Pokemon XD: Gale of darkness (Pokemon’ekkusudi: Kurayami no naka no geiru in Japan) is a 2005 Role-Playing game created by The Pokémon Company and developed by Genius Sonority. It was only released for the Nintendo GameCube. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness was released on August 4, 2005 in Japan, On September 14, 2005 in the United States.