This is a strategy, walkthrough and collectable guide to the many games, toys, cards, that make up the early Pokémon years. It has many full color pictures, and screenshots. The walkthrough section covers the Game Boy, Red, Blue, Yellow versions, and the Nintendo 64's (N64) Pokémon Snap game. This book describes each of the first 55 episodes of the cartoon series, looks at the various Pokémon Trading Card Games including those from Japan, and a list of the USA sets for the "Base", "Fossil", and "Jungle" sets. Portions of this book were published as "Pokemon Trainer's Survival Guide" ISBN: 1884364330, "Pokémon Trading Card Game: Fossil Expansion: Player's Guide" ISBN: 188436439X. The cover art is by Vanessa Adams.