a female named Cida (Takami in Japanese, for maximum StealthPun) who explicitly mentions she's the younger sister of Dury and has come to the village to study like he did because she's jealous of how strong he became after studying here.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Downplayed, as Shadow Lugia is the only antagonist of the two. ''Colosseum'' featured Ho-Oh during the ending and gave him to the player for beating completing a certain Battle Mode challenge with a team from the Story Mode after purifying every Shadow Pokemon. Shadow Lugia, on the other hand, is a villain in the main story, during which it is also available to be caught.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Ironically enough, from ''Colosseum''. In ''XD'', Cipher is quite obviously playing for keeps: they've got an army of more Shadow Pokemon than ever, led by a legendary Pokemon so corrupted that it's form has been dramatically altered; they're pulling off dramatic, showy heists in full-view of the public; and they're pushing Shadow Pokemon so hard that Michael has to steal them back from ''innocent people''.

* GroundPunch: This is how Earthquake is animated depending on which Pokemon uses the move. The user punches the ground and ripples travel out to break the ground under everyone else.

* LevelInReverse: The Cipher Lab is essentially played backwards from how it was played in ''Colosseum'' as the Shadow Pokémon Lab.

* NeverSayDie: [[spoiler:It's made blatantly obvious that Cipher used Shadow Lugia to outright '''murder''' the S.S. Libra crew down to the last man, but since this is still an 'E' game, the story does its best to gloss over this fact.]]

** Aside from being able to have rematches with several Trainers across Orre (the teams of which are all at Level 50) there is the [[HarderThanHard Orre Colosseum]], snaging any remaining Shadow Pokemon you did not obtain on the first try from Miror B before being able to battle him one final time to snag his Shadow Dragonite, purifying all the remaining Shadow Pokemon, and the [[https://www.serebii.net/xd/luckyegg.shtml Lucky Egg quest]].
** Other minor activities include the Colosseum battles in Pyrite and Realgam Tower[[note]]By the end-game, Pyrite Colosseum will be a cakewalk unless you have other Pokemon at around Level 20 that need some EXP.[[/note]], completing the Mt. Battle challenge, obtaining & completing all 50 Battle [=CDs=], and clearing all eleven Battle Bingo cards. Of course since the game does not show your progress towards HundredPercentCompletion, this is more for the sake of obtaining [[BraggingrightsReward bragging rights]].

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Citadark Isle]], Cipher's base. It's located on an active volcano surrounded by near-untraversable ocean currents (which you learn are generated artificially) with a perpetual storm overhead. It's enormous, to the point where almost half of the game's Shadow Pokemon are found within it.

** Then there is Battlus atop Mt. Battle, who's team has Eon Duo Latios & Latias and pseudo-legendaries Metagross and Salamence.

** Aside from being able to fight rematches with several Trainers across Orre (the teams of which are all at Level 50) there is the [[HarderThanHard Orre Colosseum]], catching whatever Shadow Pokemon you did not obtain on the first try from Miror B before being able to battle him one final time to snag his Shadow Dragonite, purifying said Shadow Pokemon, and the [[https://www.serebii.net/xd/luckyegg.shtml Lucky Egg quest]].
** Other minor activities such as Colosseum battles in Pyrite and Realgam Tower[[note]]By the end-game, Pyrite Colosseum will be a cakewalk unless you have other Pokemon at around Level 20 that need some EXP.[[/note]], completing the Mt. Battle challenge, obtaining & completing all 50 Battle [=CDs=], and clearing all eleven Battle Bingo cards. Of course since the game does not show your progress towards HundredPercentCompletion, this is more for the sake of obtaining [[BraggingrightsReward bragging rights]].

%%* DiscOneFinalDungeon: The Cipher Key Lair to a degree, although it generally becomes apparent once you discover the boss at the end is simply another Cipher Admin.
%%* DiscOneNuke: Espeon once again, if you choose to evolve your Eevee into one. It's arguably worse due to the lower starting levels, but this Espeon has access to Bite for added coverage. Jolteon may count as a milder example, also being a fair notch above the early game foes statistically.

%%* EternalEngine: The Cipher Lab returns here but there is also the Cipher Key Lair which is the new place where shadow Pokémon are created.

%%* EyesAlwaysShut: Prof. Krane and Mr Verich. [[spoiler:Just before the final battle Verich AKA [[BigBad Greevil]] opens them to reveal [[RedRightHand his huge, yellow eyes]]]].

** When Zook is at the factory bodyguarding, he questions how Gorigan heard of the fact that he was flaunting his Shadow Zangoose in Gateon Port, leading him to get punished. [[spoiler:It's because he showed off that Zangoose right before the Grand Master Greevil's eyes, under the guise of Mr. Verich.]]

%%* FuturisticPyramid: Cipher Key Lair

%%* GreenHillZone: Agate Village returns from the first game just as it was in the first game.
* GroundPunch: This is how Earthquake is animated: the user punches the ground and ripples travel out to break the ground under everyone else.

* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: One Cipher Peon always quotes probabilities, which are clearly just pulled out of thin air. The only one that seems accurate is about how likely you are to wreck their plans if not stopped.

%%* LocomotiveLevel: Outskirt Stand is still here but it does not play quite as big a role as in the first game.

* MeaningfulName: In Japanese, the hero is Ryuuto, which is very close to ''ryuutou'', which are sacrificial lights placed on an alter to the gods. In English, he's Michael: "[[ArchangelMichael who is like God?]]". His other default English names are Adam and David.
%%** Also, Greevil.

%%* MisterBig: Greevil.

* NoGearLevel: [[spoiler:Team Snagem steals your Snag Machine after the S.S. Libra, forcing you to fight a couple of Shadow Pokemon normally until you get it back.]]

** Other minor activities such as Colosseum battles in Pyrite and Realgam Tower[[note]]By the end-game, Pyrite Colosseum will be a cakewalk unless you have other Pokemon at around Level 20 that need some EXP.[[/note]], completing the Mt. Battle challenge, obtaining & completing all 50 Battle CDs, and clearing all eleven Battle Bingo cards. Of course since the game does not show your progress towards HundredPercentCompletion, this is more for the sake of obtaining [[BraggingrightsReward bragging rights]].

%%* OverlordJr: [[spoiler:Ardos and Eldes]].

%%* PerkyFemaleMinion: Lovrina is so this.

%%* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Greevil, once he is no longer hiding his status as Cipher's mastermind.]]

%%* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Trudly and Folly return in this role.

* {{Emoticon}}: ''Pokémon'' '''''XD''''': ''Gale of Darkness''. It stands for "[[XtremeKoolLetterz Xtra]] Dimension".

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Bonsly, which is playable in the game’s mini game, knows Struggle. This is likely to guard against a game crash if it’s hacked into the player’s team outside of the game. (Doing it with Munchlax will crash the game though)

* EternalEngine: The Cipher Lab returns here but there is also the Cipher Key Lair which is the new place where shadow Pokémon are created.

%%* EternalEngine: The Cipher Lab returns here but there is also the Cipher Key Lair which is the new place where shadow Pokémon are created.

** When you first visit Phenac City, it looks the same as it did in ''Colosseum''. Then the NPCs start saying very strange things to you, the shop is revealed to be closed, and Justy, the person you were sent to warn about Cipher, immediately laughs off your concerns. All the while, the background music gets more and more distorted as you wander around the city.