26 Years Ago, Pokémon Stadium is Still the Best-Selling Pokémon Spin-off

The series initially gained popularity in Japan, and Nintendo hoped for similar success in America, though they likely didn’t anticipate such a massive cultural impact. To build on this success, they created spin-off games. One early spin-off, surprisingly, demonstrated that Pokémon wasn’t guaranteed to succeed with everything it tried, but it ultimately became very influential for future games.







