History Trivia / PokemonStadium

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early footage for ''Battle Revolution'' shows character models for Red and Leaf, before they were ultimately replaced with Lucas and Dawn.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: In Japan, ''Stadium 2'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonCrystal'' were released at the same time, and thus the former was made compatible with the latter. In other regions, ''Crystal'' was released later, and Western players were in for a surprise when certain Pokemon that couldn't learn Flamethrower, Ice Beam, and Thunderbolt in ''Gold'' and ''Silver'' had them in their movesets[[note]]These three moves were newly added move tutors in ''Crystal''. Previously, the latter two moves were only available through TM's in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', which meant many Johto Pokemon couldn't learn them at all[[/note]] and the female player character showed up as a battle avatar in the end credits.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Pokémon Battle Revolution'' was criticized for its lack of features from previous games and sold less than previous games. Since then, there have been no ''Pokémon'' battle simulators developed for the following generations of games, with [[https://www.usgamer.net/articles/no-new-pokemon-stadium the developers themselves noting that]] the main series' jump to 3D graphics with ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' had rendered the idea of another ''Stadium''-style game pointless to them.

* NoExportForYou: The Japanese ''Stadium 1''. Of course, as mentioned on the main page, the internationally released ''Stadium 1'' is ostensibly an UpdatedRerelease on this one. All that was missed between this and the international one are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS9UA9RJdE some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjSsiF43DA alternate]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwaPkT-hW-s music tracks]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBDGSQ_-_4 and an alternative intro to battles]], so [[TropesAreNotBad this is far from a bad thing]].

* RoleReprisal: Creator/IkueOtani reprises her role as Pikachu in ''Stadium'' and ''Stadium 2'' if the player uses a Pikachu from ''Pokémon Yellow''.

** ''Pocket Monsters Stadium Expansion Disk'' was also planned for the 64DD, but ''Pokeémon Stadium 2'' (aka the international ''Pokemon Stadium'') was developed as a standalone game instead for the same reason as above.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Pokémon Battle Revolution'' was criticized for its lack of features from previous games and sold less than previous games. Since then, there have been no ''Pokémon'' battle simulation games on home consoles, with [[https://www.usgamer.net/articles/no-new-pokemon-stadium the developers themselves noting that]] the main series' jump to 3D with ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' has rendered the idea of another installment pointless to them.

* NoExportForYou: The first ''Stadium'' (though it is an unfinished version of the first with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS9UA9RJdE some]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjSsiF43DA musical]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwaPkT-hW-s differences]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBDGSQ_-_4 and a cool intro to battles]], so it [[TropesAreNotBad isn't a bad thing]]).

* FranchiseKiller: ''Pokémon Battle Revolution'' was criticized for its lack of features from previous games and sold less than previous games. Since then, there have been no ''Pokémon'' battling games on home consoles- the improvement of graphics on the handheld systems to the point that higher-quality 3D models were possible there hasn't helped matters.

** The Japanese ''Stadium 1'' was originally supposed to be ''Pocket Monsters 64'' for the Nintendo 64DD expansion. The 64DD took too long to come out (and when it did it was too late into the N64's lifespan and ended up bombing), so the game waa moved to cartridge.
** ''Pocket Monsters Stadium Expansion Disk'' was planned for the 64DD but replaced with ''Pokeémon Stadium 2'' due to the 64DD still being in development at the time.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early footage for ''Battle Revolution'' shows models of Red and Leaf, before they were ultimately replaced with Lucas and Dawn.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Pokémon Battle Revolution'' was criticized for its lack of features from previous games and sold less than previous games. Since then, there have been no ''Pokémon'' battling games on home consoles.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Pokémon Battle Revolution'' was criticized for its lack of features from previous games and sold less than previous games. Since then, there have been no ''Pokémon'' battling games on home consoles, not counting main series titles ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon''.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Pokémon Battle Revolution'' was criticized for its lack of features from previous games and sold less than previous games. Since then, there have been no ''Pokémon'' battling games on home consoles.
* NoExportForYou: The first ''Stadium'' (though it is an unfinished version of the first with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS9UA9RJdE some]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjSsiF43DA musical]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwaPkT-hW-s differences]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBDGSQ_-_4&feature=related and a cool intro to battles]], so it [[TropesAreNotBad isn't a bad thing]]).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early footage for ''Battle Revolution'' show models of Red and Leaf however they were ultimately replaced with Lucas and Dawn.

* RoleReprisal: Creator/IkueOtani reprises her role as Pikachu in ''Stadium'' and ''Stadium 2'' if the player uses a Pikachu from ''Pokémon Yellow''.

* NoExportForYou: The first ''Stadium'' (though it is an unfinished version of the first with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS9UA9RJdE some]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjSsiF43DA musical]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwaPkT-hW-s differences]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBDGSQ_-_4&feature=related and a cool intro to battles]], so it [[TropesAreNotBad isn't a bad thing]]).

* HeyItsThatVoice: Rodger Parsons voices the announcer of ''Battle Revolution''. His voice should be well known to fans of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] as the narrator.
** Ted Lewis (Tracey Sketchit) as the original Stadium announcer.
** Creator/IkueOtani reprises her role as Pikachu in ''Stadium'' and ''Stadium 2'' if the player uses a Pikachu from Pokémon Yellow.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Rodger Parsons voices the announcer of ''Battle Revolution''. His voice should be well known to fans of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] as the narrator.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Rodger Parsons voices the announcer of ''Battle Revolution''. His voice should be well known to fans of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] as the narrator. [[TheOtherDarrin As of the anime's 9th season, that is.]]
** And the first 6 or so seasons.
* ShoutOut:
** Mewtwo's animation when it uses Psychic and various other attacks looks suspiciously similar to the [[DragonBallZ Kamehameha]] motion. I guess whoever animated his motion had taken a definite stance on the "[[EarthBound Giegue]] or Frieza?" argument that Mewtwo's appearance has so often sparked.
** Hitmonlee's faceplant when KO'd looks an awful lot like the [[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair Flop]].

* ShoutOut: Mewtwo's animation when it uses Psychic and various other attacks looks suspiciously similar to the [[DragonBallZ Kamehameha]] motion. I guess whoever animated his motion had taken a definite stance on the "[[EarthBound Giegue]] or Frieza?" argument that Mewtwo's appearance has so often sparked.

** And the first 6 or so seasons.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Rodger Parsons voices the announcer of ''Battle Revolution''. His voice should be well known to fans of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] as the narrator. [[TheOtherDarrin As of the anime's 9th season, that is.]]