Pokémon Colosseum

Pokémon Colosseum
Developer(s)	Genius Sonority
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Pokémon
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP November 21, 2003 NA March 22, 2004 EU May 14, 2004
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller, Game Boy Advance
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GC6E01, GC6P01, GC6J01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Pokémon Colosseum (ポケモンコロシアム, Pokémon Koroshiamu) is a role-playing video game developed by Genius Sonority and published by Nintendo as part of the Pokémon series, released exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube. Unlike previous titles, the game does not feature random encounters with Pokémon, but the player can steal ("Snag") the Pokémon of other Pokémon Trainers. The game also features several battle modes for single-player and multiplayer gameplay.

Those that preordered the game received the Pokémon Colosseum Bonus Disc.

Problems

Crash on the MAC OS X Build

After visiting Mt. Battle for the first time, entering a trainer battle will cause a crash just before the opposing trainer's pokemon are loaded.

PAL Crashes

When playing the arena mode in the PAL version, a crash that occurs when attempting to register Pokémon in story mode to play later in the Colosseum mode.

PAL Illegible Text

Text in the PAL version is not legible. This can be corrected by enabling Safe Texture Cache.

Unable to synchronize with Game Boy Advance

Comes an error that the game hangs when trying to emulate the connection between a GBA and GC, no matter if it is to pass pokemon, record, or struggling

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Texture Cache Accuracy	Position 1	Corrects illegible text

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Pokémon Colosseum since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r3661

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5.0-21401 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r3661	Windows	Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.2GHz	nVidia GeForce 8600 GT	Pokemon Colosseum (NTSC) on Dolphin Emulator R3661	grreatpets
r6117	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-930 @ 2.8GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 480	Positive: 20-30 FPS, slowdown when sending Pokemon out, With DX11 Plugin, Dual Core Enabled, 16x Anisotropic Filtering enabled, 1920x1080, x86 mode	Timmy112
r7124	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4870 2G x2	Positive, 30-60 FPS,Corrupt text, is solved by selecting safe textures, 1600x900	Masterhand
r7369	Linux Ubuntu 10.10 x86	Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 @ 2.26GHz	nVidia GeForce 9400M	Positive, 30 FPS on interiors and about 25 FPS on exteriors and battles. Music is missing some instruments (OpenAL)
r7540	Windows Vista	Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 @ 3.32GHz	Intel GMA 965	Positive, 20-30 FPS, 10-20 FPS in battles. Music is distorted
3.0	Linux Ubuntu 11.04 x86_64	AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.8GHz	nVidia GeForce GTS 250	Positive, the game works very well, I just had to wait 1 or 2 minutes before fighting a boss.	RyDroid
r7671	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 3.1GHz	nVidia GeForce 9600 GT	Positive, possible to reach 250% speed, doesn't lag in game. Music glitched on HLE, on LLE no.	szymbar15
r7687	Windows 7 x64	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 @ 2.2GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 440	Positive, 16-30 FPS. Music is glitching.	Endres
3.0-368	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7 2670QM @ 2.2GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 525M	Turn off Dual Core on x64 version. Crashes at start with it on. Use x86 version instead for Dual Core option. Runs at 20-30 FPS at 1600x900 otherwise. Music is a bit glitchy on HLE (LLE fixes it, but causes slowdowns and as a result of it, choppy audio). Try XAudio2 for slightly better quality.	Marioman2K11
3.0-415	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 460 SE	Negative. Freezes on startup regardless of the above settings. Rating should be reduced to '2' or lower.	silvermistshadow
3.0-438	Windows Vista x64	Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.5GHz	nVidia GeForce 250 GTX	Positive. However, heavy graphic glitches if External Frame Buffer is enabled.	Sigma 7
3.0-592	Windows XP x86	AMD Athlon II X2 @ 3.1GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4350	Positive. Runs Perfectly only few sound glitched in main menu.	Nitroeus
3.0-763	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5870	Positive. Perfectly playable - runs at ~25-30 FPS. Some audio glitching/FPS slowdown caused by audio on standard settings. Virtually resolvable by using LLE recompiler + DSP LLE on Thread enabled.	Nickamina
3.0-763	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7 3820 @ 3.6GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 680	Middle, Perfect gameplay on constant 60 FPS but very laggy and choppy music.	Jan Julius
3.0-911	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1GHz	nVidia GeForce GTS 450	Positive. LLE is heavily laggy and glitchy, switch to HLE as an alternative. (HLE does miss sounds at certain frequencies that LLE doesn't, though) Only minor slowdowns, stable at 50~60 FPS	bigfeh
3.5-3	Linux Archlinux x86_64	Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.66GHz	nVidia GeForce 9800 GT	Positive, ~30 FPS, (1.5X resolution, 2x anti-aliasing/anisotropic), OpenGL plugin, Dual Core enabled, 1920x1080	sam101
3.5-1749	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7970	Playable. 30 FPS (Direct3D11,1080p full screen with 2.5x resolution, 4x antialias, 2x antisotropic + OpenMP Decoder) Cutscenes can go up to 60 FPS. New game might need to retry several time to create a new (raw) save.
3.5-2319	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3 2330 M @ 2.2 GHz	Intel HD Graphics 3000	Playable, speed is around 50%~100% (it goes lower when loading the Colosseum mode). No glitches.	Oddlyoko2K

Gameplay Videos

Testvideo zum Dolphin Emulator

Pokemon Colosseum (NTSC) on Dolphin Emulator R3661