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• Amazon Sales Rank: #4355 in Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Platform: Nintendo 64

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What can you expect from the sequel to one of the favorite Nintendo 64 games of 2000? A lot. Pokémon Stadium 2 comes with four new tournaments, 12 new minigames, and lots of fun extras, like special Pokéquizzes to test your level of mastery. And you're sure to find your favorite monsters, because--gulp!--249 Pokémon are present in the game. As in Pokémon Stadium, you can train and battle your monsters, as well as transfer them (via the separately sold Transfer Pak) from your favorite Game Boy titles--including the newer Gold and Silver editions of the game.

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Released in 2000, Pokémon Stadium was the place to organize, upgrade, and battle your personal collection of pocket monsters. With all sorts of information about the popular license, as well as some really fun two-player action, the game greatly enhanced the collection of trainers endeavoring to "catch 'em all." Now fans have a new version to look forward to: Pokémon Stadium 2.

You will be able to upload, store, and train all of your new Pokémon from Silver and Gold into this game with Nintendo's Transfer Pak accessory. Then you can enter the characters into a variety of new tournaments, as well any of the 12 new minigames, such as Barrier Ball, a Breakout-style game, and Clear Cut Challenge, where players will try to slice falling logs in half. According to a Nintendo spokesperson, entering a leveled-up character in a minigame can give you a crucial advantage over your competition.

The game battles are basically the same as they were in the previous version, but the graphics have been given a makeover, and some of the new Pokémon included in Pokémon Stadium 2 will have never-before-seen attacks.

Nintendo has also added a raft of new features. The GB Tower can now play all five Pokémon Game Boy Color games on your N64 through the Transfer Pak. Expanded Pokémon Lab and Pokédex functions will let you upgrade your Silver and Gold characters by giving them new items and will allow you to swap characters between cartridges or with friends.

An all-new Pokémon Academy acts as a player's guide for all of the titles. For those who are not up on the Pokémon jargon, characters, or strengths, Pokémon Stadium 2 offers detailed lectures in the Academy on the various Pokémon types, attacks, strengths, weaknesses, and locations. After you study, you can take tests, or enter the all-new four-player quiz mode to find out which one of your friends is an expert on Pokémon trivia. --Todd Mowatt

Customer Reviews

...and I'm in college and love this game...
I found out about Pokemon characters in another Nintendo game, Super Smash Brothers. I spent many hours annoying friends with Piakchu's battle cry and shortly after rented Pokemon Stadium. I loved the game play in it and a friend and I spent many hours in front of the tv hooting and hollering at each other in the midst of battle.

The other day, Pokemon Stadium 2 hit the shelves and I debated about renting it, said what the heck and just bought it. After investing my money it, I came home, showed it to a few people in the dorm and shortly had three or four people in my room. We had back seat battlers calling out commands to the people with controllers and people wandering in to see what was going on. One of the nice things about the game is the ability for 4 controllers to be used. I was curious how they were going to do this and found out it's in the free battle arena. Each person chooses 6 Pokemon and then right before the battle begins you choose 3 each and then switch between trainers in battle, a bit like a tag team.

About half of the game is one player and the rest of it is in two -four player mode.

I'm still working my way through the gyms and, yes, they do get harder as you move along. I've been frustrated by some of the higher trainers more than once.

The "battle now" idea they have is very good. If you and a friend want to sit down and have a quick little go between the two of you this is a good way to go. It is right there on the main screen and you click on it and the system randomly picks 6 Pokemon for you to battle with, this can be done in one or two player mode.

The little mini-games are so cute. If you pay attention to your own screen, un-like I did the first time, you should do well. If you want to make sure you win there is an easy setting, if you want a challenge set the system to hard.

In event battle there are 4 cups, the Prime Cup, the Poke Cup, the Little Cup and the Challenge Cup. In the challenge cup instead of you using your Pokemon's the computer picks them for you and you can battle on the settings for the Prime, Poke and little cups.

To be honest, I have yet to get through everything. I'm currently working on finding a Gameboy Pokemon game so that I can access everything this game has to offer, (as in Pokemon Stadium you need a transfer pack, and sadly it's not included in the game) yet with out it I've had many hours of battle already. Those new Pokemon are toooo cute. My faves? Of the new guys, I've found good battle buddies in Jumpluff, Skarmory, and Girafarig. My tried and true battle companions from Pokemon Stadium are Rapidash, Pikachu and Snorlax. Now... who'll help you win all those battles?

Pokémon Stadium 2! Better than 1!
This is a great game. In Pokémon Stadium 2, there are a lot of changes and a lot of updates. In GB Tower, you can play your Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver or Crystal. There are 12 new mini games, new Gym Leaders for Gym Leader Castle, and my personal favorite feature, Mystery Gift. On the Main Menu there is a button that says 'Mystery Gift'. What this does is lets you do Mystery Gift with a girl every day. This is good if you want to get new items to make your '3D Room' look cool in White City, get new items, dolls, beds, consoles and more. My cousin and I like to make fun of the girl there. For example, I did Mystery Gift with the girl, I got PSNCUREBERRY when she got an N64. Not fair right? Like I mentioned before, there is a feature that let's you see your room in 3D. Very detailed! You can see the stiches in the Charmander doll, you can see the console with all the details, see you posters and more! I highly recommend this game for people who like Pokémon!

The most outrageous arcade smash is ready for action!
Once I get this outrageous title, I will use the old pokemon characters (i.e. Red, Blue, or Yellow) to play through the entire game. However, don't take this game on until you beat the original Pokemon Stadium in both Rounds 1 and 2. You thought it was enough. Think again! The battles are not over! You have 2 more rounds to face in this upcoming adventure. You get to pick from 4 tournaments:

Little Cup=Level 5 or lower.

Nintendo Cup=Level 50-55.

Challenge Cup=Pika, Petit, Poke, and Prime Cups.

Ultra Cup=Pokemon up to Level 100.

You might think this is the same as the original, but don't worry! You'll get to meet new characters (i.e. Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, etc.). See ya!