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DTG said:

What matters is difficulty not length. MGS on extreme is way more difficult than anything from Nintendo. Also Zelda MM was harder than any zelda since and mario sunshine was harder than any mario since. Echoes was harder than MP3. and on and on and on... Nintendo has gone soft and therefore not hardcore.

 

So difficulty determines how hardcore games are? If that's the case then games in general have been going soft for a long time. To make games hardcore again we need to have 3 lives and no save points.