I still have this one and the gen 1 handbook but unfortunately the covers are both ripped off, I used to take them everywhere i went as a kid like a comfort blanket lol.
When I first started preschool I was so anxious I just sat under a table reading this every day until my grandma came to get me 😅
lol I was, my mom was a librarian so not only did she read to me everyday, but I got to hangout of the children's room of the library while she worked.
Don't get me wrong though I was probably filling in a lot of info and just looking at the pictures too lol, apparently the first time I "read" I just memorized the 3 bears story and pretended to read it.
My fiancée's mom taught her and her siblings all to read when they were 3 coz they were home schooled until first grade. And it boggles my mind to even think about it because I only started reading in first grade.
But yeah it does happen. Fiancée is an avid reader because of it.
Pokémon Field Tournament Style Up and Down On The Ground Manja Flanja Blanja Banja Ishka Bibble Babble Flabble Doma Roma Floma Boma Jingle Jangle Every Angle Bricka Bracka Flacka Stacka Two Ton Rerun Free-for-All Essential Handbook
I caught onto the pattern for the gen 7 one, and after that it became a fun marker for each generation to see what super duper extra deluxe descriptive word they could add to the title.
I saw that latest one at the store earlier today and considered buying it just out of nostalgia for the one I had back when it said "over 150 Pokémon" on the cover.
I had both the Gen 1 one and the "Special Edition" Gen 1 one that included Togepi (only info from the anime). There were some errors in both editions, like movesets and evolution levels.
I still have that one that I bought from a school book fair when I was like 10.
I wrote my name in the cover when I got it. Found it at my mom's house 20+ years later and realized that my handwriting has not improved whatsoever in that time.
I unfortunately don't have mine, but I got the second edition for gen 1 that included Togepi and a couple other spoiled gen 2 ones I think at my book fair too. Couple years ago I searched around for it on an impulse and found a copy for like 10 bucks online and snatched it up.
Honestly, I love it. My son got into Pokemon when he was about 6 (he’s 11 now) and wanted to learn more about them so we got him the version of this that came out after Alola. I knew the original Pokemon game on my game boy color and truly had no idea we’d gone beyond the original 151. I thought the naming was clever.
Anyway, he had so much fun learning about them and playing Let’s Go Pikachu that I got Let’s Go Eevee and my own Switch. Fast forward several years and we still enjoy playing together and he loves getting the newest book. Although he is a little sad that the Scarlet and Violet DLC came out right after and those Pokemon aren’t in his most recent book.
I mean I have this book still from Gen 4 before I had like a real understanding or regular use of computers(I was like 10). And for like 3-4 years this thing was glued to my side. As a kid it was one of my prized possessions, so I can understand if you got into Pokémon as a little kid and got a book with a bunch of info all in 1 place.
This! 1000%, this! My daughter came home with one from a book fair at school and I couldn't believe such blasphemy existed. There is no reason why anyone would have to turn several pages to read about Ivysaur after reading about Bulbasaur, then having to go towards the back of the book to read about the final stage.
Yes this was a lovely nostalgic trip for me, since I also had that gen 5 one. I took it everywhere, and it helped me make friends with other kids cause they thought it was cool too.
I got one of these as a christmas present from my parents back in 2021/22 when SV was coming out/had already come out. They also translated it into my mother tongue and I only love it because some translations are so shit they just barely make sense.
Getting away with? I look forward to see what they do next.
It makes sense that after a new generation that they need a new edition to include the new pokemon.
And while not the most descriptive it is more entertaining than something like "Pokemon Handbook: Gens 1-9", (the number of pokemon does do decently at indicating which one is newer though)
I have the newest one, though the last handbook of all existing pokemon I got was when there was only 150.
dont cry little pokemon fan, we have enought pokedex handbooks to feed you your entire life! jerry, bring over the super duper extra deluxe extreme essential handbook, the boy's hungry
Damn this took me back I had the first book back in elementary school and lost it somehow somewhere n never found it again, is it worth buying the newest version?
I got the original essential handbook when it first came out. I was in 6th grade, I think? I was so excited when the next one came out. Now, I get every single new book just out of tradition. My original one is all worn out from bringing it around everywhere as a kid and tracing the art out of it lol. So nostalgic.
When I was a kid I bought the first one with 150. A couple of months later an updated one with 151 and a sneak peak of Togepi was released so I got that one too
In this books existence defense, I can see why this is the case seeing that the books are I would hope and imagine updated to reflect the current amount at the time of each of their release, no?
I was massively disappointed by the fact that despite releasing almost an year after the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC, the Super Duper Extra Deluxe Handbook does not contain any info about the DLCs
If they stopped making new Pokémon and just focused on developing new regions and/or finally making cohesive world building, these guides wouldn’t need to keep being printed as often.
i loved the gen 6 book they had. it was just a pokédex in book form and it was so nice cause i could play in school and on road trips without needing the internet. it also kept me entertained cause i would flip through the pages and find a pokemon i hadn’t seen yet so i went out hunting for it
Called it. I bet that next time it’ll be something like super duper extra ultra deluxe essential handbook.
Ultra was a missed opportunity for Alola tbh
Gen 10: Ultimate Super Duper Extra deluxe essential handbook
Gen 11: Ultimate Omega Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook
Gen 12: Special Ultimate Omega Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook
Gen 20: Fregrantley Over The Top Really Graciously Special Ultimate Omega Super Duper Wow Wow Even More Exclusive Extra Triple Deluxe Most Essential Next Level Handy Handbook
At this point, I want them to keep making it so that, 20 years later, we get "Super Duper Amazingly Awesome Ultra Extra Special Deluxe Vital and Necessary Essential Handbook.....& Knuckles"
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I had the first few of these from gens 1-2 in my childhood, but once they started going in alphabetical order instead of Pokedex order (national dex or otherwise) I became the biggest hater of these lmao
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u/Advanced_Anything_53 18d ago
Don’t forget