>>16808005That's pretty much it. It's Stadium without the extra bits. There's no storage system, no Gameboy Tower (or DS Tower I guess). There's no Gym Leader Castle, no unlockable Pokemon (except Pikachu, Magmortar and Electivire, whoopdee fuckin' doo), no the big two:
>no minigames>no rental monsBoth of which are pretty useful when you want people who don't own a DS to give your game a try.
It also didn't help that NOTHING in the trailer actually made it to the final game.
>no GBA protags (although this was pretty much not gonna happen, but it would've been nice to have them as unlockable outfits)>stadiums that actually take damage permanently- this was a big one. EVERYONE was hyped about this. 
