Pokémon Sinnoh Handbook

Pokémon Sinnoh Handbook by Tracey West and Katherine Noll is a handbook that was published in September 2007, and is one of the sequels to The Official Pokémon Handbook. It served as a paper form of the Sinnoh Pokédex from Diamond and Pearl. It contained an entry for all the Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex. The front cover has pictures of the starter Pokémon (Chimchar, Piplup, and Turtwig) that one can choose from in the Diamond and Pearl games. There was a shorter version for schools serviced by Scholastic; it omitted Pokémon found only in Platinum and the Legendary Pokémon not found in either regional Pokédex (Cresselia, Shaymin, etc.).

Entries

Each Pokémon with an entry either shares a page of the book with one other Pokémon or has a page to itself. Features include a summary, a picture of the Pokémon, and an evolution chain.

Name

Each entry is topped with a large red box. It has the Pokémon's name and its species (e.g. Shield Pokémon for Bastiodon).

Stats

On the side of the pages, the entries list the following stats:

1. Name pronunciation
2. Techniques (the basic and most commonly used moves of that Pokémon)
3. Type
4. Height (in feet and inches)
5. Weight (in pounds)

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 and instead have the words "DOES NOT EVOLVE".

Other content

The book also features an introduction to the book, a rundown of how each entry is laid out, an introduction to the Sinnoh region, an appendix about Ash, Brock, Dawn and their current Pokémon (as of Twice Smitten, Once Shy), and a poster of all the Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex, as of Diamond and Pearl.

Trivia

Errors

• Abra and Alakazam's species names are incorrectly listed as "Psychic Pokémon" instead of "Psi Pokémon".
• Bug Buzz is listed as "Big Buzz" on Kricketune and Mothim's pages.
• Cherubi's page repeats the move SolarBeam.
• Double Hit, Fling, Nasty Plot, and Last Resort are missing from Aipom's page.
• Garchomp has Payback and Dark Pulse on its level-up move list, even though it can't learn these moves at all.
• On Geodude's page, edge is misspelled as eye.
• On Golduck's page, it is implied that Ash battled Katie twice, whereas he only battled her once.
• All instances of Guard Swap are listed as Guard Spec.
• On Mr. Mime's page, sight is misspelled as site.
• Murkrow's page lists a non-existent move, "Repeat".
• On Palkia's page, Spacial Rend is misspelled as Spatial Rend.
• Though the Pokémon are supposed to be listed in alphabetical order, Steelix is listed before Staraptor.
• Similarly, Gastrodon is listed before Gastly.
• Rotom is listed as a Legendary Pokémon.
• Snover's entry lists its type as "Ice-Grass"; it should be "Grass-Ice".

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