/vr/ - Retro Games

In Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 it gives you the impression that the AI can't tell what move you've chosen on a given turn. It shows when both players have selected a move. Years later I played on an emulator and made a savestate after it says the opponent has selected their move. I chose a super effective move, but the opponent switches pokemon. So I load state, and this time switch pokemon, but now the opponent attacks instead, again despite their move seemingly having already been decided. I reload like 50 times to test this and they always react the same way. If you're going to make the game this way, you can't LIE to the player about it, because it affects your strategy. At least be upfront and tell the player what's happening.

Actually I tested this out on Pokemon Stadium 2 in R-2 mode. Maybe it doesn't work this way in R-1 mode? But still, it's really scummy.