Series: Bradygames Signature Guides | Publication Date: September 24, 2009
BradyGames’ Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Signature Series Strategy Guide includes the following:
A complete walkthrough of both the story and mission modes.
AREA MAPS: In-depth maps of every area including the Disney inspired worlds of Pinocchio, Wonderland, Neverland, Beast’s Castle, Agrabah, Halloween Town, and Olympus Coliseum
ORGANIZATION XIII: Learn the ins and outs of Organization XII along with every playable character
PANEL SYSTEM: Exhaustive breakdown of the new system
ITEM AND SKILLS: Complete listing of all accessories, items, skills, weapons, and more! Plus, detailed item synthesis coverage
BESTIARY: A comprehensive analysis of every enemy including strengths, weaknesses, and their attacks
Signature Series guide features bonus foldout and more!
Dan Birlew is an author and video game expert who has been writing official, published video game strategy guides since 1999. His original career goals included acting and directing. Video games always excited Dan since he was seven years old, but at the age of twenty-six he began honing his playing skills with the goal of becoming an expert gamer. He enjoyed publishing online documents regarding games, known as "FAQs". Dan inadvertently created an online persona for himself when he wrote and self-published on the Internet a plot analysis of the highly popular survival horror video game, Silent Hill. "The game's story was somewhat vague, and demanded that someone try to explain it," says Birlew.
Upon receiving an overwhelming number of positive responses from other Silent Hill fans, and after some gentle nudging from his wife, Birlew decided to set aside his acting and directing activities to establish a career as a video game strategy guide author. He sent writing samples to several publishing companies. Based on the merits of his very first submission, he was hired by a major publisher within 24 hours. Birlew says, "It was as though I had won the lottery."
Birlew has authored over sixty published video game strategy guides and seeks other methods of publication, such as review columns, articles, and other non-fiction video game-related books. Birlew says of his passion for games, "I love exploring video games, the industry, the culture, the fans -- and there is so much of it about which I can analyze and write." He also bears a strong desire to publish fiction, and is currently working on a novel concerning the paranormal.
Dan Birlew is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California. He now resides in Las Vegas with his wife of seventeen years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Besides video games, Birlew also enjoys Japanese films and dining with his family and friends in the restaurants and clubs of Las Vegas.
This review is from: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Signature Series Strategy Guide (Bradygames Signature Guides) (Paperback)
My son purchased this guide to help complete his ds game. He is 8 and while he is good at video games, he has a tendency to get stuck and frustrated. He bought this game with his own money and played it alone. The book gave him tips for each of the main bosses and REALLY helped him figure out the panel system. The information on the panel system was worth the price of the book, as it is very important and somewhat hard to understand.
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This review is from: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Signature Series Strategy Guide (Bradygames Signature Guides) (Paperback)
The company that makes these guides know what they are doing for sure! I have the PSP KH game as well as the guide for it and both that one and this one are so well put together that you wont ever need to look anything up online to find out what to do in the game! Illustrations make things soooo much easier to understand, its so in depth that there is more info than the casual gamer would even need, and its got every thing you need to know to get everything in the game. Its great! Well worth the money! I got mine on the clearance rack at target for 10 bucks, but even full price it would be worth it!
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This review is from: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Signature Series Strategy Guide (Bradygames Signature Guides) (Paperback)
My 10 year old son had this guide on his wish list for Christmas along with the DS game that goes with it. The guide was worth every penny as he used it continuously in conjunction with the game itself. I would strongly recommend purchasing this item if your child is asking for the actual game as it is a wonderful resource (according to my son)!
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