Pokémon Stadium Coming to Switch
The Nintendo Online Expansion Pass offers players accessibility to a wide variety of retro games. This allows users to have a Nintendo 64, Gameboy Advanced and Sega Genesis right on their switch. Each virtual console has their own exclusive library with new titles being added each month. Nintendo has just announced that Pokémon Stadium will be the next game added on April 12, 2023.
Pokémon Stadium was released on April 20, 1999, in Japan and April 7, 2000, in North America. This game uses a 3D turn based battle system which includes all 151 Pokémon from the Kanto region. The single player portion of this game differs from the mainline Pokémon titles because this game is not a Role-playing Game, instead the game has the player battle in tournaments at the stadium. There are four different cups that total 80 battles. Also, the trainer can play through the Gym Leader Castle, where you must defeat the Kanto gym leaders, elite four, and the champion.
Pokémon Stadium offers multiplayer, where the players can battle another player in Pokémon battles. Here the players can pick up to six Pokémon where they will battle in the stadium. A new feature that has been added that was not featured in Pokémon Stadium is online multiplayer. In addition to battling, Pokémon Stadium also offers a minigame mode. There are nine featured minigame where up to four players can compete.
Minigame List
Pokémon Stadium Kid’s Club
Clefairy Says: memory game, in which the player must remember the arrow directions that Clefairy writes on the chalkboard.
Dig! Dig! Dig!: The players must race to see which Sandshrew can dig to the bottom quickest.
Ekans’ Hoop Hurl: the player must toss the Ekans ring around the Digletts that appear from the ground.
Rock Harden: as either Metapod or Kakuna, Player's must use the move harden to stop boulders from damaging them.
Magikarp’s Splash: As Magikarp, players must use the splash move to hit the counter above.
Run Rattata Run: As rattata, players must run on a treadmill jumping hurdles while racing to the finish.
Snore War: while using Drowzee, the players must use the Hypnosis move on a pendulum when it hits the center of the swing to make the other players fall asleep.
Sushi Go-Round: Using Lickitung, the players must rat as much sushi as possible while avoiding the spicy foods which make the player lose control for a short period of time, The player with the most expensive bill wins.
Thundering Dynamos: As either Pikachu or Voltorb, the players must rabidly press the A or B button depending on which light color is shown.
