Customer Reviews

Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire Official Trainer's Guide

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Since I usually play games with a strategy guide, I decided to get this with Ruby at the local Gamestop. Well, that and it was the only guide they had.

Big mistake.

If you're looking for a Pokedex with moves and evolution specifics, look elsewhere. If you're looking for hints on making Pokeblocks that actually help, don't go here. Pokemon locations? Only in the most generic sense. Attack descriptions (especially pertaining to contests)? Nope. Breeding info? Uh-uh.

It does, however, do an excellent job of telling you which trainer has what critter, and how much $ you get as a reward. I can't, however, really recommend this guide. Go for Prima's version, or if you can find it, the Official Nintendo Player's Guide.

I am an adult who is a big pokemon fan. I have played all versions of the game and used a variety of strategy guides, as it is impossible to catch them all without one. This book has an okay walkthrough section. However, I gave this book one star because it has no Pokedex! The walkthrough sections are not interesting to me as I have more fun playing through on my own, but a Pokedex is ESSENTIAL!!! There is no way to know how to raise pokemon without it. If you are looking for a strategy guide definitely go for a different one. This one doesn't come close to being a good one.

I have all three Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire guides out there - prima's, nintendo's, and (shudders) brady's.

Bradygames' strategy guides either are downright awesome or downright bad, and this guide is answer B. This was the first of the three PR&S guides that I bought. I went home, played the game with the help of this guide, and without leaving Littleroot Town, went out to EBGames the next day and bought the Prima guide.

Bradygames includes a decent walkthrough of the game with detailed info, but that's about it. The guide has a list - just a basic list - of all the Pokemon, but forces you to buy a whole other $15 book to get info on the other Pokemon. May I note that in both Prima and Nintendo's guides, they include just as full Pokedexes but in the same guide? Yeah, that was a huge downside of the Bradygames' guide. Also, the walkthrough really could have been more detailed now that I think about it. After I compared the three guides, Nintendo had the best walkthrough, Prima came in second, and guess who came in last.

I'm getting tired of listing endless bad things about Brady's Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire guide, so I'll just say:
BUY NINTENDO OR PRIMA'S GUIDE...'nuff said!

I bought this guide and found that everything in it is exactly what I could have figured out on my own. No PokeDex and nothing about breeding pokemon except one lousy sentence. This guide is horrible! Buy a Prima or Nintendo guide instead if you want helpful information. This book is a dud...

I bought this guide before any reviews were up. I should have waited. This guide contains very little helpful information.

There's no:
Pokedex
Trainers Strategy
Helpful info on catching Legendary Pokemon

All this guide is is a pricey walkthrough. You can print a better one of the net for free. If you have to buy a guide, though, buy Prima. I looked through it and it's a lot better.

This so called "Strategy Guide" is the worst book I have ever set eyes upon. I believe this trash should be taken off the shelves and burned!!!!!!!!!!!

I was never that good at Pokemon, and as soon as I beat a game I put it down and forget about it. The Pokemon R&S Version Guide gave me specific details to where everything was. The strange thing was there are secret places to go and do things, and I found half of them by the time I got the book, and this is before I finished the game! The book laid everything out for me and I use it to help me find more Pokemon, secret places, and if I get stuck. If you need help or want to finish 100%, get the guide!

though this guide does have a pretty thorough walktrough, it doesn't really have anything else. there's no guide to pokemon evolution or a guide for the moves, and it doesn't say where you can catch certain pokemon, it only has a listing for "notable pokemon," which doesn't even list all the pokemon in the area. I found that this guide isn't much help with the gane, and that I could do the game just as well without it.

I found that this guide was not as helpful as the one published by Nintendo Power. It omits some critical information that the other guides have.

THIS IS THE BEST GUIDE EVER!!!It tells you everything! Pokedex, walkthroughs, gym battles, trainer battles you name it! You have to get this guide or you'll never finis your pokedex.... SO GET IT!!!