The final view of the pokemon arena! In action, here under Pokemon, are several videos.
Several modifications we made: we created a "shield" around the liquid nitrogen to prevent splashes. This limited the amount of smoke, but in the interest of safety, was very useful. The control box did not have foam over it, as described earlier, but just the lego box and the pennies visible.
Horrifyingly, plugging in the picoboard to the computer caused the resistances to change. We could not get the physical aspects of the pokemon to work while the computer game was running.
However, this may have been a blessing in disguise. Most of the children didn't know what pokemon was! So the battle would have confused them further. All the special effects alone was really a better idea.
The final count of special effects!
Charizard:
Smokescreen: Water pours into liquid nitrogen, creating smoke
Flamethrower: Water pours into liquid nitrogen, creating smoke. Flame in mouth wiggles back and forth
Slash: Arm moves back and forth
Earthquake: Entire arena shakes! Rumbly noises happen.
Electrode:
Thunderbolt: Lights along the side of the arena light up!
Magnet rise: String connecting Electrode to the beam on top grows shorter, so Electrode rises
Explosion: Lights along the side of the arena light up. Entire arena shakes. Lights inside Electrode light up
Mirror coat: Lights inside Electrode light up
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