Monster Mix-Up

Nintendo Adventure Books #3

by Bill McCay

Mario must outwit Bowser, Lemmy Koopa, and their fiendish accomplice, the Monster Mixer - and only the reader can make the choices that allow him to do so. There are codes to crack, puzzles to solve and mazes to conquer.

Genres: Gamebooks, Childrens, Fantasy

121 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1991

About the author

Under a variety of pseudonyms as well as his own name, Bill McCay is the author of more than seventy books, including such series as the Race Against Time, The Three Investigators, Young Indiana Jones, and Tom Clancy's Net Force. He has also worked with Stan Lee on Riftworld, a science fiction comedy-adventure set in the comics business. McCay has also written five novels based on the film Stargate. His fantasy short fiction has appeared in several anthologies and his Star Trek novel Chains of Command (cowritten with E. L. Flood) spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

See also William McCay

Reviews

[غنية]

I had such a high expectations on this one considering the fun I had with the previous two books in the series : ( ,, Sadly it wasn't up the the challenge, but still i'm going to give it 3 starts cuz it's a Mario book/ game!
This time, the evil Koopa attempts to create an army of monsters using a huge mixing machine. Bowser's have been working in the dark and fast; he have raised an army of monsters to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. With the friends being all imprisoned, the only hope left falls in the hands of Mario ... and Toad -.- (no offence to toad's fans). Toad tagged along like an annoying mosquito that won't go away no matter what; It was a very lonely, long and miserable quest, sometimes I even gave up.
I died so many times in this adventure to the point I stopped counting lol; I was disappointed there was no hints or puzzles to set you on the right track. Sometimes the directions don't make sense and the story repeats itself or just becomes incoherent.

The next book appears to be all about Luigi <3 I'm very excited and I hope the story is well consistent.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all of the Nintendo Adventure Books, this is pretty cute.

There's an Inventory and Score page at the back, which I always enjoy, though I keep track on a separate sheet of paper not in the book itself.

[Mechayoshi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of frustrating of a read though my score isn't as low as it would be due to nostalgia. Basically monsters are being mixed up by Bowser. Unfortunately the puzzles and general convolution ruin this. It'd too easy to make a mistake and get looped around or get a game over. It ending is interesting at least.

I could check it out at least once if you have the chance but only if you don't mind rereading things when you have to loop.

[Helen (they or he) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Admittedly, I am not the target audience for this. I don't play Mario Kart. I did when I was younger but as a child playing a game in their second language, I retained none of their names and I don't know who is who. But as far as choose your own adventure books go, this isn't that bad. It just isn't memorable. Although it's pretty gruesome, if that's the right word. Pick this book if you like Mario universe and would like to be surprised.

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book, especially for fans of the Mario Brothers! My son was so happy to get this book, which is a choose-your-own-adventure. You also get to keep track throughout the story of your points and items, and every time you read it and make decisions you get a different outcome.

This is a book we won't be swapping -- it's a keeper!