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| Author: Prima Games
Brand: Prima Games
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 17559
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 296
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0761556346
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.8
EAN: 9780761556343
ASIN: 0761556346
Publication Date: April 22, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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OK... June 17, 2007
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
Like all of the Pokemon Guides, this one has an awesome cover. And it has awesome art inside. But don't let that fool you. If you just want cute little pictures and screenies of Pokemon, get this guide book. If you want an actual GUIDE, go on the Internet. I was thinking, 'Wow, this book is gonna be awesome' as I ordered this book from amazon. Now I'm beginning to have some doubts.
As I said before, great art and stuff. But let's talk about the guide here. The format of the guide is VERY bad. Instead of going in the order of your adventure in Sinnoh, it talks about each route and each city. They aren't in order. They talk about Fantina before Crasher Wake.
I found the list of moves for the starter Pokemon pretty useful, actually. And the charts in the back were a huge help to me. And the PokeDex wasn't so bad either. But...if you're looking for tips about how to beat the Gym Leaders/Pokemon League, then don't look here. All they say is some gibberish and tell you to use Pokemon that are super effective are their Pokemon. That's it. Come on, you don't need a guide to tell you that Water is super effective against fire!
I quote this from the guide. It's about the eighth gym leader, Volkner. They're supposed to give you 'tips' on how to beat him. Here's what they said:
'Those recent renovations have really made Sunyshore Gym an impressive mae of passages that you must connect by pressing buttons. It'll be pretty tricky to figure out the right combinations to get to Volkner, though maybe not as tricky as the eight Trainers standing between you and the Gym Leader. As for handling Volkner, dish out some Ground-type moves on Raichu and Luxray, go for the Electric-type on Octillery, and then put Ambipom to rest with hard-hitting Fighting-type moves. The thrill of victory will include the Beacon Badge, and TM57 Charge Beam.'
They don't even tell you how to do the puzzle. But it was pretty easy anyway. But that's not my point. Just to tell you how useless this guide is, I beat Volkner with my Empolean. He's a Water-Type.
Let me tell you what you need to know to get the full benefit out of the walkthrough portion of the guide.
Fire>Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel
Water>Fire, Ground Rock
Grass>Water, Ground, Rock
Electric>Water, Flying
Ice>Grass, Ground, Dragon, Flying
Fighting>Normal, Ice, Rock, Steel, Dark
Poison>Grass, Bug
Bug>Dark, Grass, Poison, Psychic
Dark>Ghost, Psychic
Dragon>Dragon
Ghost>Ghost, Psychic
Normal>N/A
Psychic>Fighting, Poison
Rock>Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice
Steel>Ice, Rock
That's not all. The guide DITCHES you after you beat the Pokemon League. Not one word on the three Areas, Battle Tower, or Pal Park. Nothing.
Now I'm done ranting. Now you can decide if you want the guide.
 Prima Game Guide June 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Horrible. So confusing it doesn't make sense. Heh, the game guide doesn't even go in order. It goes by area, listing things you aren't able to do until the end of the game.
Incomplete and jumbled mess! June 16, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a complete waste of money. it gives very few clues on how to complete the the game. Buy the Nintendo DS version instead. That guide shows everything you need to get through the game. This Prima version is a complete rip-off. Make sure the cover has the Nintendo DS heading. Prima was sneaky and pretty much used the same image the Nintendo guide has on its front cover. I wasn't paying attention and picked up the Prima version. Big mistake!!! Stay away from this stinker!
 Good June 14, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I find out that the guide was pretty helpful in helping me getting on the right track. It also allow me to find out what kinds of pokemons is in that specific area.
 Preety good guide June 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This guide by Prima games is preety good, but it definitely has a few flaws.
I'll get the bad points out first. It tells you WHAT items to get, but sadly, it doesn't tell WHERE to get them. Also, the startegies for the bosses aren't that good, but that's okay. But the biggest insult is that for the puzzles in gyms, it doesn't tell you what to do. Same with victory road. It just says ''move the boulders using strength to solve the puzzles. Please. And another big point is that it doesn't have a full pokedex. You'll have to buy it sepeartely. It doesn't go into a lot of detail in it's walkthrough. That really blows when you're stuck in victory roead, and you don't know what to do. There is a couple of mistakes like saying that the eighth gym leader is the seventh, and a couple of other mistakes in the book. For some reasons, the guide tells you to go to a place, only to tell you that you need to go back. That really frusterated me in many places.
The book is preety big, and none of the pages are wasted. It involves a fair amount of page flipping to see if there's anyhting you can do in a town that you've already been to. The charts help newcomers by the type chart that all hardcore pokemon gamers know. It also has a neat list of all the tms and where they are, and a description of ALL battle moves. The contest section helps out a lot if you're into that type of thing, but personally I think it's a waste of time. The introduction section is preety good for poke beginners, and even has some things that some longtime pokemon gamers didn't know, so check it out. From what some previous people said,you might think that the nintendo power is better and cheaper. It isn't. I have both, and I think that the Prima guide is much better for theat matter.
But on the other hand, the guide really helps you to find all the items and tms. Also, it has a good guide to help you in the wi-fi, and how to do it. And the maps are preety detailed, which really help you to get to certain areas, and where to go in caves. It is a good guide to help beat the game, but if you want a pokedex, buy that instead of this guide. I bought this guide because I trust Prima games when it comes to pokemon guides, and I ahppen to dislike Nintendo Power guides. I know that it sounds like I complained a lot, but really, all those negative points don't detarct from the overall experience and I'm really happy that I bought this guide. Buy this and the pokedex when it comes out, but if you can only buy one, choose if you want a pokedex more, or to beat the story more. You owe it to yourself to buy this guide. I give it a four out of five stars.
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