40 Fun Facts About Pokemon Colosseum

Which Eevee evolution joins Umbreon as one of Wes's two starting partners in Pokémon Colosseum?

Espeon and Umbreon have apparently been with Wes for years, and both begin the story far stronger than a typical first partner.

What can Rui see around certain Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum that stays invisible to Wes and everyone else?

A black aura surrounds every Shadow Pokémon, and Rui was kidnapped precisely because she could see it.

Which staple of the handheld Pokémon games is nowhere to be found in the Orre region of Pokémon Colosseum?

Wild Pokémon are absent from Orre, so Wes builds his team by snagging Shadow Pokémon from other trainers instead.

Which Legendary bird shoots down the villain's escape helicopter with a fireball at the end of Pokémon Colosseum?

Ho-Oh arrives unannounced to stop the escape, and players who purify every Shadow Pokémon can later earn one in Battle Mode.

Which Phenac City figure turns out to be Evice, the true head of Cipher, in Pokémon Colosseum's last twist?

The mayor, a jolly man called Es Cade, drops his disguise only after Wes beats the man everyone took for Cipher's boss.

Which Pokémon fills four of the five slots on disco-loving Miror B.'s first team in Pokémon Colosseum?

Ludicolo make up nearly all of Miror B.'s team, as he would rather practise disco moves with his Pokémon than do his job as a Cipher admin.

How are the thugs Folly and Trudly carrying the kidnapped Rui when Wes first runs into them in Pokémon Colosseum?

In a sack, which the pair abandon as they flee once Folly loses a battle to Wes, leaving Wes to free the girl tied up inside.

Pokémon Colosseum was made for which Nintendo home console, as a 3D companion to Ruby and Sapphire?

GameCube copies could link by cable to a Game Boy Advance, so Pokémon rescued in Orre could be traded into the handheld games.

What kind of vehicle does Wes ride between towns across the Orre desert in Pokémon Colosseum?

A motorcycle with just one wheel is Wes's ride, and Orre has no known routes linking its towns.

Which Pokémon protects the Relic Stone, the forest shrine where Wes purifies Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum?

Celebi is said to have once landed at the stone, which lets Shadow Pokémon remember the carefree lives they led before.

How does Wes leave Team Snagem's hideout in the opening scene of Pokémon Colosseum, after stealing a Snag Machine?

He blows it up with a planted bomb, which also reveals the secret base to Orre's police.

Which Fire-type joins Bayleef and Croconaw as the three Shadow Pokémon Wes must choose between in Pokémon Colosseum?

Quilava, Bayleef and Croconaw are a pick-one offer in Phenac City, but the two passed over can still be snagged after the credits.

Which battle format is used for most trainer fights across the Orre region in Pokémon Colosseum's story mode?

Double battles put two Pokémon on each side at once, though every trainer can still carry a full party of six.

What name does Pokémon Colosseum give the frenzied state in which a Shadow Pokémon may ignore Wes's orders in battle?

Hyper Mode gives Shadow Rush a very high chance of a critical hit, and the state lasts even after the battle ends.

Where on his body does Wes wear the portable Snag Machine he stole from Team Snagem in Pokémon Colosseum?

His left arm carries it from shoulder to wrist, and the device turns an empty Poké Ball held in that hand into a Snag Ball.

Which Pokémon, the first he ever received, does Rui's grandfather Eagun still keep in Pokémon Colosseum?

Pikachu has stayed with Eagun since his youth, when he was one of the greatest trainers in Orre; he now lives inside a huge tree.

Mt. Battle, the 100-trainer gauntlet in Pokémon Colosseum, is built inside and above what kind of natural feature?

A volcano houses the whole climb: 99 numbered platforms wind through it, and the last arena hangs over its mouth.

Which real American desert city did the developers of Pokémon Colosseum use as the basis for the Orre region?

Phoenix, Arizona, was the model for Orre, whose largest city, Phenac, sits in the harshest stretch of its desert.

Which Fighting-type is the first Shadow Pokémon Wes can snag in Pokémon Colosseum, taken from the peon Trudly?

Makuhita is the first Pokémon Rui points out for snagging, and Trudly and his partner Folly run off as soon as it is taken.

Which Legendary Pokémon does the Cipher admin Dakim send out as a Shadow Pokémon on Mt. Battle in Pokémon Colosseum?

Entei fights for Dakim, a hulking enforcer who storms the mountain with his minions and attacks its area leader.

Which Pokémon game, the sequel to Pokémon Colosseum, returns to Orre five years later with a Shadow Lugia as mascot?

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness swaps Wes for a new protagonist, though people in Orre still remember the pair who ended the first crisis.

Which Electric-type pet does Miror B. hold hostage to keep Pyrite Town's strongman Duking quiet in Pokémon Colosseum?

Plusle is rescued when Wes beats Miror B. in Pyrite Cave, and a grateful Duking then lets it travel on with Wes and Rui.

Which Shadow Pokémon does the Cipher boss Nascour send out atop Realgam Tower in Pokémon Colosseum?

Metagross cannot save Nascour, who is still demanding a rematch when the real head of Cipher walks in.

Which Cipher admin, a cold young scientist, invented the process that creates Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum?

Ein works from a hidden lab in the desert, and his research reports, the Ein Files, turn up wherever Cipher has been.

Which green mountain settlement of retired trainers is home to Rui's grandparents in Pokémon Colosseum?

Agate Village is where Rui was heading when she was kidnapped, and its shop is the only one in Orre selling the Scents used to massage Pokémon.

Which subterranean city beneath Pyrite Town does the Cipher admin Venus rule as its adored idol in Pokémon Colosseum?

The Under began as housing for Pyrite's miners, whose families stayed on below ground after the mine closed.

Which Japanese studio, staffed by Dragon Quest veterans, developed Pokémon Colosseum for Nintendo?

Genius Sonority was set up in 2002 for the very purpose of making Pokémon games for home consoles, backed by a Nintendo start-up fund.

Which Pokémon could North American players download to Ruby or Sapphire from Pokémon Colosseum's pre-order bonus disc?

Jirachi came on a disc that also carried a trailer for its own film; the disc never reached Europe, and Nintendo issued an official apology.

Which battle command snaps a raging Shadow Pokémon back to its senses in Pokémon Colosseum and helps open its heart?

Call works twice over: the Pokémon comes round, and each use also drains some of the purple gauge that marks its closed heart.

Most first- and second-generation Pokémon models in Pokémon Colosseum were ported from which Nintendo 64 series?

Pokémon Stadium and its sequel supplied the models and animations, and Colosseum was meant to do for the third generation what they did for the first two.

Which group decodes the stolen Cipher data file listing every Shadow Pokémon for Wes and Rui in Pokémon Colosseum?

The Kids Grid could gather secrets freely because Cipher never saw children as a threat, and its members later founded a news station.

Which item instantly purifies one Shadow Pokémon at the Relic Stone in Pokémon Colosseum, however closed its heart?

Time Flute is one of only three in the whole game, and each is used up the moment it is played.

Which second currency, earned in Pokémon Colosseum's Battle Mode, can be traded for rare items at Mt. Battle?

Poké Coupons sit beside Pokémon Dollars, Orre's everyday money; even the Japanese release uses that currency, where earlier Japanese Pokémon games counted in yen.

Cipher's first snagging devices in Pokémon Colosseum's backstory were wheeled units resembling which everyday objects?

Vending machines, painted orange and fitted with arms, were the original look, and Wes destroys them before taking the portable model.

Which Steel-type Shadow Pokémon belongs to Gonzap, the muscular boss of Team Snagem, in Pokémon Colosseum?

Skarmory is Gonzap's signature Pokémon, and after his defeat he even asks whether Wes wants to rejoin the gang.

Which Shadow Pokémon does an impostor disguised as Wes use to attack citizens after the credits of Pokémon Colosseum?

Togetic is the last Shadow Pokémon to be snagged, and its owner, a Cipher peon named Fein, copies Wes's look to ruin his name.

What is Wes, the hero of Pokémon Colosseum, called by default in the original Japanese release?

Leo also gives his name to a manga adaptation of the story, Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo.

Which Shadow Pokémon does Miror B. send out beside his usual team in Pyrite Cave in Pokémon Colosseum?

Sudowoodo is the odd one out on Miror B.'s first team, and an Armaldo takes its place in rematches once it has been snagged.

On which handheld gadget does Wes receive e-mail tips from his allies as the story of Pokémon Colosseum unfolds?

P★DA stands for Pokémon Digital Assistant, and Wes's also holds the Snag List of every Shadow Pokémon that Cipher created.

Which retail chain hosted the first-round battles of the UK's Pokémon Colosseum Battlemaster 2004 tournament?

Toys R Us stores staged the opening round, and later rounds of the tournament moved into movie theaters.