Pokemon Stadium
Reviewed by Tommy_Lop the Ultimate Pokemon Master
One year ago I bought Pokemon red for my game boy to kill time
while by grandmother was working and wound up doing nothing but
playing that all through by spring break it's that additive. Later I
gave red to my little brother and I got yellow and blue. When I
heard that Pokemon Stadium was coming out for the Nintendo
64 and all the Pokemon and could battle in 3d using the transfer
pack I went out and got it. and man did i get rehooked instantly.
I mean who doesn't wanted to see what a Mewtwo looks like before
opening a can of whoop butt on an opponent.
Graphics 10 out of 10
Pokemon stadium offers that all 151 Pokemon can battle now in
full 3d well it delivers on that problem the frame rate is good and
all the Pokemon powers look really good (my favorite our night
shade and psychic also self destruct looks pretty cool). the
backgrounds look pretty blurry but each stadium and gym you fight in
look different and that's OK because your Pokemon now stand out better.
My only complaint is that the Pokemon never touch each in battle.
For example if you tackel your Pokemon will lounge forward then you
see the opponent Pokemon step back form the tackle. oh well it all
can't be perfect I guess. One other nice things is that you can now
see the pokedex in 3d.
Music and Sound 6 out of 10
Eek so the graphics are great but the sound could have used a bunch
of improvement. First the music remember the annoying battle music
it played on the game boy. well that basically what plays in the
background of most of the battles. Next come in the annoying announcer
that keeps saying the same thing until they get older then my Atari
2600. here is another small complaint is that they didn't have all
the voices from the cartoon series and instead that they put the
cries from the game boy game in there. that the bad news the good
news is that Nintendo did a good job of updating the sounds form the
Nintendo 64 so when you choose Chaizard it doesn't do a really good sound
instead it sounds like it is rouring. But I still don't understand why
the didn't put ekans, drozee, magikarp, clefairy, and Pikachu
voices in the battle when they have then in the minni games at
the kid's club. On the plus side the sounds the Pokemon make
when they do moves are totally cool.
Game Challenge 10 out of 10
So you think because you can cream the eleite four in the game
boy game that you can take them on the Nintendo 64 think again. When
you battle in the gym leader castle. Everybody's Pokemon is at
the same level has the strongest of your Pokemon. so the strategy
there is not to make sure that you bring a level 100 Pokemon and a
bunch of wimps and let the level 100 do the job but to bring Pokemon
of different types with the same level. (In other words it is better
to bring 6 level 25 Pokemon then a level 70 Mewtwo with a bunch of
level 25 Pokemon.) and that is just the game leader castle. now in
the actual stadium mode the game is harder cause you can only
pick three Pokemon in four stadiums and each stadium has a total
of four cups plus extra you can unlock once you get all of them.
each stadium also has special rules that you have to follow in one
of them all the computers levels are at 100. Strategy will be the key
on these rather then bring in buffed up Pokemon. (Note in most
there are level restrictions so you have to make sure you also bring
types to). This game is easier with red and blue in the game boy game
also because then you can do the 150 items trick with rare candy
and tms that way you can make sure that your Pokemon will have
tough moves when you can only use level 15 Pokemon.
Game Play-Fun 10 out of 10
This game is just has fun has the game boy. You can play the game
boy game in game boy tower so there the fun of that. Then you also
get to see the Pokemon battle in all the other modes also unlock
secrets and win Pokemon like, Charmader, Bulbasaur, Squritle,
Hitmonchan, Kabuto and Kabutops, plus others. that the
fun part another fun part is to see the maps in every thing in
professor oaks office in 3d. It's is also fun to have the Pokemon
you raise in your game boy fight for you in stadium. But if you don't
have a Game Boy game pack then you have to use rentals which don't
have really powerful moves and the prizes they give you will mean
nothing so that score drops to a five without a game pack. But if
you don't have a Pokemon Game Boy game it only costs 30 bucks
it you can play the actual game through the transfer pack in the
game by going to Game Boy tower.
Rumble Pak 10 out of 10
This game doesn't work the rumble pack so instead change rumble
to transfer pack. The transfer pack is cool it lets you play and use
all your Pokemon on your game boy. It also lets you organize your
PC and your party and also lets you store Pokemon on your game
boy.
Frustration
Just because one mode says it is just for beginning type Pokemon
15-20 doesn't mean it is easy. You have level 15 type Pokemon
whopping your but with psychic and other attacks. and the fact
that you cannot use all of your Pokemon at once and sometimes
the computer uses this to it's advantage when you can only choose
three types of Pokemon and he has six to choose from sometimes
you get your butt woop by the trainer other times you win without
getting a hit but on you.
Replayability 8 out of 10
I haven't play the game all the way through but each battle i have
fought is different in the game is challenging so expect at least a
weak of non-stop playing before you even start unlocking stuff
besides the gym leader castles special Pokemon prizes (Note I
mean a nonstop playing has only stopping to eat sleep and going
to the bathroom)
Game Value 10 out of 10
This game is definitely worth the $60 price I payed but if you don't
own the game boy game it is just like Pokemon snap it will probably
get boring after a while. but I would still pay $85 to pay both the
game boy game and this game. There both fun has is but there
are both funnier if you both of them.
Overall 9.9 out of 10
A fun game and is worth the price it will also help you catch 150
Pokemon by giving you Pokemon in places where you have a choice
of one only, example Squirtle, Chamander, Bulbasaur, and others).