This option is available for both captured and non-captured Pokémon. The area that particular Pokémon can be captured (if any) will flash on the map. Go to Area and select it to view a map of the various Routes and town locations. Area: Area represents the location in which you can capture the Pokémon in question.Press Next Data to see the rest of the info. No weight, height or type information will be available for non-captured Pokémon, and no paragraph information as well. For a non-captured Pokémon, only his picture, name and number are present. The particular Pokémon's picture is also present. The first page displays the creature's weight, height, and a little paragraph on him. If you don't have a Pokémon captured, you can view its picture, but no other vital information is known on that Pokémon until you personally capture it and include it in your collection. If there is no Pokéball, that means you've only seen that Pokémon in battle, but haven't yet captured it. If there's a Pokéball next to the name of a Pokémon, that means you own that particular Pokémon. The names represent those Pokémon personally viewed or owned. Once on the Pokédex list, you'll see a variety of Pokémon names and dashes. In the Numerical Mode, they are found in order of their designated "Pokémon Number" and you can only see a Pokémon in the Pokédex, as originally said, if you've seen them, fought them, or if you yourself own them. The Pokédex is a device that, once obtained, allows you to view in-depth information on all of the Pokémon you have fought, seen and own. Below is a list of what you will find in a "full" menu (meaning all options are unlocked), and explanations and information on each. The "In-Game Menu" is the menu that appears on the right side of the screen when you press start at any time in the game outside of battle. The A Button is also used to progress text when talking to someone, or end a conversation when it's over. Press the A Button in front of someone to talk to that person, press the A Button to pick something up off of the ground or table, or in the in-game and battle menus, pressing the A Button will confirm a selection, whether it be an attack or whatever. The A Button is used to search and confirm.
Also, outside of battle and menus, once you obtain the Running Shoes, you can run around with them through towns, forests, caves and essentially anything outside of battle (except houses and other buildings) by pressing and holding down the B Button. But if you select an item in a menu and don't want to use it, press B to go back. That is to say, once you select an attack in battle, you can't press B and go back - it's too late. This only works if your selection didn't make something happen. In the various in-game and battle menus, if you select something and you don't to commit to that selection, press B to go back to the previous menu. The B Button is known as the "cancel" or "back" button. When you do that, press Select at any point out of battle to use said item. It has a few in-game functions, but it's most important in-game function is when you set an item to the Select Button.
The Start Button's primary function is to call up the main menu anytime when you're not in battle. That is to say the D-Pad allows you to move your character around various areas, whether it be a town, city, forest or cave, but it also allows you to navigate the various menus, both of the in-game and battle variety. The Directional Pad (or D-Pad for short) is your navigation button.