
Nintendo has announced Nintendo Switch Online has added Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness to its library of classic games.
Originally released for the GameCube back in 2005, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness is now available for Switch 2. This is the first time the game is being ported to modern platforms.
Here’s a brief blurb on the game, plus a trailer:
Trainers at the ready!
Shadow Pokémon have reappeared in the Orre Region in this role-playing game, released for the Nintendo GameCube system in 2005. You are a young boy living at the Orre Region’s Pokémon HQ Lab with his mom and little sister who gets swept up in a grand adventure when an incident occurs at the lab. With your Aura Reader, which can detect Shadow Pokémon that have had the doors to their hearts shut, and the Snag Machine, which can capture Shadow Pokémon from evil Trainers, it’s up to you to save the world. Stand against evil and reopen the doors to the shut hearts of the Shadow Pokémon to restore them to their natural selves!
Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is part of their subscription service. It adds classic NES, SNES, Game Boy, Sega Gensis, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, and Virtual Boy games.