Editing Pokémon Stadium

:''Not to be confused with [[Pokémon Stadium 2]].''

|subtitle = ''[[Pokémon]]''

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|caption = Pokémon Stadium as it appears in ''Smash''.

|meleesingles = Starter/Counterpick

Announced at [[E3]] 2001, '''Pokémon Stadium''' ({{ja|ポケモンスタジアム|Pokemon Sutajiamu}}, ''Pokémon Stadium''), is a stage debuting in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and returning in both ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It is commonly referred to as '''"Pokémon Stadium 1"''' to avoid confusion with its similar successor, [[Pokémon Stadium 2]].

In ''Melee'', Pichu and Jigglypuff are fought here for their character unlock battles; in ''Ultimate'', Pokémon Trainer is fought here for his character unlock battle.

 

In ''Ultimate'', the jumbotron has a wider screen just like [[Pokémon Stadium 2]].

In the background, a large crowd watches the fight while fireworks go off in the sky. There is a large jumbotron which can display the battle itself, a symbol representing the upcoming variation during a stage transition, or the current standings of fighters and the [[match timer]]. In ''Brawl'', the jumbotron in the background shows the fight in a lower picture definition than in ''Melee'', and uses a new, clearer font for its display. When the jumbotron displays the "Current Leader" in ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate'', the font of the character's names matches that color of their player port. Additionally, in [[Team Battle]]s, the color of the CPU players' names matches their respective teams color but with less saturation. In ''Brawl'' it will show only one character's name even if there's currently a tie between multiple characters for the highest score/stock count, and in [[Team Battle]]s, will only display the character leading the team with the higher score rather than the entire winning team. When playing on this stage in [[Training Mode]] in ''Melee'', the stage will not transform and the jumbotron only focuses on the battle or zooms in on one of the characters.

On the left side there is a windmill. Its arms spin slowly and can be stood upon, but players on the current lowest arm fall. The arms are soft in ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate'' but hard in ''Brawl''. In ''Brawl'' it's possible for small items to get stuck in the windmill if one lands in the center of the windmill just as it becomes solid. [[Poké Ball]]s will not activate while stuck there.

In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the [[Ω form]] and [[Battlefield form]] are set on the default transformation of the regular form and does not transform into any of the four variants. The soft platforms are also absent. The main platform is also resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, respectively. The three [[soft platform]]s of the Battlefield form are based on the ones in the normal form.

While the stage is not specifically based on anything from the {{uv|Pokémon}} video game series, it may be a general representation of a {{s|bulbapedia|Gym}}. A possible specific origin could be the ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Stadium series|Pokémon Stadium]]'' games, from which the stage's name possibly comes from and whose arenas in-game feature a [[Poké Ball]] logo in the middle, a crowd watching the battle and, in the case of Gym Leader battles, type-related aesthetics. However, the arenas in the ''Pokémon Stadium'' games, including the type-themed ones, do not affect the battles in any way. Despite sharing its name with the game ''{{iw|bulbapedia|Pokémon Stadium|English}}'', the stage features no direct references to it or [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Stadium 2|its sequel]].

 

Another possible source is the ''{{iw|bulbapedia|Pokémon|anime}}'' anime, in which, during tournament battles, the arena changes its terrain frequently to hinder or help either Pokémon. This was seen at least in the preliminary rounds of the {{s|bulbapedia|Indigo League}}, during which each of {{s|bulbapedia|Ash Ketchum}}'s four initial battles was in a different battlefield representing a specific elemental type.

Indigo Plateau Conference Grass Field.png| The Grass Field in the ''anime''.  

Indigo Plateau Conference Rock Field.png|The Rock Field in the ''anime''.  

Pokémon Stadium was one of the few stages that people in tournaments have almost never questioned being legal, and for a long time, was a starter. Many people considered Pokémon Stadium to be one of the fairest stages in ''Melee'' because the shifting terrain was generally not very disruptive to gameplay, and for some time, was thought to prevent excessive projectile [[camping]]. However, recent metagame developments have shown that {{SSBM|Fox}} and {{SSBM|Falco}} have a very large advantage on this stage because the geometry of the stage and terrain allow them to projectile camp with [[Blaster]] very safely. It is also the only legal stage with walls, allowing Fox to perform the [[drill shine infinite]]. The large horizontal size of the stage benefits their movement greatly, while hindering other characters who cannot traverse across the stage as easily, while the low ceiling allows even earlier KOs for Fox's two main finishers. The transformations also benefit Falco, and especially Fox, greatly in several matchups by either giving them more room to approach or safe spots to camp in.

While the long stage size, platform placement of the main stage, and low ceiling can also benefit characters with good [[dash dance]]s such as {{SSBM|Marth}} and {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, the advantages that these characters gain pale in comparison to the aforementioned advantages realized by Fox and Falco. As such, it has been deemed a counterpick stage in more recent rulesets, with some ''Melee'' players arguing that it should even be banned because the advantages given to those two characters are too overwhelming for the majority of the cast. Many players will choose to "wait out" the Fire and Rock transformations by moving to the opposite side of the stage as their opponent, without approaching or attacking them, until the transformation returns to neutral. As a result, many players complain that the transformations result in several minutes of wasted time during a set.

"Frozen Stadium", a modded version of Pokémon Stadium which disables the stage transformations, has become increasingly popular in competitive play. It was first used sporadically in regional scenes, such as at {{Trn|Battle of BC 3}}, and became more widespread following the dominance of online play in 2020, as the [[Project Slippi]] netplay system uses Frozen Stadium as a default stage in unranked play. Frozen Stadium has now become widespread in offline tournaments, but is not universal, as a few tournaments, such as {{Trn|The Big House 10}}, have kept the unfrozen version. Supporters of Frozen Stadium argue that the removal of transformations makes the stage less randomized, more balanced, and removes the time wasting components often seen during the Fire and Rock stages. Opponents of Frozen Stadium argue that this would open up a path towards increased levels of modding and possibly the introduction of new player-built stages, making it more difficult to run in tournaments and possibly leading to legal issues with [[Nintendo]]. They also argue that stalling during the transformations should be seen as a viable counterpicking strategy, and that Frozen Stadium's layout is too similar to that of {{SSBM|Final Destination}}, further hurting characters who have a perceived disadvantage on both stages.

The stage is more debatable in its neutrality; while it is a starter in the Unity Ruleset and always in seven-stage starter lists, [[Lylat Cruise]] is often chosen over it in five-stage starter lists, while never being a starter in three-stage starter lists. The change in unquestioned neutrality comes from changes to the stage itself: first, the lips at the edges of the stage are much more thin and deceptive, occasionally flustering recoveries from slightly underneath the stage or even regular recoveries away from the stage. The most notable change in the stage, however, comes from the redesigned water transformation: while it looks almost the same as in ''Melee'', the blades of the windmill are no longer soft [[platform]]s and cannot be passed through in any direction, resulting in stage traversal difficulties and significant [[caves of life]]. Like in ''Melee'', ''Brawl'' players tend to camp out the Rock and Fire transformations, hiding behind the large rock and the tree until the transformation has ended, slowing down gameplay and matches.

The stage is usually banned, as it has too many similarities to Pokémon Stadium 2 when hazards are turned off. Some regions, however, have Pokémon Stadium as a legal starter over Pokémon Stadium 2, most notably Chicago and, at one point, [[Maryland/Virginia]]. This is mainly due to some players believing the stage is a more reasonable size when compared to Pokémon Stadium 2. Opponents of this stage, on the other hand, cite several inconsistencies that make the stage more "janky" and therefore ill-suited for competitive play compared to its successor; most notably, the stage suffers from bugs that can cause players to clip inside the main platform of the stage, and prior to version {{SSBU|12.0.0}}, the right platform featured an invisible slant that made it impossible to perform [[lock]]s over it. The stage's camera also causes the visibility of the edges to be obstructed.

 

|image=Pokémon Stadium Trophy Melee.png

|desc=[[Pokémon trainer|Trainers]] come from far and wide to congregate at Pokémon Stadiums, the ultimate venues to show off their Pokémon teams. There are many different arenas with varying terrain designs, some of which afford advantages to certain Pokémon. This particular stadium is reserved for huge events and boasts a big screen and spectacular fireworks.

*On the grass variant stage, if a character walks onto the very left where the tree stump is while it is forming, they will fall through.

Pokemon Stadium Beta.png|A pre-release image for ''Melee'' showing that the icons on the Jumbotron were originally meant to be the type symbols from the Pokémon TCG.

PokémonStadiumUltimateJumbotron.jpg|The stadium's jumbotron, showing the stage layout and the fighters competing in the match.

*This is the only ''Pokémon'' stage to not feature any [[List of Pokémon|Pokémon]] in any capacity.

**However, many Pokémon including [[Venusaur]] were originally planned to appear on the stage before this idea was scrapped, and Venusaur was instead a [[Poké Ball]] Pokémon in ''Melee''.

[[File:Jumbotron invert PS1 SSBU.png|thumb|The jumbotron image displaying incorrectly.]]

*In ''Ultimate'', if the jumbotron focuses on a character and the game is paused, the jumbotron will try to remain focused on that character if the pause camera is moved around.

**If the pause camera is angled such that the "back" of it is towards the focused character and the camera is zoomed in, the jumbotron's image will be rotated 180 degrees and some of the pixels will be stretched to the edge of the screen. This also occurs on Pokémon Stadium 2.

*In ''Brawl'', if {{SSBB|Zero Suit Samus}} is currently on the stage, the jumbotron will display her name as "Samus" instead of "Zero Suit Samus". This also happens in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] and [[PictoChat]].

*In ''Brawl'' whenever either this stage or [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] is featured in an [[event match]], the jumbotron will not display "SUCCESS" when clearing the event, but will display "FAILURE" if the event end in a failure. This was fixed for both stages in the PAL version.

**This also happens when either adding more CPU opponents in [[Training Mode]] or swapping between {{SSBU|Pyra}} and {{SSBU|Mythra}}. This is unlike ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' where the jumbotron updated whenever [[Zelda]] and [[Sheik]] transformed or [[Pokémon Trainer]] [[Pokémon Change|changed Pokémon]].

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