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Nintendo is hiding a piece of its history for free that takes us back to a better era: that of manuals
Nintendo is offering a selection of manuals for some of its Nintendo 64 classics for free and in full color on its official website.
There are times that will never come back. Between the early 90′s and the late 2000′s, buying a physical game allowed you to enjoy the game from the moment you opened the box. Some companies took great care of their manuals. The ones Nintendo made for its first-party titles on the Nintendo 64, for example, are a priceless works of craftsmanship. Tucked away on its official website, the Japanese company offers a free selection of manuals for its games in great detail.
The Nintendo 64 manuals, a piece of video game history that will never return
You can find them at this link, but unfortunately, they are in their European editions, so some games will change name like Star Fox 64 to Lylat Wars. However, the quality is high enough to appreciate the enormous care that the company put into the booklets. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time manual is an example of this. Attacks are shown with illustrations of Link performing the action. All objects are presented with detailed descriptions and their official icon. It’s a real blast from the past.
The Super Mario 64 manual follows the same steps, but in black and white. Each Mario action is accompanied by a 3D model of the plumber, which can only be found here. The amount of advice given to the player is enormous. Let’s not forget that this was a time when the Internet wasn’t in every home, and access to it was already limited. Word of mouth, Nintendo Power and the manual were what you could turn to when things got complicated on screen.
One of the curiosities of all those present on the website is that Nintendo always mentions how the Nintendo 64 controller should be held. Many did not know that the two side-handles should not hold it, but that the left hand should be placed on the central handle where the stick is located, while the right hand should be placed on the right handle to press the action buttons. Those were different times.
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