Snagging replaces gym badges in Pokemon Colosseum. Wes and Rui steal shadow creatures from trainers in the Orre desert, then purify them, and the campaign never hands you a regional starter and eight badges.
Genius Sonority and Nintendo released the GameCube story in 2003. Miror B's dance is a boss pattern, not a gym badge. Cipher's admins and Miror B. are bosses of a 3D campaign that uses the handheld creatures without being a traditional league quest.
A link to a Game Boy Advance cartridge can deepen the roster. The desert towns and the snag mechanic are the console campaign's own shape.