History VideoGAME / PokemonStadium

** Completing the Master Cup in the original with a Pikachu in your party will give the player an opportunity to make Pikachu learn Surf. When Pikachu uses Surf in the game, it will [[SurferDude use a surfboard]] in the move animation. In Pokémon Yellow, the overworld Surfing sprite will change to Pikachu on a surfboard. It will also allow the player to play an ExciteBike clone called "Pikachu's Beach" in a house south of Fuschia City. As a CallBack to this, in ''Battle Revolution'', Surfing Pikachu can be unlocked as a Mystery Gift by completing the game.

** Despite using the same models, ''Battle Revolution'' offered texture and special effects updates to the older Pokémon. ''Colosseum'' also replaced some

** Completing the Master Cup in the original with a Pikachu in your party will give the player an opportunity to make Pikachu learn Surf. When Pikachu uses surf in the game, it will [[SurferDude use a surfboard]] to use surf. In Pokémon Yellow, the overworld surfing sprite will change to Pikachu on a surfboard. It will also allow the player to play an ExciteBike clone called "Pikachu's Beach" in a house south of Fuschia City. As a CallBack to this, in ''Battle Revolution'', Surfing Pikachu can be unlocked as a mystery gift by completing the game.

** (After an electric move was used): "The air in the Colosseum is [[ShockAndAwe tense and charged]]!"

** It should be worth noting that Nidoqueen's animation is, in fact, a {{Bowdlerize}}d version of her [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdgxjwN6dV1r3w0j4.gif original Japanese animation]].

* 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]]).

** Completing the Master Cup in the original with a Pikachu in your party will give the player an opportunity to make Pikachu learn Surf. When Pikachu uses surf in the game, it will [[SurferDude use a surfboard]] to use surf. In Pokémon Yellow, the overworld surfing sprite will change to Pikachu on a surfboard. It will also allow the player to play an ExciteBike clone called "Pikachu's Beach" in a house south of Fushia City. As a CallBack to this, in ''Battle Revolution'', Surfing Pikachu can be unlocked as a mystery gift by completing the game.
* {{Emulator}}: The GB Tower in the first two games. {{Justified|Trope}} that your only allowed to play the Pokémon games that your going to use. However, this way you can have a more convenient access to EV training, team organizing, TM and HM usage, and just to play your game on a bigger screen.

* ThatsGottaHurt: Usually preceded by an "Ooh!"
* YouCanBarelyStand: "One looks raring to go, but the other appears weak!"
** "It's barely hanging on!" In Battle Revolution.

** ''Pokémon Battle Revolution'': A Wii game, compatible with ''Diamond'', ''Pearl'', ''Platinum'', ''[=HeartGold=]'', and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' versions. Developed by Genius Sonority, the same team behind the ''Colosseum'' games. Not technically a Stadium game, but it counts here because of its return to the battle focus of those games- more so in fact, as it lacked the minigames and any sort of storage (which would end up in ''[[MyPokemonRanch My Pokémon Ranch]]''). Featured several different battle styles, CharacterCustomization, and the ability to battle random opponents over the internet.

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* Notably, Generation V completely ''lacked'' any kind of Stadium title - the online battling was now handled by the DS games themselves. This has continued into Generation VI, with no Stadium-esque title announced for the WiiU, and with the storage utility, "Pokemon Bank", being a separate app for the 3DS.

* AnnouncerChatter

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: And how! Chance is strongly stacked in its favor and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking their Pokémon have nicknames with numbers in them, otherwise impossible until Gen. III]].

* DoubleKnockout: Averted! Destiny Bond fails in 1 on 1, while a trainer that uses a suicide move on their last Pokémon loses (even if they KO the foe's last Pokémon with it).

** Completing the Master Cup in the original with a Pikachu in your party will give the player an opportunity to make Pikachu learn Surf. When Pikachu uses surf in the game, it will [[SurferDude use a surfboard]] to use surf. In Pokémon Yellow, the overworld surfing sprite will change to Pikachu on a surfboard. It will also allow the player to play an ExciteBike clone called "Pikachu's Beach" in a house south of Fushia City.
*** As a CallBack to this, in Battle Revolution, Surfing Pikachu can be unlocked as a mystery gift by completing the game.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Questionable" animations of some Pokémon, such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh8GowiJe4Q Flareon's]] [[{{Mooning}} butt-shaking taunt]] when idle and Nidoqueen's [[FanService body-swaying taunt]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR7hQY-4anc Magnemite's]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaP2auFHHhk Magneton's]] fainting animation, [[NightmareFuel where they go into a spasm then]] [[CriticalExistenceFailure fall apart]], was also modified.

* LargeHam: The Stadium 1/2 announcer, sometimes.
** "GUILLOTINE!!!"
*** "''OH!! It's [Pokemon name]!!''"
** The Battle Revolution one at times, too. "JUDGEMENT HAS BEEN DEALT!"
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBDGSQ_-_4&feature=related The Japanese announcer]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8mg7UjASMI&feature=related is just as excited]].

* NeverSayDie: ''Averted'' actually.

* ObviousRulePatch: The games introduced the standard clauses that get used in any "competitive" environment (in game or VS battles) to this day. These include the Sleep clause (only one Pokémon a team can be asleep outside of the self-inflicted sleep with the Rest move) Freeze clause (same as Sleep clause but with [[HarmlessFreezing frozen solid]]) and Uber clause (Mewtwo, Mew, Ho-oh, Lugia and Celebi are banned) and Double KO clause (see double KO). Without these, battles could get very boring.
** PBR removed the legendary ban,though they were banned in online play for a while due to a glitch.
* OldSaveBonus: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. The games are almost completely unplayable without one of the handheld games. Sure you can use rental Pokémon, but you won't have access to some of the Pokémon.
* PstandardPsychicPstance: Mewtwo does this when attacking.

* VersusCharacterSplash

** ''Pokémon Stadium'' ([[NoExportForYou Japan]]): The first game in the series, which was only compatible with 42 out of the then-151 Pokémon. The sequel was out in Japan only a few months after ''Red'' and ''Blue'' were released in the US, and after their release in Europe, so this game was skipped in those regions in favor of the more complete sequel. Fans tend to refer to this as "Pocket Monsters Stadium" when needing to distinguish it from the commonly known US release.
** ''Pokémon Stadium'': Called ''Pokémon Stadium 2'' in Japan, it was fully compatible with the Game Boy games, including support for all the Pokémon. It included several tournament levels, a Gym Leader Castle to battle the Gym Leaders from ''Red'', ''Blue'', ''Green'' and ''Yellow'', the Kids Club to play minigames, a Pokémon Lab to manage the Pokémon and items on your games, including trading and transferring Pokémon between games and keeping them on the N64 cartridge, and the Game Boy Tower to play the Game Boy games on the TV through the Transfer Pak.

* TheUnreveal: If Diglett or Dugtrio somehow manages to use the move "fly", they'll be animated as if their bodies are somehow made up of only their heads and the gravel around them (as [[http://youtu.be/Zy0RQLfo0pc this]] video demonstrates).

* TrashTalk - Almost all of the Stadium 2 opponents will taunt you in some way, shape, or form. (The biggest exception being [[TheVoiceless Red]].)

* TrashTalk - Almost all of the Stadium 2 opponents will taunt you in some way, shape, or form. (The biggest exception being [[TheMute Red]].)