Pokémon Colosseum Multiplayer

[Andy]

thinking of picking up Colosseum for my kids when it is released in PAL regions - can someone who has it please fill me in on the multiplayer options?  all the online reviews I've read have talked almost exclusively about the single-player quest.

in the N64 Pokémon Stadium games it was possible for two players to choose a team of generic pokémon and fight head-to-head - is this possible in the new game or do they need to export pokémon from GBA games or the single-player quest?

[Andy]

well it finally made it to Australia and I'm fairly sure my kids are going to be disappointed when they get their hands on it.

the single-player campaign sounds like it'll be fun, but multiplayer is only possible using Pokémon which have been captured in the single-player game or in Ruby or Sapphire on a GBA. the N64 Stadium games gave players the choice of battling with "stock pokémon" but that option is gone now. they can't even play the single player game on their own memory cards then pit their pokémon against each other - only one player can use a team caught in the GCN game.

if I'd known this I'd probably have passed on the game