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A Gym Leader Castle (Japanese: ジムリーダーのしろ) is a location in the Pokémon Stadium series where players may battle the Gym Leaders (and their disciples) and the Elite Four of the Pokémon games of that Generation.

Pokémon Stadium

Gym Leader Castle in Pokémon Stadium

The Gym Leader Castle in Pokémon Stadium was simple: It was a darkened, curving path leading from spire to spire, with each spire's top in the shape of that Gym Leader's Badge. To advance to the next spire, players would need to defeat each of Kanto's Gym Leaders in turn, eventually making way to the Elite Four and Champion, their rival. After defeating the rival, players will win one rare Pokémon out of a selection of eight, such as one of the Kanto starter Pokémon or Eevee; more than one of which were, at the time, not available without multiple games.

Trainers

Gym	Trainer 1	Trainer 2	Trainer 3	Leader
Pewter Gym
	Bug Boy	Lad	Jr.♂	Brock
Cerulean Gym
	Fisher	Jr.♀	Swimmer	Misty
Vermilion Gym
	Sailor	Rocker	Old Man	Surge
Celadon Gym
	Lass	Beauty	Cool♀	Erika
Fuchsia Gym
	Biker	Tamer	Juggler	Koga
Saffron Gym
	Cue Ball	Burglar	Medium	Sabrina
Cinnabar Gym
	Judoboy	Psychic	Nerd	Blaine
Viridian Gym
	Rocket	Lab Man	Cool♂	Giovani
Elite Four
	Lorelei	Bruno	Agatha	Lance
Champion
				Rival

Pokémon Stadium 2

The Johto Gym Leader Castle

The Gym Leader Castle in Pokémon Stadium 2 was more complex. Instead of it being an actual castle, it featured differently-designed rooms for each of Johto's Gym Leaders, each one representing the leader's type in its design. Like its predecessor, players would need to defeat each of Johto's Gym Leaders in turn, now including an intervention by Team Rocket between the Olivine and Mahogany Gyms, and eventually making their way to the Elite Four and its Champion, Lance. Upon his defeat, if all Pokémon on the player's team came from a Game Boy cartridge, one of them could re-learn a move that was available to be learned by level-up.

The Kanto Gym Leader Castle in Pokémon Stadium 2

After the defeat of Lance, mirroring the story progression in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, players may challenge a revamped version of the Kanto Gym Leader Castle. Though it has the same battle arenas as the first game, the design significantly differs: first, the eight badges of Kanto are on the sides of the castle's spires, and the eight are arranged closely together. Each Gym Leader has no disciples (players battle the leaders immediately) and they can be defeated in any order. After the defeat of Kanto's set of eight, Trainers unlock the chance to battle against Red, who, unlike his Game Boy counterpart, does not have a team that one would see in Pokémon Yellow.

Trainers

Johto

Gym	Battle 1	Battle 2	Battle 3	Leader
Violet Gym
	Bird Keeper Matt			Falkner
Azalea Gym
	Bug Catcher Chaz	Twins Min&Lyn		Bugsy
Goldenrod Gym
	Lass Lois	Beauty Rita		Whitney
Ecruteak Gym
	Medium Holly	Sage Ty		Morty
Cianwood Gym
	Blackbelt Nick			Chuck
Olivine Gym
				Jasmine
Rocket Takeover
Rocket	Grunt	Grunt	Executive	Executive
Mahogany Gym
	Boarder Alvin	Skier Carol		Pryce
Blackthorn Gym	File:S2 CooltrainerF.png	File:S2 CooltrainerM.png
	Cooltrainer Gloria	Cooltrainer Vince		Clair
Elite Four
	Will	Koga	Bruno	Karen
Champion
				Lance

Kanto

Gym	Leader
Pewter Gym
	Brock
Cerulean Gym
	Misty
Vermilion Gym
	Lt. Surge
Celadon Gym
	Erika
Fuchsia Gym
	Janine
Saffron Gym
	Sabrina
Cinnabar Gym
	Blaine
Viridian Gym
	Blue
Mt. Silver
	Red

Rental Pokémon

Main article: List of Gym Leader Castle Rental Pokémon in Pokémon Stadium

Prizes

Pokémon Stadium

Main article: List of game-based Pokémon distributions in Generation I

Each time the Rival is beaten, a random one of these eight Pokémon is received:

#	Pokémon		Type
0001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison
0004		Charmander	Fire
0007		Squirtle	Water
0106		Hitmonlee	Fighting
0107		Hitmonchan	Fighting
0133		Eevee	Normal
0138		Omanyte	Rock	Water
0140		Kabuto	Rock	Water

If the Rival is beaten in Round 1, then the prize Pokémon will be holding a Normal Box if traded to Generation II, which contains a Silver Trophy. If the Rival is beaten in Round 2, then the prize Pokémon will be holding a Gorgeous Box instead, which contains a Gold Trophy.

Pokémon Stadium 2

For beating the Gym Leader Castle in Round 1, the player will receive Doduo (if not all Stadium Cups have been beaten in Round 1) or Dodrio (if all Stadium Cups have been beaten in Round 1) Sticker mode for the Game Boy Tower for Generation I games.

For beating the Gym Leader Castle in Round 2, the player will receive Doduo (if not all Stadium Cups have been beaten in Round 2) or Dodrio (if all Stadium Cups have been beaten in Round 2) Sticker mode for the Game Boy Tower for Generation II games.

In other languages

Language Title European French Citadelle des Champions d'Arène (Pokémon Stadium) Château des Champions (Pokémon Stadium 2) German Arenaleiter-Burg Italian Rocca Capopalestra European Spanish Castillo del Gim. Líder (Pokémon Stadium) Castillo de Líderes de Gimnasio (Pokémon Stadium 2)

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