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Prima Games
The logo of Prima Games.
Founded 1990[1]
Current president Debra Kempker

Prima Games is a publisher of video game strategy guides that was founded in 1990 and is based in Louisiana. The company is a division of Random House.

Prima Games published several officially licensed guidebooks for games of the Super Mario franchise, which competed with concurrent Nintendo Power guides. Following Nintendo Power's sale by Nintendo of America and acquisition by Future US, Prima entered a partnership with Nintendo in 2007.[2]

Early in its life, Prima released several unofficial guides (often suffixed with "Unauthorized Game Secrets") to games it did not have a license for. Such guides were made for Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars , Diddy Kong Racing , and Mario Kart 64 , among others.

On November 8, 2018, publisher DK announced that the Prima Games imprint would be discontinued in spring 2019 due to a large decline in strategy guide sales.[3] However, on March 14, 2019, Asteri Holdings acquired the digital assets of Prima Games from DK Publishers.[4]

List of Super Mario guides[edit ]

Nintendo 64[edit ]

Prior to obtaining a license from Nintendo, Prima published several game guides for the Nintendo 64. After becoming licensed, Prima released a few editions that included several games in the one guide. Many of the games that were covered by such editions were the games Prima published before becoming licensed, such as Yoshi's Story .

Game Boy / Game Boy Color[edit ]

Many of the games on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color were not vast enough to each have their own game guide, so like for the Nintendo 64, several "mash up" editions were published. Two of them featured Mario on the cover. The game Super Mario Bros. Deluxe was the only Super Mario game for the Game Boy Color to get its own guide.

Nintendo GameCube[edit ]

The following six guides were published for Super Mario games on the Nintendo GameCube.

Game Boy Advance[edit ]

Six Super Mario game guides were published for the Game Boy Advance.

Nintendo DS[edit ]

Few guides were made for Super Mario games on the Nintendo DS. A total of six games were covered, but four of them were part of a compilation.

Wii[edit ]

Nine Super Mario games were covered by Prima for the Wii. Both a premiere and a collector's edition were published for Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 . The collector's edition included bonus content, such as original concept art.

Nintendo 3DS[edit ]

Seven Super Mario games for the Nintendo 3DS have received guides. Two of these, Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario Bros. 2 , were also covered in a "Player's Guide Pack" alongside Animal Crossing: New Leaf and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds , featuring truncated renditions of their guides, though the guide's download code also allows readers to unlock the full versions of said guides on the Prima website. Unlike the rest of the guides, the New Super Mario Bros. 2 complete guide is opened upwards. There is a guide for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS , although the guide is shared with the Wii U version as well.

Wii U[edit ]

There are five Wii U Super Mario games that have been covered by Prima. A smaller guide in the style of the 3DS game guides was also released for Super Mario 3D World . There is also a guide for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , although the guide is shared with the 3DS version as well.

Nintendo Switch[edit ]

The guide for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is available both as a "starter guide" digital-only version on the Nintendo eShop and as the full guide, which is available in print. Super Mario Odyssey was released in two formats: a standard, paperback version and a hardcover "Collector's Edition" that comes with a poster. A similar format would be followed for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , albeit without a poster.

References[edit ]

Prima Games coverage on other NIWA wikis:
The English Wikipedia logo, for use on the Wikipedia template. Wikipedia has an article on Prima Games .
  1. ^ About Us | Prima Games. Prima Games. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  2. ^ Nintendo Power Magazine. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived June 22, 2007, 18:59:16 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Sommers, Erin (November 8, 2018). People, Etc.: DK to Close Prima Games. PublishersLunch (English). Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Sinclair, Brendan (March 14, 2019). Asteri acquires Prima Games. gamesindustry.biz (English). Retrieved June 9, 2019.
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