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

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Free Prima Strategy eGuides for Many 3Ds/Wii/Wiiu/PC Games (Smash Bros, Animal Crossing, etc) [100% off]
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nkahoang on 17/05/2016 - 13:31 cheapassgamer.com (2194 clicks)
Last edited 17/05/2016 - 13:33

Prima is giving away free copies of certain eGuides (some are PDF and some are viewable from their website).

You must click "Unlock Now" on each one to "purchase" them for free, then they remain on your account (sign up required).

Tips: Look like the "Unlock Now" button is not working at the moment. Simply register an account, login, open the link to the guide you want, right click on the unlock button and select "Open in new tab / window" and it'll unlock the guide for you permanently.

Full list (grab from the site: )

  • Super Smash Bros.3DS
  • Super Smash Bros. WiiU/3DS
  • Hyrule Warriors (Wii U)
  • Majora's Mask 3D (3DS)
  • Twilight Princess (Wii)
  • Skyward Sword (Wii)
  • Mario Party 9
  • New Super Mario Bros. U
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • Paper Mario Sticker Star
  • Mario Kart 8
  • New Super Mario Bros 2
  • Mario Kart 7
  • Super Mario 3D Land
  • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  • Battlefield 3 DLC
  • Battlefield Bad Company 2
  • Darksiders II
  • Darksiders II (Wii U)
  • Dead Rising 2
  • Dead Space 2
  • Slashy Souls App
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Signature Series
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Signature Series
  • Duke Nukem Forever
  • L.A. Noire Signature Series
  • Shogun 2: Total War
  • Borderlands 2
  • Dead Island
  • Disney Infinity: Originals
  • Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
  • Best Buy - Lords of the Fallen: Digital Guide to Victory
  • Bayonetta 2
  • The Wonderful 101
  • Pikmin 3
  • Animal Crossing: New Leaf
  • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
  • LEGO CITY Undercover
  • Sniper Ghost Warrior 2
  • LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
  • Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
  • Nintendo Land
  • Halo 4 Spartan Ops
  • Halo 4 War Games Maps Packs (GAMESTOP)
  • Dead or Alive 5: Kasumi
  • Madden NFL 13 GameStop Tournament Bundle
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Darksiders II: The Cauldron Dungeon
  • LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes for the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS and Playstation Vita
  • Mass Effect 3 Rebellion Pack
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier
  • Kid Icarus: Uprising
  • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
  • Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack
  • Ninja Gaiden 3
  • Silent Hill Downpour
  • Jagged Alliance: Back in Action
  • UFC Undisputed 3
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim English to Dragon Language List
  • WWE '12
  • Professor Genki's Saints Row Tour
  • Saints Row: The Third
  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Interactive Strategy Map
  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  • Disney Universe
  • The Sims 3 Pets
  • Rage
  • Tropico 4
  • Dungeon Siege III
  • Red Faction: Armageddon
  • Hunted: The Demon's Forge
  • Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
  • Dragon Age II
  • Dead Space 2
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2
  • Medal of Honor
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
  • Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
  • Battlefield Bad Company 2
  • Dead Rising 2
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • Left 4 Dead
  • Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  • Portal
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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.

    • 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.

      • 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.

        • 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.

        • King Steuart on 18/05/2016 - 09:24
          +1

          @ronnknee:

          Adblock only blocks the first 30 seconds of my complaint 😀

        • 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.

    • RocketSwitch on 17/05/2016 - 14:43
      +2

      Unless they're collector's items.

      • 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.

    • 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.

  • dione on 17/05/2016 - 13:59
    +2

    Primagames site is down, ozbargained?

    • 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)…

  • 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.

    • scud70 on 17/05/2016 - 14:03

      the good old days… not fun to cheat anymore hahahaha

    • 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

      • 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.

        • 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

        • 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.

        • Polde on 17/05/2016 - 17:25
          +1

          I had a similar problem with that damn water temple.

    • rover on 17/05/2016 - 15:06
      +2

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

      • 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

  • Benno123 on 17/05/2016 - 15:10
    +6

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

  • 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.

    • 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

    • 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.

    • 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.

  • 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 :-)

  • 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.

    • 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!

  • 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

  • RocketSwitch on 18/05/2016 - 00:48

    Awesome sauce!

  • Agret on 18/05/2016 - 13:15
    +1

    Slashy Souls App

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

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