This game brings Pokémon battles to life! (Pokemon Stadium 64 (N64))

Member Name: randomreviews

Product:	Pokemon Stadium 64 (N64)
Date:	01/09/09 (28 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: great graphics, plenty to do

Disadvantages: A LOT OF BATTLES PER DIVISION

Pokémon Stadium takes the 2D Gameboy RPG and revitalizes it in vivid 3D graphics, bringing 151 pocket monsters to life in expansive detailed colosseums. Nintendo 64 was really a console that delivered great games and Stadium was definitely one of them.

At the time, Pokémon mania had swept the world. We're talking cereals, Monopoly games, and so much more cashing in on this Japanese anime and game series. I had actually purchased Stadium and Yellow at the same time because I was never a handheld player and had no interest in Gameboy but the RPG series caught my attention and I wanted it. Luckily I didn't have to buy a Gameboy to play it because Stadium comes with a transfer pak which connects to your controller and allows you to play Pokémon Red, Blue or Yellow right on your N64 through Stadium.

You can also store items, Pokémon, and transfer teams to battle on Stadium. It offers a huge variety of things to do. There are various championship divisions with different rules - level restrictions and so on so you diversify your team and really put your skills to the test as compared to the handheld games which seemed to have a weaker difficulty.

You can also earn special rare Pokemon to trade onto your GBA like a Psyduck with Amnesia or a Pikachu with Surf.

There are plenty of mini-games starring your favorite Pokémon if you want to take a break from battling.

There's also a free battle mode to challenge friends or the CPU according your own rules and also even team up with friends to battle.

Overall its a pretty great game and since the GB games are now dying because their batteries are expired by now, you might want to save your precious teams onto Stadium just so you don't lose them!

Summary: Overall pretty solid game that will keep any Pokémon fan busy for quite some time.