Pokémon Colosseum
Pokémon Colosseum is a role-playing video game developed by Genius Sonority and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the GameCube. A spin-off of the Pokémon series, it was released on November 21, 2003, in Japan, March 22, 2004, in North America and May 14, 2004, in Europe. Unlike previous titles' random encounters with Pokémon, Colosseum allows the player to steal ("snag") the Pokémon of other Pokémon Trainers. The game also features single-player and multiplayer battle modes.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2003
- Developer
- Genius Sonority
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 21 November 2003 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Genius Sonority |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo GameCube |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2291002, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Pokémon Colosseum? How long to beat it
Total play time for Pokémon Colosseum is about 56.6 hours to do everything, and around 23.6 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 23.6h | 132 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 35.8h | 110 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 56.6h | 68 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Pokémon Colosseum sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Pokémon Colosseum lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 64ahead of 17% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 43ahead of 83% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Pokémon Colosseum
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Pokémon Colosseum
What platforms is Pokémon Colosseum on?
Pokémon Colosseum is available on Nintendo GameCube. It first released in 2003.
Who made Pokémon Colosseum?
Pokémon Colosseum was developed by Genius Sonority and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Pokémon Colosseum?
about 23.6 hours for the main story, 35.8 hours with the main extras, 56.6 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.