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'''Dr. Kaminko''' (Japanese: '''カミンコ博士''' ''Dr. Kaminko'') is an eccentric scientist who lives in [[Kaminko's House|a run-down mansion]] located in western [[Orre]] and who makes his first and only appearance to date in [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]], in which he plays a supporting role of moderate importance.

The doctor specializes in generally useless but sometimes viable inventions. One such invention is the [[Robo Kyogre]], which takes the player to [[Citadark Isle]] after a bit of tinkering done by [[Makan]], and which is, apparently, the only one of them to serve any useful purpose. His other inventions range from being somewhat pointless to potentially harmful, although his eager assistant [[Chobin]] idolizes Dr. Kaminko and enshrines his inventions in a video that may be watched in the foyer of the doctor's house, and despite fully knowing their ill effects. Dr. Kaminko's House possesses a foreboding atmosphere, a reflection of his lack of concern for his surroundings and, perhaps, for the well-being of those who use his inventions, many of which seem deliberately designed to lead to the ruin of the user's health or finances. His workroom is rather cluttered and his home is fairly isolated from the rest of Orre, marking him as a sort of recluse with little contact with the outside world.

When focusing on some new invention, Dr. Kaminko becomes entirely oblivious to his surroundings and the goings-on of the outside world, and appears to prefer to work alone with his ideas, for his only aide, [[Chobin]] is never actually seen to assist him in inventing anything. During the development of the [[Robo Groudon]], he was denied access to the workroom, which was presumably also the case with the doctor's other inventions.

His house also contains [[Jovi]]'s Diary, which expresses the thoughts of the player's younger sister throughout the game. Her diary also hints about a secret room in the [[Pokémon HQ Lab]], which may refer to the one in which the [[Master Ball]] is stored.

Dr. Kaminko's inventions have been marketed throughout [[Orre]], albeit only with limited success due to their unpractical nature and potentially-harmful side-effects, which may be observed in their users over time. Those that have bought his inventions appear to have done so without knowledge of the invention's intended use, or rather the lack thereof. A man in [[Agate Village]] who has purchased a pair of 'unhealthy sandals' did so as he was told that they were a great invention, presumably by Chobin himself, and it may be observed that his health grows progressively worse thereafter. Another man in [[Pyrite Town]] believes himself to have been conned after he bought several 'Poké Poles', which, as their name implies, are poles painted in the same color as a {{i|Poké Ball}}, and which have no visible purpose other than, as Chobin guesses, to spread confusion as to their purpose.

[[Makan]] is often seen at Dr. Kaminko's house, and the two are shown to be longtime friends, indicating that the doctor may not have been such a recluse in the past as he is at the present, though also showing the limited extent of his present social circle. [[Beluh]], however, has a vastly different opinion of him, and, if the player does not reveal who he is, she will presume the player is here to market one of Dr. Kaminko's inventions and will ask that he leave, revealing that the doctor and his inventions are not well received by Orre at large, or at least by its more revered denizens. Beluh also initiates a sidequest in which the player must remove a set of faulty translators invented by Dr. Kaminko which render their wearers mute instead, further revealing her already-evident dislike of him.

Despite his scatterbrained demeanor, Dr. Kaminko is actually aware and possibly proud of the fact that his inventions are often useless. After the apparent "failure" of the Robo Groudon, Michael can find the doctor musing in his study, asking himself if he should give up "tricking people" with his creations, and wondering if he needs new direction in his life (before conceiving and shortly thereafter dismissing the idea of Robo Trainers). However, after [[Greevil]] is defeated, Dr. Kaminko is once again back to his old ways, exclaiming that the Robo Pokémon are "the ultimate" and that one "is playing a key role in bringing Cipher down".