Nintendo Power Player's Guides

[Renirambus]

These were cool to look at. Especially with stuff like this excerpt of Bowser from the Super Mario RPG one:

Koopa Def Jam sounds so sick!

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

I had the original Official Nintendo Players Guide as a kid

It was a hand-me-down, I don't remember where I got it. I remember hounding my parents for a NES so I could play all the games in it, even though we already had a SNES and Genesis. Good times.

 

[bjork]

I had the original Official Nintendo Players Guide as a kid

It was a hand-me-down, I don't remember where I got it. I remember hounding my parents for a NES so I could play all the games in it, even though we already had a SNES and Genesis. Good times.

I used to borrow this from kids in class when we were going on field trips. I would read this thing over and over, and it's probably the only book from back then I wish I owned a physical copy of. But sometimes I just flip through it here to scratch that itch

The Official Nintendo Player's Guide : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Nintendo Player's Guide that covers some NES games

archive.org

 

[fatalvisiontv]

I remember the illustrations and writing was so good that it would make me fall in love with games i never even played

 

[No-Bo-Dy]

When gaming journalism meant something.

 

[miguk]

The Ninja Gaiden II guide was really good. It included a bunch of trivia about ninjas and a full comic detailing the story (or near full; NP tended to omit the ending in their guides):

Nintendo Power Strategy Guide Ninja Gaiden II (Nintendo Power 015) (1990) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Nintendo Power Strategy Guide Ninja Gaiden II (Nintendo Power 015) (1990)

archive.org

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

The Nintendo Power FF3 guide was amazing. I spent so many hours looking at Amano's concept art when I wasn't allowed to play anymore. Although I found a bunch of secrets on my own and through the internet that weren't in the guide. The "Complete" tagline was lies, lol.

The Final Fantasy I one was excellent as well. That one was a whole issue of Nintendo Power and made me aware of Final Fantasy even before I was a fan.

 

[fake-kun]

When gaming journalism meant something.

So never.

 

[miguk]

The Nintendo Power FF3 guide was amazing. I spent so many hours looking at Amano's concept art when I wasn't allowed to play anymore. Although I found a bunch of secrets on my own and through the internet that weren't in the guide. The "Complete" tagline was lies, lol.

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The Final Fantasy I one was excellent as well. That one was a whole issue of Nintendo Power and made me aware of Final Fantasy even before I was a fan.

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Final Fantasy "III" (actually VI) guide:

https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Players_Guide_SNES_Final_Fantasy_III_1994

Final Fantasy 1 guide:

https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Strategy_Guide_Final_Fantasy_Nintendo_Power_017_1990