Pokemon Black Version & Pokemon White Version Volume 2: The Official Unova Pokedex & Guide

 (27 customer reviews)

As usual the guide is outwardly nice. Good quality paper, and attractively designed. The layout is fairly easy to understand. It starts with the pokedex, and ends with a series of lists (for example, an alphabetical list of abilities, showing the pokemon capable of having that ability).

The Good:
1. Full UNOVA pokedex showing pokemon moves, abilites, etc. (as usual in the pokedex)
2. Details about game features: Dream World, Entralink, Battle Subway, Musicals, and more.
3. Locations and special evolution requirements
4. Lists of items, abilities, moves, weaknesses, etc.

The Bad:
1. No National pokedex

This guide is a good companion to the first book. Although it might work as a stand alone as it allows you to know where to find particular pokemon (but without story spoilers from the first book). The first guide was more of a walkthrough of the game. This guide is more about strategies beyond the story of the game...Read more

Volume 2 of the Pokemon Black and White guides isn't a bad book. But for those who bought Volume 1, you're paying to get a lot of the same information again.

Even though the guide clearly reads "Pokedex" along the front, be sure to note that this is the UNOVA Pokedex, meaning you'll only get entries on the most recent 150 Pokemon, the ones natively available in the routes you travel up until you beat the end-of-game boss. All of this information was available in Volume 1, which also contained a detailed walkthrough and I would highly recommend.

When you consider the Volume 2 on its own, it's actually a pretty good book. It contains very in-depth information on Entralink, the online web-based Dream World, advanced battle tactics, breeding information, Pokemon-catching tips, and more. Plenty of that stuff wasn't mentioned in Volume 1. It contains almost no maps, but mostly charts, screenshots and information. The stuff I found most useful was information on...Read more

I haven't played pokemon since pokemon ruby and was surprised that it was split into 2 guides. I decided to hold out for this guide as it was quite easy to find the steps to beat the first part of the game online and what everyone really wants is the pokedex with the move list. My first look at this book shows me that this is a big book and every page is full of color. There is a poster in the back as well.

I will write out the table of contents for you:

Unova pokedex index 6
unova pokedex 9
how to use the unova pokedex 10
unova pokemon completion guide 91

complete the unova pokedex 92
techniques for catching wild pokemon 94
use pokemon moves and abilities 96
catch pokemon that appear in the wild 98
catch pokemon while surfing 101
catch specially appearing wild pokemon 102
obtain pokemon through evolution 104
evolve pokemon by using stones 106
evolve pokemon through friendship 107
obtain...Read more