Do you have any experience or nostalgia associated with game guides? I was never big on them, but I have very fond memories of using a Gamefaqs guide to help me get through the stickier bits of Final Fantasy VI. I know they aren’t really a thing anymore, but are there any guides that enhanced your experience with a game? I’m wondering if playing retro games I missed out on might be more fun if I do with a Prima guide.
I LIVED in game guide books for certain games as a kidI still have my original Pokemon guides where I’d circle important stuff or translated the braille for the Regis in gen 3, etc.
My mom would also look up cheats and stuff in early GameFAQs days (and eventually I did too) and we still had some of those printed. I like to keep GameFAQs or cheats printed in game cases when I can.
I started a new island in Animal Crossing New Horizons with my wife and daughter recently and had the thought to see if guides were still a thing. I was hoping to keep up the kiddo’s enthusiasm about the game when she isn’t playing and any amount of reading is good you know? I couldn’t find much, but I ordered a used unofficial from Better World Books. It’d be cool for her to have an artifact to go with the memories like you do with your Pokemon guides.
Printing out the GameFAQs is such a good idea! I just tried keeping a tab open the last time I tried using them. Printing seems much easier. There are certain games that I’d want to be able to reference something for rather than beating my head against a wall for the limited time I have to play these days.
GameFAQs was always my go to. I doubt I could have ever finished Majora’s Mask without it. Such a shame the site is owned by Fandom now.