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In {{game|Black and White|s 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2}}, Colress is first encountered in [[Castelia Sewers]]. He is met again at [[Castelia City]], where he tells the player that he disagrees with the old [[Team Plasma]]'s goals to liberate Pokémon from humans. The player re-encounters Colress on {{rt|4|Unova}}, where several {{p|Crustle}} block the path. Colress uses his machine to drive the Crustle away and challenges the player to a battle. Colress is once again seen as a participant in the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], matched against the player in the final round of the tournament. He is later encountered on {{rt|22|Unova}}. Like usual, he talks to the player mostly about Team Plasma, as well as handing the player a [[Colress Machine]] required to get past the Crustle blocking the way inside [[Seaside Cave]].

Later on, during the battle against the new Team Plasma on the [[Plasma Frigate]] while at the [[Giant Chasm]], Colress is met at the helm of the ship, where he reveals that he joined Team Plasma to pursue and research the true strength of Pokémon. After he is defeated in battle, he allows access to [[Ghetsis]]'s room, wanting to see if the player can stop him.

After the player enters the [[Hall of Fame]], Colress continues to dwell in the Plasma Frigate as it permanently docks at the [[P2 Laboratory]]; however, he and the other Team Plasma members have decided to put an end to their ambitions. Colress initially remains at the helm, where he can be battled again, giving the player a [[Master Ball]] once defeated. He will then move to the bow of the ship, where he will battle the player once per day.

While he does not appear in [[Pokémon X and Y]], Colress is [[List of cross-generational references|mentioned]] by a {{tc|Backpacker}} found on {{rt|10|Kalos}}, who says, "A few years back, this really strange dude named Colress told me that these big stones emit some kind of special energy."

When he is first met, he tells the player that he is still conducting his research into the true power of Pokémon, but following the events of Black 2 and White 2, he now believes that the source of a Pokémon's true power is its bond with its Trainer. He is in Alola researching the [[Z-Ring]]{{sup/7|SM}} or [[Z-Power Ring]]{{sup/7|USUM}}, wondering if it can draw out the power of Pokémon more effectively than the [[Mega Ring]]. He also expresses interest in the [[Poké Pelago]].

In [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]], Colress's role is slightly expanded, and he is revealed to be one of the people the [[Ultra Recon Squad]] reached out to for help with {{p|Necrozma}}. In response, Colress created the [[N-Solarizer]] and [[N-Lunarizer]], based on his {{p|Kyurem|prior experience}} with [[Pokémon fusion]]. He gives the player both devices after witnessing them capture Necrozma on [[Mount Lanakila]]. The player can also visit him in his hotel room at [[Tide Song Hotel]] before he is officially introduced. However, he's only talking to himself and doesn't seem to notice the player. During the games' end credits, he is seen visiting [[Aether Paradise]].

Colress also has a role in the battle against [[Team Rainbow Rocket]] in [[Episode RR]]. While the player and [[Lillie]] work to defeat the bosses of Team Rainbow Rocket, [[Wicke]] contacts Colress to enlist his aid. He follows the player and Lillie using an invisibility device he invented, and returns the bosses to their {{pkmn|multiverse|original worlds}} as they are defeated. Though [[Archie]] and [[Maxie]] are seen being warped away, Colress does not reveal himself until the player defeats Ghetsis, who subsequently takes Lillie as a hostage. Recognizing that this Ghetsis is not the one he knows, he declares that he opposes this Ghetsis's goals simply because he hates Ghetsis in all cases, then dispatches him back to his own world with a prototype device known as the '''Colress Machine No. 1102''' (Japanese: '''アクロママシーン　１１０２{{tt|号|ごう}}''' ''{{tt|Achroma|Colress}} Machine No. 1102''). Colress allows the player and Lillie to move on and battle [[Giovanni]] to rescue [[Lusamine]] while he works to untangle the dimensions coming together to create [[Team Rocket's Castle]]. By the time the player defeats Giovanni, Colress manages to revert the castle back to being Lusamine's mansion.