Pokemon Stadium 2 is finally out! Pokemon Stadium 2 is a continuation of Stadium 1. I finally got my copy of it! You can now use the Pokemon from all the versions. The animations of everything has been spiffed up real good, and the attacks just looks fantastic! There’s the same Gym Leader Castle, with every single gym trainer in Johto and Kanto, and of course, Ash as the final opponent!!

There’s Earl’s Pokemon Academy, which you might’ve seen in Violet City, the Gameboy Tower, where you can play your games on tv! It’s better to play on a big screen than a small one. The trainers there has personality now, so they’ll talk to you once in a while, and may even taunt you! There’s the same Prof. Oak’s laboratory, where you organize your whole pak, and you can even see the inside of your bedroom in 3d in My Room! One special thins is that the girl in Goldenrod, the one who intoduces you to Mistry Gift, can Mystery Gift you everyday! She's at an option when you choose where to go like if you want to go to White City, or a Battle Event, or Options...

There’s more cups now, in the Stadium, there’s cups like the Challenge Cup, Petit Cup, where you use lv. 5 Pokemon only, Prime Cup, and the Poké Cup. When you've passed the whole game, the sun will set and Round Two will come! The trainers are harder than ever!! Pokemon Stadium 2 does not include the transfer pak, so people wiht PS 1 would do great with this game. People who didn’t get PS 1, well, you’ll have to buy the transfer pak.

Time to explain some of the options. Earl's Pokémon Academy teaches you how to battle efficiently. There's three levels to it, and each has Lectures, Tests, and Battles. Earl asks you a question after you read one of his lectures. You have to use that data to answer the 10 questions on the test and you must get at least 8 questions right to be able to pass. After that, you must battle the students and use your data in your head of what you learned to beat them. They give you a ready made team and you must choose the right 3 Pokémon to be able to get a star if you win. If you win but didn't choose the right ones, you get what it looks like, a Volcano Badge and you must do it again. You can learn so many things in the classroom and the library! I may just make a site with everything he says.

You may be able to upgrade your Gameboy into a Doduo so you can play the Red/Blue/Yellow games twice the speed. Then you upgrade it again so you can play the Gold/Silver twice the speed. The way I got my Doduo Gameboy is by beating the Gym Leader Castle. You can load it a little or load it max. If you load it max, it will take the whole begining by loading but if you load it a little, it will be done loading a little after the Gameboy logo disappears. It will have to load each time you go to a different place bu only once. I recommend loading a little.

My Room is an option you can go to so you can decorate your room in 3d! There's a tv screen there and if you get an N64 or any Game Console, the game will change depending on what ornaments you have on your desk. You can put away, move, or look at anything tyou can change and you can even see the stiches on your Pokédolls.

The Mini-game place is a place to play Mini-games by yourself or with friends. Most feature new Pokémon and it uses the Pokémon in your game pack. I won't explain the mini games yet, but they are really fun and if you win in the Mini-game Champion option, you win coins for the Gamecorner depending on how many coins you are going for. There are quizzes for you and your friends.

Prof. Oak's Lab is the same this as the previous Stadium but everything has changed. The Pokédex seems much better and the Computer has more options. Store up to 250 items in Stadium 2 and store Pokémon in 14 Boxes in the game pak.

Free Battle is the same thing too, one new thing is that you can choose your battle field and make your own rules at the options in the beginning of the game.

The Stadium is the major place. It has the Challenge Cup in four levels and you must use ready selected Pokémon to fight. They also count how many time you've tried so it may put some pressure on those people who really want to make a good record. There's the Poké Cup which is basically the same in the previous Stadium. The Little Cup only allows you to use Lv. 5 and basic Pokémon and there's only one cup to it. And the Prime Cup is the same as well. Only one cup to go for.

The Gym Leader Castle is my favorite. Battle 2 trainers in the Violet, 3 trainers in the Azalea, 3 trainers in Goldenrod, 3 trainers in Ecruteak, 2 trainers in Cianwood, 1 trainer in Olivine, 3 trainers in Mahogany, 3 trainers in Blackthorn, 5 trainers in the Elite Four, 1 trainer in the Pewter, Cerulean, Vermillion, Celadon, Fushia, Saffron, Cinnabar, and Viridian, and last but not least, one trainer in the Silver Cave (You know who this is!). The trainers in Kanto changed a lot! Misty has a really nice hair now, and Erika seems to have shorter hair. Brock looks like the same ol Brock, and Ash won't even say a word!

That's all the features in Stadium 2, but there's sure to have secrets and surprises along the way!