Frybread's article of the day! "Nintendo makes games for babies!"

[Johann]

Khuutra said:

Johann said:
Funny stuff. If he's worried about games getting dumbed down I think he's a little late. Did he just said that Prince of Persia - Sands of Time was hard? Apparently he hasn't played ANY NES game. Play the original Final Fantasy. Play the original Contra. Play the original Ninja Gaiden. Better yet, play Battletoads.
Hardcore? Skill? Gimme a break.

Eh, I don't think the NES era was so much about skill as it was rote memorization, which is fine but not to be confused with something as lofty as "skill".

And Sands of Time is? I was just making a point.

And although I get what you're saying about memorization, Contra felt pretty random when I was a kid. Other games I thought were hard as hell was Hagane and Super Turricane on the SNES. I went through hell with those. Great times.