Pokémon Stadium 2 - All N64 Games

[Nicktendo]

7 hours ago, Dcubed said:

Pokemon Stadium 2 (or 3, if you live in Japan), is an excellent expansion pack to Pokemon G/S/C.  But without that Transfer Pak support? It really is utterly crippled as a standalone purchase.

Luckily the minigames are all top-shelf, making it a worthwhile multiplayer party game on NSO, but without the ability to transfer your 'mons back and forth between the GB games? You lose about 90% of its intended use.  Real shame, because it compliments those GB games real nicely; and it was an absolute must-buy for fans of the GB games back in the day.

I remember paying 70 bones for an imported AUS version from GameStation back in the day. Did the game even officially release in Yurop? 

[Dcubed]

13 minutes ago, Nicktendo said:

I remember paying 70 bones for an imported AUS version from GameStation back in the day. Did the game even officially release in Yurop? 

It came out in October 2021, 6 months after the Aussie version and 7 months after the US one (as well as 1 month after the GameCube had already launched in Japan!).

[Jonnas]

I had Pokémon Stadium 2 back in the day.

Really cool minigames (Mr.Mime's is absolutely fantastic), incredibly challenging Gym Leaders (PS1 had some bullshit difficulty, but PS2 had some brutal, calculated difficulty, with well-thought teams), the fun Challenge Cup (where rental Pokémon were randomly assigned to you), and it even allowed me to use Mystery Gift on the N64 itself! For a kid like me without Game Boy Colour (the device's infrared reader was required to activate Mystery Gift), that was a heck of a cool feature.

But now, the only reason I ever booted it up on the NSO was to play some minigames. Who knows, maybe some day I'll get the itch to re-engage with the battle system, but it's hard to tell.