Japanese Release Date:  January 21st, 1999
American Release Date:  April 27th, 1999

Overview:  Nintendo brings together an assortment of their greatest franchises to duke it out!  Characters in the Mario, Metroid, and Pokemon series (to name a few) battle one another in this hugely popular fighting game.

Changes:  A few of the sound effects were altered for the American release.

Trivia:  This game features two pokemon characters; Pikachu, who is available from the start, and Purin (Jigglypuff), who is an unlockable character.

Overview:  Pokemon Snap has players assuming the role of a young cameraman, Tohru, as he rides around on an automated cart, taking pictures of various pokemon.  The goal of the game is to capture the best pictures of pokemon, and after each stage your photos are evaluated by Orchid-Hakase.  As you progress through the game, opening up new stages and acquiring new items, you're able to uncover pokemon not present in the beginning stages.  When this game was first released, players were able to print out their favorite pictures at any participating Blockbuster video store.

Changes:  N/A

Trivia:  This game was intended to be released for the Nintendo 64 DD system, but the failure of that peripheral forced Nintendo to port this game to a regular N64 cart instead.

Original Pokemon Snap Japanese Site

Nintendo's Pokémon Snap American Site

Japanese Release Date:  April 30th, 1999
American Release Date:  March 1st, 2000

Overview:  Pokemon Stadium 2 improves on the original Pokemon Stadium in almost every way.  The game contains all of the 151 pokemon who debuted in Kanto and offers a number of new play modes, such as "Gym Leader Castle" and a mini-game mode.  Players are still able to upload their pokemon via the GB Pak, and they can use the game to help unlock the Surfing Pikachu game in Pocket Monsters Pikachu.  

Changes:  Since the first game in the series was never released in the U.S., the GB Pak had to be included in the U.S. version of Stadium 2.  The pak was not included with the Japanese version.

Trivia:  N/A

Japanese Release Date:  December 14th, 2000
American Release Date:  March 26th, 2001

Overview:  Pokemon Stadium Gold & Silver improves on the previous games in the Stadium franchise by adding all of the Jouto pokemon into the mix.  In addition, players are able to battle the Jouto Gym Leaders in the Gym Leader Castle, transfer Mystery Presents to their Game Boy games, and play all-new Mini Games.  

Changes:  The Japanese version was compatible with the Mobile Adapter GB.  Players had the ability to participate in a Mobile Tournament, but since the mobile phone features were scrapped from the American release of Pocket Monsters Crystal, it had to be scrapped for Pokemon Stadium Gold & Silver as well.

Trivia:  N/A