Product DescriptionAUTHOR MARK MacDONALD TRAVELED TO JAPAN to learn everything he could about Pocket Monsters (called Pokemon in the US), gathering all the available products. After months of careful study of the Japanese products followed by working with the U.S. releases, he has produced the most comprhensive book available in any language about Pokemon, documenting every aspect of how to win and collect all 151 of the monsters. Includes everything you ever wanted to know about Pokemon, both english and Japanese versions, including each color of cartridge, the Pokemon Stadium, with complete walkthroughs for the RPG quests. Mark is fluent in Japanese, and is the author of numerous video game magazine articles and book chapters, as well as the Final Fantasy VII Survival Guide. His new day job is for the Official U.S. Playstation Magazine. --This text refers to the paperback edition of this title
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A book for specialized tastes....
(This review is based on the old version of this book, before inclusion of Yellow information.)
As other reviewers of this book noted, it's not the best guide to Pokemon Red and Blue out there -- the walkthrough is choppy, the layout is amateurish, the translation is holey, and it could've had more information. However, it has two great redeeming qualities (at least in my eyes) that no other book can offer -- the reasons for me buying the book at all:
Rating: - Certainly the worst of all the Pokemon game guides.
Those accustomed with the Pokemon videogame franchise should at least know that there is a relatively measureless collection of guides to decide from, which basically means there's bound to be a few rotten apples in the group. To put it bluntly, buying a game guide from a small and rather pathetic publishing group made up of about five or six people, called "Gamebooks.com" isn't necessarily a wise choice if you happen to have a rather obsessed Pokemon fan friend/and or child that can't seem to get past ... Read More
Rating: - This book is outdated.
This book must have been written a long time ago, becuase it only has Pokemon #1-151 (Mew is spelled Myu) and only has information on the Red/Blue/Yellow versions. There are three versions that don't have guides, and they are the gold/silver/crystal.
Rating: - Interesting But Be Warned!
Be warned that this guide isn't accurate as it should be. For example, on one page it states that you have to win the Rainbow Badge to get the Bulbasaur from the Pokemon Collector in Pokemon Yellow. You only need the Cascade Badge which you get in Cerulean City.
Another problem is the sequential order they use for the walk through which makes following it difficult and confusing. It would be better to have a step by step walk through rather than one that was so confusing as to mislead the ... Read More
Rating: - Tom's Review
I bought this book for my daughter for Christmas. We used it constantly when she played Pokemon Snap. Now we use it when she plays with Gameboy Blue/Red/Yellow. I like the extensive use of pictures. I also like the alphabetical listing of the Pokemon instead of the 1-151 number system. Highly recommended!
- Certainly the worst of all the Pokemon game guides.
- Tom's Review
