Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch: Prima Official Game Guide Hardcover – January 22, 2013

I have never in my life bought a new release game, especially not preorder, but I love Studio Ghibli and JRPGs, so Ni No Kuni really caught my eye. I decided to buy the guide with the game because I wanted to have info on all the familiars. Honestly, I didn't read the product description because game guides seem to be pretty standard, but wow I was really impressed with what showed up on my door. I saw that other places are selling this book for full price ($40), and it would have been worth every penny If I had paid that, but even better that Amazon has it for much cheaper!This guide is hard covered, with high quality pages and printing. The pages aren't glossy but aren't really matte either, and they're nice and heavy. As a nice little bonus, there is a section on the game creation including concept art in the back, so beautiful! As far as quality, this is definitely a collectors item.As far as content, I haven't gotten very far into the game yet, about 10 hours of gameplay, but I really like the way the content is ordered and no spoilers. The first section teaches you basics of the game, which I find myself going back to every now and then when something happens that I don't understand (like the familiar signs). The second section is a reference for familiars, ordered by type, but with an alphabetical index in the front. I haven't used this much yet, but it seems very complete in terms of information. Next comes the actual walkthrough. I really like the balance that this section has found between showing you everything available in the area you're in, but not going into detail about the things that you can't access yet. There are tons of pictures and detailed descriptions. I like that the guide is impartial towards any given path, unlike homemade FAQs that tell you which choices to make. Section 4 gives detailed descriptions of all the tasks and bounty hunts, although smaller descriptions are given in Section 3 as well. Last comes the Appendix which describes in detail enemies, weapons, items, and trophies.Overall, I am incredibly pleased with this guide and the game. If you're on the fence, I say go for it! I bet in a few years it will be out of print and people will pay big bucks for it on ebay because the quality is just so phenomenal.

This guide is massive. It is very thick and with textured hardcovers, and it needs to be given how much it covers of the game.If you're looking for help or are just curious about character or enemy stats, items, in-game locations, and anything there is to do in Ni No Kuni, this is the book for you. Now I got this a little while back but I hadn't reviewed it yet. By that time the PS3 code was no longer redeemable. Unless I got a "dud" or made a typo, though I don't believe so.So do not buy this guide if you're looking for the special DLC code that comes with it. But do buy this guide if it is 15 or so bucks and if you are a fan of the game and want to uncover every aspect of it.

Basically this is one of the perks you missed out on when NIS dropped the ball on the Wizard Edition pre-orders.Other reviewers commented on damage to the book, but I suspect those might be from 3rd party sellers or from one of the earlier Amazon.com shipments. My copy arrived in shrink wrap with not a mark or smudge on it. I almost didn't remove the plastic it looked so good! The cover is white, so expect it to get dirty with use. You also get a code for a bonus download for a pet creature. Be careful with used versions if you want the pet, many used copies will have previously used codes.This is more of a collector's book than strategy guide. Sure there are lists of quests and enemies and goings on, but many of these things are covered in the game itself in the journal, though it is hard to read and navigate in game. There is a lot of content in this book and it goes well beyond the 'strategy guide' aspect.I applaud Brady for lately releasing strategy guides of this sort. Players can find so much information easily online that strategy guides without extra content would be going extinct. But with the additional interviews, artwork, and production sketches, these texts make an amazing item for fans of the games and collector's alike.If you want a bare bones strategy guide to mark in and flip through roughly, perhaps this isn't quite what you want. Print a few pages from an online source instead (though it still has good - spoiler free - strategy guide content). But if you are like me, and love a game and want to know more about the production, then this is for you. I highly recommend it to fans of the game.