ThePokémon Lab (Japanese:ポケモンけんきゅうじょPokémon Laboratory), also shortened toLaboratory orLab (Japanese:けんきゅうじょLaboratory) is the version ofProfessor Oak's Laboratory available inPokémon Stadium andPokémon Stadium 2. This place contains several machines able to interact withGeneration I andIIcore series games connected viaTransfer Pak.

Most features of the Pokémon Lab were first introduced in themain menu of theJapanese Pokémon Stadium, although they were not specifically said to be in a laboratory at this point. In Pokémon Stadium, the Pokémon Lab is found in the game map. In Pokémon Stadium 2, it is located inWhite City.

In the instruction booklet of Pokémon Stadium 2, the Pokémon Lab is also referred to asWhite City's Laboratory.

Compatibility

Main article:Transfer Pak → Compatibility

Entering the Pokémon Lab

The Pokémon Lab is able to connect to Pokémon core series games using any of the four availableTransfer Pak connections (one in each Nintendo 64 game controller). Once the player attempts to enter the Pokémon Lab, a list of the connected game cartridges is displayed. The player is required to choose one of these connected games in order to enter. After entering the Lab, it is also possible to use the cartridge select machine to change the current cartridge.

The player is required to obtain thePokédex in the core series game before using the Pokémon Lab features. InPokémon Stadium, if there is a compatible Pokémon game connected via Transfer Pak, the player can enter the Pokémon Lab even with no saved data or with no Pokédex received yet, but then all machines will be unusable except the one used to change the current cartridge. InPokémon Stadium 2, it is not possible to enter the Pokémon Lab at all with no saved data or before acquiring the Pokédex.

Saving at a Pokémon Center

The PC and trade features are only available if the current connected game was last saved at aPokémon Center. The Pokédex has no such requirement in Stadium and Stadium 2 (although in the Japanese Pokémon Stadium the Pokédex also required saving at a Pokémon Center).

Features

Cartridge selection machine

This unnamed machine can be used to select the current Game Boy cartridge. When the player enters the Pokémon Lab, this screen is also displayed as the player is required to select a cartridge before using other Pokémon Lab features. This is a visually simpler version of the "Game Pak Check" screen that appears at the start of the Stadium games.

In the list of connected cartridges displayed in-game, each Pokémon game version is recognizable by the color or the label (for instance, if Pokémon Red is connected, then the cartridge image displayed in-game has a red label). The savedTrainer name andID number of each Pokémon game is also displayed (unless there is no saved game yet).

There is a text message informing the player about any compatible Pokémon games that were saved outside of aPokémon Center.

This list of cartridges also informs the player if any of the four available slots has no connected game at the moment, or if there is any incompatible game connected (including any Game Boy game unrelated to Pokémon).

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  Cartridge selection machine in Japanese Pokémon Stadium
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  Cartridge selection machine in Pokémon Stadium
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  Cartridge selection machine in Pokémon Stadium 2

Pokédex

Main article:Pokédex (Stadium)

The Pokédex displays information about the Pokémon species. This is much like thePokédex in the core series games, with the addition of 3D models for each Pokémon.

There is also a number count of "Seen", "Own", and "Caught" Pokémon. While the "Seen" and "Own" numbers work the same way as in the core series, the "Caught" number is the total of species currently available in either the party or thePokémon Storage System.

The Pokédex inPokémon Stadium has the option to display Pokémon in eitherKanto Pokédex number oralphabetical order, unlikeGeneration I core series games which only have the numerical order. However,Pokémon Stadium 2 has the same ordering systems asGeneration II core series games (New Pokédex,Old Pokédex, andalphabetical order).

Only in Stadium 2, there is also a Pokémon search feature, much like in the Generation II core series games. TheUnown Mode (named "Unowndex" in Pokémon Stadium 2) is also available if the player obtained it in the connected Generation II game.

PC

Main article:PC (Stadium)

The PC can be used to moveitems andPokémon inGeneration I andIIcore series games connected viaTransfer Pak.

The PC features originated inJapanese Pokémon Stadium, but they were simply found in themain menu (not in a PC). All PC features can only be used with a game saved at thePokémon Center.

• List

  The list is able to include Pokémon from theparty,Pokémon Storage System andNintendo 64 boxes. It is a detailed list of Pokémon, with information such as species, nickname,OT, ID,type,stats, andmoves. In Stadium 2,gender,held item, and whether a Pokémon isShiny are also displayed. There are also ways to sort Pokémon, or to choose which Pokémon are displayed in the list. Moves can be re-ordered and in this view only can items be used on Pokémon.

• Pokémon

  This feature is used to move Pokémon within and between theparty,Pokémon Storage System, andNintendo 64 boxes, view their details and change the order of their moves.

• Items

  This feature can be used to change the order of items in theBag,PC item storage, andNintendo 64 item storage, as well as moving items between those places. InPokémon Stadium, items in Nintendo 64 storage are tied to the player's name an ID number so that they cannot be used or removed by other games. InPokémon Stadium 2, items are shared between games of the same generation.

• Boxes

  This feature can be used to change the order of boxes in the Game Boy or Nintendo 64 storage, or moving boxes (effectively moving multiple Pokémon at once) between Game Boy and Nintendo 64 storage.

Arrange menu (Japanese Pokémon Stadium)	PC (Pokémon Stadium)	PC (Pokémon Stadium 2)

Trade machine

Thetrade machine can be used to trade Pokémon between two compatible games connected via Transfer Pak. In order to trade Pokémon, both players must have obtained thePokédex and last saved their games at aPokémon Center. It is possible to trade Pokémon that are located either at theparty or at thePokémon Storage System.

The controller plugged into port 1 on the Nintendo 64 is able to control the entire trade, including the choice of the Pokémon from both games.

• InJapanese Pokémon Stadium, there is no Pokémon trade feature.
• InPokémon Stadium, this machine can be used to trade Pokémon betweenGeneration I games.
• InPokémon Stadium 2, this machine can be used to trade Pokémon between Generation I orGeneration II games, including from one generation to another.

Much like in theTime Capsule fromPokémon Gold, Silver, andCrystal, Pokémon introduced in Generation II (or Generation I Pokémon that know moves introduced in Generation II) may not be traded to a Generation I game.

After each trade, the player has three options:

• Save and quit
• Save and continue
• Quit without saving

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  Trade machine in Pokémon Stadium
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  Trade machine in Pokémon Stadium 2

Prize

When a prize Pokémon has been earned (by completing the final stage ofGym Leader Castle or filling theHall of Fame inPokémon Stadium, or by defeating theRival inPokémon Stadium 2) a new icon will appear in the top right of the Pokémon Lab screen. Selecting this allows you to receive the Pokémon into theparty or into any of the GB and 64 boxes. Once the prize Pokémon has been taken, the icon disappears.

In other languages

Related articles

• Pokémon Stadium (English)
• Pokémon Stadium 2