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Summary: This guide is..well.......alright
Review: I think this guide is alright by telling me where to go but... This guide lacks the info. about the Pokemon. The name of the game is Pokemon, you beat the game with Pokemon. I think that just a guide with the Pokedex showing the moves, evolutions, ect. would be a good guide for me, I bought the guide for that reason, and it was there...
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Summary: Good guide! Helped me a lot!
Review: I think this guide is pretty good! The only thing I don't like is that it seems incomplete with no Pokedex but I don't really use the Pokedex anyway so... You pretty much need a strategy guide if you are seriously thinking about completing the game. I don't think I could have done it without, the game is very hard and I was frequently stuck. I would get this guide because it helps in the places where a lot of people need help! Don't worry about the missing Pokedex. Also, the maps help a lot since you can see where you're going. Use them!
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Summary: A book deserving 4.25 stars
Review: I think this is a great book. What this book contains:
A sealed section (w/ MAIJOR SPOILERS)
A thorough walkthrough.
Answers to the game's hard puzzles.
Maps of every city, route, ect.
SOME of the new pokemons' evolutions, moves, ect.
Items in the game and their purposes.
EVERY SINGLE move in the game, all of the TMs & HMs & their locations.
Help on catching Suicune, Raiku, & Entei
Trainers, their Pokemon & levels, ect.
Details on Mystery Gift.
AND MUCH MORE!What this book DOESN'T have:
A complete Pokedex
Not TOO MANY spoilers
And all of the unnessisary details
Rating: 
Summary: Lack of Pokedex VERY FRUSTRATING
Review: I was disappointed in this guide, due to the lack of detailed strategy. Also, it seemed to gloss over a few of the important areas and treat them like they didn't even exist. It seemed as though the authors quickly wrote it, without verifying strategy and concepts that they described. I expected much more specific and accurate strategy from an official strategy guide. It sure wasn't worth the money in my opinion. If you're really into the game, this "guide" will leave you extremely disappointed. I have used Prima's other Pokemon guides and loved them. As a result, I didn't even look through this one before I bought it. I wish I had. If I had known that it didn't even have a pokedex I wouldn't have wasted my money on it. The "guide" part isn't that great either. It leaves you guessing on many, many points and is just really confusing. I'm sure there are better guides out there somewhere.
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Summary: It was great
Review: I was listening to my son reading it in the crown books and learned almost everything from it! It will take you step by step and let you have a sourse of help when you need it.
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Summary: Pretty good book but one exception.
Review: It is a very good strategy guide but with one exception. It didn't have a list of all the new Pokemon. I bought it because I thought it listed all the new Pokemon and their stats. There is another book out that is the Pokemon Complete Pokedex which I can't find anywhere. This book is okay though if you are intersted in the game only and that's it.
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Summary: Ok, whats the deal with the pokedex?
Review: Its ok if all your looking for is a way through the basic gym game but if your some one who enjoys the colecting part of the game this guide is a real rip off. Prima you are sorry for seperating the pokedex from the guide and selling it seperatly.
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Summary: Learn about a game before writing a book
Review: Maybe authors should learn about a game before writing a strategy guide, that would certainly be a good idea. The people who wrote this knew nothing about the game. The section on happiness was absolutely stupid, most of the things listed there do not raise or lower happiness. They have proven they do not know anything about the mathematic values of the game, readily available through reverse engineering of a rom. The exact damage formula is not included (not that they would even know what it was), stat experience, what stat boosters REALLY do, etc.
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Summary: A pretty good guide
Review: Missing a few baby pokemon pictures, needs to tell about all the pokemon in an area, not just some. But the maps are helpful, and the information is accurate. I would have been lost in Tin Tower getting Ho-oh if it wasn't for this book! A good guide compared to Nintendo's guide. I'm going to get the Pokedex too.
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Summary: Packed with info, maps, hints, tips...
Review: Not sure what the other reviewers are annoyed about, but you MUST get this. It's well written and easy to understand, with GREAT maps that are really clear. Without these maps you migh tfind yourself bumbling aroudn the cities and forests forever. The guide also gives you th einside scoop on gym leaders, elite four, which pokemon to use when, etc. There is NO WAY you can know all this info without the book. If you consider not knowing where to find all the different Pokemon a drawback, then you are missing the point. It is a STRATEGY guide, not a TELL-ALL book! You need to be able to do some of this stuff yourself. Trust me, if you are told this info, there is no point in playing the game - NO surprises left. Get this book, you'll be glad you did!
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