Editing Prima Games

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'''{{wp|Prima Games}}''' is a publisher of video game strategy guides founded in 1990 and based in California. The company is a division of {{wp|Random House}}.

Prima Games published several officially licensed guidebooks for ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games, which competed with concurrent ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' guides. Following Nintendo Power's sale by [[Nintendo]] of America and acquisition by {{wp|Future US}}, Prima entered a partnership with Nintendo in 2007.<ref name="Nintendo website">{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20070622185916/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/magazine/index.jsp|title=Nintendo Power Magazine|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=July 26, 2024}}</ref>

Early in its life, the publisher 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 {{wp|DK (publisher)|DK}} announced that the Prima Games imprint would be discontinued in spring 2019 due to a large decline in strategy guide sales.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Sommers, Erin|date=November 8, 2018|url=lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2018/11/people-etc-dk-to-close-prima-games|title=People, Etc.: DK to Close Prima Games|publisher=PublishersLunch|accessdate=November 9, 2018}}</ref> However, on March 14, 2019, Asteri Holdings acquired the digital assets of Prima Games from DK Publishers.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Sinclair, Brendan|date=March 14, 2019|url=www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-14-asteri-acquires-prima-games|title=Asteri acquires Prima Games|publisher=gamesindustry.biz|accessdate=June 9, 2019}}</ref>

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 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.

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

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

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.  

Nine ''Super Mario'' games were covered by Prima for the [[Wii]] console. Both a premiere and collectors edition were published for ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and [[Super Mario Galaxy 2|its sequel]]. The collectors edition included bonus content, such as original concept art.

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 ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Leaf|Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds|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.  

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.

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