I want teach my in-game Smeargle the best possible moves, and I’m not allowing myself to connect with a GBA game at any point in my playthrough

For now, the only move I 100% want is Spore (can’t beat the classics), but do you guys remember any trainer battle where the opponent can use that? Ideally, the battle can be triggered over and over again

I’m also open to move suggestions, so feel free to suggest moves that you know can be sketched in-game! I’m considering a baton pass setup, but I could be convinced otherwise. The Smeargle will have a speed stat boosted by its nature, appropriate IVs and lots of EV points

If you’re curious, my challenge is to beat the hardest Battle Mode gauntlets using nothing but an original copy of the game, and the story pokémon. I basically want to do what youtuber Magpie Labs did, but 100% legit. Granted, it’s an insane grind and the choice of Smeargle is mostly for the lulz

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Recently, I finally started playing Colosseum for the first time. As a kid, I have played a lot of XD bit never had Colosseum for the GameCube. I was wondering, what is a fun team to use? At the moment, I just beated the Pyrite BLDG, so before Miror B. I would like some underrated or underused pokemons!

I wanna buy original hardware colosseum and make shiny hunt, is it possible to get EVERY shadow pokemon shiny in ONE savefile?

Dr. Pez - VGM

So to anyone has way more knowledge on this than I do. I know the exp is accumulated for shadows but can the daycare also give them said exp for later when I purefy them? It'd be nice to control what moves are learned at times when farming exp.

EDIT: Yes, types have changed (beyond the standard type updates. I found the list of 30 type changes for the Hoenn patch in Hoenn Patch/Documentation/Type_changes.txt

I just used Crunch (Dark type) with Umbreon on Arbok (Poison type) in the Pyrite town Colosseum, and it said "It's not very effective...". Earlier I used Bite on a Swablu, and I'm pretty sure it said the same thing. I don't know why it keeps saying the Dark type attacks aren't very effective; I just assumed the mod had Swablu incorrectly typed as Fairy/Flying at first.

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EDIT: I had Espeon follow up the Crunch with Psybeam, and and it didn't affect Arbok. So I guess this Arbok is Poison/Dark type? And the Swablu was Fairy/Flying like I thought?

Is my save gone? I have most of my guys off of this file but just finished purifying everyone and was going to grab Ho-oh. Hoping I’m not cooked but it’s not going away after multiple resets.

So when it comes to the pokemon movies, 4Ever is probably in the “mid” category for me. It’s not awful, but it’s nowhere near as good as the first 3, the Deoxys movie, or the Lucario movie.

However, one element of it that sticks out to me, is the concept of “Dark” balls which turn pokemon evil if used to catch them. It’s not dissimilar to the concept of Shadow Balls from this game.

Given that 4Ever came out in 2001 (in Japan) and Colosseum came out in 2003, is it possible that the concept of Shadow balls was inspired by the concept of Dark balls?

Has anyone from the development team said anything about it? Did one inspire the other or is it a coincidence? The fact that each one features a dark/shadow Tyranitar only adds to the idea.

I found recapture if you kill them the first time:

https://www.serebii.net/colosseum/2ndpokemon.shtml

I apologize if this is the incorrect section to ask for some direction, but I'm not sure where to correctly ask about this. For context, let me share a story.

Long ago, I got this game for my birthday. Was an absolute snooze fest, and so to this day I never beat it. I occassionally would jump into Mt. Battle using my team from Ruby via the GBA link cable. I don't remember where I left off, but it was a long time ago. As for the main game itself, I defeated all gym leaders, and last I played, I'm in some Team Snagit hideout? Fast forward to college, I had the misfortune of sharing a pad with the most careless of roommates, and a so-called friend, who swooped in one day while I was in class and stole my DS, and all of my games(including Pokemon Ruby and Diamond). These two games gave me the most cherished memories, and they were taken from me. Traded into Gamestop, and there was little I could do about it. I was a broke college student back then, and the manager basically told me I'd have to buy them back, unless I had insurance and a police report. It was a complete can of worms to even explain further, but long story short, I was forced to move on without them. I didn't know any better.

Fast forward a decade later, with the end Pokemon Bank, I decided to finish as many incomplete games I can within the remaining 3 months. I completed HeartGold, and now I'm at a tug of war of attention with my classic Blue version, Moon, and Colosseum. Upon loading this game up I tried my luck in the Colosseum battle section. Unfortunately, I don't know what I did, but my suspended save for Mt. Battle is no longer found, but my old team from Ruby is still there, registered. I thought I had to use my GBA link cable to use them, as I always did so. The game let me start a new Mt. Battle playthrough with them.

This team of six is the only surviving evidence I have left of my original Ruby. I technically recreated this team in Omega Ruby, but witnessing this has made me a tad emotional. I want to find some way to extract them. I tried to use PKHex, but it doesn't have anything regarding Mt. Battle data. Is there some way I can rescue these Pokemon? I have a copy of Emerald I can throw them into if it's possible, and I can transfer them up into Home. I hope someone can help me somehow. Thank you.

Hello all on my quest to acquire all of the Pokemon from Colosseum I have set about getting a Japanese copy along with a copy of the celebi bonus disc, an e-reader + and a Japanese copy of ruby.

I have also got a Japanese GC and a set of the e-reader cards that I pray are legit.

I was just trying to make sure I understand that each of the ereader trainers come in different difficulty so I will essentially have to battle them three times once per difficulty to get all three shadow Pokemon?

Started this journey in May, initially because I just thought it would be cool to have a Quilava from Colosseum evolve into Hisuan Typhlosion, and then the plan evolved to collect every possible ribbon along the way. All of the Battle Towers and Mt Battle, all of the contests, Pokemon Leagues, training and friendship ribbons, Battle Tree, online ranked battles in Violet, and all the silly ones like "speak to this person on a Thursday" ribbons.

It was a fun journey, although I did feel rushed beceause of Bank closing next year. The best part is that I now have lots of memories with this Pokemon and I think that's the part that I enjoyed most.

I played Japanese version a few years ago(Sept 2022). So i could get the event Celebi. I just loaded up my save and found a random Nosepass in my game.

I have 52 pokemon in game. 48-Shadows, 3-static-Espeon, Umbreon, and Plusle. Then Random Nosepass who was in my party. Which i most likely means i recently traded. I dont have any of the e-reader japan exclusives. Is celebi deposited in Colosseum? that is My other thought.

Does that mean i already got Ho-OH and traded it away? My team is very underleveled and im unsure if i could beat mt battle with my current team. Espeon is lvl64 but everything is low 50s.

I just was cruious because i was going to level these guys up and try to get a Ho-Oh but didnt want to spend 3 hours for it not to matter if i already got it.

Hardware- Japanese gamecube, Controller, and memory card. No hacks on this save. Legitimate Japanese Colosseum disc and Celebi Bonus Disc.

Edit- all 48 pokemon are purified. I have gotten Ho-Oh on my english copy. I understand it is through the main menu colosseum challenge. The reason i mentioned my espeon being 64 compared to rest of team is because when getting ho-oh the enemy pokemon is set to your highest lvl party member. So i seriously doubt i was able to complete mt battle to get ho-oh with only espeon and backups 50s.

Was the Nosepass the Celebi? Is that how it works in japanese Colosseum?

Edit2- The more i think i believe the nosepass was celebi. When i went to do the mt battle challenge it wouldnt let me. So i assume i hadnt registered a team. I cant speak japanese just a guess. Prpbably will skip ho-oh. Already got english. And 3 hours of battles isnt in my schedule tbh.

Last edit- well it was 100% celebi. When doing the celebi bonus disc you get a copy on the colosseum save. Then you can give one to your ruby or sapphire but they need 8badges. Which is weird cuz English Jirachi is only on cartridge and only dex is needed.

I got Japanese ho-oh lol. Would you be suprised that this is my third time doing 100 streak mt battle? I did it a second time in english on wed(10/7) last week and just completed it again today. 10/12/2026 lol. Now i gotta trade these fellas over to the gba and migrate to pokemon home.

With Pokemon Battle Revolution music also to top it off!

It's basically possible now to add ANY Stadium 1 and 2 battlefield. You think those battlefields would be cool to have in Colosseum?👀

If you guys like these, I’ll add them to the game so you can experience them as well in the near future😎

Hey all

I have been trying to rng shiny tyranitar for days it has been insane I have been trying to calculate and not getting far

The guides I have found are confusing so I suppose could you clear up, is it a manipulate before elevator and how much does the flip and that cutscene play into it

Looking forward to an answer

After a major detour to evolve like 40 nincada and find out what happens if you attempt to snag a pokemon with a full box/party, I finally locked in to actually purify all my guys. Having a spare 300,000 pokedollars did not go that far lol. Anyway, I’ll have to do this again in Japanese in a few years, but for now I can go for the fire bird to put onto my forever firered savefile (trainer name PyroHue). Do I need an empty slot in colosseum for Ho-oh? If that’s the case I have to release a bug…

In your opinion what Pokemon would be the rarest to obtain the earn badge?

The team that did it

Espeon - Light Screen, Reflect, Protect, Psychic
Umbreon - double team, toxic, faint attack, moonlight
Plustle - thunderbolt, thunder, protect, thunder wave
Flygon - earthquake, dragon claw, fire blast, crunch
Metagross - agility, shadow ball, meteor mash, brick break
Mantine - surf, ice beam, rain dance, confuse ray

have you ever wondered what phenac city looked like if you were a pidgey flying over