Pokémon Colosseum is a role-playing video game in the Pokémon series developed by Genius Sonority, published by The Pokémon Company, and distributed by Nintendo. It was released for the GameCube 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 steal ("snag") the Pokémon of other Pokémon Trainers. The game also features single-player and multiplayer battle modes.