Versus Books Official Pokemon Crystal Perfect Guide [Paperback]

Casey Loe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2001

The most complete Pokemon book ever. Includes 264 pages of the most detailed walk through and the most massive Pokedex ever. This book not only will help you find all the Pokemon, but will also give you get the most fun out of the experience of playing Pokemon Crystal. Only Versus Books can provide the Perfect Guide for Pokemon games.

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About the Author

Casey Loe is known as the leading author in the game guide industry. He has written several other Pokemon guides, and also guides for Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Metal Gear Solid.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Versus Books (August 1, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0970646852
• ISBN-13: 978-0970646859
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What the Gold/Silver Perfect Guide should have been., August 24, 2001

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CMC "Diamondfist" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Versus Books Official Pokemon Crystal Perfect Guide (Paperback)

Versus Books Crystal Perfect Guide has everything the Gold and Silver Perfect Guide has and more. Not just the Crystal exclusive information, but information on items, including held items, Key Items and Mystery Gift Items. It even tells you where to find hidden items with itemfinder!!! They have extended their coverage on breeding and hatching time for eggs and organized their Pokedex alphabetically. I appreciate this because one doesn't have to look at the index to find the Pokemon page # anymore. Certain Pokemon that learn Crystal exclusive moves don't have a list of moves they learn in Gold/Silver so you'll have to reference the Gold/Silver Guide to find them. The guide has one section of a page listing the Battle Tower information, and has a slightly better coverage of it than Prima's Guide; I still would have liked to see at least a full page dedicated to it. The guide is still riddled with errors here and there; typos and misplaced pictures or Pokemon names in trainer rosters, but that is to be expected in a book of this size. The authors are still somewhat subjective in their ratings of your favorite Pokemon but do a better job of reminding you to "catch 'em all". Versus Books still perpetuates this myth that each badge increases the level of Pokemon you can control by 10. My personal experience shatters this misinformation along with a kind Pokemon player I met last year when I started playing Pokemon. (If you want obedience from a traded Pokemon of a specific level, you MUST have THE correct badge) The guide is massive, offers a great deal of good information and is the closest to the best guide you can get for Pokemon Crystal, A lot of work and time went into this and and it shows (maybe a little more time to make corrections here and there would have been nice). This guide is what the Gold/Silver guide should have been, nearly everything you need to get the most out of your gaming experience.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Crystal Guide, October 17, 2001

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Karen (Auburn, MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Versus Books Official Pokemon Crystal Perfect Guide (Paperback)

Okay, it has a full walkthrough, a Pokedex, Breeding Guide, a "Itemdex" and "Movedex." What more could you ask for? It helped me immensely and taught me secrets I wouldn't have found out in a million years. Versus Books does a MUCH better job than Nintendo, who didn't even bother to tell you what Pokemon the Gym leaders have. All in all, if who have a Crystal game or are planning to buy one, get this too.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a Perfect Guide, July 25, 2002

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S. Rhodes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Versus Books Official Pokemon Crystal Perfect Guide (Paperback)

This guide really is deserving of Perfect Guide. But if your looking for a thinner guie like say Prima (Also recommended) is a good guide as well.

The guide explains just about everything you need to know about the game. This tells you about the difference between Gold and Silver and Crystal. The walkthrough is very organized and not so many errors are in the guide. The walkthrogh also explains how often Pokemon appear on routes, and tells what pokemon each trainer in each area has. I STILL Say you shouldn't trust what they say about the Pokemon, experiment. Also the guide as a sense of humor as well (good ol' Casey Loe).

Now are you ready for the best part? The Pokedex is the most detailed Pokedex of all time! Better then their Pokemon Gold&Silver guide and the Pokemon Yellow guide! However, the pokedex is like 160 pages long! Thats more than half the guide! So the only negative was I was hoping that they could at least have an Index in the back of the book or something. Also unlike previous guides they actually have an items list!!! That's great.

Overall, I think that for a Pokemon Guide its a bit thick but for effort the guide gets an A

Overall:
Positive
+Beautiful Pokedex
+The best walkthrough in the history of Strategy Guides
+Good sense of humor
+Crytal Clear Screenshots
+Good Tables

Negative
-Guide is a little thick for a Pokemon guide
-An Index needs to be with Pokedex

Other than that this is probbly the best Pokemon guide ever made, better get it before VERSUSB BOOKS sells out!