Heart Gauge
A Heart Gauge (Japanese: リライブゲージ Relive Gauge) is a meter for a Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness that measures how far it is from being able to be purified.
Heart Gauge progress
The Heart Gauge is split into five equal bars. When a Shadow Pokémon is first snagged, all five bars are full. These bars represent the proportion of the Pokémon's total Heart Gauge that has been opened, but the actual value of a Pokémon's full Heart Gauge depends on the Pokémon's species (in the same way that two Pokémon with a "full" HP bar may have different amounts of HP). All other things equal, this means that a Shadow Pokémon with a bigger full Heart Gauge number will take longer to fully open its heart than a Shadow Pokémon with a smaller number will. Non-purified Shadow Pokémon cannot gain EVs.
For a full list of each Pokémon's Heart Gauge size, see List of Shadow Pokémon.
While its Heart Gauge is full, a Shadow Pokémon's Nature is hidden (displaying as "????"), it can only use Shadow moves (Shadow Rush only in Colosseum, two to four Shadow moves in XD), and cannot gain experience or friendship. Each time the player fully opens one of the Pokémon's Heart Gauge bars, some of these restrictions are removed.
| Progress | Message | Colosseum | XD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 full bars | 100%Colo ≥99.9%XD |
"The door to its heart is tightly shut." | Hyper Mode can activate. | Can gain experience at 80% of the normal rate, which will be applied after it is purified. |
| < 5 bars | ≥80%, <100%Colo ≥80%, <99.9%XD |
"The door to its heart is starting to open." | — | Reverse Mode can activate. |
| < 4 bars | ≥60%, <80% | "The door to its heart is opening up." | First non-Shadow move is regained. | First non-Shadow move is regained. Can gain friendship at 80% of the normal rate, which will be applied after it is purified. |
| < 3 bars | ≥40%, <60% | "The door to its heart is opening wider." | The Pokémon's Nature is revealed. Can gain experience and friendship, which will be applied after it is purified. |
The Pokémon's Nature is revealed. Can gain friendship from items at 80% of the normal rate. |
| < 2 bars | ≥20%, <40% | "The door to its heart is nearly open." | Second non-Shadow move is regained. | |
| < 1 bar | >0%, <20% | "The door to its heart is almost fully open." | Third non-Shadow move is regained. | |
| Fully empty | 0% | "The door to its heart is about to open. Undo the final lock!" | The purification ceremony can now be undergone. | |
A Shadow Pokémon always retains its Shadow moves until it undergoes the purification ceremony.
On the summary screen, the Heart Gauge replaces the experience bar, and the above descriptions replace the displayed numbers for total experience and experience to next level.
Moves that are currently locked display as ???-type, with a name of "????", current and maximum PP of "??", base power and accuracy of "---", and (in Colosseum) a Contest condition of "???" with Appeal and Jam scores of 0 hearts. The move description (and Contest description) are both replaced with "This can't be used because the heart's door is shut."
Heart Gauge's progress influences the rate of both Hyper Mode and Reverse Mode, though how exactly is dictated by the Pokémon's Nature or species, respectively.
Shadow Pokémon controlled by NPCs always have access to all of their moves (except the ones that replace Shadow moves upon purification), despite their Heart Gauge being fully closed when snagged.
Opening a Shadow Pokémon's heart
There are several ways in which to open a Pokémon's heart.
- Sending the Pokémon into battle
- Calling the Pokémon out of Hyper ModeColo or Reverse ModeXD in battle
- Walking, every 256 steps, while the Pokémon is in the player's party
- Walking, every 256 steps, while the Pokémon is in the Day CareColo
- Using Scents
- Placing the Pokémon in the Purify ChamberXD
The amount that a Pokémon's Heart Gauge opens depends on both the event that occurred and the Shadow Pokémon's Nature; these amounts also differ between Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD. In Pokémon XD, events typically open a Pokémon's Heart Gauge less than they do in Pokémon Colosseum, but the average size of a full Heart Gauge is also smaller in Pokémon XD.
Each individual Shadow Pokémon maintains its own step counter for the walking events. Consequently, a Shadow Pokémon may open its heart at a different time than when party Pokémon gain friendship, and two Shadow Pokémon may open their hearts at different times.
In the following tables, values in bold indicate the most efficient method for a Pokémon with that Nature.
In Pokémon Colosseum
| Nature | Battle | Call | Party | Day Care | Scent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joy | Excite | Vivid | |||||
| Hardy | 150 | 300 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Lonely | 50 | 450 | 150 | 150 | 200 | 400 | 600 |
| Brave | 200 | 225 | 150 | 225 | 75 | 150 | 225 |
| Adamant | 150 | 225 | 150 | 300 | 75 | 150 | 225 |
| Naughty | 150 | 225 | 200 | 225 | 75 | 150 | 225 |
| Bold | 150 | 225 | 200 | 300 | 50 | 100 | 150 |
| Docile | 75 | 600 | 100 | 225 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Relaxed | 75 | 225 | 75 | 600 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Impish | 200 | 300 | 150 | 150 | 75 | 150 | 225 |
| Lax | 100 | 225 | 150 | 225 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Timid | 50 | 450 | 50 | 600 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Hasty | 200 | 300 | 75 | 150 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Serious | 100 | 450 | 100 | 300 | 75 | 150 | 225 |
| Jolly | 150 | 300 | 100 | 150 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Naive | 100 | 300 | 150 | 225 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Modest | 75 | 300 | 75 | 600 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Mild | 75 | 225 | 75 | 450 | 200 | 400 | 600 |
| Quiet | 100 | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Bashful | 50 | 300 | 75 | 450 | 200 | 400 | 600 |
| Rash | 75 | 300 | 100 | 300 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Calm | 50 | 300 | 100 | 450 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Gentle | 50 | 300 | 75 | 600 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Sassy | 200 | 150 | 150 | 225 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Careful | 75 | 300 | 75 | 450 | 150 | 300 | 450 |
| Quirky | 200 | 225 | 50 | 600 | 75 | 150 | 225 |
In Pokémon XD
Data for the Day Care is still present in the game, though it goes unused.
| Nature | Battle | Call | Party | Scent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joy | Excite | Vivid | ||||
| Hardy | 110 | 300 | 100 | 90 | 180 | 270 |
| Lonely | 70 | 330 | 100 | 130 | 260 | 390 |
| Brave | 130 | 270 | 90 | 80 | 160 | 240 |
| Adamant | 110 | 270 | 110 | 80 | 160 | 240 |
| Naughty | 120 | 270 | 110 | 70 | 140 | 210 |
| Bold | 110 | 270 | 90 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Docile | 100 | 360 | 80 | 120 | 240 | 360 |
| Relaxed | 90 | 270 | 110 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Impish | 120 | 300 | 100 | 80 | 160 | 240 |
| Lax | 100 | 270 | 90 | 110 | 220 | 330 |
| Timid | 70 | 330 | 110 | 120 | 240 | 360 |
| Hasty | 130 | 300 | 70 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Serious | 100 | 330 | 110 | 90 | 180 | 270 |
| Jolly | 120 | 300 | 90 | 90 | 180 | 270 |
| Naive | 100 | 300 | 120 | 80 | 160 | 240 |
| Modest | 70 | 300 | 120 | 110 | 220 | 330 |
| Mild | 80 | 270 | 100 | 120 | 240 | 360 |
| Quiet | 100 | 300 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Bashful | 80 | 300 | 90 | 130 | 260 | 390 |
| Rash | 90 | 300 | 90 | 120 | 240 | 360 |
| Calm | 80 | 300 | 110 | 110 | 220 | 330 |
| Gentle | 70 | 300 | 130 | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Sassy | 130 | 240 | 100 | 70 | 140 | 210 |
| Careful | 90 | 300 | 100 | 110 | 220 | 330 |
| Quirky | 130 | 270 | 80 | 90 | 180 | 270 |
Lugia
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Shadow Lugia's Heart Gauge is fully closed until it is placed in the Purify Chamber with all nine chambers at max tempo. When this is done, the Heart Gauge will automatically open and Lugia can be purified. However, if Lugia is taken out before being purified, its Heart Gauge will again close completely.
Trivia
- The actions with the potential for the strongest effects are calling a Pokémon out of Hyper Mode or Reverse Mode, walking while the Pokémon is in the Day Care, and using a Vivid Scent. The absolute lowest effect of these is stronger than the absolute lowest effect of other actions, and their absolute strongest effect is stronger than that of any other action.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| French | Jauge de Conscience | |
| German | Crypto-Meter | |
| Italian | Barra Ombra | |
| Spanish | Nivel de Impureza | |