XD rebalanced so much, but I think it's the lighter tone that ruins it. There was something genuinely interesting about the way Colosseum did everything, but XD tried to be a bit more generically Pokemon
On the cover is a Lugia that's been turned into an "evil" Shadow Pokemon. The bad guys refer to it as Project XD001 I think, which is where the game gets its name
@Chary That is 100% true - the Leader of Cipher (the main antagonists) got a Lugia, and had it experimented upon so it would be turned into a Shadow Pokémon that is completely immune to Purification.
He was going to make it a series of Purification-immune Pokémon, but only got so far as that one Lugia by the game's end. Oh, and the only way to Purify it is by maxing out the Purification Chamber's Tempo (perfect type alignment in each cell).
Man we were gonna have a game night at my buddy's house but he wasn't feeling great so he canceled, which throws my dinner plans up into the air, so I guess it's time to order a pizza or something