Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is a role-playing video game in the Pokémon series developed by Genius Sonority and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. It was released for the GameCube on August 4 2005 in Japan; October 3 2005 in North America; November 10 2005 in Australia; and November 18 2005 in Europe. Pokémon XD is the successor to the GameCube title Pokémon Colosseum and takes place in Orre the setting of Pokémon Colosseum's adventure mode. All of the Game Boy Advance Pokémon games can connect to this game through trading and Battle Mode.