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Title: Pokemon Gold & Silver: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Elizabeth Hollinger, James Ratkos, Elizabeth M. Hollinger, James M. Ratkos ISBN: 0-7615-3084-3 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 11 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.49 (41 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Room for Improvements
Comment: Although there are plenty of details necessary for winning the game, this new guide for the Pokemon Gold/Silver games is lacking in a few areas.
First and foremost is the detailed Pokedex information (that which lists all 251 Pokemon, what attacks they earn at each level, when they evolve, etc.). There is a little bit of this sprinkled in for some of the new Pokemon in the guide pages, but not nearly as detailed as they have done for past versions of the game. I understand that all of this information will be detailed in a companion guide - I don't have a problem with that given how much stuff Prima already had to cover in this new guide; it would have made more sense for the Pokedex companion guide to have been available at the same time.
Second, the info on what Pokemon are available in each area is not always 100% accurate (I've had many surprises show up for battles). This could have been researched a bit more thoroughly.
One positive though was the idea to "seal" the hard challenge puzzle answers in the back of the book. This way one can casually read the rest of the book and not get completely spoiled for some of the games more interesting challenges. This was a good thing.
Rating: 4
Summary: A book deserving 4.25 stars
Comment: 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: 1
Summary: Learn about a game before writing a book
Comment: 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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Title: Pokemon: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Elizabeth Hollinger, James Ratkos ISBN: 0761518126 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 07 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal : Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima's Official Strategy Guides) by Elizabeth M. Hollinger ISBN: 076154044X Publisher: Prima Games Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Pokemon Crystal: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by ELIZABETH HOLLINGER, Elizabeth M. Hollinger ISBN: 0761536663 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 24 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Official Pokemon Pokedex, Gold Version and Silver Version by Phillip Marcus ISBN: 0744000564 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 19 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Pokemon Yellow : Prima's Official Strategy Guide by ELIZABETH HOLLINGER, JAMES RATKOS, Elizabeth M. Hollinger, James M. Ratkos ISBN: 0761522778 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 13 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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