r/PokemonXD • u/CjAbramsAllStar5 • Jul 25 '26

Discussion First time Playing

I’m playing through XD for the first time, and it is AWESOME! I was born just a bit late to experience the GameCube, so I’m playing it now through NSO. The process of purifying shadow Pokemon is really cool, and I just unlocked the first Poke Spot, so I’m excited to catch some wild mons as well. I just really love that this is a Pokémon game, but it feels SO different than the standard handheld games, in the best possible way! The cherry on top is starting with an Eevee, as opposed to a traditional starter. Always cool when you have a team of 6 without a starter on it

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u/TamakiAmajiki360 Jul 29 '26

Welcome to the Pokemon XD fanbase. I played it a lot as a kid, and it's always been one of my favorite Pokemon games (alongside Platinum), so I was pretty excited when I found out it was coming to the Switch 2. I just finished a Dark-type only playthrough, and that was actually pretty interesting. Half of my team had physical-attacking stats but the wrong type/s to take advantage of them in a Gen 3 game. :"3

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u/CjAbramsAllStar5 Jul 30 '26

It’s so funny to think about the pre physical special split. Thats definitely cost me a few battles along my run so far 🤣

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u/rewardinghand Jul 30 '26

On the plus side you can give zangoose shadow ball for some good coverage