Editing 64 Mario Stadium

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{{TV series infobox
|image=[[File:64 Mario Stadium Logo.png|200px]]
|format=Variety show
|present=Tooru Watanabe<br>{{wp|Noriko Katō}}<br>Atsuko Sudo
|close="Tsumetaku Shite Kudasai"<br>"SPIRAL DESTINY -Yume no Mama Ja Nai Desu-"<br>"PINK"<br>"Kitto Kaze wa Fukudarō"<br>"Zutto Soba ni Ite"<br>"Daikirai"<br>"INNOCENT SKY"<br>"Crazy about you"<br>"Door no Mukō"<br>"Mimi o Sumashite"<br>"Hatsu Yuki"<br>"Just wanna be with you"<br>"LOVE ME ETERNALLY"<br>"Voice of Heart"
|compose=Noriko Katō<br>SPYKE<br>Sakura Uehara + Tokyo Music Salon<br>Renai Shingō<br>VINYL<br>Sachiko Suzuki<br>Cool As Ice<br>Natsu Tōdō<br>Atsuko Sudo<br>Angelique<br>Yumi Yoshihara<br>Y'z factory
|origin=[[Japan]]
|language=Japanese
|prod=Shigeto Ito<br>Koichi Yokota
|prodcompany={{wp|TV Tokyo}}<br>Maxcom
|distributor=[[Nintendo]]
|runtime=30 minutes
|firstair=July 4, 1996
|lastair=September 28, 2000
|status=Ended
|predecessor=''[[Super Mario Stadium (television series)|Super Mario Stadium]]'' (1993)
|successor=''[[Mario School]]'' (2000)
}}
'''''64 Mario Stadium'''''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2whfj5h_o 64マリオスタジアム 1996年07月04日]</ref> is a variety show focused on [[Nintendo]] game consoles and software that was broadcast on {{wp|TV Tokyo}} affiliates from July 4, 1996 to September 28, 2000. It aired every Thursday from 6:30 to 7:00 pm. It is the successor to ''[[Super Mario Stadium (television series)|Super Mario Stadium]]'' which had previously aired in the same Thursday 6:30 pm slot, and was renamed and renewed when sponsor Nintendo released the [[Nintendo 64]]. The [[bulbapedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]]-related projects that the show implemented were carried over to ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Sunday|Pokémon Sunday]]'', which began airing in 2004.

==Cast==
===Hosts===
*Tooru Watanabe
*{{wp|Noriko Katō}} (July 4, 1996 - March 26, 1998)
*Rie Ichinomiya (April 2, 1998 - March 25, 1999)
*Atsuko Sudo (April 2, 1998 - September 28, 2000)

===Regular===
*Shinji Uchiyama (July 4, 1996 - ?)

===Performers===
''64 Mario Stadium'' often features young comedians as guests. At the time, it featured several groups of comedians who were still unknown and had rarely appeared on television, as well as comedians who had appeared on {{wp|Fuji Television|Fuji TV}}'s ''Vocabulary Heaven'' series.
*Ari to Kirigirisu (TV debut)
*Asarido (later regular)
*{{wp|Othello (owarai)|Othello}}
*{{wp|Cream Stew (comedy duo)|Umi-shari Suigyo}}
*Great Chicken Powers (Regular in first half)
*Sokonuke AIR-LINE (later regular)
*Take2
*TKO
*X-GUN
*BOOMER
*Folk Dance DE Narikozaka
*U-turn
*Dangerous
*Unjash
*Nonkies

==Program contents==
===Quiz Battle===
A quiz segment where four groups of two people and a celebrity answer Nintendo-related questions. The celebrity plays the game. The winner wins a Nintendo 64 console, second place wins a [[Game Boy#Game Boy Pocket|Game Boy Pocket]], third place won an N64 controller, and last place got a special telephone card for the show.

===Aim to be the ''Mario Kart 64'' Time Trial Grand Champion!===
Every week, five challengers attempt a time trial in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'''s [[N64 Mario Raceway|Mario Raceway]]. The contestant who completes the race in under 1 minute 30 seconds receives an official license from the show, and the contestant who records the best time receives an original gold controller and the latest N64 software. Champ Maruyama, a member of the [[Mario Club Co., Ltd.|Super Mario Club]], was in charge of commentary.

===Pokémon League===
A match using [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Red and Green Versions|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green'']]. Initially, a specially designed (communication-enabled) [[Super Game Boy]] and two monitors were used, but after the release of ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Stadium (Japanese)|Pokémon Stadium]]'', the match was played using the monitor. The basic rules are that three people participate in a team, each team shows the other their six Pokémon, and three are chosen from them. The types and levels of Pokémon that could be used were changed several times, but in all cases, [[List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. Melee#Mewtwo|Mewtwo]] and [[bulbapedia:Mew|Mew]] were not allowed to be used. Regarding [[bulbapedia:status condition]]s, it is not allowed to [[bulbapedia:Freeze (status condition)|freeze]] or put more than two of the opponent's Pokémon to [[bulbapedia:Sleep (status condition)|sleep]]. If one wins three weeks in a row, they will be inducted into the [[bulbapedia:Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]], and presented with a copy of ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pokémon Blue]]'' with Mew inside. The commentary was provided by Trancell Taneichi, who was an editor of Family Computer Magazine at the time.

Matches also took place in the second games, [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']], but they were merely qualifiers for the national tournament or exhibition matches, and never became an established feature like they were in the previous games.

===Pokémon Snap Best Photo Contest===
The contest was held in 1999 to coincide with the release of ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Snap|Pokémon Snap]]'' for the Nintendo 64. There was a category sponsored by TV Tokyo ''64 Mario Stadium'' and another sponsored by [[Shogakukan]] ''{{wp|CoroCoro Comic}}''<ref>[https://magi.camp/blogs/1032206825] July 26, 2022</ref> and five winners were chosen from each category, with snapshots of ten different Pokémon made into cards. It is said that 15 or 20 of each type of card were issued.<ref>[https://pokumon.com/1999-pokemon-snap-photo-contests/?s=09]]</ref>

Below are the Pokémon that served as models for the grand prize cards in the categories sponsored by this program, TV Tokyo ''64 Mario Stadium''.
*[[List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Squirtle|Squirtle]]
*[[bulbapedia:Koffing|Koffing]]
*[[bulbapedia:Chansey|Chansey]]
*[[bulbapedia:Articuno|Articuno]]
*[[bulbapedia:Charmander|Charmander]]

==Ending themes==
*Noriko Katō: "Tsumetaku Shite Kudasai"
*SPYKE: "SPIRAL DESTINY -Yume no Mama Ja Nai Desu-"
*Sakura Uehara + Tokyo Music Salon: "PINK"
*Renai Shingō: "Kitto Kaze wa Fukudarō"
*VINYL: "Zutto Soba ni Ite"
*{{wp|Michiyo Heike}}: "Daikirai" (Heike appeared as a guest on the show once)
*Sachiko Suzuki: "INNOCENT SKY"
*Cool As Ice: "Crazy about you"
*Natsu Tōdō: "Door no Mukō"
*Atsuko Sudo: "Mimi o Sumashite"
*Atsuko Sudo: "Hatsu Yuki"
*Angelique: "Just wanna be with you"
*Yumi Yoshihara: "LOVE ME ETERNALLY"
*Y'z factory: "Voice of Heart"

==64 Mario Stadium Special postponement==
64 Mario Stadium Special was scheduled to be aired on December 30, 1997 as a special year-end and New Year program, but due to the [[bulbapedia:Pokémon controversy#Pokémon Shock|Pokemon Shock]] that occurred on December 16 of the same year, the special program was postponed and replaced with a re-broadcast of episodes 25 and 26 of the anime ''{{wp|Moomin (1990 TV series)|Moomin}}''. Though Nintendo was the only sponsor, it was treated as a PT program. The special program was instead aired on January 18, 1998, after the New Year.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
64 Mario Stadium English Logo.png|English logo
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=64マリオスタジアム
|JapR=64 Mario Sutajiamu
|JapM=64 Mario Stadium
|JapC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KPXEDt7dC8&list=PLPQFMb2Qf2Q-qlSLv5e9-q0btQNouR0AJ&index=7 【任天堂＆テレビ東京 ― 64マリオスタジアム】ポケモンバトル2000 スプリングバージョン 優勝者決定戦再試合）]</ref>
}}

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