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[[File:Stadium logo.png|thumb|right|The Pokémon Stadium logo, depicting {{p|Blastoise}} and {{p|Charizard}}]]
The '''Pokémon Stadium series''' (Japanese: '''ポケスタシリーズ''' ''PokéSta series''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_np3j/index.html ポケモンスタジアム金銀]</ref>, or '''「ポケモンスタジアム」シリーズ''' ''"Pokémon Stadium" series''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/axvp/ ポケットモンスター　ルビー・サファイア]</ref>) is a side series of [[Pokémon games]] for the [[Nintendo 64]] released during [[Generation I]] and [[Generation II]] and compatible with the games of those generations. In the games of this series, players can upload Pokémon from their [[Game Boy]] games to battle in 3D in various modes, most notably [[Stadium Mode]], featuring various classes for Trainers to beat, and the [[Gym Leader Castle]], featuring the [[Gym Leader]]s, [[Elite Four]], and {{pkmn|Champion}} of the respective generation's games. Players who did not have any [[core series]] games could still rent almost all 251 Pokémon at the time in certain modes.

==List of games==
{| class="roundtable sortable c" style="background:#1d2c5e; border:5px solid #ffcb05; width: 100%" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background-color:#3467af"
! rowspan="2" | Gen.
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Image
! rowspan="2" | English title
! rowspan="2" | Japanese title
! rowspan="2" | Platform
! colspan="4" style="width: 40%" | Release date
|- style="background-color:#3467af"
! data-sort-type="date" style="width: 10%" | Japan
! data-sort-type="date" style="width: 10%" | North America
! data-sort-type="date" style="width: 10%" | Europe
! data-sort-type="date" style="width: 10%" | Australia
|-
| style="background:#{{kanto color dark}}; font-weight: bold" | {{color2|{{kanto color light}}|Generation I|I}}
| style="height:75px" | [[File:Stadium 1 JP boxart.png|75x75px]]
| —
| {{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium (Japanese)|{{j|ポケモンスタジアム}}<br>''<small>Pokémon Stadium</small>''}}
| rowspan=3 | [[Nintendo 64]]
| August 1, 1998
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="background:#{{kanto color dark}}; font-weight: bold" | {{color2|{{kanto color light}}|Generation I|I}}
| style="height:75px" | [[File:Stadium EN boxart.jpg|75x75px]]
| {{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium (English)|Pokémon Stadium}}
| {{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium (English)|{{j|ポケモンスタジアム２}}<br>''<small>Pokémon Stadium 2</small>''}}
| April 30, 1999
| February 29, 2000
| April 7, 2000
| March 23, 2000
|-
| style="background:#{{johto color dark}}; font-weight: bold" | {{color2|{{johto color light}}|Generation II|II}}
| style="height:75px" | [[File:Stadium 2 EN boxart.jpg|75x75px]]
| {{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium 2}}
| {{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium 2|{{j|ポケモンスタジアム 金銀}}<br>''<small>Pokémon Stadium Gold and Silver</small>''}}

{{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium 2|{{j| ポケモンスタジアム 金銀 クリスタルバージョン}}<br>''<small>Pokémon Stadium Gold, Silver, and Crystal Version</small>''}}
| December 14, 2000
| March 26, 2001
| October 10, 2001
| data-sort-value="December 31, 2001" | 2001
|}

==Compatibility==
{{main|Transfer Pak#Compatibility}}

==Discontinuation==
When [[Generation III]] was released, many expected a third (fourth in Japan) Stadium game to surface, complete with a [[Hoenn]] Gym Leader Castle. Instead, two RPGs were released, [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and {{Pokémon XD}}, and a separate storage system, {{g|Box Ruby & Sapphire}}. In the most basic sense, the Stadium series had ended. However, the [[Generation IV]] game [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] brings back many of the features of the Stadium series, such as [[Little Cup]], the division to rounds and prize Pokémon, but there is neither a [[Sinnoh]] Gym Leader Castle, a storage system, nor a mini-game mode.

==In the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series==
A stage based on the Pokémon Stadium games, simply titled {{OBP|Pokémon Stadium|stage}}, is featured in [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]], and also appears in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]] as a ''Melee'' stage. Super Smash Bros. Brawl and [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]] also feature the Pokémon Stadium series-based {{OBP|Pokémon Stadium 2|stage}}.

<gallery>
File:Pokemon Stadium.png|Pokémon Stadium stage
File:Pokémon Stadium 2 stage.png|Pokémon Stadium 2 stage
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* These were the first games to color-code [[type]]s. The colors used in the Pokémon Stadium series were different than those that were introduced during [[Generation III]] in the [[core series]] Pokémon games (for example, {{t|Fire}} was red, not orange).
* In these games, {{status|sleep}} had a maximum duration of 3 turns, as opposed to the handheld games, which had a maximum sleep duration of 7 turns.

==References==
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