Free Prima Strategy eGuides for Many 3Ds/Wii/Wiiu/PC Games (Smash Bros, Animal Crossing, etc) [100% off]

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  Brouw3r on 17/05/2016 - 13:35

  +16

  I've never really understood why anyone would buy these, there's plenty of resources online for free which are as good or a lot of the time better. Nevertheless free is good.

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    ronnknee on 17/05/2016 - 13:47

    +4

    Haha I used to buy them for Pokemon and Mario Kart (over 15 years ago!). But yes, with YouTube, Reddit and other online resources, there's no need pay for game guides.

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      King Steuart on 18/05/2016 - 08:30

      +3

      Youtube? As long as you're happy to watch a 30 second ad, followed by a 20 second intro, followed by 5 minutes of talking about how easy it is to do something, followed by 10 seconds of vague footage of them doing it.

      I know it CAN be good, but a lot of the videos on Youtube are horrible.

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        ronnknee on 18/05/2016 - 09:18

        Something something Adblock.

        I don't go on YouTube for everything. Sometimes seeing how things are done is easier than reading.

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        King Steuart on 18/05/2016 - 09:24

        +1

        @ronnknee:

        Adblock only blocks the first 30 seconds of my complaint 😀

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        ronnknee on 18/05/2016 - 10:21

        @Putnum:

        Well up to you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        It's still a resource that I wouldn't rule out. Just like studying, you have teachers/professors, books, journals, internet, Wikipedia, YouTube etc. Some are more effective than others and it's up to the individual's preference.

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    RocketSwitch on 17/05/2016 - 14:43

    +2

    Unless they're collector's items.

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      FabMan on 18/05/2016 - 12:04

      +1

      A collectors guide on how to complete a game? Patches and DLC often make them incorrect or incomplete. I can understand appreciating the artwork, but they won't have a significant resale value in the future.

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        RocketSwitch on 18/05/2016 - 12:52

        +1

        Hm, not all guides are collector's editions and yes, that's the disadvantages of print.

        However, I'm referring to something like this: https://candycoatedclosets.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/img_4…

        No DLC or updates released and will hold its resell value in the future.

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    neonlight on 17/05/2016 - 15:37

    +4

    Yeah GameFAQ comes first. However its nice to have pretty pictures :)

    Back in the old days in the 90s me and my friend fork out heaps of money on strategy guides and magazines. It was really cool when we were kids.

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  dione on 17/05/2016 - 13:59

  +2

  Primagames site is down, ozbargained?

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    memnemon on 17/05/2016 - 14:00

    +1

    definitely ozbargained… I'll put my hand up for contributing - love the 'guru meditation' errors (a la Amiga days)…

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  nikkirose on 17/05/2016 - 14:00

  +4

  My cheater, cheater son will love this, back in my day, you had to pay premium 1900 numbers by the minute for cheats and tips.

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    scud70 on 17/05/2016 - 14:03

    the good old days… not fun to cheat anymore hahahaha

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    kfuerza on 17/05/2016 - 14:13

    +3

    Sigh…I remember those days too. My addiction was Kings Quest 1 on an IBM PC Jr….
    Nowadays…I can watch someone accomplish in 28 minutes what took me MONTHS to do.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0TLhR51uGY

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      nikkirose on 17/05/2016 - 14:26

      +6

      I had to take a 3 month break from Ocarina of time because I was stuck, until I remembered I had to go to the graveyard at midnight. These days kids just google it.

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        scud70 on 17/05/2016 - 16:17

        +3

        hahahahaha … thats awesome.. i've taken breaks from Zelda before but not for 3 months.. that's some serious frustration! mind you its an accomplishment in itself that you were able to remember what everything on the controller did after putting it down for 3 months! …

        my best (brothers worst) memory of ocarina was my brother getting to the end and getting ridiculously frustrated @ beating ganon… gave me the controller and i beat him… he didn't talk to me for a very long time ..hahaha

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        nikkirose on 17/05/2016 - 16:50

        @scud70: Oh no, you should have thrown it at the last second, you may need to pay for his therapy.

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        Polde on 17/05/2016 - 17:25

        +1

        I had a similar problem with that damn water temple.

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    rover on 17/05/2016 - 15:06

    +2

    1900 numbers? Luxury! We had naught but Zork InvisiClue books.

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      scud70 on 17/05/2016 - 16:19

      +2

      lol i went into news agents and read the tips as quickly as i could before the shop keeper told me to p*ss off ..hahahahaha

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  Benno123 on 17/05/2016 - 15:10

  +6

  Wtf why do they require such a complex password? It's strategy books!

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  Ceceilia on 17/05/2016 - 15:17

  +4

  Loved my final fantasy 7 guide……. Spent endless hours to breed the "gold" chocobo so I could get the Materia for the ultimate summon Knights of the Round from Round Island. Wanted so badly to finish and perfect the ending but was so sad when I completed the game too.

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    qwerty on 17/05/2016 - 16:35

    +2

    You should see how easy it is now to breed one - they worked out the RNG in the game so you just need to buy a couple different greens , catch 2 chocobos and fight maybe a total of 20 battles

    No more racing until gold

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    nikkirose on 17/05/2016 - 16:53

    +3

    Don't even talk to me about FF7, my kid took the controls when I was in the loo, and just breezed through the talk sequence, went to a different location, it saved and I spent weeks trying to figure out where the heck I had to go next. Then the PS1 crapped itself, I was an early pc gaming convert.

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    jenkemjunkie on 17/05/2016 - 19:37

    +3

    Still got mine, and I have the original ps one black label game and eidos boxed PC game. Just to play it with glorious 3dfx

    I've made it to the end of the game 4 times, (after building a computer with voodoo 2 SLIs it was such a finniky game, now you can just dload it on steam and it works on any PC)…. Anyway, got to the crater and for some reason I just never finished it. Maybe I don't want the memory to end.

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  CheapGit on 17/05/2016 - 16:10

  +5

  Most of these have been free for a few months on Prima, but at least it means keeping the collector's edition guide books sealed :-)

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  payton on 17/05/2016 - 16:18

  +2

  Remember when cheat code / strategy guide magazines was a common sight in newsagents, and a "100% secrets & walkthrough" guide came in a CD sold as a standalone boxed product.

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    nikkirose on 17/05/2016 - 16:55

    +5

    and demo discs - i did not have many full games because of thier expense, but demo discs made life worth living!

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  spuderump on 17/05/2016 - 18:36

  +3

  still love these guides for RPG's although they lack the detail they once used to have

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  RocketSwitch on 18/05/2016 - 00:48

  Awesome sauce!

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  Agret on 18/05/2016 - 13:15

  +1

  Slashy Souls App

  Really Prima, really? A "strategy" guide for a simple phone game….