Pokémon Colosseum (ポケモンコロシアム, Pokemon Koroshiamu) is the first GameCube incarnation of the Pokémon video game franchise. It follows the idea of the Nintendo 64 Pokémon Stadium video game series. The game was released in Japan on November 21, 2003, and was released in North America on March 23, 2004. It was released in Europe on May 7, 2004. It was released in Australia on June 24, 2004. It has since been followed up by Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, a 2005 sequel to this game.