Complete Final Fantasy III Forbidden Game Secrets (Secrets of the Games Series)

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This book is pretty bizarre. It contains interesting info on characters, but leads me to wonder where they got it at. Did they just make up the fact that Shadow enjoys hardboiled eggs or that Cyan carries a pocket watch with family photo?

I can't truly recommend this book - it's an earnest attempt at a hint guide, but it's sloppily edited and organized, and the information the book contains does not merit its size or price. It actually might do more harm than good to gamers looking for a definitive reference guide, for there is much discrepancy between the game and this book; many places and items are called by different names, and the author is off on several major story points and plot developments. Though the boss strategies are solid, the equipment lists are incomplete, the photos are of exceptionally poor quality, and the walkthrough - the backbone of any video game guide - is cookie-cutter and not very thorough or specific. Though it makes much of its mammoth size - over 480 pages - I'll say now that over 200 of them are devoted to monster stats arranged in a space-wasting format; Nintendo Power's six-page monster chart is far more useful and efficient. If you're been through the game and are...Read more

This book was alright. It was hard to undertand, and they used the Japanese names for most of the weapons. They also had a hard time spelling Strago's name correctly (Stargo, Strahgo). On the good side, this book had detailed map to the room, and wallpaper! The item and weapon info was excellent, but I needed another Strategy Guide just to complete all the secrets!