Remember those turn-based battles in most of Japanese role-playing games? Two (or more) creatures or humans square off against each other, enabling the player to input attack commands and watch the battle. In case you're not familiar with the first game, Pokémon Stadium enabled owners of the Game Boy Pokémon games to load their monster data to the N64 with the help of the included Transfer Pak attachment (see hardware section) and then pit them against each other in Final Fantasy-style turn-based battles. Compatible with Pokémon Blue/Red and Pokemon Yellow.To make things a little more confusing (or less, depending on how cosmopolitan you are), the US version of Pokémon Stadium 2 will sell under the moniker of the first title. Instead of giving US players the more limited Pokémon Stadium (1), Nintendo of America chose instead to directly bring Pokémon Stadium 2 to the US and Europe. With Poké mon Stadium funneling more and more Game Boy owners over to the N64 in Japan, it's no surprise then that the game is finally on its way to the US.Īlthough the first title was only released in Japan, Nintendo has decided to bring the monster battles stateside with this second revision of the best-selling Japanese hit.
Pokémon games are selling incredibly well in both Japan and the US - and Nintendo will milk the little monsters for all they got.
