Pokémon Deluxe Character Guide preorders are discounted on Amazon ahead of August launch

The Pokémon Deluxe Character Guide – a 336-page hardcover written by Alex Irvine – launches August 25, and Amazon has already knocked the price down from $59.99 to $41.99.

The book covers Pokémon from every region and era across the video games, anime, and Trading Card Game, and includes a foreword from The Pokémon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara. It's built as a premium collector's item with gold-edged pages and a white-and-gold cover. The Limited Edition Box Set Collection has also come back into stock on Amazon after selling out, now discounted from $199.99 to $186.39. That bundle packs in the guide alongside a Certificate of Authenticity in a custom envelope, two collectible video game art prints, two animation art prints, an exclusive Pokémon TCG playmat measuring 24" x 14", and a deluxe presentation box.

GameStop carries the Limited Edition Box Set too, but at the full $199.99 — so Amazon is the better deal right now on both editions.

The Limited Edition in particular is the kind of collectible that tends to get harder to find once it actually hits shelves, so locking in a discounted preorder before August makes sense.