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Johnny Nintendo
10-03-2012, 12:34 PM
Hey everyone, I'm trying to collect all the Nintendo Official Player's Guides and need some help compiling a list. Here are the ones I know of, are there any more? (I'm only looking for the official ones for NES/SNES/GB/Super Gameboy)

The Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Black Cover, came with some NES's)
Zelda Tips & Tactics
Top Secret Passwords
NES Game Atlas
Mario Mania
Game Boy Player's Guide
Super NES Player's Guide
The Legend Of Zelda A Link to the Past Player's Guide
Mario Paint Player's Guide
Super Gameboy Player's Guide
Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide
Chronotrigger Player's Guide
Super Metroid Player's Guide
Earthbound Player's Guide
DKC 1,2 Player's Guide (Was there a guide for DKC 3?)
That's all I can think of. I think there was one for Final Fantasy 2 or 3, and Street Fighter II Turbo. Any others?

SparTonberry
10-03-2012, 07:30 PM
I can definitely remember seeing the Street Fighter II Turbo guide and Final Fantasy III.
I'm pretty sure there wasn't one specifically for FFII (the instruction book already included a walkthrough for half the game and a full magic/items list, I recall Nintendo Power volume 30 (Nov 1991) also included a detailed first-half walkthrough) The Illusion of Gaia manual similarly included a detailed walkthrough for the first half and a summarized description of the last half of the game)
There very likely was one for DKC3. I think almost every notable first/second-party game beginning with the SNES got one.
Definitely SMW2: Yoshi's Island, I have it.

There was also one for the original Link's Awakening for the Game Boy. I don't think it was nearly as common as I only saw it in the Nintendo Power Supplies catalog (where I got my copy from), I might have seen it once at EB back in the day.

joshnickerson
10-03-2012, 08:52 PM
Super Mario RPG, Link's Awakening and DKC3 all had NP Players Guides.

Gameguy
10-03-2012, 10:28 PM
There's a pretty large list on Wikipedia, I don't know if it's complete but it should give a good start.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Player's_Guide

Aussie2B
10-03-2012, 10:58 PM
To the best of my knowledge, the Wikipedia list is complete. I've never seen or heard of one that isn't on the list.

wiggyx
10-04-2012, 01:33 AM
SMB3 for sure. Have to check my collection to see if there are any others...

Killer Instinct, FF1, and FF3 is a definite as well (not sure about FF2).

Johnny Nintendo
10-04-2012, 07:07 AM
Thanks, I don't know how I overlooked SMW 2:Yoshi's Island, considering that I have it. I'll check out the Wikipedia site.

BlastProcessing402
10-04-2012, 02:38 PM
It's too bad they stopped making them, they were always top notch guides, better than the typical Brady or Prima guides.