Mobile Stadium

Mobile Stadium (Japanese: モバイルスタジアム Mobile Stadium) is a feature in the Japanese version of Pokémon Stadium 2 which allowed players to transfer data downloaded from the now-inaccessible Mobile System GB service to the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal via the Transfer Pak to Pokémon Stadium 2.

The indirect successor to Mobile Stadium is the Vs. Recorder, introduced in Pokémon Platinum and present in the subsequent core series games up to Generation VII, which uses the same concept but different means of operation.

Overview

The Mobile Stadium download screen in the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal

In order to unlock Mobile Stadium, the copy of Pokémon Crystal must be in Mobile Mode, which occurs once the cartridge has been connected to the Mobile Game Boy Adapter for the first time. The player also needs to have delivered the Mystery Egg to Professor Elm. Upon starting Pokémon Stadium 2 with that Pokémon Crystal cartridge in the Transfer Pak, the Mobile Stadium option will be unlocked in the menu. Selecting that option will then activate the download function at Mobile Stadium in the main menu of Pokémon Crystal.^[1]

After the Mobile Stadium option has been unlocked in Pokémon Stadium 2, it can be accessed at any time, even if the copy of Crystal is not connected. The Mobile Stadium menu in Pokémon Stadium 2 has four options:

Battle Data (Japanese: バトルデータ Battle Data) allows the player to view or play against saved battles.
Friend's Data (Japanese: ともだちデータ Friend Data) allows to player to battle against a Friend's Data that was traded peer to peer.
Organize Data (Japanese: データのせいり Organize Data) allows Battle Data, Friend's Data, or Rule Data to be moved between Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon Stadium 2.
How to play (Japanese: あそびかた How to play) explains the features of Mobile Stadium.

To download a replay, the player first had to use Pokémon Crystal and the Mobile Game Boy Adapter, and then they had to transfer it to Pokémon Stadium 2 using the Transfer Pak. Once the replay was stored in Stadium 2, the player could watch it as many times as they wanted. Also, they could play against any of the players using a team from a Generation I or II game (with the opponent's team controlled by the computer).^[2]

The screen in Stadium 2 plays a rearrangement of the Mobile Center theme from Crystal (Stadium 2 theme, Crystal theme), whereas the screen in Crystal simply keeps playing "Title Screen (Pokémon Gold & Pokémon Silver)".

Downloads

The Mobile Stadium option in Pokémon Crystal offered players the option to download battles from the Nintendo Cup 2000 (known in the rest of the World as the Poké Cup from Generation II), a real life tournament that was organized by Nintendo and that took place in Japan from November 3, 2000, to January 14, 2001. Each replay had a price that ranged from ¥10 to ¥20.^[3]

The Mobile Stadium feature was also intended to unlock the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube as presents in the Delibird's Delivery mini-game. However, due to a bug, they could be unlocked without using Mobile Stadium; it is unclear if they were ever officially distributed.^[4]

In other languages


Language		Title
French		Stade Mobile
German		Mobiles Stadion
Italian		Stadio Mobile
Spanish		Estadio Móvil

References

External links

モバイルスタジアム初公開！
モバイルスタジアム　データ配信スケジュール (archive)
【ポケモン金銀】ニンテンドウカップ2000 全国大会決勝 (archived footage)