Pokémon Stadium 3

Pokémon Stadium 3 (Japanese: ポケモンスタジアム ルビー、サファイア、エメラルド Pokémon Stadium Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald) is the sequel to Pokémon Stadium, bringing the Generation III Pokémon into full 3D for the first time. It is for the Nintendo GameCube and allows players to upload and battle their Pokémon from Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen and Emerald with the use of a GameCube-Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable. The game takes place in White City and has several modes and battle styles.
==Blurb==
One hundred and thirty-five kinds of Pokémon in 3-D! What's more beautiful than victory in a Pokémon battle? Victory in a 3D arena on GCN! Set your strategy and then stand back while your Pokémon fights it out. You can even see the Pokémon you have trained rendered in 3D and ready for battle!
*Almost 386 Pokémon! Transfer Pokémon from Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald versions of Pokémon for Game Boy Advance. Or play with Rental Pokémon from the game.
*See them all in exciting 3D! Pit Groudon, Kyogre, Salamence and Azurill against all time favorites like Mewtwo, Charizard, Feraligatr and Pikachu.
*Become a Stadium Champion! Take on Pokémon Trainers at Gym Leader Castle and try to win everything!
*12 all-new mini-games! Try to swing across on the vines in Tangela's Vine Swing or race across the field in a competition in Lairon's Wild Rodeo.
==White City==
White City is the home of a large Pokémon Stadium, a state of the art laboratory, a prestigious Pokémon academy and much more, just like in the previous version of Pokémon Stadium 2 for Nintendo 64.
===Stadium===
Number of Players: One
Pokémon may either be rented or uploaded from an attached game cartridge. Eight Trainers must be defeated in order to win in each cup. The Poké Cup and Challenge Cup have four difficulty levels each.
Little Cup:
*Only unevolved Pokémon that can evolve during Generation III may enter. All kinds are eligible.
*Pokémon must be level 5
*SonicBoom and Dragon Rage have no effect
Pika Cup:
*Pokemon are between Levels of 15 to 20.
*Trainers from FireRed and Leaf Green are exclusive.
Poké Cup:
*Pokémon must be between the levels of 50 and 55.
*The sum of the levels of the three Pokémon chosen to battle must not be more than 155.
*Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Latias, Latios, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi and Deoxys cannot enter.
Prime Cup:
*All Pokémon up to level 100 are eligible, opponents all use level 100 Pokémon.
*Unlike the Prime Cup of the previous game, there is only one difficulty level.
Challenge Cup:
*The player's six Pokémon, and all of the opponents' Pokémon, are selected at random from a pool of rentals. (Each opponent's roster still follows a particular theme.)
*There are four different level classes:
**Poké Ball: Level 30
**Great Ball: Level 45
**Ultra Ball: Level 60
**Master Ball: Level 75
===Free Battle===
Number of Players: One to Four
Here players can battle with one to three other people or battle the computer, which is represented by Marc. Two people may battle on a team against the opponent. The Stadium background may be chosen from those already unlocked and players may use customized rulesets created in the options menu.
===Gym Leader Castle===
Number of Players: One
At the Gym Leader Castle, the player can use Pokémon uploaded from a Pokémon Game Boy Advance game or rentals (from the Poké Cup at level 50) to battle the Gym Leaders of Hoenn. The minimum Pokémon level used by the opponents is 50.
Rustboro Gym:
*Youngster Tony
*Leader Roxanne
Dewford Gym:
*Battle Girl Lydia
*Blackbelt Bertram
*Leader Brawly
Mauville Gym:
*Guitarist Melvin
*Leader Wattson
Lavaridge Gym:
*Kindler Matt
*Leader Flannery
Petalburg Gym:
*Cool Trainer♂ Carlton
*Cool Trainer♀ Brandy
*Leader Norman
Fortree Gym:
*Bird Keeper Ramon
*Camper Jerry
*Picnicker Mina
*Leader Winona
Mossdeep Gym:
*Psychic♂ Eugene
*Psychic♀ Rhonda
*Leader Tate and Liza
Sootopolis Gym:
*Beauty Ingrid
*Lass Britney
*Lady Matilda
*Leader Juan
Elite Four:
*Elite Four Sidney
*Elite Four Phoebe
*Elite Four Glacia
*Elite Four Drake
*Champion Wallace
===Game Boy Advance Tower===
Number of Players: One
At the Game Boy Advance Tower, players can play all compatible Pokémon Game Boy Advance games on the Nintendo GameCube using the GameCube-Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable.
There are two options: Load Max and Load Little. Load Max makes the gameplay smoother, but takes longer to initially load the Game Boy Advance game.
Like the previous Pokémon Stadium, Doduo and Dodrio Game Boy Advance are unlockable features which speed up gameplay. Doduo Game Boy Advance becomes unlocked for FireRed and LeafGreen when beating either Gym Leader Castle or all the cups in Round 1, and also for Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald for meeting this requirement in Round 2. It allows the player to play at twice the speed; however, in Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald, the border will be missing and the screen will have a sepia tone until switching back to normal speed. Dodrio Game Boy Advance is available for FireRed and LeafGreen when beating both the Gym Leader Castle and all the cups in Round 1, and for Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald when doing this in Round 2. In FireRed and LeafGreen, this allows the player to play at quadruple the speed, and in Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald, it allows the player to play at triple the speed; however, there is still no border, and the screen is grayscale. Also, the Elite Four needs to be beaten in Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald to be able to use this feature in those games.
===Laboratory===
In this laboratory of Professor Oak, players can do several things:
*Switch game paks to upload data from
*Trade Pokémon between different game paks (requires at least two GameCube-Game Boy Advance Game Link Cables and two compatible Pokémon games)
*Check a 3D Pokédex, including a detailed 3D world map of Hoenn and Kanto
*Move and check items and Pokémon on a PC. This PC can be used to store Pokémon on the Stadium 3 GameCube-Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable.
===Pokémon Academy===
Number of Players: One
At Earl's Pokémon Academy, players can learn new battle skills in lectures from Earl, and show them off in various "test" battles, where the object is to defeat an opponent using specific Pokémon that know advantageous moves for the situation at hand. There is also an extensive items, Pokémon, and battling library at the Academy. By inserting Pokémon Crystal into a GameCube-Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable, the library is expanded with data pertaining to that game.
===My Room===
Here players can see their room from Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, or Emerald versions in 3D. As in the games, it can be redecorated freely, however, there must be a Generation III Pokémon game in the GameCube-Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable to access it.
===Mini-Games===
:Main article: Pokémon Stadium 3/Mini-Games
===VS Steven===
Number of Players: One
After each of the Stadium Cups and the Gym Leader Castle have all been completed 100%, the Steven's lair will appear in White City, where he awaits the player's challenge. His Pokémon are all level 100, and the player may use up to 6 Pokémon (their own or Prime Cup rentals) to try to defeat him.
If victorious, the player is treated to a parade roll of all 386 then-known Pokémon, followed by the credits, which feature photographs of the various Trainers of the combined Gym Leader Castles in battle. In the Round 2 Rival battle, he uses the same Pokémon, but substantially stronger.
==Walkthrough==
*Pokémon Stadium 3/Round 1
*Pokémon Stadium 3/Round 2
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