FAQ with the description of the japanese characters
Pokemon Stadium 2 FAQ
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Last updated 6/16/99
6/16/99 - Organized the attacks by Kana symbol, according to what I believe
to be the Japanese alphabetical order. I thought it would make thigns
easier to find.
6/15/99 - Complete redesign. If you read the Gameplay section, you'll see why
I think it's easier this way. Let me know if you like it. I did this
at work, so didn't have access to the game to see the types of attacks
the unsorted ones fell under. I'll fix it in the next update.
5/22/99 - Added a Japanese note.
Added more Pokemon moves.
Removed the Height and Weight listings, since they'd probably never be
completed.
Removed the comments from the Pokemon listings. They sucked anyways...
5/16/99 - Added some more Pokemon moves.
Added a section on the Mini Games.
Added some more gameplay notes.
5/14/99 - Added some Pokemon moves and transleted a few of the menus.
Added some gameplay info and other miscellaneous stuff.
5/13/99 - First incarnation of the FAQ. All the Pokemon, but none of their moves.
Table of Contents
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Intro
About the game
About my Japanese
Menus
Gameplay
Descriptions
The Charcaters
The Attacks
Mini Games
Intro
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Welcome to my Pokemon Stadium 2 FAQ! I know I never got around to finishing
the first one, but it was because of this wonderful update to the first game
that I decided to postpone it until PS 2 was done and out. Well, now it is,
and let the translation begin!
About the game
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Pokemon Stadium 2 is a one on one Pokemon battle game, in which you pit your
Poekmon against another player, or the computer in a variety of tournaments.
It is NOT an adventure game like the Game Boy version, although it's rumored
to be possible to play the Gameboy style game in PS 2 with the GB Pack and a
Japanese Pokemon Game Boy Game. As of right now, only Japanese Pokemon Game
Boy games work with PS 2. I'm sure that will change if/when it comes out here.
Pokemon Stadium 2 is an update to Pokemon Stadium, both of which are for the
Nintendo 64. PS 1 was never released in the US, but the word is that Nintendo
will release PS 2 in the US as Pokemon Stadium. The difference between PS 1
and PS 2 is that PS 1 only came with 40 or so Pokemon ready for use, and I
believe that you had to upload the rest with the included GB pack, but I'm
not sure. It could be that you could only update the existing ones with the
stats on your GB paks. I'll find out more later.
Anyway, PS 2 now comes with 150 Pokemon, and may even include Mew and Togepi,
although I haven't confirmed this. You can buy a copy from BuyRite at
www.buyrite1.com. The prices are a little high, but hey, it's an import,
so quit whining. ;)
I do NOT know when it's coming out here in the US so don't ask, please.
About my Japanese
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I've only been studying Japanese for about 3 months, and am in no way
claiming to be the end-all Japanese master. I'm doing this FAQ to enhance
my Japanese studies and because my girlfriend is nuts about Pokemon, so
it'll give her an excuse to play it constantly. Please keep in mind that
just because I can translate singe word attack names doesn't mean I can
translate a whole novel for you, so please don't ask because it'll only
lead to disappointment.
The English names I provide are a very loose approximation based on the
translations I find with each attack name. For instance, ¤«¤¤¤ê¤, which
is loosely translated as "Superhuman Strengh," seems to do nothing but
hurl rocks, so I call it a "Rock Throw."
I'm always willing to receive help on my Japanese, so if any native
speakers are reading this, feel free to drop me a line. I can't always
respond to every ICQ message or email I get, but if it gets asked enough,
I'll update it here in my FAQ.
For viewing the Japanese characters, I recommend using the NJ Win program
from NJ Star. You can get it at http://www.njstar.com. For printing them,
I recommend the Kanji Kit '97 from Pacific Software Publishing. You can
get it at http://www.pspinc.com.
Menus
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When negotiating the menus, often times, you'll see ¤Ï¤¤ and ¤¤¤¤¤¨
as your choies.
¤Ï¤¤ means yes, and is pronounced "High." If you've seen any of the
"Karate Kid" movies, then you know how to say it. ;)
¤¤¤¤¤¨ means no, and is pronounced "eeeee-eh" with the "e" sound as
in "bee." The "eh" sound is like the "e" in "bet."
Main Menu
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Left - Quick Battle
******************************************
Middle - Pokemon Stadium
Quote:
"Here is the Pokemon Stadium. This is where monster battles, study,
mini games and other things are."
Clockwise from top:
* Stadium - Main Area of Battle.
* GB - Play the GB game with the GB pack and GB Pokemon
game. (Not Confirmed)
* Free Battle - Battle against another player, or Team Battle.
* Mini Games - Head to Mini Game island.
* Winner's Mansion - Some kind of Trophy Room.
* Research Laboratory - ????
* Gym Leader's Castle - Take on all the Gym Leaders.
*******************************************
Right - Event Battle?
*******************************************
Bottom - Options
* Sound - Stereo/Monural
* Announcer - On/Off
* Clear Save Data -
- "Is it OK if the 64 Pack save data is cleared?"
- ??????????????
Gameplay
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The actual gameplay is relatively simple. After picking your 6 Pokemon
during the pre-battle sequence, you can then pick 3 of those 6. The A,
B and C buttons correspond to your Pokemon, and the first button you
press is the first Pokemon into battle.
Once in battle, you have to option to attack, switch Pokemon, or pause.
Pausing gives you the option to give up the match. Pressing "A" will put
you into attack mode, and pressing "B" will put you into switch mode. If
you change your mind, you can press "L" to get back to the three main
choices. After choosing either Attack or Switch, you can hit "R" to bring
up your choices. Pressing one of the buttons listed will either use that
attack, or summon that Pokemon - whichever you chose to do.
The factor that determines who attacks first is probably speed related,
although i have yet to determine how to find out a particular Pokemon's
speed. It's safe to say that a Starmie will take it's turn before an
Onix or Dragonite, unless the Starmie is slowed down or something.
I've discovered something interesting. The computer can use Pokemon that
have different attacks than the default ones available to you, even if
you're both the same level. This leads me to believe that if you have
taught your Pokemon deifferent abilites on the Game Boy games, you can
them import those Pokemon using the GB pack for use in this game. I don't
have the GB pack or Japanese Pokemon for the Game Boy, so I can't verify
this, but if someone out there can, I'd greatly appreciate it. I saw a
Geodude (A Rock Pokemon) do some kind of Tidal Wave attack on me. Since
rock Poekmon are weak against water, it makes no sense for a Geodude to
have a water attack to throw at me. This leads me to believe that if the
computer can customize their Pokemon, so can the Player. Now I just need
to figure out how.
I've also just discovered that the Pokemon may have different attacks
when at different levels. This seems natural to me, but I now wonder
why there are parts of the game where you can play with only level
50 Pokemon, or only level 25 or 30 Pokemon. I'm sure this lack of
totalunderstanding of the game comes with my lack of understanding of
the Japanese language, so until then, I guess I'll keep trying to figure
it out.
The attacks in thes FAQ are the default ones that come in the game.
I don't know if you can import new attacks found only in the GB game.
Descriptions
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List of Types:
These are listed in the little colored boxes in the game.
¥Î¡¼¥Þ¥ë - Normal
¤Û¤Î¤ª - Fire
¤ß¤º - Water
¤Ç¤ó¤ - Electric
¤¯¤µ - Plant
¤³¤ª¤ê - Ice
¤«¤¯¤È¤¦ - Fighting
¤É¤¯ - Poison
¤¸¤á¤ó - Earth
¤Ò¤³¤¦ - Flying
¥¨¥¹¥Ñ¡¼ - Psychic
¤à¤· - Insect
¥´¡¼¥¹¥È - Ghost
¤¤¤ï - Rock
¥É¥é¥´¥ó - Dragon
Contidions:
Your Pokemon can be in different conditions due to certain attacks from
other Poekmon. Their status is listed next to their level.
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The Attacks - Organized by kana symbol. Loose translations in the ()
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¥Î¡¼¥Þ¥ë - Normal
+++++++++++++++++
Generic Attacks
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¤¤¤«¤ê¤Î¤Þ¤¨¤Ð - Bite (Teeth of Anger)
¤¦¤¿¤¦ - Sing
Puts opponent to sleep.
¤«¤²¤Ö¤ó¤·¤ó- Divide and Conquer
Agility Increase?
¤«¤Ê¤·¤Ð¤ê - Bind (binding hand & foot; a temporary feeling of paralysis)
Make opponent paralyzed.
¤«¤ß¤Ä¤¯ - Bite (to bite (at); to snap at; to snarl at)
¤¤ê¤µ¤¯ - Scratch (To cut up, to tear to pieces)
This is usually some kind of scratch attack.
¤¹¤Æ¤ß¥¿¥Ã¥¯¥ë - Sacrifice Tackle (tackle "at the risk of one's life")
Recoil Damage.
¤Ä¤Ä¤¯ - Poke Attack (to pick at; to nudge; to poke)
¤Ä¤Î¥É¥ê¥ë - Horn Drill
¤Ä¤Ð¤µ¤Ç¤¦¤Ä - Wing Strike
¤È¤Ã¤·¤ó - Tackle
This attacks has recoil, which means you lose some HP after doing it.
¤Î¤·¤«¤«¤ê - Body Drop (to lean on; to bend over; to come upon)
¤Ø¤ó¤·¤ó - Copycat (metamorphosis; disguise; transformation)
Ditto's only attack. Copys the enemy he's fighting, moves and everything.
He cahnges back when you recall him.
¤Þ¤¤Ä¤¯ - Bind (To twine around)
¤æ¤Ó¤ò¤Õ¤ë - ("The falling finger"; implies something random)
A random attack.
¤¸¤³¤µ¤¤¤»¤¤ - Regenerate
Regain some health.
¤º¤Ä¤ - Tackle (comes from ¤º¤Ä¤¤ò¤¹¤ë, which means "To Butt Heads")
¥Æ¥¯¥¹¥Á¥ã¡¼ - Texture
¥È¥é¥¤¥¢¥¿¥Ã¥¯ - Tri Attack
Send three colored beams at your opponent.
¥Õ¥é¥Ã¥·¥§ - Flash?
¥á¥¬¥È¥ó¥Ý¥ó¥Á - Megaton Punch
POW! This sends a ball of energy out of your fist and into your opponent.
¥á¥¬¥È¥ó¥¥Ã¥¯ - Megaton Kick
Delivers a powerful kick that sends a ball of energy at the opponent.
¥í¥±¥Ã¥È¤º¤Ä¤ - Shell Tackle ("Rocket Tackle")
I call it the Shell Tackle because the only time I've seen this attack in
use was when Squirtle tucked into his shell and tackled the opponent.
¥À¥Ö¥ë¥Ë¡¼¥É¥ë - Double Spear
++++++++++++
¤ß¤º - Water
++++++++++++
¤Ê¤ß¤Î¤ê - Surf
Catch a wave and soak your opponent.
¥Ï¥¤¥É¥í¥Ý¥ó¥× - Hydro Pump
Send a stream of water towards your opponent.
¥Ð¥Ö¥ë¤³¤¦¤»¤ó - Bubble Beam
A big blast of bursting bubbles.
¤Í¤à¤ê¤³¤Ê - Sleep Powder
Put your opponent to sleep.
¤Ï¤Ã¤Ñ¥«¥Ã¥¿¡¼ - Razor Leaf (Explosive Cutter)
Launch deadly leaves at your opponent which scrape him up.
¤ä¤É¤ê¤®¤Î¥¿¥Í - Leech Seed
This attack lauches seeds at your opponent which drain life from him
and give it to you every turn. The only way to get rid of it is to go
back into a Pokeball.
¥á¥¬¥É¥ì¥¤¥ó - Mega Drain
+++++++++++++
¤à¤· - Insect
+++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++
¤Ò¤³¤¦ - Flying
+++++++++++++++
¤½¤é¤ò¤È¤Ö - Arial Attack
This attack takes a turn to rise in the air (making you invincible
to everything but poison and leech seed effects). On your next turn,
your Pokemon will swoop down and smack the opponent.
Great attack!
+++++++++++++
¤Û¤Î¤ª - Fire
+++++++++++++
¤«¤¨¤ó¤Û¤·¤ã - Flame Attack
¤Ï¤«¤¤¤³¤¦¤»¤ó - (Destruction Beam)
¤Û¤Î¤ª¤Î¤¦¤º - Flame Attack
¤À¤¤¤â¤ó¤¸ - Large Fire Attack
¥½¡¼¥é¡¼¥Ó¡¼¥à - Solar Beam
This attack takes a turn to charge up, but really delivers the damage.
You can either play one at a time, or go to a tournament in which you
set the number of games you have to win.
Drowzee - Press "A" when the pendilum is at the center. You fall asleep
if you don't. It speeds up, making it harder to hit. The one who stays
awake wins.
Ekans - Ring around the Diglett. Aim with the D-Pad, and use the analog
stick to coil back by hitting "Down." The farther you push it, the more
spring in your leap. The stick is VERY sensitive. The gold ones are
worth 2.
Lickitung - Eat the good food, avoid the bad stuff. Certain food is
worth more points than others.
Clefairy - "Simon Says" with the D-pad.
Metapod - Harden before the boudlers hit you. Hardening takes up your
energy, but getting hit takes much more. Whoever lasts the longest wins.
Magikarp - Hit "A" to bounce. The longer you hold "A" the higher you
bounce. Hit the counter the most number of times to win.
Rattata - Tap "A" mutliple times to run. Press UP on the D-pad to leap
over the walls. It's a race to the finish.
Sandshrew - Hit "L" and "R" in fast sequence to dig. First to the bottom
wins.
Pikachu - Tap either "A" or "B" when the light is either Blue or Green,
respectively.
