History VideoGAME / PokemonStadium

* {{Cosplay}}: The main visual difference between the Colosseum Leaders and Colosseum Masters in ''Battle Revolution'' is that the Colosseum Masters wear an outfit inspired by a Pokémon and the Masters don't. Pachirisu for Taylor, Kyogre for Marina, Roserade for Rosie, Electivire for Voldon, Groudon for Terrell, and Lucario for Dusty. These outfits have a tiny chance of being based on those Pokémon's Shiny palette.

* IncrediblyLamePun: The ''Revolution'' announcer likes to make these depending on the Pokémon and/or moves that were just used. These are just a few examples you'll hear:
** (When there's 2 Ghost/Ice/both Pokémon on the field): "Is it just me, or is it getting a little [[AnIcePerson chilly]] in here?"
** (When being KO'd by a burn): "It's all [[KillItWithFire burned]] up now!"
** (After an Electric move was used): "The air in the Colosseum is [[ShockAndAwe tense and charged]]!"

* NoPronunciationGuide: The announcer is infamous for having rather... unusual pronounciations of the Pokémon's names:
** "OH! It's Niddorun Male!"
** "OH! It's Eekins!"
** "OH! It's Raychu!"
** "OH! It's Pidgot!"
** "OH! It's Grow-ithe!"
** "OH! It's Mahn-tine!"

* SenselessSacrifice: "It was a heroic move, sacrificing itself like that, but it was the only one to go down!"

* BossBattle: ''Battle Revolution'' has each Colosseum end with a boss fight against a Colosseum Leader.

** Stargazer Colosseum is a BossRush against all the previous Colosseum Leaders.

* WeakButSkilled: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] in ''Stadium'' and ''Stadium 2'', [[ScrappyMechanic for better or worse]]. Generally if a rental Pokémon has a pre-evolved form, its pre-evolution(s) will have better moves than it does, and stronger Pokémon that don't evolve will also be given intentionally worse moves. For example, ''Stadium 2'''s rental Totodile line all have a Water-type move, but each form's respective move is ascendingly worse: Totodile knows the overall-powerful and very accurate Surf, Croconaw has the PowerfulButInaccurate Hydro Pump, and final form Feraligatr has the pitiful Water Gun. This is more extreme in ''Stadium 2'', as strong fully-evolved rental Pokémon in the first game often still had good or at least moderate moves, which is a big reason why ''Stadium 2'' is [[SequelDifficultySpike significantly harder]] with rental Pokémon.

--> "SAVAGE ATTACK"

--> "IMMOLATED BY BLAST BURN"

A series of [[SimulationGame battle simulation]] SpinOff console games in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series, created with the purpose of allowing players to see creatures from the games duke it out with 3D models, rather than the 2D sprites of the mainline portable consoles games. As such, you're expected to play each title by uploading and battling with Pokémon they've caught in their corresponding series. However, each entry also has "rental" Pokémon available to use instead, if you don't own the necessary game or are unable to connect it.

** Since ''Stadium 1'' and ''2'' lack any auto-leveling mechanic for its various Cups, instead having strict level requirements, if you want to actually use your own Pokémon, you'll have to grind your team in the mainline games to those specific levels. In particular, the Prime Cup in both games technically allow Pokémon of any level to join... but since all opponents will be at level 100, you're essentially required to grind your team to at least the 90s.[[note]]For reference, most player beat the Gen I games with a team in the late 40s-50s, while Gen II will have you in the 60s-70s if you played enough to beat BonusBoss Red.[[/note]]

''Pokémon Battle Revolution'' ultimately ended up being the final game in the series. [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Generation V]] completely lacked any kind of ''Stadium'' title, while the [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY following generation]] had the main series finally make the VideoGame3DLeap. As for storage, subscription-service applications such as ''Pokémon Bank'' (for UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS), and ''Pokémon HOME'' (for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and smartphones) would take up that role. With both main functions of the ''Stadium'' series now covered by the mainline installments and other applications, Game Freak's Junichi Masuda has [[https://www.usgamer.net/articles/no-new-pokemon-stadium stated that]] they would need a new idea to justify returning to the sub-series.

''PBR'' ultimately ended up being the final game in the series. [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Generation V]] completely lacked any kind of ''Stadium'' title, while the [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY following generation]] had the main series finally make the VideoGame3DLeap. As for storage, subscription-service applications such as ''Pokémon Bank'' (for UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS), and ''Pokémon HOME'' (for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and smartphones) would take up that role. With both main functions of the ''Stadium'' series now covered by the mainline installments and other applications, Game Freak's Junichi Masuda has [[https://www.usgamer.net/articles/no-new-pokemon-stadium stated that]] they would need a new idea to justify returning to the sub-series.

* UpToEleven: One of the announcer's lines in ''Battle Revolution'' uses this exact phrase.

** Taken UpToEleven in 2 when a one-hit KO move hits:

* ''Pokémon Stadium'' (1998): The first game in the series, which was never released overseas. While every Pokémon could be viewed in the Pokédex, only 42 of them could be used in the game's Battle Mode. Other modes included the ability to play the Game Boy games on the TV through the Transfer Pak, as well as store and organize all your Pokémon. The game's [[DifficultyByRegion high difficulty]] and limited roster, plus the fact that a more fleshed-out sequel came out just months after ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' were released in North America and Europe, meant this title was skipped over. Fans tend to refer to this as "Pocket Monsters Stadium" rather than ''Pokémon Stadium'' to distinguish it from the more commonly-known Western release. It's one of the first games to use the Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak to allow connectivity between this game and a Game Boy copy of the first-gen Pokémon games.

*** If the player has a Crobat, the player will be able to play as Crobat in ''Gusty Golbat''.
*** If the player has a Scizor, the player will be able to play as Scizor in ''[=ClearCut=] Challenge''.

** When playing ''Stadium 1'' with a team consisting solely of Pokémon from a ''Red/Blue/Yellow'' save file, if you clear the Prime Cup's Master Ball rank in Round 2 while having Pikachu on your chosen squad for the final battle (you don't have to use it, but you must choose it as one of the three you're taking into the fight), you will be given an opportunity to teach said Pikachu the move Surf. When Pikachu uses Surf in the game, it will [[SurferDude use a surfboard]] as part of the animation (in reference to an episode of the anime), while its evolved form Raichu will ride on its tail. In ''Pokémon Yellow'', the overworld Surfing sprite will change to Pikachu on a surfboard and unlock an ''VideoGame/ExciteBike'' clone called "Pikachu's Beach" in a house south of Fuschia City.

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: The very final battle of ''Battle Revolution'' has Mysterial lead with the notorious OlympusMons Kyogre[[note]]If you're connecting using ''Diamond'', ''Platinum'', or ''Soul Silver''[[/note]], which uses the extremely powerful Water Spout[[note]]150 power at full health, on par with Hyper Beam, and hits both opposing Pokémon[[/note]] and has a Choice Scarf to outspeed almost anything you can throw at it. You could use your own Legendaries against him, but one of the best Pokémon to go up against this leviathan is the non-legendary Ludicolo. It has a Water / Grass typing that 4x resists Water Spout and fares well against Mysterial's team's other moves, and two excellent abilities that use the orca's rain generating ability against it. Swift Swim will allow Ludicolo to outspeed Kyogre and hit it for super-effective damage that severely weakens Water Spout. Rain Dish gives it RegeneratingHealth and incredible survivability against the strong moves it will be tanking. Overall, Ludicolo is one of the best choices if you plan to take Mysterial on without Legendaries, and even with them.

** [[TheDreaded Mewtwo]] in ''Stadium'' 1. Yes, ''just'' Mewtwo. And you get to use up to 6 Pokémon in Anything Goes rules to ''try'' and take it out. This more than anything illustrates Mewtwo's standing as the unquestionably strongest Pokémon in Gen I by a country mile. And if that isn't hard enough for you, in round 2 [[OhCrap it has its maximum possible stats]] and [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale uses Amnesia]].

* ExpansionPack: ''Battle Revolution'' noticably has very little to offer players who don't already own the corrosponding mainline Pokémon games in compared to the previous titles, making it feel less of its own game and more of a Battle Frontier expansion pack for ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl''.

*** ''Battle Revolution'' averts this, autoleveling all transferred Pokémon above the Level 50 cap down to it for the duration of battle.

** Gateway Colosseum forces you do to Rental and Trade Battles in Rounds 1 and 2, respectively, where you have to use rental Pokémon. The latter format allows you to trade one of your Pokémon with a defeated opponent at the end of each match.
** Waterfall Colosseum uses Team Battles, which are a series of one-on-one fights where you pick a Pokémon from your team for each round, with no switching allowed. You must win three rounds.

** Battle Revolution doesn't do either of those two methods, instead having any transferred Pokémon over Level 50 scaled down to it, while all opponents' Pokémon are at level 50 themselves, making it much more convenient for players to use their own Mons.

* LoopholeAbuse:
** Tradeback moves. You were able to trade Gen I Pokémon caught in Gen II games back to the Gen I games, with the only trading restriction being that they couldn't know any Gen 2 moves. All Gen 1 moves were fair game, however, and many Pokémon got revamped movesets that included moves that were available in Gen I but they couldn't learn at the time. Naturally, this can give you a significant advantage over opponents in ''Stadium 1'' as it doesn't do anything to prevent you from using these Pokémon. Some particularly notorious examples of abusing "tradeback moves" include Alakazam with the elemental punches[[note]]which were all considered special attacks at the time, meaning they'd run off its monstrous Special[[/note]], Persian with Hypnosis[[note]]letting it usurp Gengar as the fastest sleep-inducer in Gen I[[/note]], and an event Snorlax with Lovely Kiss[[note]]which is considered so broken that it's one of the main reasons why Gen I's competitive community banned tradeback moves from play[[/note]].

** The aforementioned Fortune and Select Battles in ''Battle Revolution''. In the former, you could find yourself snagging a pretty good Pokémon from your opponent while they take a subpar one from you... or the opposite can happen if you have poor timing, leaving your heavy-hitters in the hands of the AI. And in the latter, it's ''completely'' up to chance whether or not you get a good team.

* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', the player is repeatedly presented with a choice of pokémon from sets of two or three, and the unchosen pokémon cannot be obtained for the rest of the adventure. In ''Stadium'', conquering the Gym Leader Castle will cause the game to present you with one of these selectable pokémon at random.

** The game highlights moves a Pokémon aren't able to learn in pink, and when that Pokémon with "illegal moves" is in battle, their trainer's name will also be highlighted in pink. This becomes most obvious in ''Stadium 1'' if you're using "tradeback moves" from Generation II, where Pokémon can learn Gen I moves in the Gen II games that they couldn't originally, so it'll use the pink highlights even if the Pokémon is, in fact, completely legit. Fortunately, this doesn't actually affect your ability to battle and all wins obtained with that Pokémon will be counted.

** ''Stadium 2''[='=]s and ''Battle Revolution''[='=]s Little Cup has Dragon Rage and Sonic Boom always fail if they're used. Since all Pokémon in these Cups are Level 5, and only unevolved Pokémon are allowed on top of that, the vast majority of Pokémon in these Cups barely more than 20 HP at max, and only Chansey can have more than 40 HP. Because these attacks [[FixedDamageAttack always deal 40 and 20 damage]], respectively, they would OHKO or 2HKO every usable Pokémon regardless of stats and typing, and devolve every match into "who can use Dragon Rage fastest."

-> ''AND THERE GOES THE BATTLE!''
-->-- '''Unnamed Announcer''', ''Pokémon Stadium''

* SaveGameLimits: While the Nintendo 64 games has a single save file that accommodates all your games, ''Battle Revolution'' has four save slots, each one synced to one DS game. Which means that if you own all five mainline Generation IV games, one will miss out on playing ''PBR''.

** Evasion teams. If you're not able to act before the AI opponent and quickly knock their Pokémon before they boost their evasion a few times, then there's a good chance you'll lose the match because you're unlucky enough to never land a hit. You can to use the available never-miss attacks to avert this, but as mentioned in the prior paragraph, this just weakens your Pokémon for all the other battles. From ''Pokémon Stadium 2'' onward you can also use moves like Foresight that removes the opponent's evasion boosts, but since its only other use it to allow Normal- and Fighting-types to hit Ghost-type Pokémon (when most players would either just switch out or give said Pokémon a move that ''can'' hit them), it's an even bigger waste of a moveset than the never-miss moves. All that said, there's nothing stopping the player from using this tactic themselves.

** Evasion teams. If you're not able to act before the AI opponent and quickly knock their Pokémon before they boost their evasion a few times, then there's a good chance you'll lose the match because you're unlucky enough to never land a hit. You can to use the available never-miss attacks to avert this, but as mentioned in the prior paragraph, this just weakens your Pokémon for all the other battles. From ''Pokémon Stadium 2'' onward you can also use moves like Foresight that removes the opponent's evasion boosts, but since its only other use it to allow Normal- and Fighting-types to hit Ghost-type Pokémon (when most players would either just switch out or give said Pokémon a move that ''can'' hit them), its an even bigger waste of a moveset than the never-miss moves. All that said, there's nothing stopping the player from using this tactic themselves.

* FingerlessGloves: An outfit option in Battle Revolution.

* TriumphantReprise: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x7VfDaKjRg final boss theme]] in ''Battle Revolution'' is an orchestral variant of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr40ME-xK-k Gateway Colosseum]], the first arena in the game.

* StandardStatusEffects:

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Unlike in the mainline ''Pokémon'' games, in the ''Stadium'' series you get to see the exact HP your opponent's Pokémon have instead of just a health bar. This lets players know the exact damage they're doing and keeps them better informed for what moves and risks they should do.