Pokemon Stadium 2

[dolphinprincess]

Me and my siblings each made up an entry of six pokemon that we use in battles. My pokemon are:
Sneasel (my fav)
Vaporeon
Ninetales
Xatu
Dragonair
Lanturn

These guys are the best! So, does anybody have their own?
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[Fayore]

I haven't played Pokemon Stadum 2 before, but I [i]am[/i] an avid fan of the GB games. ^_^

Let's see~ I actually have quite a few Pokemon that I like to use (in general, not just in Pokemon Stadium), so...
[list][*]Gardevoir (I always catch a male Ralts so I can evolve it into Gardevoir and say,"Haha, he's in a dress!" XD *loser*)[*]Umbreon[*]Aggron[*]Nidoking[*]Gyarados[*][final evolution of starting pokemon][/list:u]As you might have noticed, my party doesn't actually have any logic to it; I just like using my favourite pokemon! XD
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[SilentSoul92]

Um, pokemon stadium [i]2[/i]? I don't think I've heard of it, but I have Pokemon Stadium. Not many good or fave pokemon in that game since I don't play it often, but I'll name my favorite pokemon from other games. Dragonite, Gardevoir (sorry Fayore, I just like the cool attacks, though that is funny. ^^) Ninetails, Altiria (or however it's spelled) Exploud and a few others too.

[Kes]

Had the first but never the second, and that was like 5 years ago.
I DID have my fav's not as much of a fan of the show now. I had ones like Starmie, Clefairy.................. *Clefairy, scarey thought now*, still didn't mind Starmie.
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[Stratadrake]

I think Pokmon Stadium 2 was where I started losing interest in the series. I mean, Pokmon Red was pretty fun and I must've logged 100+ hours into it, Gold/Silver was also fun because of the new features in it (like the day/night cycle), but I never found much liking in the Stadium games.

Maybe it's because of the 3-on-3 battles with [i]smart[/i] enemy AI. However, I did make it through the Gym Leader challenge and even some of the second (Kanto) Gym Leaders, and among some of my favorite pokmon in the team were:

- Jolteon because of his speed and thunder moves.
- Raikou for similar reasons to Jolteon
- Charizard for being my starter pokmon in Red (and knowing how to Fly)
- Scyther for his useful moves in Pokmon Gold (he was ratherinstrumental to my cpaturing Ho-oh without the Master Ball)
- Noctowl for his high Special stats, Fly, and Hypnosis (he survived a very long, attritive battle against Stadium 2 Giovanni's Wobbuffet)

And... I guess that's about it. I was a real fan of fire and flying types, which is quite a risk when you have to take on thunder or rock types.


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[ZeroHourLP]

Leo's old school pwnist Pokemon team.


1. Blastoise
2. Arcanine (remembered it's name!)
3. Zapdos
4. Dragonite
5. Mewtwo
6. Gengar

pwn.
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[Fayore]

[quote]3-on-3 battles with smart enemy AI[/quote]

XD! Aw, was Strata too lazy to make a [i]strata[/i]gy? :P

Rita, I'm pretty sure it's "Altaria". I raised one of those. ^^; (A waste of time in the end, if you ask me, but alright.)

And what's with the abusing of legendaries, people? Haven't you ever heard of "being cheap"? <<; Everyone knows that Mewtwo is Tier 1 in its stats. The only other Pokemon with stats that rival his is Rayquaza. >_<

... *wins for catching Mewtwo with a PokeBall*

But yes. As you can see, I really like the physical attackers. Although Nidoking is really versatile - you can teach him weird stuff like Surf and Thunder and Flamethrower. Unfortunately, his stats aren't high enough to make him useful in a P2P battle. ^^;

EDIT: Actually, Strata, your name makes me think of rocks. Geology and the like. Like an earth-dragony thing. <3
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[Stratadrake]

[quote]XD! Aw, was Strata too lazy to make a stratagy? [/quote]

It's not the strategy, it's the preparations. TM's, HM's, vitamins, breeding (which replicates TM skills) just take too damn much time for the more demanding battles.

Besides, I kinda liked the 6v6 layout of the actual pokmon games than Stadium's insistence on 3v3 and strict level caps. There just weren't enough options for custom battles to satisfy me.

Ultimately, most of the enjoyment I got out of Stadium 2, I got from the minigames, the killer in-depth pokdex (including stats!), and actually playing Pokmon Gold.

Not from Stadium 2's core gameplay itself.
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[Fayore]

Yeah, 6v6 does make the battles quite a bit more easy, because there's more options. I rather liked the level caps; I love a challenge like that, and it also makes the game "fair", so to speak. They're easy to bypass, anyway: Nothing can beat a level 20 Lapras with a screwed up moveset, and pumped full of drugs. I think mine had Surf, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and something else (likely a physical move). Since Lapras had so much HP, she almost never fainted; plus, with STAB, Surf and Ice Beam were killer. o.o; But that was in Stadium1; I could probably find a better set in Stadium2.

Hmm...I'll have to say that the preparations are an integral part of the strategy.

I never bothered with breeding because I just don't have the patience for it, but TMs/HMs, vitamins, whatever! It's all good with me because it just means you need to plan your strategy out in order to manipulate the enemy's weaknesses, and find the appropriate move set which compliments your pokemon and/or strategy the best. Vitamins are easy; that's only a matter of money. Nothing a few trips to the Elite Four won't cure.

:o Mini-games don't entertain me nearly as much as they should. It's a pity, really; because that's practically half of Stadium. XD
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[dolphinprincess]

I don't often play Pokemon Stadium 2, I usually use it to play my brother's Pokemon Silver. I sometimes play the minigames, but thing is, I don't play video games that much.
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[keautye]

I got the game but I lend it to a friend and it makes so long I haven't played I can't remember what were my bests pokemons....
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[Stratadrake]

[quote]I'll have to say that the preparations are an integral part of the strategy.[/quote]

That's part of the problem, too. Too often the battles are won or lost based on preparations alone, it kills the emphasis on turn-to-turn battle tactics.

Bottom line: Pokmon was an RPG. Stadium was not.
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[Fayore]

Turn to turn battle tactics? I actually wasn't aware that there was much emphasis on those at all, whether it be Stadium or the hand-helds. o_o;

...Actually, that reminds me of the episode of Pokemon where Ash was in his exam, and they gave him three random Pokemon to use in battle. That'd be fun - if they put something like that in Stadium, I'd definitely play that a lot. Thrill of battling with three random Pokemon! YES. <3
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[Stratadrake]

Pokmon tactics, whether in Stadium or handheld, were primarily in the form of when to switch out one of your pokmon for another. The Leader/Elite class tutorials really drive that point home. (watching poor Shuckle survive [i]five[/i] Hyper Beams over the course of one battle never ceases to amaze me)

Unfortunately, tactics that [i]don't[/i] involve switching out a pokmon are pretty much nonexistent. Sunny Day + Solarbeam is useful (as is Rain Dance + Thunder), but it's a [i]limited[/i] usefulness.

On the other hand, the two-turn moves Fly and Dig tend to be generally more useful, because they allow you to effectively evade the enemy's attack for one turn. I made sure that EVERY flying-type pokmon on my team knew how to Fly. Even when I captured Ho-oh. Fly has 15PP, the only things that can hit the pokmon up in the air are Swift, Thundershock and Thunder, otherwise the opponent will have to either switch out a pokmon or waste one of their moves (which, if they use high-power, low-PP moves like Hyper Beam, is not an insignificant risk....)

If I recall right, Charizard could learn both Fly [i]and[/i] Dig. That's one tactically useful (if slightly unorthodox) combination right there -- Fly for taking out Fighting types, and Dig for taking out Rock and Electrics. (Particularly the Rocks, since Charizard's 4x vulnerable to them, but immune to Ground moves like Earthquake, which is one of the few moves that can hit an opponent mid-Dig)
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[Fayore]

o_o I want a Shuckle now. XD;

With the advent of Ru/Sa (and maybe even G/S) there have been moves developed that cause immunity to the opponent's next attack. ^^;

Although Fly *is* rather useful, I'm not really a fan of physical attacks. And Dig (like the rest of the offensive ground type moves) are relatively useless against flying pokemon/pokemon with the levitate ability. So, it wouldn't have much use against something like Aerodactyl, because since it's rock/flying, neither of those attacks would work very well. =/

But I suppose that's where the switching out comes in. =/ A waste of a turn, if you ask me.

...Tactics where you don't switch Pokemon out? I really can't think of too many. Except for maybe Baton Passing. That's still technically switching out, but Baton Pass allows any favourable stat changes to be applied to the pokemon coming out, too. <3

I tend to favour Pokemon like Nidoking. It can learn a huge number of different attacks. Switching out a water Pokemon to take advantage of his obvious 4x weakness to water? That's okay, I'll just thunderbolt the crap outta you. A grass type? Okay, Flamethrower. And if for any reason you put another ground/rock type out, then a surf is in order. Or dig. But surf is faster. :x And Nidoking has a fairly decent speed for an attack-oriented Pokemon.

And then there's Pokemon like Alakazam. If trained properly, he doesn't even need a strategy: his special attack stat is so high, and when further raised by STAB, he can pretty much KO anything that's not Psychic/Dark in one hit. Psychics tend to have extremely high speeds, too.

And I love my Aron. o_o It's metal/rock, so fire isn't strong against it anymore. Furthermore, his special ability allows him to disregard the recoil problem in attacks like Body Slam. Unfortunately, he's 4x Fighting. Good thing no one really likes fighting pokemon. X3 (Well, maybe except for Bruno. :x)

Okay, now I'm getting off topic. Kind of. ^^;;;;
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[Kes]

The second was released when the heat had really gone down and ppl didn't show much interest. I didn't know the second one existed until like gamecube had came out because there was no advertising and oftenly the shops wouldn't show it that much, can't find it easy now either.
The gameboy ones were better, I wished partcially it was long but oh well.
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[Fayore]

Second hand video game stores? Go to a flea market; practically [i]everything[/i] is there. :o

I would buy one save for the fact that I'm bereft of an N64. (Was always more of a Sony person, myself...)

But now that GCs have marked down prices, I'm actually thinking of getting one (although I really kinda want Emerald. >_<; ) so I can try out Colosseum.
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[Kes]

I like colosseum better, but wish they used some of the older pokemon to catch though....
Is Emerald a copy of a already exisiting one?
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[Stratadrake]

[quote]o_o I want a Shuckle now. XD;[/quote]

You can find Shuckles in Gold/Silver pretty easily, just smash the rocks around the beach (whatever hat town's name was, I forget) .


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[Fayore]

Emerald is to Ruby and Sapphire like Yellow is to Red and Blue. ^.^ Except Emerald has an extra dungeon (I think) and the storyline is slightly different than that of Ru/Sa.

Shuckle is actually pretty cute. I don't think I have the patience to raise him to a high enough level to withstand so many Hyper Beams, though.
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