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==Creation and behavior== | ==Creation and behavior== | ||
Shadow Pokémon are created through an undisclosed process that removes the Pokémon's emotions, turning it into a soulless fighting machine. [[Ein]], creator of the process and Cipher's head scientist at the time of Colosseum, refers to this process as "shutting the door to their hearts". | Shadow Pokémon are created through an undisclosed process that removes the Pokémon's emotions, turning it into a soulless fighting machine. [[Ein]], creator of the process and Cipher's head scientist at the time of Colosseum, refers to this process as "shutting the door to their hearts". In XD, a new process was created, that makes many Shadow Pokémon at the same time. | ||
While normal Pokémon are generally friendly and trusting creatures, Shadow Pokémon are not hesitant to attack with full force, using [[Shadow move]]s, such as {{m|Shadow Rush}}. Likewise, they do not attack only other Pokémon, and will actually attack Trainers. Shadow Pokémon can sometimes be overwhelmed by their emotions, indicating the relative instability of their Shadow state, and will sometimes enter a state known as [[Hyper Mode]] in Colosseum and [[Reverse Mode]] in XD. This state will be triggered more often the closer the Pokémon is to purification, making them generally more difficult to battle with until they are ultimately purified. A Pokémon in this state can be cured of it by calling to it in battle or use of a [[cologne]], as well as several other methods, or can recover on its own. | While normal Pokémon are generally friendly and trusting creatures, Shadow Pokémon are not hesitant to attack with full force, using [[Shadow move]]s, such as {{m|Shadow Rush}}. Likewise, they do not attack only other Pokémon, and will actually attack Trainers. Shadow Pokémon can sometimes be overwhelmed by their emotions, indicating the relative instability of their Shadow state, and will sometimes enter a state known as [[Hyper Mode]] in Colosseum and [[Reverse Mode]] in XD. This state will be triggered more often the closer the Pokémon is to purification, making them generally more difficult to battle with until they are ultimately purified. A Pokémon in this state can be cured of it by calling to it in battle or use of a [[cologne]], as well as several other methods, or can recover on its own. | ||
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Shadow Pokémon cannot level up, and any experience and [[effort values]] they gain in battle will be held until they are purified, at which point it will be awarded en masse. | Shadow Pokémon cannot level up, and any experience and [[effort values]] they gain in battle will be held until they are purified, at which point it will be awarded en masse. | ||
===Differences between Colosseum and XD=== | |||
Although the concept of Shadow Pokémon remains basically the same between the two games, there are some differences: | |||
*Shadow Pokémon in Colosseum are much harder to purify than in XD. For example, when a Shadow Pokémon enters the battle, the Aura Meter goes down by about 1/6 of a section in Colosseum, but almost 3 times that in XD. | |||
*The aura of a Shadow Pokémon is slightly different in the two games: although in both the aura has dark purple color, in Colosseum it also generates small yellow blobs, that vanish after a few seconds. | |||
*Shadow Pokémon in the first game sometimes enter in the Hyper Mode, but in XD they enter Reverse Mode instead. For example, in Hyper Mode a Pokémon can actually attack its Trainer, but no such thing happens while it is in Hyper Mode. | |||
*In Colosseum, Shadow Pokémon can only learn Shadow Rush as a Shadow Move, but in the second game it is just one of many Shadow Moves. | |||
Although this isn't confirmed, it is possible that the "faster process" of creating Shadow Pokémon introduced in XD is behind these differences. | |||
==Relationship with Trainers== | |||
Strangely enough, a Shadow Pokémon that isn't under the care of the player will not enter Hyper Mode / Reverse Mode or apparently reduce its Heart Gauge, although a Shadow Pokémon in the player control will purify itself just by being in the Trainer's party. | |||
An important difference between Colosseum and XD is the number of Shadow Pokémon each Cipher member can carry: in Colosseum each Trainer can only carry 1 at a time (except Wes); in XD there are many Trainers with 2 Shadow Pokémon in their team and the final boss of the game has actually 7 Shadow Pokémon under his care. This may be a result of the large number of Shadow Pokémon in XD. | |||
==Gameplay differences between Shadow & Non-Shadow Pokemon== | ==Gameplay differences between Shadow & Non-Shadow Pokemon== | ||