The Official Pokémon Handbook 3
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| The Official Pokémon Handbook #3 | |
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| ISBN: | 0439317479 |
| Published: | September 2001 |
| Publisher: | Scholastic |
| Author: | Josh Izzo, Stephanie Howze |
| Preceded By: | The Official Pokémon Handbook 2 |
| Succeeded By: | The Official Pokémon Advanced Handbook 4 |
The Official Pokémon Handbook #3 edited by Josh Izzo and Stephanie Howze is a handbook that was published in September 2001, and is one of the sequels to The Official Pokémon Handbook. It served as a paper form of the Johto Pokédex. It contained an entry for all the Generation II Pokémon, excluding Celebi.
Entries
Each Pokémon with an entry either shares a page of the book with one other Pokémon or has a page to itself.
Name
Each entry is topped with a large, odd-shaped box. It has the Pokémon's name, Pokédex number, and its species (e.g. Aqua Rabbit Pokémon for Azumarill). On the side of the page is a section that has many facts about the Pokémon itself. Other features include a summary, a picture of the Pokémon, and various sprites of that Pokémon.
Stats
On the side of the pages, the entries list the following stats:
- Name pronunciation
- Type
- Height (in inches and feet)
- Weight (in pounds)
- Techniques (the basic and most commonly used moves of that Pokémon)
- Evolution (either "_____ evolves into _____" or "None")
Techniques and other techniques are not listed with the levels at which they are learned, and not all the moves the Pokémon can learn appear.
Image and other information
Each Pokémon has a picture on its page and some pages also feature a "Pokédex Pick," with extra facts about the Pokémon that will cross over in the anime or sometimes have helpful information.
Evolution chain
At the very bottom of the entry there are pictures with arrows between them to show what the Pokémon evolves into. Pokémon that do not evolve do not have an evolution chain.
Other content
Besides the entries on each Pokémon, the book includes A word from Professor Oak, similar to his speeches that welcomed players into games, but has an extended duration. It also features a Johto region map with a brief summary about the region. There are also Johto and Indigo League comparisons that compare Badges, amount needed etc. There are also a couple of pages in it to read up about Pokémon types, that show the types of all Generation I and II Pokémon. At the end of the book, it has pictures and scenes from the Pokémon anime. The last three pages have a Pokémon checklist, and a brief story about unrevealed, at the time, missing Pokémon not featured in the book, Celebi.
Errors
- In the section that explains Pokémon types, Qwilfish is misspelled as "Qwillfish."
- For Sunkern's Pokédex entry, it says Sunkern is 0'01" when it is actually 1'00".
- The book refers to Grampa Canyon as "Grandfather Canyon."
- Mantine's Pokédex Pick says it is the heaviest Johto Pokémon, though Steelix is in fact the heaviest, nearly twice the weight of Mantine.
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