Digimon Power [Mass Market Paperback]

Hank Schlesinger (Author)

Book Description

-- DigiMon -- "Digital Monsters" -- are a product of Bondal, the company responsible for the hugely popular Power Rangers
-- In the successful tradition of SMP's Pokemon Fever (in its third printing with 200,000 copies shipped), "Digimon Power" The Unauthorized Guide uses kid-friendly language to clue readers in on tons of tips, hints, secrets, and fun facts about DigiMon and other similar games
-- Ours will be one of the very first DigiMon books to hit the shelves, giving us a head start on this inevitable craze -- and the timing couldn't better: "Digimon Power" The Unauthorized Guide will be hitting the stores right on the heels of Playstation's DigiMon video game release in March 2000
-- Like Pokemon, DigiMon-mania has a Fox television show, trading cards, action figures, a video game, and more
-- While Pokemon offers only 150 monsters, DigiMon has 200 monsters to collect, -- raise, train, and send info battle
-- Globally, annual video game revenues now exceed $10 billion
-- 59% of the American video game market is controlled by Sony (Playstation), which means we can expect to see as big a marketing push for DigiMon as we saw for Pokemon

DigiMon, similar to Pokemon but with more monsters and hipper graphics, is the hottest new craze in monster games. With video games, trading cards, a Fox TV show, action figures and countless other toys coming down the pike, DigiMon is set to explode as the most popular phenomenon of the year!

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312976488
• ISBN-13: 978-0312976484
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,484,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'm a Big Digimon fan, February 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Digimon Power (Mass Market Paperback)

I read Schlesinger's first two Pokemon books and enjoyed them and their unusual and entertaining style, so, as I am a huge Digimon fan, I bought this book and thought I would enjoy it even more. I was sadly wrong. Firstly, the book isn't devoted entirely to Digimon. It includes a lot of info about Dragonball Z and other totally unrelated animes, leaving not a lot to say about Digimon. He says very little about digimon, and some of what he says is obviously unresearched. Other than that it's info you could find by watching a single episode. I doubt he watched too much more in writing this book. But more importantly, like so many other adults the author fails to see the real beauty, the truth behind Digimon. It's about growing up. In the show, the kids and their Digimon are linked. Their Digimon can only grow or evole into bigger stronger protectors, only when the kids learn something important about themselves, thereby, the kids grow into bigger stronger people. For example, in one episode a girl is afraid she will be unable to make her Crest of Love glow becuase she doesn't understand love, feeling she never felt it from her mother. At the conclusion of the episode she better understands her mother's actions when she protects her digimon from harm. When she understands she was acting just like her mom, her crest is able to glow, filled with her Love. The same applies to the other kids with their crests of Courage, Friendship, Knowledge, Hope, Sincerity, Reliability and Light. To get truly get the whole story, it's one of those where you have to see every episode. I wish I could contact the author to tell him about all this.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good read for a Digimon fanatic, December 31, 2000

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This review is from: Digimon Power (Mass Market Paperback)

My seven-year-old loved this book. Her favorite parts were the full names and bios of all the characters. The book contains quotes from kids about who their favorite Digis are. It also explains anime. From a parent's perspective, this book is really awful, but worth getting if you have a Digimaniac in the house.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If I could, I'd rate it as a zero., March 12, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Digimon Power (Mass Market Paperback)

The way the book was written was unusual. Almost anyone can see that. Also, it would be better if there was more info on Digemon.