Thread: New Johto Handbook

According to amazon, a new Guide for Johto will be released in 2010. according to the description, Ash and his friends will be returning to Johto. Of course, i am going to wait and see about the book.

Wait....what?

He's talking about this:

http://www.amazon.com/Johto-Handbook-Pokemon-Scholastic/dp/0545151325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259644155&sr=8-1

I doubt the description should be taken at face value, given Sinnoh won't even end in Japan until at least July or August.

Probably Nintendo/VIZ/Scholastic/whoever are jumping the gun a bit. :P

Pretty much, I doubt they would know about something like that from this early a time.

I think a correct description would be that the games are returning to Johto, and, "here are some Johto Pokemon that live there." etc.

I love how an english handbook with no connections to the Japanese writers assume things.

I'm thinking it means that "IN THIS BOOK Ash will go back to Johto" with no reflection on anything outside it.

Originally Posted by Scott85

I think a correct description would be that the games are returning to Johto, and, "here are some Johto Pokemon that live there." etc.

I love how an english handbook with no connections to the Japanese writers assume things.

Yeah just like the Australian magazine

I don't understand this sudden fascination with the Johto region. THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALREADY there is not point at all going back unless they are going to further promote the 13th movie and the games. It's understandable if they go back to Indigo because that's where Ash and Brock home's are. I swear just wait for the 3rd gen remakes of Sapphire and Ruby the same fascination will occur...>_>

Originally Posted by .ιиsσмиιαc.

I don't understand this sudden fascination with the Johto region. THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALREADY there is not point at all going back unless they are going to further promote the 13th movie and the games. It's understandable if they go back to Indigo because that's where Ash and Brock home's are. I swear just wait for the 3rd gen remakes of Sapphire and Ruby the same fascination will occur...>_>

Good point.

I like Jotho and all but I see no reason why the anime has to go back there.
Ash didn't take the Kanto league all over again when FRLG came out, he went to the frontier which is there in Emerald too. So the other option is doing another Battle Frontier-season? Meh:/

For some reason, I'd love the Ash & Co. to return to Johto...

Maybe this could rehab the original Johto series which sucked. The original Johto was overused and underused in the same time. It was way too long gave us lots of bullshit episodes, yet there is tons of Johto material (and characters) that was ignored back then. The writers would now have the chance to use it.

Anyway, am I the only one who thinks that it goes to the Anime section?

I laugh how the reading age is "four to eight" (and is with nearly every Pokémon-based book) and everyone, including myself, is in their mid-to-late teens on this forum.

Originally Posted by .ιиsσмиιαc.

I don't understand this sudden fascination with the Johto region. THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALREADY there is not point at all going back unless they are going to further promote the 13th movie and the games. It's understandable if they go back to Indigo because that's where Ash and Brock home's are. I swear just wait for the 3rd gen remakes of Sapphire and Ruby the same fascination will occur...>_>

Hello? What about the Johto Battle Frontier? Ash, Brock, May and Max went to Kanto for the Battle Frontier. Plus, Dawn can enter in the Johto contests.

Originally Posted by Juicy Jazzy

Yeah just like the Australian magazine

The difference is Sinnoh won't end in Japan till at least another 8 months.

There is no way this magazine could know what's happening a whole year from now. By that logic it should also be able to spoil the main characters Pokemon at the time.

I really don't see this happening, especially after fandom reaction to the first Johto saga.

Originally Posted by DuskDawn97

Hello? What about the Johto Battle Frontier? Ash, Brock, May and Max went to Kanto for the Battle Frontier. Plus, Dawn can enter in the Johto contests.

Your point being..? I just don't like it that everyone is so damn obsessed with Johto just because we're getting the game remakes and all of that...nobody was this crazy about Jotho before -_-