Pokémon Stadium

THE BAD:
High difficulty level. Sometimes the Transfer Pak doesn't work properly. You have to save your GB date properly to use it. Not compatible with Pokemon Gold & Silver.

SUMMARY:
Nintendo made such a big fuss out of this game when it came out, and it certainly lives up to the hype. Basically this game gives Pokemon trainers the chance to be like Ash and battle their way to the top of the Pokemon heap. There are also mini-games for up to 4 players and a place where you can play your GB copy of Pokemon Red, Blue, or Yellow right on your TV.
A nice feature is that if you don't have your own Pokemon, you can rent Pokemon to use for battles instead, a nice feature for those who don't have any GB Pokemon games. You can also play a mode that lets you face the Gym Leaders from the anime series, up to your "rival" at the end. 2 players can also battle each other on a variety of levels. You'll find, however, that if you use rental Pokemon, the path to victory is much tougher. Also, sometimes when using the Transfer Pak, it likes to randomly have problems reading the Game Pak or staying connected to the N64 controller, which causes the game to stop or have problems starting up.
If you're a Pokemon fan, there's no reason not to have this game. Don't forget the minigames-they're a blast for up to 4 people!

THE BAD:
*throws up* Do you really want to know?

SUMMARY:
Even when I actually liked Pokemon *sigh* (Those were the bad, old days.) I hated this. The graphics are okay. That's it. I haven't played this game in years. Someone might see me! I have my dignity at stake! The creepy, little filth called computers cheat! I'm serious! Even I know that a certain Pokemon doesn't have that attack. The mini-games are also horrid. Taking pictures wasn't so bad, though. If you move the camera over far enough, you won't have to take a picture of a Pokemon. This game was $60. I don't get it. Rayman 2 was $20, and it was so much better. This game is just so awful. Pokemon think they're so cool. It's horrible. Don't buy it, whatever you do! I'm begging you! It's awful! *starts crying* It's just *gasp* so *gasp* bad! *wipes away tears* I'm gonna be sick. *runs into bathroom*

THE BAD:
Virtually everything else. Horrible sound, that annoying announcer, Inaccurate stats, boring, the battles feel like playing rock paper scicsors,no depth at all, frustrating. THIS IS NOT A 3D POKEMON GAME.

SUMMARY:
Let's start this review off with a comment that sums up the game: Pokemon stadium is nothing more than attempt to gain cash by nintendo, it's nothing but RPG battles that are stripped of any stratagy at all.

Whew.

When I got the game, I was excited. Sure, I knew it wasn't an actual pokemon game in 3d, but just battling my pokemon from my gameboy in 3D sounded great.

The problem is, when the pokemon becuase 3D, they seem to lose everything that made them good in 2d. How you ask?

Since this game features no items, no level up options, and idiotic battle rules there is no stratagy at all. You simply throw out a pokemon and start wailing away, no thinking required. But an RPG battle HAS to have stratagy right? Appearantly, gamefreak didn't think so.

So ok, every pokemon in the game is at level 50 and you don't have to unlock really any of them (which is stupid) but, I figured if I upload my pokemon from my GB game it would all be ok.

When I did I realized something, once you DO upload your pokemon team onto the n64, every pokemon in the game magically gets the level of your strongest pokemon. Example: If your strongest pokemon is at level 70, all the pokemon you will battle agianst will also be at level 70. Now, I'm sorry but does that DEFEAT THE WHOLE POINT of the GB tranfer?

Besides the crappy battles, Stadium has a small collection of minigames that are BORING and depthless.

The multiplayer is the games strongest feature, but it's only useful if you have two GB pokemon games. Other than that, it's just as bad as the rest of the game.

Looking for a good RPG for the n64? Well go buy orge battle, Pokemon stadium is the worst choice you can make. I only recommend renting this...for a 8 year old.

THE BAD:
There isn't much that I thought was bad, but I didn't like how weak some of the pokemon were, and how you couldn't really level up.

SUMMARY:
Overall this game was pretty good. The mini games were the best, and I liked the one on one battles.

So I gave this game a 3 out of 5, mostly because I don't like pokemon that much, but that only took away 1 point. ^^

THE BAD:
the odds seem to always be against you. For instance when you are confused you will always hurt yourself n stuff.

SUMMARY:
This game is a great game to battle all your Pokemon from Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow.

The graphics are nice in this game. It's cool seeing all our Pokemon battle in 3D.

The sound is ok, but its more of midis and elevator music.

The minigames are kinda fun too but get boring after awhile.

THE BAD:
- Graphics are good but not so
- The attacks are pretty sucky

SUMMARY:
I say buy the game if your a Pokemon lover like myself but don't if your just a random gamer. Buy Pokemon Stadium 2 if thas so. I thought this game was good for a 1 on 1 gamer. Its like Mortal Combat but with Pokemon.