Defining moment: Nintendo criticised for being too hardcore

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burgerstein said:

This is how it has always been, and so it apparently shall remain. Yet New Super Mario Bros. Wii is far more difficult than the most recent major Mario title, Super Mario Galaxy (2007). Many of the same children and parents who enjoyed Super Mario Galaxy will be crushed into submission by New Super Mario Bros. Wii as they lose over and over again.

How can anyone say one is harder than the other, they're completely different?

So? I don't think anyone would dispute that it's a lot harder to beat Battletoads than it is to beat Fable, and yet they're in totally different genres.