That's a good point about ink costs. I once printed a 40 something page guide for a Zelda game, and realized when I finished the game that I barely used the guide.
Sounds like a worthwhile guide, but the $20 price kinda hurts. I remembered the good old days when guides used to be $10-$15.
If they have an open one at your store I suggest flipping through it to see if it's worth it to you. I know Gamestop does a 10% discount of the guide which is about $2....but also consider here that SSBB itself is $49.99...which is much lower than PS3 and X-Box 360 games...plus the $20 guide and that tallies up to ONE PS3/X-Box 360 game....not a bad deal.
The guides I saw at Wal-Mart are all sealed in plastic...they might have an open one at your store for display purposes.
I'm wondering how many people will turn up at my local Gamestop...