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Hard to tell from the picture but this book is huge. I love this book and it really, really helped me a lot.
Now that I have the book I've almost finished the Pokedex. 8 year old son says: Before I got the Diamond and Pearl Pokedex my Pokemon number was about 40 seen in my Pokemon Diamond DS game.
Just one more Pokemon to go. This book has helped me sooo much.
Now my seen number is 149. (note from Mom: He hasn't put this book down since it arrived.
Shipped very fast).
It helps you track down those elusive pokemon like Rotom, gives you helpful tips and tricks and even helps you track down more poketch applications. I bought this just simply because I wanted a handy carry around pokedex with me so that I can plan out my movesets and such. What more could you want from a guide. This book turned out to be the most used book outta the two volumes. Not only does it give you a complete pokedex it gives you a "after-game" guide which is pretty concise unlike it's prior version. I've got the official Nintendo book, but it does not provide a complete pokedex nor does it help you after you beat the Elite Four, which is sorta crappy to be honest. If you also want a handy portable pokedex then this is the guide for you hands down.
I highly recommend this book to any Pokemon fan. He has Aspergers Disorder, he loves reading stats and he's crazy about Pokemon. My son is going to flip when he gets this for Christmas. I went through tons of books and reviews and as far as I'm concerned, this is the best Pokedex out there. He reads at a much higher level than the average his age. This book has so much info in it, I'm going to have a hard time getting him to put this book down. Every Pokemon is in this, including more info than one could imagine in one book. It puts the smaller Pokedexes to shame.
The only problem I have with this book is that it doesn't contain a walk through, or extended tips about the Pearl and Diamond games.It is a very detailed pokedex though.\/\/
a berrydex, all pokemon abilities and what they do, pokemon personalities, natures, what wild pokemon hold what item, A TON of information on the Underground, and that's just the Pokemon Data Lookup section of the book. Up to that point, it's all easy, just go along with the story. There's still the Capture Guide, which is about 2 times as thick, and the Post-Game Scenario. ALL CRUCIAL INFORMATION.
It's not just a Pokedex, but rather much more. This is the best guide for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl by FAR. You might KNOW there's more legendaries to catch, but you might not know where. And that's not it, either.
Also tells you all of the items you may find in a certain place, AND information on EVERY ROUTE AND CAVE about things you can do there BEFORE AND AFTER beating the Pokemon League, again, more CRUCIAL information EXCLUSIVE to this guide. BUT once you've beaten the Pokemon League, everything in the game suddenly becomes unclear. (For Example, I had not the First Clue about going to Turnback Cave for Giratina, but when I got the guide, It led me straight there). You might KNOW about the Battle Tower, but not who the Tower Tycoon is and when you battle him. WOW.
In case you don't know which region a Pokemon is from, there is a Table of Contents in Alphabetical order at the VERY BEGINNING, making it extremely easy to find pokemon. Also, a 2 page map containing all of Sinnoh as well as the names of all the cities and places of interest. And again, there's more-you can find information on EVERY HM and TM in the back of this book, as well as all the contest moves, items, where to get every TM, where to get each item, and a Pokemon Weakness easy look-up chart with the weaknesses AND RESISTANCES of all 490 pokemon, (yes, remember. 490.Arceus, Darkrai, and Shaymin were unknown when this guide was released) and information about where to capture any Pokemon in the Pal Park, with a detailed map of it, and how rare they will be, aka how much time it will take to catch them, prizes at the Pal Park, etc. You might KNOW about Pokemon, but not at what exact level they evolve, or what exact level they learn a specific move, or if they learn it at all. It not only contains information on 490 Pokemon, (Yes, 490, unfortunatly it lacks total information on Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus) but it also has CRUCIAL information about what to do after you've beaten the Pokemon League. Also tells you where to catch ANY pokemon in the game, (as long as you CAN catch it) INCLUDING what route for Pokeradar, and descriptions to every pokemon from both Diamond and Pearl.
You might KNOW about Cresselia and Fullmoon Island, but not how to get there or what to do once you've seen Cresselia. All this is CRUCIAL information that you will find EXCLUSIVELY in this guide. Also a comparison of the few pokemon you can't catch in Diamond, and of the few you can't catch in pearl, as well as the list of the 50 pokemon you can not catch in Sinnoh at all, (Previous starters and legendaries, event pokemon, with a FEW unexpected ones; Tropius and Tangela.). This book is a MUST For Diamond and Pearl Fans.
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