Nintendo fans and video-game buffs everywhere will welcome this easy-to-read addition to the video games books series. Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets II yields extensive and complete facts for Star Wars, Batman Returns, Soul Blazer, Equinox and many more. Players will gain the competitive edge with superior play for a vast array of the new, early '93 titles.

Featured chapters include: Mortal Kombat and Mario Allstars.

In perhaps the most famous switcheroo in all of game history, the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 was declared "too hard" by Nintendo of America and replaced with a Mario-ified port of the Famicom hit, Yume Kōjō Doki Doki Panic. The new game (dubbed Super Mario USA in Japan) was a huge success for its four playable characters, improved graphics, immersive levels, and catchy music, and eventually became the 3rd bestselling game for the NES. And yet. Because of its strange new villains, its wild gameplay, and its mysterious touches, SMB2 has for years been regarded as the Odd Mario Out, even as it has seen popular updates on the Super NES and Game Boy Advance. Irwin's Mario is not a simple retelling of a 25-year-old story, but instead an examination of the game with fresh eyes: both as a product of its time and as a welcome change from the larger Super Mario franchise. Along the way he searches for clues, pulling up a few vegetables of his own. What he finds is not at all what he expected.

The game designers of Duke Nukem 3D are back with another high action 3D action game. This complete guide covers all the mission levels, plus strategies for multiplayer and Internet play.