Customer Reviews
the Pokedex of Choice 
2007-06-08
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 TOWER
so 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.
Its a great book overall 2007-06-07
I actually found everything I wanted from it. The beginning of the book tells you what you can do after you defeat the Elite 4 and become Champion including locations of other Pokemon that appear after obtaining the National Pokedex. Then it gives you detailed move descriptions from all 490 Pokemon. Lastly, it gives you a data section from every item to every move a Pokemon can do in the game.
If your looking for Pokemon locations, that's what the Official Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Strategy Guide is for. In the back of that book, it tells you the locations of all the Pokemon located in the Sinnoh region. Overall, the Ultimate National Pokedex is a helpful book. I give it a great rating!!
This isn't like Nintendo.... 
2007-06-07
I never buy Prima guides because of all the typos, mistakes and missing info, but this Nintendo guide shocks me because it's missing one vital thing: Pokemon locations! There are no notes on where each Pokemon can be found! Other than that, it's a pretty complete guide with impeccable accuracy, and it does have the Pokemon Abilities index in the back, dispite what the previous reviewer said.
In the middle.. 
2007-06-06
This was not what I hoped for at all.
First, it did fall apart once I opened it. And not because I was to rough too it! But when it is a Pokedex, it should handle a lot of reading and pageswitching. But it did not. Now pages are floating around ;_; Makes me sad.
And the Pokedex itself, was not as good as I hoped for. It really misses a lot of thing, like an explenation (?) on their abilities, in witch game to catch them, more about every move and so on.
Sniffle.
Informative And Great 2007-08-22
This pokemon pokedex is great. It shows the average stats of a pokemon and the post elite four walkthrough. It has a detailed map and art map of the sinnoh region. It shows all the moves the pokemon can learn and when it learns it. It shows the TM and HM moves it can learn also. To find the pokemon you have to use the back of the pullout map. Many people complain about it but it is easy. The pokedex does go in numerical order.
NOT Ultimate at all 
2007-08-08
This "Pokedex" provides the user with so little information that its purpose is lost. All it lists are the attacks the pokemon can learn and information that no one really cares about like its size and weight (which can easily be obtained simply by using the in game pokedex although you must have the pokemon). It does not give the reader ANY information about where to obtain the pokemon. Besides the lack of information, Nintendo goes so far as to call it the "Ultimate" dex while, for some reason, not including information for the final 3 pokemon. The "Ultimate Dex" ends at pokemon #490, Manaphy. It seems that they don't want people to know there are actually 3 more pokemon after that: Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus. These pokemon, while impossible to obtain without hacking until Nintendo gets around to releasing them, are still pokemon and should have been included in the "Ultimate Dex" like Mew, Jirachi, and Celebi are even though they too are "secret" pokemon.
Very helpful 2007-07-08
I like the Pokedex because it tells you a lot about every Pokemon. What I don't like about this book is it doesn't tell you which Pokeball to use to catch the Pokemon. All in all it is a great book to buy because it tells you some things that you might not be able to find in the guide book.
Not as good as the Prima guide in my opinion 2007-06-19
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.
It's going back 2007-06-09
I just recieved this pokedex, and it's going right back in exchange for the prima version.
If you want a guide simply to have a list of all the pokemon, their types, evolution levels, if they need a special item to evolve, and list of moves, then this book will be perfect for you.
The pictures are good, the pages are nice, it's a good quality book, it even has a bit of a walkthrough post elite four, but,
IF YOU WANTED A GUIDE SO YOU WOULD KNOW WHERE POKEMON ARE LOCATED, THIS BOOK HAS NO INFORMATION FOR YOU.
There is absolutly nothing on where to find pokemon or even which version you will find the various pokemon in (not as big of a deal for seasoned gamers, but a big deal for newbies and anyone with only one version). The #1 reason I purchased my first pokedex at the R/S/E level was because I had found all the ones that were common and needed help with rare and legendary pokemon.
The prima guide has typos, this is true, but, they also have locations.
It just depends on what you want out of your dex.
