Stadium

     The best way to think of this game is to take the original Red/Blue games and remove everything but the trainer battles. Another words, this game is simply battles between Pokémon trainers. You can play against the computer or against a friend. Even better, you can use your Pokémon team from you Gameboy game! In fact, the game even includes a way of playing your Pokémon games in color on the TV screen! Basically, its the Super Gameboy for the older Super Nintendo system included with the game. For variety, it also includes a few mini-games. Its hard to tell what these games are about, but one seems to be a race contest between Ratattas and another looks like an electricity contest between electric Pokémon such as Pikachu and Voltorb. The game includes full 3D models of all 150 Pokémon, multiple fighting arenas, voice narration and 3D animations for all of the Pokémon moves. It also includes some special modes of play, such as a battle where you have at least two Pokémon out at the same time! I've seen some video clips from this game, and they look incredible. This is one game to watch for! It should be out around March '00.

Special Note: This should not be confused with the first Japanese Pokémon Stadium, which only had 30 Pokémon. The American Pokémon Stadium is actually the translated version of the Japanese Pokémon Stadium II.