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CONSOLE
NES
- Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo Power)
Super NES
- Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo Power)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Nintendo Power)
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (Nintendo Power)
- Mario Paint (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario World {Mario Mania} (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario World {SNES} (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Nintendo Power)
Nintendo 64
- Diddy Kong Racing {"Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
- Diddy Kong Racing {"Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
- Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo Power)
- Donkey Kong 64 (Prima)
- Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo Power)
- Mario Kart 64 {"Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
- Mario Kart 64 {"Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
- Mario Party 2 (Prima)
- Mario Tennis (Prima)
- Paper Mario (Nintendo Power)
- Paper Mario (Prima)
- Super Mario 64 (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario 64 {"Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
- Super Mario 64 {"Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
- Super Smash Brothers (Prima)
- Yoshi's Story (Nintendo Power)
- Yoshi's Story {"Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
- Yoshi's Story {"Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 edition"} (Prima)
Nintendo GameCube
- Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo Power)
- Luigi's Mansion (Prima)
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nintendo Power)
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Prima)
- Mario Party 5 (Prima)
- Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario Sunshine (Prima)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo Power)
- Super Smash Brothers Melee (Prima)
- Wario World (Prima) [1]
Wii
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (Prima)
- Mario Kart Wii (Prima)
- Mario Party 8 (Prima)
- Mario Party 9 (Prima)
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Prima)
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Prima)
- Super Mario Galaxy {premiere edition} (Prima)
- Super Mario Galaxy {collectors edition} (Prima)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 {premiere edition} (Prima)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 {collectors edition} (Prima)
- Super Paper Mario (Nintendo Power)
- Super Paper Mario (Prima)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Prima)
- Wario Land: Shake It! (Prima)
Wii U
- Nintendo Land (Prima)
- New Super Mario Bros. U (Prima)
HANDHELD
Game Boy
- Donkey Kong Land {"Game Boy Games Secrets, 1999 Edition"} (Prima)
- Donkey Kong Land 2 {"Game Boy Games Secrets, 1999 Edition"} (Prima)
- Donkey Kong Land III {"Game Boy Games Secrets, 1999 Edition"} (Prima)
- Dr. Mario (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario Land (Nintendo Power)
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins {"Game Boy Games Secrets, 1999 Edition"} (Prima)
- Wario Land {from "Game Boy Games Secrets, 1999 Edition"} (Prima)
Game Boy Color
- Donkey Kong Country {"Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition"} (Prima)
- Game & Watch Gallery 2 {"Game Boy Games Secrets, 1999 Edition"} (Prima)
- Game & Watch Gallery 2 {"Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition"} (Prima)
- Game & Watch Gallery 3 {"Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition"} (Prima)
- Super Mario Bros. Deluxe {"Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition"} (Prima)
- Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Prima)
- Wario Land II {"Game Boy Games Secrets, 1999 Edition"} (Prima)
- Wario Land II {"Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition"} (Prima)
- Wario Land 3 {"Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition"} (Prima)
Game Boy Advance
- Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo Power)
- Donkey Kong Country (Prima)
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Nintendo Power)
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Prima)
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Prima)
- Super Mario Advance (Prima)
- Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (Prima)
- Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Prima)
Nintendo DS
- New Super Mario Bros. {"Nintendo DS Pocket Guide"} (Prima)
- New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo Power)
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Prima)
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (Nintendo Power)
- Mario Kart DS {"Nintendo DS Pocket Guide"} (Prima)
- Mario Party DS {"Nintendo DS Pocket Guide"} (Prima)
- Super Mario 64 DS {"Nintendo DS Pocket Guide"} (Prima)
- Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo Power)
- Yoshi's Island DS (Prima)
Nintendo 3DS
- Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Prima)
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (Prima) ~upcoming~
- Mario Kart 7 (Prima)
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Prima)
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Prima)
- Super Mario 3D Land (Prima)
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Prima)
Unofficial help guides
CONSOLE
NES
HANDHELD
Game Boy
Questions of uncertainty
- Are there any differences between the two companies (Nintendo Power and Prima) when they cover the same game?
- Is North America the only country to have official guides? What about Europe or Japan? If so, how are those handled?
- How does the process of writing up a strategy guide go during game development? (I bet there's potential beta elements info out of this, like this!)
- How does an external company get rights to write a strategy guide? Did Nintendo talked to Prime Games, or the other way around? (Looking at Prime Games per say)
- Why didn't Nintendo go over companies that wrote "unauthorized" strategy guides of their games? What about in the internet?
- Is there a lack of new content that can't be found in-game in later strategy guides?
- How many units are issued whenever a game comes out? Do they issue more units if they sold out?
- Why do strategy guides still exist in the market even though the internet has broken the paywall to great info?
Ownership list
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