History Literature / NintendoAdventureBooks

* NonstandardGameOver: In ''Pipe Down!'', Mario and Luigi eventually come across a [[GiantEnemyCrab Clawgrip]], to whom they must give an item to pass. If they do not have the required item or refuse to give it to him, they try to run. The Clawgrip gives chase, and they decide to distract him with a few coins. If you don't have enough, the resulting page is nothing but the word '''PINCH!''' in a huge explosion graphic that fills the entire page, along with the "GAME OVER".

Unlike many gamebooks, each of these had one good ending, which was reachable only by solving puzzles correctly (or in a couple of cases, ''[[UnwinnableByMistake incorrectly]]'') and collecting items. All the others awarded you with a nice, big, bold '''GAME OVER!'''

* PoisonMushroom: Some items are duds and will lead to your death, like an anchor that sends you to the bottom of the sea, or a ring given by Sir Charles [[(spoiler:because Ganon has cursed it)]].

* BeeAfraid: In ''The Crystal Trap'', if Zelda doesn't have the correct item to trade with the beekeeper for some of his magic honey, the beekeeper sends his bees to attack Zelda, resulting in a Game Over. Worse still, the item she needs doesn't appear on the scorecard with all the other possible items, so you might never think it even exists.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong [[spoiler:Sir Charles]] in ''The Shadow Prince''. In fact, he is [[spoiler: Ganon all along.]]

* CanonCharacterAllAlong [[spoiler:Sir Charles]] in ''The Shadow Prince''. In fact, he is [[spoiler: EvilAllAlong the Ganon character all along.]]

* CanonCharacterAllAlong [[spoiler:Sir Charles]] in ''The Shadow Prince''.

* HijackedByGanon: In ''Koopa Capers'', once Bowser figures out what Wendy's up to, he decides to take control of her scheme.

* CrocodileTears: In ''Koopa Capers'', Bowser sheds a large one of these as he tells Luigi that Wendy has gone missing.

* RecycledPremise: Both books 5 and 11 use "villains sabotage a hero's birthday party" as a launching point.

* GoldenEnding: ALL the other ones in each book are bad.

* PunnyName: Quite a few of the characters and enemies in ''Dinosaur Dilemma'' are obvious puns. The members of the Snowbell Prize committee include C. Everett Koopa (Charles Everett Koop, MD), [[GaryCooper Gary Koopa]], [[JamesFenimoreCooper James Fennimore Koopa]], and [[FrancisFordCoppola Francis Ford Koopola]]. Meanwhile, the Slimosaurs under Bowser's command include the Tie-rack-asaurus Necks (which wears an assortment of ties and can kill Mario by [[BlackComedy twisting him into a half-Windsor]]), the Times-Square-atops (which attacks with blinding lights), and the Thesaurus (a "bookcase-shaped" creature that can pummel Mario as the narration uses a variety of synonyms).

The ''Nintendo Adventure Books'' is a {{Gamebooks}} series from [[TheNineties 1991-1992]] featuring twelve books, ten of which feature you playing as one (or, rarely, both) of the Franchise/SuperMarioBros, the other two feature you playing as [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link or Princess Zelda]].

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the first book whenever Mario gets a large payout in gold coins, he mentions something fun he'd like to buy with them. One of them is a new comic book he's heard about starring a pair of handsome plumbers from Brooklyn. There was indeed [[ComicBook/NintendoComicSystem a comic book series about various Nintendo properties]] being run more or less at the same time these books were coming out. Indeed it was the main basis of the version of the ''Super Mario''-universe used by these books.

* BeeAfraid: In ''The Crystal Trap'', if Zelda doesn't have the correct item to trade with the beekeeper for some of his magic honey, the beekeeper sends his bees to attack Zelda, resulting in a Game Over. Worse still, the item she needs doesn't appear on the scorecard with all the other possible items.

These books also had a [[ScoringPoints point scoring]] system; after reaching an ending, you turned to a final page at the end of the book where you added up your points (or coins in some of the books) and received a ranking.

Books in the original series:

* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: More accurately, Mario's, Luigi's, Link's, or Zelda's adventure.

** Mario? Check. ChooseYourOwnAdventure? Check. [[ForegoneConclusion You're going to die.]] [[HaveANiceDeath A LOT.]]

The '''''Nintendo Adventure Books''''' is a ChooseYourOwnAdventure series from [[TheNineties 1991-1992]] featuring twelve books, ten of which feature you playing as one (or, rarely, both) of the Franchise/SuperMarioBros, the other two feature you playing as [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link or Princess Zelda]].

See also ''Literature/MetroidZebesShinnyuuShirei'', another ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook based on a Nintendo game.

The '''''Nintendo Adventure Books''''' is a ChooseYourOwnAdventure series from [[TheNineties 1991-1992]] featuring twelve books, ten of which feature you playing as one of the Franchise/SuperMarioBros, the other two feature you playing as [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link or Princess Zelda]].