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Pokemon Stadium 2
North American Box Art
Developer	HAL Laboratories
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Game Boy
Release Date(s)	December 2000 (JPN) March 2001 (NA) October 2001 (EUR) 2001 (AUS)
Genre	Strategy
Rating	(E) Everyone

About the game

Pokemon Stadium 2 is the action-packed sequel to the first Pokemon Stadium. Pokemon Stadium 2 expands the first game by allowing the second generation of Pokemon handheld games to be inserted into the Gameboy packs. Within the game, you as a Pokemon Trainer, set out to beat Multiple Tournaments, and the dreaded Gym Leader Tower! It is also like the first game where you choose the Pokemon you wish to use and play against other trainers with them. In the fully 3D environment, players can see and battle their Pokemon in new ways!

Features

- Expanded Pokemon Use: Trainers now can Import their Pokemon not only from Pokemon: Red, Blue, and Yellow, but also from the second generation games Gold, Silver, and Crystal! This allows you to see all 251 of your favorite Pokemon in 3D!

- Earl's Pokemon Academy: Newcomers to the series will find this game mode helpful. You will learn about status conditions, types, and random Pokemon trivia.

- Take on the Gym Leader Castle. Battle the Johto Gym Leaders, Elite 4, Kanto Gym Leaders and Red.

- Battle in the four different cups of the Tournament; Challenge Cup, Little Cup, Poke Cup and Prime Cup.

- Enjoy all the fun of the Mini-Game Park with 12 games to play!

- Free Battle Mode: This feature is great for testing out a new in-game team or even for just a little fun with one made on the spot.

- Game Boy Tower: The Game Boy Tower feature allows you to play Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal on the Nintendo 64. With the completion of the Tournament Cups and the Gym Leader Castle you can win the upgrades named Doduo Mode and Dodrio Mode, allowing you to play the game at double speed or triple speed respectively.

- Mystery Gift: With Pokemon Gold, Silver or Crystal inserted in the Transfer Pack, once a day a person may use this feature to receive a gift. This gift is sent to the lab and may be put into the PC or your inventory.

- Pokemon Lab - Having Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver or Crystal in the Transfer Pack allows you to make use of this feature. As long as your game progress was last saved in a Pokemon Centre, the player has a number of options to make use of with this feature. They may access their in-game PC, make use of the Pokedex or even use a machine to trade Pokemon between cartridges.

- Quick Battle: As simple as the name would suggest, this feature may be used by one or two players to start battling fast supplied by a pre-selected team.

- Your Room: A bedroom which is all yours which is accessible through having the Pokemon Gold, Silver or Crystal cartridge inserted in the Transfer Pack. This bedroom can be decorated and viewed in 3D!

- Different Colored Pokemon: This feature is placed in the game to slightly alter the colors of your Pokemon when uploaded from the Transfer Pack. It is calculated by the OT number and nickname.