Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour

The Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour was a series of events that were held across and Nintendo of Canada (Archive) (Retrieved January 9, 2014) in 2000 promoting the release of Pokémon Stadium for the Nintendo 64 game console. At the event, attendees could see a preview of Pokémon Stadium and receive a Mew for the Generation I Game Boy games. Using the new Transfer Pak, competitors were able to watch their best Pokémon, from their favorite Game Boy game, battle in full 3D on the Nintendo 64. The Stadium Tour hosted Pokémon Battles in three skill groups: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Trainers were allowed to use either , or for the tournament. If the attendees and their Pokémon performed well, they had the opportunity to earn Official Pokémon Trainer Badges. Pokémon Masters from Nintendo were on-hand to challenge the very best Pokémon Trainers to a Pokémon Master Trainer Challenge on mammoth big screen televisions. The winner of the east coast tournament at the Montgomery Mall in Maryland was Alex Ed Prins-Stairs.
==The Final Battle==
The final Pokémon battle for the trophy was fought 3-on-3 at in , using Pokémon Stadium (which had not yet been released). The battle was between competitor Ed Prins-Stairs (who went by the name Alex Prins-Stairs at the time) and a "Pokémon Master" staff member. The battle was cast live to a big screen television.
Prins-Stairs's team was , and while the staff member's team was , and . The match ultimately ended with the staff member forfeiting, resulting in Prins-Stairs being declared the winner. The trophy was mailed to the winner along with a filled with candy and a beanie plush.
==Dates and locations==
===United States===
====East Coast Tour====
Date 	City
February 5–6 	
February 12–13	
February 19–20	
February 26–27	
March 4–5 	
March 11–12 	
March 18–19 	
March 25–26 	
April 1–2 	
April 8–9 	
====West Coast Tour====
Date 	City
February 5–6 	
February 12–13	
February 19–20	
February 26–27	
March 4–5 	
March 11–12 	
March 18–19 	
March 25–26 	
April 1–2 	
April 8–9 	
===Canada===
Province	Location 	Dates
 	Unknown Stadium, 	March ??, 2000
 	South Centre Mall,	March ??, 2000
==Gallery==
File:Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour Westfield Baltimore.jpg|The Westfield Shopping Center in Baltimore during the event
File:Stadium tour.jpg|The Pokémon Stadium section
File:Central mew.jpg|Attendees waiting in line to receive Mew
File:Car of pikachu.jpg|The specialty designed Pikachu 
File:Mew line 1.jpg|Attendees waiting in line to receive Mew
File:Trainerbattle.jpg|Players were able to see their Pokémon for the first time in 3D using the Transfer Pak.
File:Gym link battles.jpg|Players battled via the Game Boy Game Link Cable to earn Pokémon Stadium Gym Leader Badges.
File:Teamrocket2000.jpg|Attendees even cosplayed at the event to show their love for Pokémon.
File:Flier.jpg|Flier for the East vs. West Pokémon Stadium Exhibition Tournament
File:Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour Woodbridge guide.jpg|An event guide for the Woodbridge Center Mall stop
File:Mew certificate.jpg|Sample certificate of authenticity for the event 
File:Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour badge.jpg|Badges
==Event Pokémon==
===Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour Mew===
All people who attended the Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour could receive a by downloading one from a distribution machine. These came with a certificate of authenticity, which included the Pokémon's ID number.
===Canadian Pokémon Stadium Tour 2000 Mew===
Mew was distributed to participants at the Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour stops across in 2000.
==External links==
* Official event site (archived)
* Television commercial
==References==
Category:Promotional tours