/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8858713
I had Stadium 1 as a kid but I had only one controller and the transfer pak can be unbelievably touchy, so I never delved that deep into it. It sucks that I didn't though.
I really wanted Stadium 2 as a kid but never got it, rented it a few times and it made me want to cum
Few years back I started working on Stadium, following Werster guides to do R1 with rentals, finally I decided to stop fucking around and get some cartridges that can save and go for beating R2. Then I picked up Stadium 2 to finally fulfill the prophecy. Long story short, I got up to about 90% completion on Stadium 2's R2, I think I just need to do the Challenge Cup and some other stuff, and Stadium R1/R2 are done. I mostly just followed Smogon guides for guidance on what mons to get and their moves
Some tips if someone wants to do this (which you should if you enjoy Gen 1)
>Mewtwo utterly fucks Stadium 1, it's usable in Prime Cup and GLC and I'd recommend it. The Stadium games have borked RNG that literally stacks the deck against you, so if you'd rather not replay entire hour long runs because you got parahaxed into the ground, I'd even the odds by making full use of Mewtwo and avoiding that as much as possible
>Exeggutor and Tauros are really really good in Gen 1, Exeggutor is pretty good in Gen 2 I think, Starmie and Gengar too
>there are plenty of moves you can get on Gen 1 Pokemon in Gen 2 such as the infamous elemental punches on a Gengar, so if viable you can use that along with breeding for stuff like Petit Cup
>Stadium 1's GB Tower actually plays Gen 1 faster than Stadium 2's GB Tower IIRC. Or the other way around. Maybe the other way around. Either way, the 3x speed on one of them is actually closer to a 4x speed
>this is obvious but by beating GLC you can get a bunch of gift Pokemon such as starters etc. if you're not comfortable abusing the Ditto glitch
>speaking of which, abuse the Ditto glitch, even if doing so is a massive pain in the ass in Yellow

Gen 2 was the comfiest Gen overall for the entire franchise
>games are amazing and full of soul
>soulful Gen 2 Pokemon
>Johto anime is still Brock and Misty and is mostly filler so it all basically feels like a comfy purgatory where we never have to truly move on from the Kanto saga, much like the real Gen 2 games
>Stadium 2 is the best companion game to any Gen ever
>Pokemon Puzzle Challenge is turbobased
>TCG went through both based Neo and ultra based e-Card sets and the cards are getting pretty rare nowadays
>Pokemon 3 is the best of the original trilogy in the dub and prominently features Ash's mom and even 4ever is comfy and wistful

Gen 2 is objectively the comfiest Gen