Books
Besides Game Over and Super Mario, what other Nintendo books are there?
Infendo reader Jason emailed the following question last week: I just finished reading Super Mario by Jeff Ryan and I enjoyed it just as much as I enjoyed David Sheffs’ Game Over. A few years ago ( I’m currently 37) I realized that I more of a fan of Nintendo than I am of video games. With that said, are there any other non-fiction books about the big N that you could recommend? As for...
A book you should read, and this is no strategy guide
Published August 4, 2011, authored by Jeff Ryan, that book is Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America. It contains a concise history of Nintendo’s efforts to find success in the American market. It’s a short read, and quite shallow, but it shouldn’t be missed by the hardcore Nintendo fan. Order the book on Amazon (or step into that strange building called the library). Read t...
Fighting Fantasy: Warlock of Firetop Mountainthe Game the Book!
Aspyr just sent over a copy of Fighting Fantasy The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Which is the book the upcoming DS game of the same name is based on. Fighting Fantasy is apparently a long series of choose your own adventure books that were really popular in Europe but never really caught on in the US. The real attractive thing about this book is that you actually get to make a character. It’...
Zelda manga made me buy a backward book
Spotting something Zelda related when we least expect it can expose the inner nerd in each of us. Browsing a local book shop today, my eyes nearly popped out of my head at the mere sight of Link. “What is this?!” I exclaimed with all the ferocity of a ten-year old. I scrambled through Faulkner and Hemingway to grasp the Legend of Zelda manga, a Japanese graphic novel that reads from ba...
The unofficial Mother 3 handbook?
Apparently the guys over at Starmen.net did not think it was enough to just releasing a translation patch. They went ahead and teamed up with Fangamer to compile a complete companion book/players guide for the game as well. With complete coverage of everything in the game, and they even went so far as to make clay models for some characters and enemies just like in the original Earthbound guide. A...
Wii for Dummies hopes to make you smarter
Kyle Orland, a generous colleague and former blogmate of mine at Joystiq, has released his first book, Wii For Dummies. It’s probably more intended for your mom and grandpa who still don’t know what a Wii Channel is, but informed Wii owners like yourself might still be interested in: * Ways to prevent damage to — and from — Wii remotes * How to use the Wii’s full-feat...