Nintendo gamebooks are novels based on video games created by Nintendo . The gamebooks feature characters and settings from the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises, in two series, Nintendo Adventure Books and You Decide on the Adventure .
7-589: The Nintendo Adventure Books series of 12 books was created by Russell Ginns , author of the Samantha Spinner series. It was published from 1991 to 1992 by Simon and Schuster in the United States and Archway Books and Mammoth Books in the United Kingdom. They are formatted like the popular Choose Your Own Adventure books, where the story progresses with the reader's decisions. Ten of
14-617: A Chance You’ve Seen My Pants? , Bird on My Head , and Monster Love . In 2017, Random House published the first title in Ginns's book series, Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans . He wrote My Big Book of Feelings for Rodale Press in 2020, the graphic novel Super Atomic Wombat Girl , and the Puzzlooies, series, a hybrid puzzle-story book format. The initial launch featured twelve titles, including Marooned on
21-1094: The Samantha Spinner series. He has created or contributed to several notable software titles, including Castle Infinity , Hooked on Phonics , Reader Rabbit and Half-Life . Ginns worked as an editor for Sesame Street Magazine , 3-2-1 Contact , and The Electric Company . He created the Nintendo Adventure Books series. and several dozen puzzle books, choose-your-own-adventure books, and young adult fiction. Titles include Puzzlooney! , Go Figure , Midnight Science! , and The Big Book of Kids' Puzzles . Ginns created more than 100 workbooks for Sylvan Learning , Dr. Seuss , Berenstain Bears , and Hooked on Phonics . Between 2013 and 2015, Ginns wrote four collections of board books (The Little Box of Love; The Little Box of Laughs; The Little Box of Bedtime; and The Little Box of Classics) for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . This series includes Is There
28-522: The Adventure series has four gamebooks published by Scholastic from 2001 to 2002. All four were written by Craig Wessel, based on Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color games. Russell Ginns Russell Ginns is a game designer, writer, and composer, primarily known for children's fiction, puzzles, and educational games and songs. He is the author of more than 100 books, including Super Atomic Wombat Girl , Puzzlooies , 1-2-3 Scream! and
35-504: The Moon , One of Our Giant Robots Is Missing , and Space Cats to the Rescue . His 2022 title 1-2-3 Scream! is an anthology of humorous horror stories. Ginns has also been published under the names Clyde Bosco, P. C. Russell Ginns, Jacques Barniarde, Kravis Winewater, Hans Shingle, and R. U. Ginns. Ginns was the lead designer of Castle Infinity , the first MMORPG for kids. He wrote
42-686: The books are about the adventures of the Mario Bros. in the Mushroom Kingdom and are based primarily on the Valiant comics published for the Nintendo Comics System imprint. Books nine and ten are about Link from The Legend of Zelda series. Each book is 121 pages long, containing various puzzles such as mazes and word searches. Some of the books were re-released as a promotion for Pringles . The You Decide on
49-480: The original story treatment for Valve 's Half-Life , as well as games for Hooked on Phonics , Hasbro , Sesame Street , and Lode Runner . Ginns has worked as a designer/producer with several independent game publishers, developing titles that include Crop Circles , Pop! The Balloon Dog Puzzle Game , and AlphaNatix ., Thud! , Mercury Messenger , and Smart Kart . His published board games include Wordspot , Schmear , Search Party , and Chess on
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