
When all Stadium trophies have been won and the Gym Leader Castle is completed, the player's rival will want to battle. Progress can be made by winning trophies in the Stadium, a tournament mode consisting of four "Cups", as well as completing the Gym Leader Castle, where the player earns badges by defeating Gyms specializing in different Pokémon types. Pokémon Stadium 2 does not have a storyline. The Japanese edition also features the capability to use the Pokémon Mobile System from Pokémon Crystal.Ī battle between the player's Graveler and the opponent's Ekans. The majority of the game takes place inside the fictional White City, where various facilities for battling, organizing, researching, and playing with Pokémon are located. Like its predecessor, Pokémon Stadium 2 is compatible with the Transfer Pak accessory, allowing players to use Pokémon trained in the three original Game Boy Pokémon games ( Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow) and the three Game Boy Color games ( Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal). In Western regions it was titled Pokémon Stadium 2, as it was the second Stadium game to be released outside Japan, in which it was the third game in the series. It was released in Japan on December 14, 2000, in North America on March 26, 2001, and in Europe on October 10, 2001. It features all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations of the franchise. Pokémon Stadium 2, known in Japan as Pokémon Stadium Gold & Silver, is a strategy video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
