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* This is the only [[Pokémon Stadium series]] game released in Japan in which {{p|Pikachu}} can learn {{m|Surf}}. Additionally, Pikachu is the only {{cat|Generation I Pokémon}} the player can battle with that can also [[Evolution|evolve]]. | * This is the only [[Pokémon Stadium series]] game released in Japan in which {{p|Pikachu}} can learn {{m|Surf}}. Additionally, Pikachu is the only {{cat|Generation I Pokémon}} the player can battle with that can also [[Evolution|evolve]]. | ||
* The game's name may be a reference to {{jwp|64マリオスタジアム|64 Mario Stadium}}, a Nintendo-centric Japanese variety show that featured televised coverage of Pokémon tournaments. | * The game's name may be a reference to {{jwp|64マリオスタジアム|64 Mario Stadium}}, a Nintendo-centric Japanese variety show that featured televised coverage of Pokémon tournaments. | ||
* The game was going to have team battle support like the English release and sequel, but programming for the function was never completed. | * The game was going to have team battle support like the English release and sequel, but programming for the function was never completed. | ||
* According to a FAQ page that was available in February 1999 on [[Pokémon.com]], there were no plans to release an American version of Pokémon Stadium, as well as any other Pokémon games that have been only released in Japanese at the time.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990221021626/http://www.pokemon.com/games/faq.html</ref> This referred to the first Pokémon Stadium game (the version with only 40 Pokémon available for battles), which was indeed never released in English. The second game in the series was translated in English as simply [[Pokémon Stadium]] later (as opposed to the Japanese name Pokémon Stadium 2). | * According to a FAQ page that was available in February 1999 on [[Pokémon.com]], there were no plans to release an American version of Pokémon Stadium, as well as any other Pokémon games that have been only released in Japanese at the time.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990221021626/http://www.pokemon.com/games/faq.html</ref> This referred to the first Pokémon Stadium game (the version with only 40 Pokémon available for battles), which was indeed never released in English. The second game in the series was translated in English as simply [[Pokémon Stadium]] later (as opposed to the Japanese name Pokémon Stadium 2). | ||