r/PokemonXD Apr 15 '26

News Nintendo has released an update that fixes XD crashing on the Switch 2!

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r/PokemonXD Apr 08 '26

Meta [Mod Post] r/PokemonXD Subreddit Updates: New mod, flair, icon, banner, wiki, and more!

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Hi, r/PokemonXD!

Greetings! I'm Jet, a new mod for r/PokemonXD, and I have a bunch of subreddit updates to share with you.

Up until recently, this subreddit only had two mods, both of which were inactive. Fortunately, one of them happened to be active enough to see and accept my application to be a moderator.

I've spent a couple weeks going through the mod queue, refreshing the subreddit, and setting up some new additions. Let's go over what's new.

Post Flair

r/PokemonXD now has a variety of optional flairs you can apply to your posts!

  • Discussion: For discussing anything relating to Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
  • Question: For questions relating to the game.
  • Playthrough Progress: For sharing how your current playthrough is going through text, images, and/or videos. Feel free to make posts using this flair frequently to keep the subreddit updated on your progress! This flair can be used for standard playthroughs as well as challenge runs such as Nuzlockes.
  • Screenshot / Recording: For sharing gameplay that isn't directly a playthrough progress update, such as a Shiny Pokémon encounter, your favourite NPC or area, a close call in a battle, etc.
  • Fan Creation: For sharing any fan-created content (including memes). This flair extends to fanart, fanfics, song covers/remixes, YouTube videos, livestreams, and so on.
  • Guide / Resource: For anything that will help other XD players.
  • ROM Hacks: For any post relating to Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness ROM hacks such as Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen.

One new post flair I'd like to draw particular attention to is:

  • Transferred From XD: For sharing images, videos, or stories about a Pokémon that you first encountered in XD but have since transferred to another Pokémon title.

Have you since transferred XD001 up to the Switch? Use this flair and let us know about its adventures since leaving Orre!

As a reminder, these flairs are optional. While they are encouraged as they help keep the subreddit organized, your post will not be removed if you don't add a post flair (with the exception of "Transferred From XD" posts; more details on that in the Rules section below).

Finally, there are two post flairs that can only be applied to posts by r/PokemonXD mods:

  • News: For official news and announcements relating to XD.
  • Meta: For updates and announcements regarding the r/PokemonXD subreddit (like this post).

User Flair

In addition to the new post flair, we also have new user flair! Head over to the sidebar to choose one of XD's Eeveelutions and add whatever text you'd like. Feel free to choose the one you used in your first-ever playthrough, or the one you're using currently, or just your favourite.

Wiki

r/PokemonXD now has a (short) wiki, which you can find here.

The wiki currently contains fully-detailed pages for the following:

Rules

In order to keep this subreddit organized and comfortable, r/PokemonXD now has a short list of rules. Don't worry! If you've read this post this far, you've very likely already been following these rules, and the subreddit isn't going to become heavily-policed. This subreddit will be staying laid back, and very few of the subreddit's existing posts would have been removed if these rules were in place back when they were posted.

You can find the the rules on the sidebar, and a more detailed version of the rules in the wiki, so I won't re-explain all of them here. However, I want to elaborate on the first rule a bit:

  1. Submissions must be related to Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

To be clear, posts are still allowed here as long as they are at least partially related to XD! To look at a few recent posts:

  • This post asks about trading Pokémon between XD and FR/LG. Totally fine and allowed.
  • This post has a picture of Wes and Espeon from Pokémon Colosseum, but talks about both Colosseum and XD in the post's body. Totally fine and allowed.
  • This post asks a question about Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen, an XD ROM hack. Totally fine and allowed.
  • This post is specifically talking about and showing OP's team in Colosseum. Since it was posted before the new rules were enacted, it's fine and will not be removed. However, future posts like this where the content only pertains to another game will be removed.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore Colosseum! It's actually my #1 favourite game, ahead of XD which is #2. This rule/clarification was put in place to keep things organized, especially now that XD and eventually Colosseum are available on modern hardware and back in the public eye. The r/PokemonColosseum subreddit is waiting for your posts that only pertain to Colosseum, and other subreddits exist for other Pokémon titles, but remember that anything partially related to XD is still welcome here!

One more clarification regarding this rule: the new Transferred From XD post flair.

Since so many of us here have a lot of nostalgia for XD and since the game is more than 20 years old, I felt it would be fun to allow folks to share screenshots, videos, and stories of Pokémon they first obtained in XD that now reside in other Pokémon games.

Whether the Lugia you purified back in 2005 now resides in Pokémon Platinum, Pokémon Ultra Sun, Pokémon Champions, or Pokémon HOME, you're welcome to share about it in this subreddit so long as you use the Transferred From XD post flair. However, please note that posts of this nature that do not use the flair will be removed. This is both to safeguard against the (unlikely) possibility of this subreddit devolving into a disorganized mess of screenshots from other Pokémon games, and to make it easy for anyone who don't want to see these posts to filter the subreddit to not display posts using this particular flair.

The current subreddit rules are a first pass, and I'll be happy to adjust things if needed to maximize the r/PokemonXD user experience. If you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to reach out!

One more thing: I've caught up on the Mod Queue and addressed reported posts and comments from over the years. Many thanks to those who have reported problematic behaviour in the past, and my apologies that no one was around to address them until now!

Icon, Banner, and Sidebar

The subreddit's gotten a visual overhaul! We now have a new icon (the Eevee icon that is used for XD's GameCube save data), a new banner (Shadow Lugia), and a refreshed sidebar containing the following (in order):

  • Updated subreddit description
  • Space to set your user flair
  • Community bookmarks
  • r/PokemonXD's rules
  • Related subreddits

Closing Thoughts

Thank you for taking the time to read through this update post! I believe these updates will make your time visiting r/PokemonXD better, and wish to reiterate that the subreddit is not going to become heavily-policed. Things are going to stay laid back, post flair now exists but is still optional, and moderator action will only be taken in the rare event that it's necessary.

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions for further ways to improve the subreddit, I'm ready to hear them.

Alright, that's enough from me. Back to playing and discussing XD! Thanks again for reading!


r/PokemonXD 11h ago

Discussion With Bank shuttin down next year, I just had to challenge Mt. Battle

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First time ever. My in-game team did a lot better than I thought. They were semi-ev trained. My shiny Squirtle knockin out a Regirock will always be a special memory. Lol

From battles 1-50, I let Squirtle and Beedrill (aka the hasty bros cos they share the same nature) lead. After that, it was the Jynx and Tauros show. I've never used Jynx seriously, so I'm surprised how clutch she was. Not just in Mt. Battle, but when I fought the Elite Four, too. Not sure I like her enough to put her on my main roster, tho.

I picked Totodile as my prize mon and will be takin him to ZA for his own playthrough so he can go mega.

Too bad I didn't do this when Legends Arceus came out. Could've took the Cyndaquil from here and made it my starter in that game


r/PokemonXD 2d ago

Discussion Thoughts on the NSO XD team I'm building?

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Note that these are the movesets I want for my Pokemon and don't necessarily reflect their current state

Vaporeon
-Water Pulse/Hydro Pump
-Sand Attack
-Bite
-Icy Wind

Speed control, Water STAB, and accuracy lowering for Shadow Pokemon, all on top of some decent bulk

Houndoom
-Faint Attack
-Flamethrower
-Shadow Ball/Iron Tail
-Charm

Been a really good special sweeper so far, almost solo'd Snattle. I gave it Shadow Ball to deal with special walls, but I might switch to Iron Tail for better coverage

Swalot
-Stockpile
-Body Slam
-Sludge Bomb
-Toxic/Yawn

Quite possibly the best wall I've had in all my years of playing Pokemon, and it doesn't even have Stockpile yet. Though I'm noticing that as trainers get more Shadow Pokemon to snag, my initial strategy of "Toxic one slot then focus the other" is becoming less viable over time, which is why Yawn is there as a possibility.

Gardevoir
-Shock Wave
-Calm Mind
-Reflect
-Psychic

I think this one speaks for itself.

Magneton (haven't snagged yet)
-Rain Dance
-Thunder
-Thunder Wave
-Light Screen

Rain Dance is going to be such an important move for dealing with Shadow Sky, but it also makes Thunder bypass accuracy, helps deal with Fire-types, and buffs Vaporeon's STAB. Throw in Thunder Wave and Light Screen, and I think it'll be a solid support Pokemon.

I don't have a 6th member decided, but it's almost definitely going to be a Flying type, considering half my team is weak to Ground. I'm thinking either Dodrio, Altaria, or Salamence would be good to have. There's also some moves here that I'm not sure I'll be holding onto long-term, like Vaporeon's Bite and Houndoom's Charm.


r/PokemonXD 2d ago

Question Is it just me or is Gulpin easy to purify?

8 Upvotes

The Heart Gauge had like one third of the third bar left, then Gulpin went into Reverse Mode. Unfortunately the little guy took a hit, so I had to CALL on the next turn. Upon calling, his Heart Gauge now has one third of the second bar left and I'm scratching my head because that's way too fast for the Heart Gauge to be draining.

So are certain Shadow Pokemon easier to purify? Or is that the normal rate that all Heart Gauges drain?


r/PokemonXD 4d ago

Question Is it gloss or matte? Confused in the darkness

3 Upvotes

So I bought a North American case for my gale of darkness disc and I seriously can't tell if it's fake or not because while everything about it tells me it's authentic, the only thing that gives a red flag is the all white part on the back of the cover artwork. I've seen different things about this with some saying that it's supposed to have the semi-gloss sheen on it while other sources have stated that Gale doesn't have it and is just a matte white because of the holographic effect on the front side(which mine has). Please help me answer this question for my own sanity, thank you and I appreciate you 🙏


r/PokemonXD 6d ago

Discussion Battle CD 37

8 Upvotes

I want to tear my hair out. Battle CD 37 is nonsense. I’ve been at it for 2.5 hours straight. My luck is insanely bad. No one deserves this.

Edit: got it finally. Then the Latios/Latias one had me questioning my entire life. Finally finished all 49 of the pre-post-game CDs 😮‍💨


r/PokemonXD 8d ago

Question NSO Gale of Darkness

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Has anyone developed or is developing a tool to transfer pokémon from a Gale of Darkness on NSO to gen 3? I'm willing to drop 200 on Colosseum but Colosseum and Gale of Darkness is too much


r/PokemonXD 9d ago

Discussion Saw a post on here and it inspired me to find my old games, who else had the full set up?

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Couldn’t find my link cable but it’s definitely somewhere, who else had the full set up and no matter how hard I tried I could never beat Orre colosseum


r/PokemonXD 9d ago

Question Gale of darkness USA case insert??

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Does anyone have a high quality scan or even a photo of the USA gale of darkness case insert artwork you can send me? I have a loose game and wanted to print a replacement for my collection. Tried the cover project but only have Canada and japan . Thank you!!


r/PokemonXD 10d ago

Screenshot / Recording Found my old CDs and Save files

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With the news of back shutting down I remembered I had these somewhere and finally found them at my parents House. You can get shinies from these right? I might try some shiny hunting to transfer up. Will also transfer the old partners I had as well


r/PokemonXD 11d ago

Discussion Either very unlucky, or I've wasted an hour of my life

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Tl;dr I have spent the better part of an hour and a half of my life resetting for a pokemon at a poke spot.

I'm trying to complete as much "old" pokemon as possible before bank closes. This includes all forms, hard to get pokemon, underlevelled, in game traded pokemon, special event (where possible), etc.

So naturally, I boot up my childhood GameCube and pokemon XD. Finding out Gligar is at a poke spot, I save and restart my console to try and get both genders. I have spent an hour and a half resetting the single encounter, trying to get that dang symbol to change from red to blue. To the point where I just killed it and will wait for another one.

This brings up a good question on my end, how boned am I in my second playthrough where I am resetting for all of the other gender different pokemon that I didn't get before? Because the Gligar's level changed. So I know it was rolling new pokemon based on that. And I also know that if you know what you're doing with the RNG (which I do not) you can force it to be certain things. But I just hit the reset button and tried again.

So either I should go buy a lottery ticket for failing a 50/50 gender roll for almost 2 hours, OR, the gender is set when it spawns and not on encounter. With the only thing changing is the stats (IVs, nature, level, held item maybe).

Please tell me I'm not going to have to spend the next 6 months resetting an entire playthrough because LORD MAGNUS SHMENGLE at the end of the game cost me a 25/75 gender roll that I lost.

I know this is probably an overreaction but I just cannot get over how (potentially) unlucky I was with losing that so many times


r/PokemonXD 11d ago

Question Eevee EV training

5 Upvotes

Hello everyone. I want to know, if it is even possible, to EV train your Eevee in this game. If so, how should i approche it?


r/PokemonXD 12d ago

Screenshot / Recording This Sandshrew has started my genecide run

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This freaking SHREW WAS SO LUCKY!!!!!!!

I literally began to see red this battle

So for context I was fighting with my Umbreon and turn 1 I knocked it's hp down to red in 1hit

From then on it spammed protect nonstop......now......LOOK AT MY PP!!!!! LOOK HOW MUCH I HAVE LEFT! IT LANDED LIKE 8-9 PROTECTS IN A ROW!!!??????!!!!!? IT STALLED ME SO MUCH! WHAT ARE THE ODDS I WAS SEEING RED AFTER THE 5TH ONE IN A ROW I LOST COUNT AND BEGAN SPAMMING ATTACKS


r/PokemonXD 12d ago

Question Is It Possible To Reset The Game To Get Certain Natures/Genders?

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Hey, I'm starting my first ever play through of Gale of Darkness & I was wondering if it's possible to keep resetting battles until I can get certain natures/genders of Pokémon that I'm interested in adding to the team?

I specifically would like an all female team due to the naming scheme I've used throughout various games. Any input is appreciated, thank you. 😊


r/PokemonXD 13d ago

ROM Hacks This Aerodactyl will haunt me forever.

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r/PokemonXD 14d ago

ROM Hacks Pokemon XG(Next Gen) mod Best team recommendations

4 Upvotes

The I’m using the Pokemon XG mod which adds more Pokemon than the original game and more Pokemon at poke spots if anyone has played this mod what Pokemon do you run with ? So many chose from haha


r/PokemonXD 14d ago

ROM Hacks Anyone know how to hack in rare candies on emulator? (dolphin)

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Title. Can’t figure out how to enable cheats or otherwise get rare candies in the game. The game has a million encounters and much harder fights, so you kinda want to level everything up, but then 90% of the gameplay is mt battle grinding. If anyone knows how to get candies in the game (on mac) i’d appreciate it!


r/PokemonXD 16d ago

Question Need help transferring

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I’m using a nintendont version of pokemon XD, with a save file from gamerfaqs. The save file is on the memory card. I have an OEM gamecube/gameboy adapter. I have a gameboy sp. I have a copy of sapphire with the game beaten saved in the pokemon center. I try and load it and it doesn’t work. The gameboy loads like normal. Ive tried lead green with a file of over 100 pokemon caught and the national pokedex unlocked and nothing. Ive tried transferring to colosseum and it works perfectly fine. I dont know what to do or what im doing wrong.


r/PokemonXD 16d ago

Question Action replay codes

5 Upvotes

Hey so I know the shadows are shiny locked. I have been trying to farm for a shiny trapinch but I don't have any codes does anyone have one that works? The only one I found is one that turns all pokemon, even ones I already own mass shiny temporarily and after I turn the code off their back to normal. It's confusing me as I all I want is 1 shiny trapinch.....I do have a code that claims to unlock the lock on shadows so I may want a shiny Gardevoir and spheel but the only one I really care about is trapinch.

This is via dolphin


r/PokemonXD 17d ago

Screenshot / Recording Did not think this would work

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Was fully prepared to try this as many times as I needed to get it in the Luxury Ball, but I got him first try! Insane RNG lol


r/PokemonXD 17d ago

Question Can anyone get XD to work on a wii?

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Mostly just the title. I am playing Colosseum and XD lately, and I haven’t been able to get XD to work unless it’s in my actual gamecube. It’s my understanding that XD should work in the same wii as my other gamecube games, maybe it’s different though?


r/PokemonXD 18d ago

Question Can't unlock outskirt stand?

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I've been trying to follow the Serebii guide. It says that after being interviewed and getting the Amulet coin you have to go to outskirt stand, but it's not showing up on the map. I've also returned the Bonsly. Secc isn't at ONBS either I don't think?? I'm very confused.


r/PokemonXD 19d ago

Discussion Colesseum/XD Orre Sequel Idea

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r/PokemonXD 21d ago

Question Should I put elekid in my team for umbreon?

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Hey!, I have a quick question. So I've already got the elekid for the togepi from the guy in the bar and now my question is if I should change it out for my umbreon. My team consists of kirlia, hariyama, houndoom, ursaring, seleo and of now umbreon. So what would you say?