Pokémon Stadium

Stadium takes a more battle-focused approach with its gameplay, which functions similarly to Red , Blue , and Yellow. Players select teams of six Pokémon to battle. These are either Pokémon collected from Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow usable via the Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak , or Pokémon with pre-determined movesets included in Pokemon Stadium . Six Pokémon are chosen as the party.

Only three of them can be chosen for individual battles. Pokémon are depicted in 3D and have unique animations in-battle. The game also features an announcer, who says voice lines in response to actions that occur in battle. The game challenges the player to succeed in trainer battles at the Stadium, a tournament consisting of four in-game tournaments that last eighty battles in total, with each tournament having its own rules and restrictions.

Another mode, the Gym Leader Castle, has the player battle the eight Kanto Gym Leaders, the Kanto Elite Four, and the Champion , who previously appeared in the Game Boy games. Defeating the mode allows players to obtain rare species of Pokémon. When all Cups have been won and the Gym Leader Castle is completed, a six-on-one battle against Mewtwo is unlocked . Defeating Mewtwo unlocks another round of Stadium, Gym Leader Castle, and the Mewtwo battle, but with higher difficulty.

Other features Pokémon Stadium features other game-modes. The Pokémon Lab feature allows players to connect with Pokémon Game Boy game cartridges via the Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak . A player's stored Game Boy Pokémon can be organized and traded in the Lab, and players can view Pokedex information and models for particular species. Players can store Pokémon and items from the Game Boy games in Stadium , and allows players to transfer Pokémon stored on Pokémon Red , Blue , and Yellow Game Boy cartridges to Stadium, where they can be used in Stadium's battle modes.

Players can play the Game Boy games through Stadium via the connection. The Lab also allows players to receive Pokémon species as gifts, with the species available being species obtainable only as part of a one-time choice in the Game Boy games, allowing for players to more easily complete their Pokedex in the Game Boy games. The Kids Club feature allows players to play mini-games, which deviate from standard gameplay to Mario Party -styled mini-games. Nine mini-games are included in Pokémon Stadium , and each game allows up to four players, who all play as Pokémon.

If any of the four player slots are not taken, the CPU takes over the excess slots. There are a large variety of games, such as a game based on Simon Says featuring Clefairy , and a game based on ring toss featuring Ekans .