Retro Corner: Pokemon Stadium (N64) Review · 1:30pm Dec 17th, 2018
A new edition of Retro Corner is up and we check out one of the first generation's spinoff title called Pokemon Stadium for the N64. It's been a while since I have written anything from the N64 as the last time was on New Year's Eve a year ago. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was the last time a review got posted from this console. The truth is the Nintendo 64 is my least favorite console to ever come out from this company. From personal experience the N64 irritated me, despite the console producing many classics to grace gaming history like Perfect Dark or Zelda: Majora's Mask. However, that was a time I didn't like Nintendo because of how they acted which were a bunch of snobs. Even their logo "Get N or Get Out" and the writers from Nintendo Power from 1996 to 2001 reflected that. With limited releases of quality titles and their snobbish attitude could be why it's the worst era I had to experience from the House of Mario.
Pokemon Stadium as mentioned before was a Generation One spinoff that originally got released in Japan in 1998. However, Pokemon spinoffs are actually not that bad and I got some enjoyment out of them. In fact for a new series at the time, it sure did get a lot when they managed to make Puzzle League, Trading Card and Pin Ball titles. Now, the one that stood out the most of this generation is Pokemon Stadium. I mean it gave us an arena style game that had actual 3D gameplay for the battles. Its obvious Stadium wasn't the first when Snap and Hey You Pikachu were already released in 1999. Did those simulator battles like on the Game Boy? That's difference between the earlier 3D titles and this gave us an idea what the gameplay would look like if a real console game got developed.
