Ryan Davis reference in Wind Waker HD Prima Strategy Guide

Eh. Not everyone has a computer/tablet/smartphone nearby. It's also easier, it looks better, and they're generally out when the game is out.

not that surprising.

This makes me far happier than it reasonably should.

Well, I do now, for this one anyways. I support this kind of awesomeness. Is awesomeness a word?

Great!

At the same time... they still make these things? And people still buy them?

that's awesome

I...I kind of want to buy this just because of this, even though I don't even own a Wii U. Is that strange? I don't think so.

That's awesome. My day just got a little better.

Amazing! Yes! Great shot! Amazing! Amazing! Yes!

Wild.

As for the strategy guide thing, it may surprise some folks to learn that not everyone knows that gamefaqs exists, or IGN has walkthrough wikis, or that Gamespot exists. Some people just want to buy the new Zelda and when their kid gets stuck they want to help push them through it.

Hundreds of millions of consoles out there and we still think everybody playing games is an internet-sleuthing gamer king.

10 bucks says that "F5" is also a deliberately engineered reference to refreshing the bombcast page. ;)

Also, strategy guides are well written compared to the drivel that's posted by Sir. Random Thinkheknowseverything III

I think people are forgetting another reason for buying a strategy guide is the collection aspect of it. My friend used to by every Final Fantasy with a strategy guide on day of release, not because he was going to open it up and follow it there and then but after the fact he could look through it and find any trinkets or secrets he missed, as well as little bits of trivia and artwork.

This is really awesome.

I'm pretty sure that's the map reference of Bomb Island.

I'll take that ten bucks into my PayPal account, thanks.

Neat.

Thats crazy and awesome, that will literally mean nothing to anybody except bombcast listeners.

Amazing.

I buy Pokemon strategy guides. Just to have the posters.

That's amazing!

That's...really amazing. It's such an inside joke, and to have there. That's pretty damn cool.

That's pretty cool

@mattyftm:

was having a really rotten day, but this brought a big smile to my face, thanks for posting :-)

Ryan is actually possessing the writer.

Don't do it! He'll just buy Steam trading cards!

Wow that's awesome, who wrote the guide?

Interesting observation. According to Zeldawiki it's actually E6. Clicking on F5 goes to Ice Ring Isle.

Judges? (glad to improve @wolfgame's day all the same!)

http://www.primagames.com/games/legend-zelda-wind-waker-hd/primaguides/746/maps/28090/1
Prima lists it as F5, as do a few other sites I visited.

@punkxblaze: I'll see your Primagames and IGN, and raise you twoGamefaqs (E6), a Neoseeker (E6), and whoeverdafuq this is (C6).

WE WILL SOLVE THE BURNING QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME THROUGH THIS THREAD.

Clearly, the Prima author cleverly chose to use the F5 map notation method. Deliberately engineered. Case closed your honour!

I wouldn't mind getting that now just because of how fantastic that reference is.

;)

I always assumed that the people who bought strategy guides these days were collectors. That's why there has been (at least seemingly) an increase in the super deluxe hard cover versions. I may be wrong, though.

Also this is very, very rad.

Tell me this isn't the greatest thing to ever make it into a strategy guide. I want to find the author and shake his hand and ask him to sign my copy of the strategy guide. Somewhere out there Ryan is playing Windwaker HD looking for a copy of this strategy guide. Someone should get him a copy. Ironically it's tuesday...

A touching tribute. Thanks, Prima staff!

Good show Prima. Good show.

That is actually cool :)

That's pretty awesome.

:D

What a great tribute, love it.

John Carpenter in Giant Bomb. Giant Bomb in Wind Waker.

Right on.

:D (I trust Brad Mjir will forgive my borrowing his emoticon)

yeah man thats pretty darn good...

Awesome. I miss that fucking guy.

That's nice of them.

I like this

And that kind of stuff is why I like strategy guides!

Nice find!

you're bad and you should feel bad.

That's beautiful!

Just checked and ... yup, still miss Papa Bear. <>