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In the year 2000, Pokemon Stadium came out for the Nintendo 64 in the US, bringing full 3D battles to western Pokemon fans, with the added ability to transfer in your own monsters from the Game Boy games.

In 2023, Nintendo put the game on its Nintendo Switch Online service, but with no way to transfer your Game Boy Pokemon, you can only play it with the included rental Pokemon and their preset movelists.

And so, the challenge: How difficult is it to be every cup and the Gym Leader Castle with just rented 'mons? What are the best and worst rental Pokemon available? What funky Generation 1 mechanics can we exploit (or rather Gen 1.5, as there are some mechanical differences only seen in Stadium).

The answers to all those questions and more will be found right here on this new series: Stadium Brats as Chase (and maybe some guests too) will strategize and wax nostalgically about classic Pokemon.