Pokémon Stadium 2
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| Developer(s) | HAL Laboratories |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  December 14, 2000 March 26, 2001 October 6, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) OFLC: G |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 |
| Media | 512Mb (64MB) Nintendo 64 Cartridge |
| Input | Nintendo 64 Controller, Transfer Pak |
Pokémon Stadium 2 (Pokémon Stadium GS in Japan) is a video game for the Nintendo 64. It features all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations. It was released in North America as simply Pokémon Stadium 2, as it was the second Stadium game to be released there. In Japan, Pokémon Stadium GS was the third game of the Pokémon Stadium series. The Japanese edition also featured the capability to use the Pokémon Mobile System from Pokémon Crystal.
This game featured support for all three original Game Boy Pokémon games (Pokémon Red and Blue and Yellow) and the three Game Boy Color games (Pokémon Gold and Silver and Crystal). As in Stadium 2/Stadium, Pikachu from the Yellow game was a hidden character if the game cartridge was used.
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[edit] White City
The game takes place in White City. There are eight areas that can be accessed.You can also get a mystery gift once a day in the Mystery Gift area. The gift is then sent to the Lab until you go to pick it up.
[edit] Stadium
Pokémon tournaments take place in the Stadium. You can use the Pokémon on your Game Boy games to battle here (except in challenge cup where you are given a team to use).
[edit] Earl's Pokémon Academy
A Pokémon school in which the player can attend classes and read detailed information about Pokémon in the Library.
[edit] Mini-Game Park
Twelve Pokémon themed Minigames and quizzes can be played here. These are:
| English title | Japanese title | Translation |
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| Gutsy Golbat | ゴルバットのどうくつたんけん | Golbat's Cavern exploration |
| Topsy-Turvy | カポエラーのベーゴマ | |
| Clear Cut Challenge | いあいぎりがっせん | |
| Furret's Frolic | オオタチのピョンピョンボール | |
| Barrier Ball | バリヤードのバリアーテニス | Barriard's Barrier Tennis |
| Pichu's Power Plant | ピチューのはつでんきょうそう | |
| Rampage Rollout | ドンファンのぐるぐるレース | |
| Streaming Stampede | ピィとププリンのカウントゲーム | Pii and Pupurin's Count game |
| Tumbling Togepi | コロコロトゲピー | |
| Delibird's Delivery | はこんでデリバード | |
| Egg Emergency | ラッキーのタマゴだいさくせん | Lucky's Great Egg strategy |
| Eager Eevee | イーブイのフルーツダッシュ | Eevee's Fruit Dash |
If a player had a Transfer Pak in their controller, Pokémon Stadium 2 would upload the player's Pokémon into the minigame. The Pokémon would appear with the same nickname and colors. If playing a tournament match for coins, the winning player would win that many coins for the Game Corner, which would be saved into their Coin Case.
[edit] Game Boy Tower
Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal can be played on the Nintendo 64. This also allowed players to play it under Doduo Mode (double speed) and Dodrio (triple speed) if the player completes certain parts of the game.
[edit] Pokémon Lab
The player can arrange their boxed Pokémon and items, use a Pokédex and trade among other things.
[edit] Gym Leader Castle
The player can challenge the Johto gym leaders, along with the Elite Four and Kanto gym leaders.
[edit] Your Room
Accessible only with a Gold, Silver or Crystal game pak, your Room is where the player can decorate their bedroom in 3D.
[edit] Free Battle
Practice battles take place here. Here you can mix and match any of the 250 Pokémon included in the game (So called 'rental' Pokémon), or choose from your own Pokémon from the Gameboy series of the game.
[edit] Criticism
Many players have complained about the seemingly advantageous, unfair AI. This is especially noticeable in R-2 mode. Savestate testing with Project64 has determined that hits, misses, and criticals are calculated before the moves are attempted.
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