There are now stricter conditions for trading with the GBA games.
Poke Balls can now be bought at most Poke Marts.
Battle trainer levels now go up to Level 70 and trainers now use Legendary Pokemon.
The books in the basement of the Phenac Pokemon Centre are now described as a Hoenn/Kanto region research.
TMs 07 (Hail), 46 (Thief) and 37 (Sandstorm) are gone.
There is now a '+' next to an opponent's Shadow Pokemon's level.
Shadow Moves are now super effective against non-Shadow Pokemon but not very effective against Shadows.
There are now many different kinds of Shadow Moves.
Shadow Rush's power has dropped to 50 and no longer causes recoil damage.
Battle, you are no longer asked if you want to advance to the next zone.
Strategy Memo is automatically updated.
Wild Pokemon, in-game trades, Battle Bingo and Battle Sims have been added.
Shadow Pokemon now learn Special Moves via purification.
Pyrite Building has been turned into ONBS.
Pyrite Cave and The Under have been sealed off.
Calling a non-Shadow Pokemon raises its accuracy if it's not asleep.
Battle Mode has been dropped, though the Orre Colosseum has been incorporated into the post-game Story Mode.
Shadow Pokemon can't be put in the Day Care.
Shadow Pokemon go into Reverse Mode rather than Hyper Mode.
Save function has been removed from PCs, as you can save anywhere now.
Gameplay is less challenging until the post-game in Story Mode.
Your Starter Pokemon is a L10 Eevee instead of a L25 Espeon and L26 Umbreon.
The changes made since the first game are as follows: Japanese boxart of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Pokémon XD: Gale of DarknessĬover of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, featuring Shadow Lugia For the cable network that carries the Pokémon anime in the United States, see Pokémon in the United States → Disney XD.