Pokemon Stadium Speedrun FAQ

Pokemon Stadium FAQ by Zewing

Gym Leader Castle R1 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.  Round 2 has only been done by Werster, and for good reason, the stats of the opponents are much much higher, as well as them having access to better movesets and stages (like fully evolved over basic forms).

Q: Round 2 speedruns when?
A: Good question, competition for this game has gotten really strong, so I'd imagine a sub 1:38:00 would be ideal for me to try and do R2.

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

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: Just about anything, this run relies heavily on Thunder usage.  The crit rate in this game is substantially higher as well and is based on speed.  To give an idea, Lt. Surge's Raichu has roughly a 20% chance of landing a crit.

That being said, there's not many instances where you will simply lose to an opponent.  There's a ton of variance in this game, as a run with everything going right will hardly happen so resetting over time loss isn't really worth it.

Q: What route is this?
A: The order (route) I use is Giovani -> Blaine -> Sabrina -> Misty -> Brock -> Lt. Surge -> Erika -> Koga -> E4 + Rival

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 and the first 3 gyms in my route are the heaviest in terms of run enders that can happen.

Q: What is your goal time?
A: Hard to say, this game will always have something in it that eats up a chunk of time, but based on the current competition, getting a sub 1:37:00 would be a very strong time.

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