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Let the Games Begin!(Review From Amazon) | General Comments:
Pokemon Stadium is a Pokemon fighting game for the Nintendo 64--not an adventure game like Red/Blue/Yellow or anything like that. In this game, you fight through different tournaments with your Pokemon, and once you beat everything, you unlock a "Round-2" mode--which I unfortunately don't know much about, since I have yet to unlock it.
You can either use "rental" Pokemon in the tournaments, or you can upload them from your Game Boy games utilizing a device called the "Transfer Pak".
You can only upload Pokemon from the Red, Blue and Yellow versions, however, because this game predates Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire and anything from then on. Also, with a cartridge in the Transfer Pak, you can do different things like trade Pokemon (if there's a second controller, Transfer Pak and Game Boy cartridge plugged in), check out their stats at Professor Oak's Laboratory, and play the game on the television using a thing called "GB (Game Boy) Tower".
WARNING WARNING WARNING: I, personally, do not recommend using Game Boy Tower, because it erased my Pokemon Yellow game when I tried it. Something went kerflooey when I tried to save my progress.
Also, if you upload Pikachu from a Yellow cartridge and you use him without registering him, he'll say his name. This I found to be a nice touch, and I wondered why ALL the Pokemon didn't do this to begin with.
Where Pokemon Stadium is concerned, the pros vastly outnumber the cons, but it might be prudent of me to list them anyway, so here they are:
The game can be very frustrating, specifically where the Pika Cup tournament is concerned. I still can't beat the darn thing.
There is an announcer who comments on the battling. Although it's an interesting touch, some may find him annoying (I don't, really, but I felt it should've been listed). Fortunately, if he gets on your nerves, you can turn him off in the Options menu.
To conclude, I will say that Pokemon Stadium is a really nice game, and I recommend it. However, if you are rather young or sensitive, you may find it a tad disturbing (even though the characters just faint; they don't ever die). |
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