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The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)

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This guide is well done and thorough. My 10 year-old son says, "This is great because it has EVERYTHING in it!"

It is organized and has great graphics and screen shots throughout. Prima does not usually disappoint when putting together a thorough and well designed guide.

A BIG bonus to this guide is the removable poster size map. (I have an image included in "customer images"). This shows the location of rabbits, warp gates and tracks that are unlocked by the Force Gem.

All locations are numbered and labeled (temples, stations, villages, etc.) This is a big help for a middle-aged mom who has trouble remembering where to go. The map also helps because you get to see all realms (forest, snow, fire, ocean) whereas on the DS screen, you can only see one section at a time.

The guide starts out with a brief overview of all preceding Zelda games and goes into a tutorial for playing the game.

There is a complete list of items, friends and fiends.

Then the walkthrough begins.

This follows most game guide formats. There are a lot of screen shots with written details for getting through every aspect of the game - preparing yourself for hidden enemies, finding gems and items, finding warp gates and other oddities that you may only stumble across while playing.

The walkthrough is particularly good for some of the temples where your next move is sometimes difficult to figure out. Younger or less experienced players may really benefit from having a place to get answers so that they can move ahead in the game. There is nothing worse than having great momentum in a game and stopping short because you can't figure out what to do next.

Like any game guide, if you follow-it too closely, you can loose the fun of the game. Sometimes it is better to get through a portion of the game and then go to the guide to see what you might want to go back and fill-in or retrieve.

Although most tools in this guide will ultimately be available online in short order, the fact is that having the guide at your disposal with all information in one place is a big help. It saves the time of searching online or waiting for someone to finish writing their walkthrough.

My son loves to read through the guides after he has completed the game just to soak up the experience a little longer. Once you've finished the game, the guide helps you to get a little more out of it - unlocking extra tracks and searching for rabbits for the sanctuary...

Very, very satisfied with the game "The Legend of Zelda:Spirit Tracks" and this Game Guide. These were purchased as a Christmas gift for my grandson and he really enjoys both. Therefore, if they make our grandson happy - they make grandma & grandpa happy. Also, must compliment Amazon for getting both the game and the game guide to our grandson in time for Christmas.

This guide is worth getting. It has everyting (and I mean EVERYTHING!) in it. Maps, text descriptions, screen captures, hints, tips, and a giant pull-out map with the locations of all tasks and collectibles. Sure you can always use internet based walk throughs for free, but the convience of this guide, and it's content, is really worth the price. Before I'd play the game, get stuck, boot up the computer and search for help online. It can get a bit annoying to have to go back and forth, and then most online walk-throughs can be vague and not very clear or easy to follow. Get this guide and you can have it at the ready when you need it. The formatting is easy and clear, and finding which section you want is always a snap. I highly recommend this.

Whatever type or platform of game you buy, if you buy a guide get a Prima. I usually play dungeon crawler/action games like the Zelda games and the Rune Factory games, or sims like Harvest Moon or The Sims. I've tried a couple different types of game guides: from game producers, from fansites, and from after-market producers like Prima. Prima guides are by far the best of all. They are put together very well, have the best graphics, and they make it easy to locate the information you need. You can find just that information with a mimimum of spoilers, or you can follow a very complete walkthrough. I like to play through an entire section or dungeon, then check to see if I missed anything I really need before moving on. Prima guides, including this one, make this easy because they usually have boxes at the beginning of each segment telling you what items you should have when you start the section. Or, if I get completely stuck, I will refer to the appropriate section of the guide to find out if I'm doing something wrong or if I just need to keep trying. The table of contents and page-headers are very helpful in this respect.

In contrast, game producer guides are usually short on the info I like to have up front such as where and when to find what kind of fish, what drops to expect from which monsters, etc. Walkthroughs in this category are virtually non-existent. Some fansites give you great walkthroughs, but a specific piece of information is likely to be very hard to locate. They do sometimes have separate guides for fish, monsters, characters, etc. that can be very useful though. Of the other after-market guides, I have never found any that are as well thought-out and put together as Prima. I realize that sometimes your options on any given game are limited. If you can get a Prima guide for the game you want, I highly recommend it.

IT IS GREAT IN HELPING TO GET YOU THROUGH THE GAME!! I AM VERY HAPPY WITH IT!!

This guide is perfect if you want a little help getting through the game. It gave you enough information to play through all the levels. The map was a great help!

This guide is perfect,easy to use. Very helpful. Item shipped very fast. Would order from this seller again. Thanks

The strategy guide does come in handy quite a bit but I have found that it is slightly inaccurate. So far it's just a few little things like instead of something being on the left, it's really on the right. Just something to keep in mind.

I am plaeased so for with this guide. It is very detailed and really helps in tight situations in the game. I have gotten stuck in some places on my own but the guide told me what to do. I don't see how you would figure out some of the game situations with this guide.

I like Strategy Guides because inevitably when you get stuck rather than playing the same scene over and over again or just putting the entire game on hold for awhile and feeling disappointed...you can keep going on to beat the game, which is the goal anyway.