Pokémon Stadium
Hey kids, do you want to play a full console version of your Game Boy Pokémon RPGs on your TV? Well, too effing bad. Released to Western audiences in 2000, Pokémon Stadium gave fans a tantalizing taste of what a 3D console Pokémon game could be without actually delivering anything close to the adventures of Red and Blue. Being able to trade your pocket monsters with your Game Boy games using the transfer pack was neat, but all battles with no plot made Stadium a dull boy.
Still, the game had promise. Perhaps those gorgeous 3D Pokémon would finally get a real RPG on Nintendo’s next home console.
