1.
strategy guide; walkthrough book (a printed guide explaining how to clear a video game)
A printed book that explains how to progress through and complete a video game, typically including maps, item lists, enemy data, and step-by-step walkthroughs. Once a major category of gaming publication; with widespread internet access such guides are now more often found online, but printed 攻略本 are still released for major titles.
Compound of 攻略 ('capturing; conquering; clearing (a game)') and 本 ('book'). The reading of 本 is rendaku'd.
Usage
- Informal, conversational word; freely used in everyday speech by gamers of all ages.
- Applies only to printed books; an online walkthrough site is usually called 攻略サイト or 攻略情報, not 攻略本.
- Carries no negative connotation on its own, but some gamers pride themselves on finishing a game 攻略本なしで ('without a guide').
Common collocations
- 攻略本を買う: to buy a strategy guide
- 攻略本を見る: to consult a strategy guide
- 攻略本に頼る: to rely on a strategy guide
- 公式攻略本: official strategy guide