Pokémon Essential Handbook
The Pokémon Essential Handbook by Cris Silvestri is an edition of The Official Pokémon Handbook series that was published by Scholastic on August 1, 2012. It serves as a paper form of the National Pokédex for all 646 Pokémon known at the time in alphabetical order. It is 366 pages long.
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| ISBN: | 978-0545427715 |
| Published: | August 1, 2012 |
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| Author: | Cris Silvestri |
| Preceded By: | Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version Handbook |
| Succeeded By: | Pokémon Kalos Region Handbook |
Blurb
- Your comprehensive guide
- to over 640 Pokémon!
- Legendary Pokémon, Bug-types, Water-types, and every
- Pokémon in between. This book has got it all! It's jam-packed
- with insider info on your favorites from every region.
- So what are you waiting for?
- Let's begin your training!
Entries
The entries for each Pokémon are in an easy-to-read page setup. A page may be devoted to one or two Pokémon.
Name
Each entry begins with the Pokémon's name and species name at the top on a colored bar. The bar's color only serves to group Pokémon with the same first letter in their names.
Information
Each Pokémon has the following information below its name:
Image and other information
Each Pokémon has an anime-style picture on its page with flavor text under its name. A Legendary or Mythical Pokémon's picture is labeled as "Legendary" or "Mythical" around its picture.
Evolution chain
At the very bottom of a Pokémon's entry is a diagram of its evolutionary family. Pokémon that do not evolve do not have an evolution chain. A Pokémon that is on one side of a branched evolution will show itself and the Pokémon it evolved from, but not the other side of the branch.
Trivia
Errors
- Dragonair's height is listed as 31'01" instead of 13'01".
- Dusknoir's region is listed as Hoenn instead of Sinnoh.
- Giratina's Origin Forme is listed as 14'09" (like its Altered Forme) instead of 22'08".
- In Groudon's learnset, "Hammer Armor" is listed instead of Hammer Arm.
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