Pocket Monsters Stadium 2 Speedrun FAQ

Q: Do you use imports?
A: No, the category I'm doing forgoes imports; rentals that the game give you (regardless of their bad stats and movesets) are the only allowable pokemon.  This in turn helps put everyone on an even playing field.

Q: What is Round 1?
A: This game is split into 2 separate Rounds, AKA "difficulties."  Round 1 is your basic form of the game.  Round 2, however, is a significant difficulty increase.  Because of this, Gym Leader Castle Round 1 is the more ran category.

Q: Round 2 speedruns when?
A: I have no idea, it's not been done before

Q: What is WR?
A: See bottom of my splits, or you can view the leaderboard here ->  https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnstadium#Gym_Leader_Castle_Round_1

You also have to select the "JP" sub category tab

Q: Why did you reset?
A: I can't accept a single loss in this run, no matter how far in the loss happens.  Since this game is timed by an external timer, there is no inaccuracy for retrying fights, but my standard is to not accept a single loss in any Pokemon speedrun.

Q: What are the run enders?
A: There's a good bit of dicey fights that happen in this version compared to English, but overall, missing Thunders is the only constant.

Q: What route is this?
A: The order (route) I use is Reverse Order due to the later Gym Leaders having run enders

Order is based on preference, with the only absolute being the E4 + Rival MUST be completed last. Every single gym has many ways of saving and losing time, so order won't always be the same from pb to pb, though for this game in particular, I think reverse is the best order to go for

Q: Why is this a separate category?
A: The rentals in this game share the same stats, but offer a different move set compared to its English counter-part.  For instance, Zapdos is the strongest Thunder user in English, but in Japanese, he has Thundershock instead (sad).  Due to this, the community has decided to split the 2 versions of this game.  It should be noted, however, that not all rentals are worse off, but nonetheless it's another way to enjoying a fast paced speedgame.

Q: What is your goal time?
A: Sub 1:40:00 is a good start

Q: Why does stream quality suck?
A: I don't have an SD capture card, so I'm forced to record using a webcam.