I think it's time

[Mic Caster J]

Please Gamefreak. Before you rush another pokemon game. Instead can we finally get pokemon stadium 3. Please. That would corner the market. If done right you know how amazing that game would be. The gameplay hours alone would be huge cause it would have so much content. Like I don't need the next pokemon adventure game. I need pokemon stadium 3.

Can we get a petition going for this?
Whose with me?
Yes or no?

 

[ReKoil]

I never played Stadium 2, but I played the first.
I played it for the minigames though, those were pretty fun. The actual battling I couldn't care less about as I'd personally rather do that in a mainline game.
Yes, for the minigames I guess? xD

 

[Devalue]

Feels like a tough sell. Justified Stadium because of the leap in graphics from this:

to this:


Already created the models in Scarlet/Violet too. Basically just adds animations and an announcer. In which case, why not just make that a part of the mainline game? Appears as a cash grab by making a separate game with copy/pasted assets.

So, in your mind, what sets Stadium apart?

 

[Harmonie]

I guess I'm the opposite of you. I want adventure games more than anything. Raw battling games like Pokemon Stadium don't do much for me. It was neat to see Pokemon in 3D back in 2000 when it was first released, but nowadays the appeal is low for me.

But I also saw Pokemon Snap as something that was cool back in 1999 when I was like 10 or 11, but didn't think it could be a thing in modern gaming, but then they made one, so I can't say what Nintendo will or won't do. I'd prefer them to focus on different kinds of adventure Pokemon games, like action-adventure and perhaps an adventure form of Pokemon Snap.

 

[stringzzz]

I'm not saying it wouldn't be well done or anything, but I chose 'I don't know' because... The current game covers the online battles no problem. As far as battles against NPC's in the game, yeah it pretty much stunk with no real challenge. They could have at least thrown in something like the old battle tower from 4th Gen, as that wouldn't be difficult to implement and they could have offered some good rewards for using it. But, as far as the current game goes, it offers a decent variety of what to do, in my opinion. I still haven't completed the Pokedex in it, and so I could always go back to working on that. I can and always do ranked battles regularly because it feels awesome to do so, it's a good challenge. Building a team that you bred and trained feels awesome too, so unless the new Pokemon Stadium let you import from this 9th Gen game, I wouldn't care for that.

I'm still on the fence with this once, but the bottom line is that if they made it, I would at least try it.

 

[Squirtkipfan01]

i dont see the point
the first had like a big graphic thing from sprites to 3D models which is cool. But from what i know of 2, it really doesnt do anything that different to the first. So what would be the point of a third?

 

[𒈟Lavemu𒐫]

I'd love to see more funny pokemon fainting animations lol

 

[Corveone]

Idk. I mean, what would be the main target audience or selling point of a modern Stadium game?

They were great for their time in that they allowed players to experience Pokémon in amazing 3D graphics (something the handheld games couldn't afford until many years later), while also catering to fans who cared mostly about the battles in an era when online battling was barely a thing.

In this age, however, there's the regular Pokémon games for those who love the adventure/RPG aspect, while also having 3D environments and battles that surpassed the N64 graphics. And those who just want to focus on battling are probably doing competitive. The group of players who would specifically like a single player, 100% battle-focused Pokémon game is probably rather niche.

Personally, the idea of a Pokémon game being just battle after battle isn't very appealing to me, as there are other aspects I enjoy and consider very important. Something like Colosseum would probably catch my interest more.

 

[Palamon]

We don't need a Pokemon Stadium 3. These sorts of games have outlived their purpose in the modern day and age. These games were created to have a "3D game on the big screen" back in the day. Now, all Pokemon games are 3D graphics.

And, tbh, the last stadium game (Pokemon Battle Revolution) was over a decade ago at this point. We're never getting another one except a rerelease of all of those. & tbh, I haven't heard many good things about the NSO version of Stadium anyway, so.

I'd much rather see Switch rerelease of XD, or something.

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

Honestly, I wouldn't really be interested in another Stadium or Battle Revolution game. Those games are just battling and nice graphics. I'd be more interested in a new game similar to Pokemon Colosseum or XD, where you have actual adventures with the graphics.

 

[Sweet Serenity]

Pokémon Stadium 3 would be great. Pokémon is all about battling, which I find it crazy many people aren't fond of it. Pokémon Stadium also had more than just battling. Pokémon Stadium games also had Professor Oak's Lab, which allowed for extra box storage and made it easier to transfer Pokémon in between games. Of course, that might not be needed today because of Pokémon HOME, but still. The Pokémon Stadium games also had minigames that the mainline games lack. While I have mentioned that the mainline games can do with a new Game Corner that features similar minigames, they were still a staple of Pokémon games that didn't involve battles. Regarding battles however, Pokémon Stadium had other challenges, such as different championship cups that the mainline games also lack and the gym leader challenges.

The closest thing that we have to Pokémon Stadium in the mainline games are battle facilities. However, those are quite repetitive and don't offer much difference in options other than selecting Singles or Doubles. Being able to win different types of challenges could net better prizes that can be transferred to the mainline games. For example, in the first Pokémon Stadium, I recall that beating the Gym Leader Castle could get you the other Starter Pokémon as a prize, as well as Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan. In other words, it allowed you to win Pokémon that you normally couldn't obtain during a regular playthrough. The same thing could definitely be done with these games. Pokémon Stadium 2 also had Earl's Pokémon Academy that allowed you to study Pokémon and learn how to battle effectively.

I don't see why Pokémon Stadium 3 can't exist today with these features and more. They could also create modes that allow us to battle previous evil team leaders, Champions, and Gym Leaders as well. I think it could serve as great bonus content for players that wish to do more battling with their Pokémon after they beat the mainline games as well. Pokémon Stadium 3 could also serve as a great venue for competitive battles as well with more rules and tiers that are not likely to be programmed in the mainline games. I can imagine it existing with much less glitches, better cries, more varied animations, and so on. I say bring back the Pokémon Stadium series and make it modern and better. If they can do the same with Pokémon Snap, then they can definitely do it with Stadium.

 

[Sheep]

I'd be intersted, but primarily for the minigames. If they were to make a spinoff focusing on minigames similar to ones we had in Stadium, with online connectivity to play with others, I'd snap it up in a heartbeart. Seriously.

 

[Sweet Serenity]

Players don't enjoy Pokémon battles that much these days?

 

[Corveone]

Players don't enjoy Pokémon battles that much these days?

Pretty sure we all do. The thing with Pokémon Stadium is that players interested in a single player full battle focused hardcore "campaign" game are most likely a minority.

These days most people who want challenging battles are into competitive, people who just want to enjoy a complete Pokémon adventure with all of its elements can play the games as Game Freak intended, and even for those who want challenge there are self-imposed rules and many other alternatives.

The Stadium formula doesn't seem commercially very appealing. Let's not forget that the Stadium games weren't even challenging in a fair way, they purposely gave rental Pokémon garbage movesets and 0 EVs, while giving the late game AI trainers perfectly built and raised teams just so people would buy Transfer Packs out of the pain that was playing those games without transfering Pokémon from the GB games.

 

[Sweet Serenity]

Pretty sure we all do. The thing with Pokémon Stadium is that players interested in a single player full battle focused hardcore "campaign" game are most likely a minority.

These days most people who want challenging battles are into competitive, people who just want to enjoy a complete Pokémon adventure with all of its elements can play the games as Game Freak intended, and even for those who want challenge there are self-imposed rules and many other alternatives.

The Stadium formula doesn't seem commercially very appealing. Let's not forget that the Stadium games weren't even challenging in a fair way, they purposely gave rental Pokémon garbage movesets and 0 EVs, while giving the late game AI trainers perfectly built and raised teams just so people would buy Transfer Packs out of the pain that was playing those games without transfering Pokémon from the GB games.

A Pokémon Stadium game today doesn't have to be a single-player game anymore when considering the more advanced Nintendo Switch technology compared to the Nintendo 64. A new Pokémon Stadium game could be used as a venue for competitive play, as well as single-player battles, not unlike Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Over twenty years ago, the first official competitive championship Pokémon battles occurred in Pokémon Stadium. The competitive aspect of today's Pokémon games is limited, with ranked battles only existing as a 3v3 Singles or 4v4 Doubles format with very specific rules.

Pokémon Showdown has proven that many competitive Pokémon players enjoy playing competitively under various possible rulesets and formats. Perhaps if a new Pokémon Stadium game existed with features similar to Pokémon Showdown, which includes various formats and customizable rules, along with a single-player campaign that Pokémon Showdown lacks, Pokémon Stadium could be highly marketable. The entire purpose of Pokémon Stadium was for players to upload the Pokémon they raised in their Gameboy games and use them for battling. Therefore, Pokémon Stadium was very challenging for players that didn't raise their own Pokémon in the mainline games.

Players could circumvent this if they were skilled enough to win with pre-evolved Pokémon, considering that they possessed the much better movesets. Of course, today, Pokémon Stadium AI can potentially be much more challenging compared to the AI that existed over twenty years ago. For instance, in Pokémon Sword and Shield, in the Battle Tower, the opponents' Pokémon often had Pokémon with perfect IVs, maximum EVs in preferred stats, and helpful Natures, all while using teams meant to directly counter the player's team. Sometimes, the AI even knew how to switch Pokémon when facing a disadvantage. The same thing could exist in a new Pokémon Stadium game, which can increase the difficult level in a much more reasonable way.

 

[Corveone]

A Pokémon Stadium game today doesn't have to be a single-player game anymore when considering the more advanced Nintendo Switch technology compared to the Nintendo 64. A new Pokémon Stadium game could be used as a venue for competitive play, as well as single-player battles, not unlike Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Over twenty years ago, the first official competitive championship Pokémon battles occurred in Pokémon Stadium. The competitive aspect of today's Pokémon games is limited, with ranked battles only existing as a 3v3 Singles or 4v4 Doubles format with very specific rules.

Well, that would be a different kind of Pokémon Stadium. The ones we know were single player endurance/arcade games vs. AI-controlled trainer gautlets in a competitive format. Competitive players are already battling each other with the main games, they don't need a new Stadium game for that, unless you want a Stadium game to work essentially as a competitive tutorial, but we all know that the stuff players need to learn and deal with to build a competitive team isn't exactly the pinnacle of fun gameplay.

 

[Sweet Serenity]

Well, that would be a different kind of Pokémon Stadium. The ones we know were single player endurance/arcade games vs. AI-controlled trainer gautlets in a competitive format. Competitive players are already battling each other with the main games, they don't need a new Stadium game for that, unless you want a Stadium game to work essentially as a competitive tutorial, but we all know that the stuff players need to learn and deal with to build a competitive team isn't exactly the pinnacle of fun gameplay.

Gaming technology is much better today compared to the Nintendo 64, which means of course it will be a different kind of Pokémon Stadium. It would be counterproductive if a title didn't evolve over time. The Nintendo Switch is powerful and technologically advanced enough to allow Pokémon Stadium 3 to have many features that the Nintendo 64 couldn't have. Pokémon Stadium 3 can still be a single-player game similar to the previous titles, but can also include the competitive element similar to Pokémon Showdown.

I also understand that competitive Pokémon players are already battling on the games, but on the Nintendo Switch, competitive battling is extremely limited. Not only do players not have access to all their favorite Pokémon because of "dexit," but as I previously mentioned, they can only play ranked battles under a very specific set of rules. For instance, under certain formats, mythicals and legendaries might be disallowed, teams may be limited to one different item per Pokémon, and only 3v3 Singles and 4v4 Doubles can be played when ranked. Pokémon Showdown proves that competitive players love to play ranked battles in various formats under different rules. Pokémon Stadium 3 can give competitive players the option to play various formats under different customizable rules in an official setting. It can also give them the option to battle with every Pokémon in the series instead of the ones limited to the latest Generation's current mainline game.

Pokémon Stadium 3 is not required to function solely as a competitive tutorial, but it can definitely have a tutorial feature for Pokémon battling in general, be it for the single player modes and competitive, similar to Earl's Pokémon Academy in Pokémon Stadium 2. I envision Pokémon Stadium 3 functioning similar to Pokémon Showdown but as an official Pokémon title instead of a fan-made simulator apparently, and having other features that Pokémon Showdown lacks, such as single-player campaign modes, mini-games, tutorials, and so on. Players can compete in the single-player challenges or compete in the online competitive ladders to win prizes that they can transfer to their mainline Nintendo Switch Pokémon games. If Pokémon Stadium 3 functioned this way instead of functioning exactly as the previous titles functioned over 20 years ago, I believe this kind of Pokémon Stadium 3 can be a major hit today.