Pokémon Stadium - A Pokémon Paraspective

[@Im_EPK]

Bummer you didn't talk about the "secret" battle with Mewtwo that you could do once you have won every single stadium tournament. That was one of the coolest things that the game ever did. What was more hype was I battled him not long after watching the First movie and from then on Mewtwo is my all time favorite Pokemon.

[@Giondi]

You could reorganize moves in Red and Blue. In battle, go to the Fight menu and press Select on the move you want to move. You can't do it outside of battle, though.

[@Paraspectre]

I never even knew about this 😟

[@timelink3315]

I didn't know that bit about the announcer being Geovanni in the anime. That kind of puts Pokemon Stadium in a different light if you want to go the Pokemon Conspiracy theorist route.

[@Paraspectre]

Haha maybe it WAS Giovanni all along. Rally up one of each Pokémon to be lent out as rentals for an underground cockfighting ring.

[@timelink3315]

@@Paraspectre Makes sense. Maybe all of those Pokemon are stolen and Geovanni is also using this as a way to scout and recruit Team Rocket members.

[@OtakuJuanma2]

I had this game, but never owned a GB Pokemon game. Playing with rentals is still very fun, so even without using your personal mons you can have a lot of fun with this one.

[@Paraspectre]

I think they did a good job balancing the rentals by giving the weaker ones better moves and the stronger ones weaker moves. Even still, some of those battles get crazy frustrating

[@cashnelson2306]

Man... maybe when you're like 10

[@magnawaves]

I never owned a GB Pokemon game but only ever rented Stadium :,)

[@TheJinzoSpoon]

I still remember when my cousin got a N64 with this game. I used to *dream* about playing it, I would mostly just look at the box and imagine how it would be. Those graphics looked *insane* at the time

[@Paraspectre]

It’s a very eye catching box. I wish I still had my original copy 😔

[@RS-fz4ps]

“Reorganizing the attacks is not something you can do on the original games” I’m sorry if I’m crazy, but the select button when used from the move select screen in the battle menu allowed you to do this right? Also, great vid I just discovered you channel through Pokémon card gb runs and I love it!

[@kenhollis6197]

Yep, you totally could rearrange your moves in RBY using Select during a battle.

[@joefarrow1599]

I read the manual before replaying Pokémon Blue last year and was so surprised that you could do this, totally missed this one as a kid

[@suorastas1]

Gen 1/2 actually had the easiest way to reorganize moves. Just press select in the battle menu. Compared to that it’s a right hassle in the modern games where you can’t do it on the fly.

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah I never knew this was a thing 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@KazerLeanne]

You missed one neat fact about nicknames, it changed what colour would show up in the Stadium model. While slight it was pretty cool touch.

[@Paraspectre]

I did forget about this. I remember being confused the first time I noticed it haha

[@TheSorrel]

Just reminds me how the German announcer from Stadium 2 would end up being the voice actor for Rick Sanches, making this gane even better in retrospect.

[@Paraspectre]

Wait, really?

[@TheSorrel]

@@Paraspectre Yeah, so now we have a really enthuseastic Rick commenting Pokémon battles :D

[@TheSorrel]

@@Paraspectre *The German voice Actor for Rick in the German dub, I might add.

[@HybridAngelZero]

One of my all time favorite N64 games! I'm glad to still have my original copy to this day, and I still go back to it at least once a year. Also, you totally can switch the placement of your moves around in RBY, just push Select after opening the Fight menu in battle when all four moves are displayed. This should cause there to be a white cursor left point to the attack you clicked Select on, then just move the main cursor to the attack you want to swap with and press Select again

[@Paraspectre]

I have recently learned of this reorganizating moves thing. Almost 25 years later and I’m still learning about those games

[@HybridAngelZero]

@@Paraspectre I don't even remember where I learned that as a kid xD And yeah, learning new stuff about classic favorite games is always a treat!

[@thecatherd]

I have such fond memories of Stadium, I played it long after its release while visiting my adult step brother who knew I was obsessed with Pokemon. We had a great time just battling in rentals mode, it's good fun for a short session with friends. Also hell yes Paraspectre talking more about the Pokemon Trading Card Game for the Gameboy Color.

[@Paraspectre]

The Stadium games in the early 2000s were essentials for Pokémon fans. And I’m glad to hear people want to see a non-challenge TCG video from me haha

[@cartooncrazy9433]

The RNG on this game is SO stacked against the player in this 😅

[@Swampert_Tube]

15:03 you can reorganize the attacks on the games just press select when selecting an attack, move to the slot you want it to be at, press select again

[@Paraspectre]

This is true. I did this on my Overgrowth challenge on Red

[@Y0G0FU]

"Infamous Voice" HOW DARE YOU? The Pokemon Stadium announcer is the best part of the games :P

[@Paraspectre]

Haha I don’t hate him. I also don’t need to hear the same few lines on repeat 😅

[@Y0G0FU]

@@Paraspectre B-b-b-but he had so many Lines! In Stadium 2... i forgot :P

[@Paraspectre]

@@Y0G0FU “OH it’s JOLTEON” “zzrrrzvvvxzzzrrrr”

[@superilikeeggsyo]

The 40 pokemon that made it in the game (Japanese Stadium 1) were the 40 pokemon used (collectively) by the finalists of the very first Japanese Pokemon tournaments. Even today, they're more or less the best pokemon in gen 1 competitively (other than Mew/Mewtwo, anyway). I think it was made as a platform to have real-life competitions on, but I don't have any source on that. Stadium 1 JP is a wild ride, though. The opponents, instead of having generic names like "Bug Boy", "Lad", etc., all have the real-life names of participants from said Japanese Pokemon tournament *and* the actual, real life teams that they used. It's a neat little piece of history. I love it to death, but fuck pokemon stadium. Playing this shit without a transfer pack is legitimately the hardest video game I have ever played in my entire life. I've been trying to beat this game for 20+ years of my life and I still can't win the last few Tournaments of Round 2 (looking at you, Pika Cup). That's right, you have to beat the game *twice* to actually win. If you're looking to go beyond the challenges you've been doing with Pokemon TCG for GBC, then give nightmare of a game a try lol. As "lacking" as it is to not have your preferred pokemon to use, trying to make any progress with the absolutely garbage pokemon this game gives you is a herculean task. For reference, the "speedrun" to "complete the game" (i.e. beat the four tournaments (Poke and Prime have to be beaten 4 different times on increasingly hard difficulties), beat the "Gym Leader Castle", beat the Final Boss, and then do it all a second time with way harder opponents) is 20 hours long, and only one person has ever bothered to do it. Lastly, the announcer is the only thing that makes this game bearable when things are going badly for you. When the AI starts cheating in the tournament modes by sending higher level pokemon than what you get with the rentals, the announcer starts making extremely campy, yet condescending remarks at your expense. It's got that 90s flair to it that's undeniably great.

[@Paraspectre]

Those late game battles with rentals really are horrendous. It’s a good marketing ploy to get you to go buy the GB games yourself I guess haha

[@superilikeeggsyo]

@@Paraspectre I don't know if you played beyond gym leader castle (which is all that was mentioned in the video), but Poke Cup Master Ball ("Level 50-55") and Pika Cup ("Level 15-20") deserve their own special places in hell. That 5 level gap between you and some of the enemy pokemon starts to get really nasty at the end, doubly so when the enemy pokemon actually start having decently competent move sets instead of just random junk you'd normally expect from the enemies in a pokemon game. Prime Cup Master Ball ("Level 100") isn't as bad as the other two, but the last guy in that one sends out a Mew (yes, the same Mew you can't actually obtain legitimately back in 2000 unless you lived in Japan or select cities) against you (on both the first and second play through of the game), no joke.

[@Paraspectre]

@@superilikeeggsyo I honestly can’t remember if I completed the castle or the cups back in the day but I do remember getting angry at times. I tried to keep it vague in the video to avoid “spoilers.” Just sticking to my structure where I go over the beginning parts to these games.

[@Ushiwakamaru_BAU_BAU]

Still to this day I remember how awesome were the animations (better than the recent ones from the main series) for the moves and how challenging was to fight Mewtwo without using thunder wave or praying for freeze.

[@Paraspectre]

I honestly can’t remember if I ever got to the Mewtwo fight back in the day. I knew it was a thing, so maybe? I just remember getting incredibly frustrated at some of those late game battles

[@chatotalks5325]

In the Ekans mini game you're supposed to move left & right with the d-pad, not the analog stick

[@Paraspectre]

Now that you mention it, I do remember this 😅 I guess it’s telling that my initial reaction is “oh the controller is busted” instead of not getting the controls right.

[@johnzale7748]

Just in case anyone’s curious, I have seen license plates for Maryland, DC, Virginia, Louisiana, and Texas so far this year

[@averytubestudios]

I would’ve never know about how well this game was designed without Mah-Dry-Bread’s incredibly comprehensive Let’s Play. It was a great time and now I have another set of Pokémon spin-offs under my belt! Also, the announcer is the best thing I’ve ever heard.

[@Paraspectre]

I quite enjoyed MDB’s play through of it! It’s one reason why I wanted to do this Paraspective

[@averytubestudios]

@@Paraspectre Agreed.

[@lunareclipse2553]

Fun little tidbit, but you can re-order moves in-battle with the select button in the game boy games. Anyway, love your videos.

[@Paraspectre]

Thank you! And yes, I learned this upon releasing the video and have used this technique since

[@GeomancerHT]

OMG

[@thepot5147]

Great video as always, cant wait for part like 43 on Pokémon Conquest

[@DigitalGamerPixel]

I'd like to correct something you state in this, you say you can't rearrange your attacks in the original Pokemon games, which actually isn't true. Next time you play Red, Blue or Yellow, while you're in battle about to fight, press Select and you can rearrange your moves.

[@dragapultvmax3594]

he said its more convinient to do it in stadium

[@DigitalGamerPixel]

@@dragapultvmax3594 No, he said its not possible to do in the original games and its convenient to do it in Stadium because he likes putting his high attacks at the top.

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah I recently learned this was even possible

[@DigitalGamerPixel]

@@Paraspectre Thats good, I wanted you to know because I do the same thing and it made the original games so much better putting high attack/STAB moves at top and then status effects at the bottom.

[@randomedgygamer2191]

Bruh this has better animations than nowadays Pokémon games wtf no what the actual fuck man ????

[@Paraspectre]

Haha I mean… yes. I agree…

[@robertcrist6059]

The updated intro Paras v Parasect is sweet! Good idea.

[@flameemperor9548]

another stellar video! always look forward to it

[@theconnected7234]

Rental Pokemon in Stadium was everything I loved about the Pokemon episode where Ash had to pass a test using team rocket Pokemon to qualify for the Pokemon League

[@eazybuxafew]

Madden ‘04 was an absolute GOLD STANDARD for madden though

[@Paraspectre]

It really was. I haven’t nearly been into any Madden game since

[@Ddoublechin]

I love this game so much. Lance was always so hard to beat with his thunder wave and wrap dragonair

[@Paraspectre]

The hell with Thunder Wave and Wrap haha. Such a cheap combo

[@Ddoublechin]

@@Paraspectre gen one wrap especially is so broken. Funny enough it’s dragonite’s best move in the gen

[@Jforest02]

I have been waiting for you to get to this one! I had such a blast with this game growing up. Between the battling and the mini-games my friends and I always had something to do. I loved how your pokemon would be in the mini game if you had the pack attached.

[@Paraspectre]

That’s right, I forgot that happened. Or was that only in Stadium 2?

[@Jforest02]

@@Paraspectre Damn....now that you ask I am not to sure. I remember it more from 2, using a scizor when everyone was using scyther in the wood chopping mini game was tight. I guess I am going to have to break out the N64 and find out.

[@joefarrow1599]

Man this looks so awesome, thoroughly disappointed I missed out on it as a kid

[@Penguindude1]

I love the announcer in this game. I also wonder "What's the point of Splashing?"

[@usedbeer]

The Gameboy games RBY and GSC could swap move order by pressing select one a move while in battle I believe. It wasn't ever explained in the games though, you just kinda had to figure it out on accident

[@nickcampanelli1420]

Wait. You can't organize your attacks on the original games? You can press select during move selection in battle to organize your moves

[@Paraspectre]

I have recently learned this. I never knew you could, as I always did it in Stadium 1 and 2.

[@thunderhammerx2966]

Ecto-Cooler was the best fake juice; drank that right up til it disappeared, then switched to an off-brand called Cactus Cooler or smth that tasted exactly the same until that was discontinued too. Haven't had any since and fiending fr.

[@Paraspectre]

Ecto-Cooler owned the sugar drink era

[@4fives992]

Man, they got a lot of use out of those 3D animations over the years.

[@twyliiight]

Ahhh dammit I've been out of town and missed this!! Stadium was so good back in the day. Wish I still had a 64.

[@Fennekinkid257]

In Ekans hoop hurl you aim with the d pad and then flick the control stick.

[@Paraspectre]

Haha yeah I remembered this after recording the footage

[@nickcampanelli1420]

I remember snore war being so difficult. Not sure if it was actually hard or if I was just really bad at it

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah it’s tough. You can see I was the first one out in my footage 😅

[@robertcrist6059]

I have vague memories of playing Red on a Gameboy, not color, and I think I picked Charmander, and Machamp was on my team, but to be honest it's foggy. My single clearest memories of Pokemon games was Pokemon Stadium on the N64. Funny because I didn't own a N64 and these memories have to be from going over to friends houses to play. The biggest memory is from one night going to a friend Eric's dad's house (his parents were divored too, and he lived with his mom like I did with mine, so going to his dad's was crazy). We played Stadium literally all night, one of the few times I remember doing this as a kid. We drank Mt. Dew Code Red to keep us awake lol. We batteled over and over again, doing the cups and just playing. When the sun came up we figured it was enough and we crashed on the couch. Oh to be 10 and not under strict rules haha

[@eelepage]

I still play these on occasion. Spent so many hours with 1 when it came out

[@ajflink]

'We'll always have Y2K to look back upon fondly." Yeah....About that....

[@robertlupa8273]

I like how you reviewed the box too.

[@j2398]

Stadium was so cool as a kid. I didn't even mind the grind I literally did every single cup level and gym castle simply because it was there . I had alot of fun too. I imagine now I'll find it to be tedious and repetitive but once they allow you to transfer on the switch I'll probably try to beat the cups and gyms again. I tried to do a gym run with rentals and while it's challenging it's only challenging because the sets are absolute garbage and nearly unplayable against ai with actual movesets. You gotta be a really good player to do a rental run without wasting tons of time trying to get lucky at some points

[@robertcrist6059]

1:03 You mean the new Willennium...Wild Wild West baby! (I barfed as I typed that)

[@andrewworks2551]

I’ve never played stadium, but I think I might try an emulator and play

[@Paraspectre]

It can be a fun time until you get to the late game battles. The rental Pokémon become pretty brutal to use

[@Heattokun]

SEL in battle to rearrange moves on GB games ;)

[@AntiAnnihilator5000]

Great video as always.

[@GeomancerHT]

Makes sense from the meta, a fire leader having a bug/grass pokemon, because he always is going to be matching against water pokemons, simple.

[@conza1989]

Just in time for lunch, noice

[@MaverickZ3r0]

Not sure if this was just in Stadium 2, but if you played the tournament mode in the minigames section and had a game in the transfer pak (possibly you needed to play a game that let you use your own Pokemon in it?) and won it would give you Game Corner coins. Not very helpful since I don't think it was ever many, but it was neat.

[@Paraspectre]

I forgot about that. I haven’t done my Stadium 2 research yet so perhaps!

[@dragapultvmax3594]

i watched all ur tcg vids and will watch the parasective for that game also

[@Paraspectre]

I appreciate that! I’m hoping I get to learn something myself, even still

[@erikedelkamp473]

Number 5! No Mathew beat down?

[@Paraspectre]

Oh we’ll be seeing Matthew again very soon…

[@canaldecasta]

Mario and Zelda getting 3d experiences. Can't wait for Pokémon to do the same! Oh, its just the battles... Oh, at least it has more personality and better animations than mainline games 20 years into the future... We were robbed man..

[@Paraspectre]

I never thought about that. This really was the Mario 64/Ocarina of Pokémon. Can’t forget Castlevania 64 either ………

[@canaldecasta]

@@Paraspectre The P in Pokémon is for Pain...

[@UVAmatsuo]

It's interesting that the Western Release will recognize PKMN Green.

[@Paraspectre]

I didn’t know this. Yeah, that’s a nice piece of info to have

[@Favalify]

No mention of Mewtwo whatsoever? Or even R2, that's more than half the game.

[@Paraspectre]

For my style, I stick to only going in game or story detail for only the first parts of the games. I don’t want to chance spoiling important things unless I specify that I will. This game is a little different, but yeah I wanted to leave the Mewtwo part or late game sections out.

[@sirwolfy9372]

Agreed, having lower case for parasect name WAS disrespectful

[@Paraspectre]

YES

[@kma4835]

Wait...u said you can't change moves on the original games?? Yes u can press select when in the attack screen and u can move them around!

[@Paraspectre]

Yes I have since learned this!

[@DarkMode95]

I have been waiting. Nice!

[@Zutentu]

I love this series! Back in the day I didn't own an n64, so I never had the chance to play this. Looks hella hope though, not gonna lie. Maybe one day I'll get the chance to play it. Since the GB cartridge batteries have long died, it won't be with the original 6, but the rentals will do

[@Paraspectre]

It’s pretty outdated now.. quite literally with the batteries dying and Transfer Paks not working as well, but yeah, it was amazing for its time.

[@magicalmissmothieakamothmo2521]

Rad opening.

[@JustJulyo]

This game gave me false hope that at true 3D Pokémon adventure was near the horizon How wrong was my dumb little kid mind all those years ago

[@Paraspectre]

They looked really cool but yeah, not the same

[@PBSA]

Nice video.

[@whalesequence]

Ah yes, CLEEFAIRY

[@Soshiplayz]

Very disappointed you dont mention the elite 4, mewtwo or getting a surfing Pikachu. Not gonna say you rushed it... But you glossed over many things like the hardmode.

[@Paraspectre]

The point of the Paraspective isn’t to review or go over each game in detail. I’m more interested in discussing when these came out in relation to the series or in the real world and give more of an introduction to them. So I intentionally leave out a lot of late game stuff because there are others on here much more familiar with all of the details of each game than I am.

[@Soshiplayz]

@@Paraspectre i suppose that is a fair take on it. I was mostly shocked how you had not talked about mewtwo as he was practally the strongest Pokemon of all and his movie. Then again Pokemon fans discover things differently.

[@Alex-hongry]

Ah only two hours ago! Commenting to get this video in front of more people :)

[@steelballrunner636]

Power Rangers will never not be cool.

[@Paraspectre]

It’s funny to me that I’ve referenced them multiple times. I never even got into Power Rangers. Like at all haha

[@robertcrist6059]

Limp!! Hahaha

[@Tobunari]

The reason Nintendo didn't do disc's during the N4l64 Era was to battle piracy, as with all of Nintendo's other Disc ventures, like with the GameCube and their mini-discs, and the Switch going back to game cards Game disc's were very well known for piracy, I had a friend who essentially downloaded his entire PS1 and PS2 library and even sold plenty of replicate games. That said, No surprise Nintendo didn't go with disc's but considering how people wanted the quality of their games but without wanting to pay, it's no wonder Nintendo constantly has a piracy problem, especially with things like the "PC PORTS" of Mario 64 and Ocarina being thrown around as legit ports by people.

[@snoxeri]

Is this a repost?

[@Paraspectre]

I certainly hope not

[@snoxeri]

@@Paraspectre Very well-made video!

[@machina5]

The opening is technically child abuse

[@ejscorp]

Psyduck was having a severe convulsive episode and no one helped him

[@BansheeNT-D]

Sandshrew 🧡

[@JerryHunt92]

420th like (wow and 100th comment)

[@Paraspectre]

So many milestones

[@kevinho8616]

Let's Go Brandon!

[@johnzale7748]

Trainer Brandon uses pinsir, tauros, bellossom, nosepass, oshawott, and golduck

[@jiggling86]

did you know that there are more countries than japan and usa?

[@Paraspectre]

I try to mention the Europe and Australia release dates based on what Wikipedia says. But this retrospective is North American based because part of it is my experience with these games.

[@brandonferris9956]

9:49 u mean have some paraspect?? Lol