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Nintendo is adding to their Nintendo Switch Online N64 lineup, with the announcement of Pokemon Stadium coming to the service next week. While you can't bring Pokemon from the Game Boy games over, you can experience the game's classic minigames, when Pokemon Stadium becomes available on April 12th.

 

[AngryCinnabon]

I find it so infuriating that Nintendo (seemingly) won't bring back the actual Gameboy games, stadium isn't too fun without your own Pokémon imo.

 

[JuanMena]

I hope it features GameBoy transfer capabilities.

I don't own a switch, but it'd be nice to get a modern legitimate way to obtain some pokemans.

 

[Something whatever]

Pokemon can't be transferred? then the game is pretty useless...how hard was it to add Yellow to the rom oh you want us to pay for that too I guess

 

[nubman33]

Pokemon can't be transferred? then the game is pretty useless...how hard was it to add Yellow to the rom oh you want us to pay for that too I guess

your salty tears will go great with Nintendo's collection.

 

[Moon164]

Rental only...

 

[x65943]

Would be neat if they added Pokemon home functionality

 

[Ryab]

I find it so infuriating that Nintendo (seemingly) won't bring back the actual Gameboy games, stadium isn't too fun without your own Pokémon imo.

I wouldnt be shocked if they save this for some big reveal. They would likely make it so you can't savestate or rewind in this games too like on 3ds.

 

[pokota]

i wonder how hard it would be to inject your own r/b/y into the game...? (also i wonder if stadium would reject a romhack? kinda got too used to speedchoice red)

 

[ZachariasBarnham]

Two words:

HARD PASS

 

[urbanman2004]

And this is the best NSO could do

 

[mister_smang_n_watch]

The eshop GB pokemon games allowed pokemon to be transferred up, idk why it's so hard for them to bring those versions over to NSO and let you connect them to this.

 

[Kirizame]

I wouldn't get your hopes up that these will ever feature support for the GB games. Doesn't NSO still not have rumble pak support for Mario Kart 64?

 

[TheStonedModder]

I wouldn't get your hopes up that these will ever feature support for the GB games. Doesn't NSO still not have rumble pak support for Mario Kart 64?

They at least have rumble pak support for other GBA games...so they kinda care

 

[MasterJ360]

Yikes Rental only pkmn feels like playing a demo

 

[Gamemaster1379]

i wonder how hard it would be to inject your own r/b/y into the game...? (also i wonder if stadium would reject a romhack? kinda got too used to speedchoice red)

The inject itself may work, but it's worth calling out the emulator in Pokemon Stadium actually was not a full emulator. It actually was missing instructions for the gameboy, specifically, any not explicitly used in the Pokemon games.

I hope it features GameBoy transfer capabilities.

I don't own a switch, but it'd be nice to get a modern legitimate way to obtain some pokemans.

If your Switch is modded, arguably you could export the save and inject Pokemon via PKHex. PkHEX DOES support Stadium.

There's a possibility that it may get grumpy about the endians being reversed, so the importing and exporting may require some endian swapping. I actually wrote some code to do this some months ago when I was playing with Wii U VC injects.

I may try playing with this when it comes out and see if I can't proof of concept a Pokemon inject into Stadium.

 

[ut2k4master]

I find it so infuriating that Nintendo (seemingly) won't bring back the actual Gameboy games, stadium isn't too fun without your own Pokémon imo.

the pokemon company*

I wouldn't get your hopes up that these will ever feature support for the GB games. Doesn't NSO still not have rumble pak support for Mario Kart 64?

mario kart 64 never supported the rumble pak to begin with

 

[zoogie]

I bet what Nintendo ultimately does is release all the mainline Pokemon VC games, regardless of platform, exclusively for the Expansion Pass.

There will be tears. There will be anger.
And they will be begged not to cry.

 

[Bladexdsl]

I hope it features GameBoy transfer capabilities.

I don't own a switch, but it'd be nice to get a modern legitimate way to obtain some pokemans.

ahem

While you can't bring Pokemon from the Game Boy games over, you can experience the game's classic minigames, when Pokemon Stadium

so that's a big fat NO

and anyway did you really think nintendo would give you a feature you actually wanted? everything they do is always backwards and archaic

 

[Chrisssj2]

Stop the fking dripfeed. we already have all your games on the switch nintendo!