@Onyxmeth: Megaman 2 was one of the easiest NES games. Besides, the point isn't whether the game was hard or not and how many people could beat the game, the point is, that how can the new audience be "hardcore". Considering how much NES expanded the audience, gamers back then people would have needed to be born as "hardcore".
@Zen: You do have a point there on how the core audience shifts, but then again, you're just pointing out a) how much more "casual" the todays audience is b) the thing that Malstrom is pointing out about anything being "hardcore" that the self-proclaimed "hardcore" likes.
@Picko: The same as i wrote to Zen, but Malstrom is also pointing out how the "hardcore" have two opposite reactions for MM9. The "hardcore" that came along the 2D era, are seeing this as a great thing and the "hardcore" that came along during the 3D, is saying this is a bad thing since it isn't pushing better visuals and more quality audio. It just takes us 20 years back in time. Now, how can there even be a single "hardcore" if it consists of two opposite groups?
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