Pokémon Stadium 2/Trainer Class

Common Rules
The rules for all Stadium Cup tournaments and battles are essentially identical, regardless of varying restrictions. Choose six pokémon from your list of qualifiers. They will be your team. Choose three pokémon from your team to particpate in the battle. The battle will then begin. Defeat all of the opponent's pokémon to win the battle. Defeat all opponents to win the tournament.


 * "I love talking about POKéMON. What is my name?"
 * -EARL

Battle Rules
Two or more pokémon cannot be asleep or frozen at the same time. However, it is possible for one to be frozen while the other is asleep. You cannot use Selfdestruct or Explosion when you and your opponent are down to the last pokémon. If you do so, you will automatically lose. Destiny Bond and Perish Song will also fail.


 * "What I just said applies to which battles in POKéMON?"
 * -All Battles

Level evolution notes
Pokémon learn moves slower once they evolve. You may want to consider cancling evolution to make the move-learning process easier. To cancel evolution in the Game Boy game, press B.


 * "CUBONE evolves into which kind of POKéMON?"
 * -MAROWAK

Special Evolutions
Most pokémon who evolve by use of special stones (Fire Stone, Water Stone, etc.) learn extremly few moves once they evolve. However, some moves can only be learned after evolution. Time your pokémons' evolutions based on which levels they learn certain moves.


 * "When evolving POKéMON, what did I say you should consider?"
 * -Moves