Ultimate National Pokedex (Pokemon Diamond Version & Pearl Version) Paperback – May 27, 2007

As stated in other reviews, this pokedex does not include information on where to get the pokemon on the pages. That information is found in Volume 1 - the game guide by Nintendo Power or on the back of the pullout map in this pokedex. I found flipping back and forth between the two books to be quite cumbersome and that map... it's not going to last long if you keep using it by pulling it out and laying it out. Not to mention that it is just as inconvenient. References should have information easily accessible, and not just there for you to hunt it down.See my review on the Prima Pokedex for more information, but I much prefer that version compared to this one. All the information on the pokemon is much more conveniently organized (and more in depth) in Prima's version than in this pokedex.

If you are planning to catch them all, I suggest you give this a buy, pretty much list all the stats and locations for every single pokemon available up to this point.

Any POKeDex will do for our young man right now. If it says PokeMon or POKeDex he loves it.

our son and grandson loved this item our son had this as a child now our grandson can enjoy this as well

great book for the collectors

My grandson is reading/looking at it constantly so it must be an appreciated item by a 7 year old pokeman fan.

The pokedex has all the casual gamer searches for in a guide: the final part of the walkthrough (post elite 4) including strategies on catching the legendary pokemon left in the end, as well as where to go what to do and what items are in the final section of the game; Afterwards is a basic run of the mill pokedex.First of all let me adress an issue many of the other have gotten wrong, this guide does bring:-- A COMPLETE SECION OF POKEMON ABILITIES,-- COMPLETE ITEM LIST (INCLUDING HEALTH. BATTLE, CONTEST EQUIVALENT, AND CONTEST ONLY) and WHERE TO GET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.-- A POSTER WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE LOCATIONS OF ALL POKEMON AVAILABLE IN DIAMOND/PEARL [map of shinnoh]-- A SMALL ADVANCED BATTLE TACTICS FOR THE BATTLE TOWER/WI-FI BATTLE BEGGINERS.-- SMALL GUIDE TO THE UNDERGROUND AND BATTLE TOWERso its NOT missing any information much like the oher reviews claim... its all there you justhave to look really.Now about the only thing that this guide lacks is a longer advanced battle section or maybe recomendations for raising each individual pokemon (really how hard can it be to add a small section to each pokemon where they tell you the recomended natures that pokemon should have). It is nice though since it does bring all the pokemon (save the 3 as of et unreleased give away pokemon of D/P - Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus-) As well as a list of the moves they learn (egg or level) and TM and HM list. It does have small charts indicating the general look of a pokemon's base stats (although I think adding the actual numbers would have been MUCH less confusing) so that helps a small amount when building you team and looking at what nature your pokemon should have.In the end I would recomend this guide to most people who wish to have a quick reference of all pokemon and items. It wont give you a complete edge in battling but it will help. The casual gamer should get this as this does indeed help when going into the world of advanced battling.

Product was just as depicted, and the shipping was FAST! THANKS! And my nephew loves it