The Complete Pokémon Pocket Guide

The Complete Pokémon Pocket Guide is a guide published by VIZ Media. It contains information on all 491 Pokémon revealed to date (excluding and whose entries appear on a double-sided leaflet (referred as a "poster") included with the box set), which, however, are included as a poster in re-print. Each Pokémon's page has an illustration, a description, a list of some of the moves it may possess, special abilities, and any evolutions that it may have. It is split into two volumes: volume one covers the first 245 Pokémon ( to ) and the rest are in volume two ( to ). Volume 1 is 248 pages in length, and Volume 2 is 251 pages in length.
VIZ Media reprinted these books individually on January 10, 2017, and in a box set on February 14, 2017.
It is an English translated version of the 2007 book Pokémon All Character Encyclopedia.
A sequel to this guide was published in 2024.
==Blurb==
The complete guide to all 491 Pokémon, including the new Diamond and Pearl generation! Fully illustrated and totally comprehensive, this two-volume set features one Pokémon per page, providing full-color pictures, descriptions and stats, including Abilities, Moves and Evolution. Portable, practical and bursting with information, this pocket guide is all you need to catch 'em all!
==Trivia==
*There is information in this book not seen in other sources, such as saying 's flames cannot be extinguished as long as it is alive.
*'s page features artwork of as one of the pictures for Remoraid.
=== Errors===
*The cover of both books read From Abra to Zubat, despite coming before alphabetically.
*In the first volume:
** In and 's descriptions, the move is misspelled as Doubleslap.
** is listed as evolving into .
**'s weight is incorrectly typed as 133.1 pounds. Its actual weight is 33.1 pounds.
**In 's description, Poké Ball is misspelled as Pokéball.
**On 's page, its height and weight is the same as 's. This is incorrect, as Marowak's actual height is 3'3", while its actual weight is 99.2 pounds.
**In 's description, Scyther is incorrectly pluralized as Scythers.
**In 's "Special Moves" section, no actual moves are listed, with only its name displayed.
**In 's description, it mistakenly refers to Xatu as , its pre-Evolution's name, in the first sentence.
**In 's description, it can be presumed that when "i's" is written, the term "it's" was meant.
*In the second volume:
** The picture of shown in its evolutionary line chart uses its Shiny colors.
**One of the pictures of shows its back as being purple.
**'s weight is listed in the book as 14.3 pounds, but Swampert's weight is actually 180.6 pounds.
**In 's description, it mistakenly refers to Aggron as in the second sentence.
** is listed as a and .
**On 's page, its moves and are listed as "Iron, Bullet, Defense, and Punch".
**On 's page, its move is listed as "Defense" and "Iron".
**'s weight is listed as , its Ability.
**In 's description, the phrase "each other" is mistakenly written backwards as "other each".
**On 's page, its moves and are listed as "Horn" and "EarthquakeDrill".
**On 's page, is highlighted in the evolutionary line when Electivire should have been highlighted.
==External links==
*Volume 1 on VIZ Media's site
*Volume 2 on VIZ Media's site
*Box set on VIZ Media's site
Category:Guide books