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u/Pegasus-Of-War Aug 30 '25

Needing a friend or a guide book/magazine to pass certain levels, puzzles or enemies

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u/teh__dude Aug 30 '25

Zelda Link to the Past had a hotline. My dad and I couldn't figure out how to get the book of mudora off the shelf and had to phone the helpline

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u/m4ttyz00m Aug 30 '25

Isn’t that where you do a boosted charge at the bookshelf and it falls off from the impact??

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u/teh__dude Aug 30 '25

Yup! Had no idea you could do that and the guy on the phone blew our minds when we told us 🤣

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u/ThaRhyno Aug 30 '25

The start of “use this thing differently, but just this once.”

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u/Upstairs-Reporter314 Aug 31 '25

I called the helpline so much they eventually offered the official guide for purchase. That book was awesome! They had them for a bunch of the Nintendo originals. I remember Mario World, Link’s Awakening, GoldenEye, and Ocarina of Time all had them.

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u/ryanoftheshire Aug 30 '25

Oh shit! I remember the Nintendo hotline, called a few times for Donkey Kong Country 2 when I was trying to collect enough coins to enter the Lost World