Treythalomew
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Well that game would have been 8 dollars plus tax
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"y cant metroid crawl?" first time (Miiverse) players cry for help in Super Metroid
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Well that game would have been 8 dollars plus tax
Nothing mean-spirited here. It's just cute. I guess we sometimes forget how not everyone is as hardcore as us!
*cue NeoGAF documentary*
maquiladora
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This.
sixteen-bit
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Actually, that's a valid point. A new Metroid player would see every pit and interpret it as a pit in Mario -- not knowing they can actually drop down and continue exploring.
A Black Falcon
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I forget what part those people are stuck on, but yeah, I don't think it was a hard part of the game, sure.
However, Super Metroid is a quite difficult game full of extremely obtuse "puzzles", some of which basically just require you to randomly attack the walls and stuff until you find what you need... yeah, I would not have ever finished it without a walkthrough. Way too much randomly hidden stuff you need to find, and the map isn't helpful for that stuff most of the time. I mean, it's great that it HAS a map, and it makes the game playable... but still, there's a lot of stuff in that game that there aren't really clues for. It definitely inherited quite a bit of Metroid 1 level design, and that's not something I like.
Sure, modern games are too linear, but the ideal is somewhere in between "just randomly look around until you maybe find it" and "the game holds your hand the whole way through". Super Metroid has some parts which are way too close to the former of those styles for me to have beaten it without guides.
However, Super Metroid is a quite difficult game full of extremely obtuse "puzzles", some of which basically just require you to randomly attack the walls and stuff until you find what you need... yeah, I would not have ever finished it without a walkthrough. Way too much randomly hidden stuff you need to find, and the map isn't helpful for that stuff most of the time. I mean, it's great that it HAS a map, and it makes the game playable... but still, there's a lot of stuff in that game that there aren't really clues for. It definitely inherited quite a bit of Metroid 1 level design, and that's not something I like.
Sure, modern games are too linear, but the ideal is somewhere in between "just randomly look around until you maybe find it" and "the game holds your hand the whole way through". Super Metroid has some parts which are way too close to the former of those styles for me to have beaten it without guides.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Their tears will probably short-circuit household breakers, at least until they quit. Noob bridge gets a lot of folks these days, thank you tutorials.
Seriously though, the game tells you to press down to activate the morph ball! It even has a nice little drawing!
Obviously kids today don't read. [shakes fist in the air]
we.are.the.armada
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I recently saw a show about child psychology and it mentioned something about how younger children can more readily figure out problematic instances such as these because of the way their brains path logical conclusions. Older children and adults will often get stumped on basic, even obvious issues, no matter how intelligent they are.
Maybe this is why we were so damn good at these games when we were younger?
Maybe this is why we were so damn good at these games when we were younger?
MisterHero
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This is a great way of Nintendo learning how intuitive their designs are.
Of course, Nintendo could just eliminate morph balls from future Metroids altogether.
Of course, Nintendo could just eliminate morph balls from future Metroids altogether.
You've obviously never played super metriod.
Fox Mulder
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I felt stupid for getting stuck in sonic 3's carnival night zone recently.
I guess this means more Monita nagging in everything.
I guess this means more Monita nagging in everything.
That's only the case for non essential upgrades though.
Dragoon En Regalia
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I was just thinking that. They need to play more games, learn about game logic, and take a chance, I guess, which isn't something modern society in a recession promotes.
Hot Coldman
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This stumped my moron arse for weeks. Ugh.
ViewtifulJC
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"how do you jump off walls like animals???"
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Jotamide
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You have to also consider this is the type of Nintendo console gamers these days. Not as as many "hardcore" titles as in the NES/SNES days.
EmCeeGramr
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Be nice people, I can imagine some kid having no goddamned clue what to do in Metroid. It might be their first Metroid game and all they know is that you run and shoot.
SteveWinwood
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I was not that dumb when I was six.
Hot Coldman
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MrCunningham
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For people wondering why there's too much hand holding in games these days... well, here's your definitive answer.
Also, does this mean that the moment Metroid escaped his captivity, the galaxy became doomed again?
Also, does this mean that the moment Metroid escaped his captivity, the galaxy became doomed again?
I bet some are copy cats/trolls once they saw them but sadly at least a few of these will be real.
smh.
Dragoon En Regalia
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It's not too late for Dyack and Pachter to call us heartless for laughing at Metroid-can't-crawl in the upcoming doc, right?
This is actually something that while amusing at first, makes me genuinely fascinated: will these people get the help they need and get past those trouble parts? This could really be a test for if this sort of thing can let them ease up on the handholding: you got a problem just post a picture to Miiverse and get some help!
It's going to be kind of funny/sad if this is the sort of thing that ends up bringing back physical manuals: because people look at the digital ones EVEN LESS.
I still have trouble on that damn part. Can't even imagine how some of these posters would handle it.
So, you're Pauly?
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