10-06-2012, 07:35 PM
(10-04-2012, 10:11 PM)Diogalesu Wrote: That being said say if a skilled player were to pick up Super Mario World today then he'd be able to whizz through it like nothing and beat the game 100%
No doubt SMW is easier today than it was "back then" but not to the extent of NSMB. And SMB 3 has some pretty hard(ish) levels, specially towards the end.
However, challenging doesn't have to mean harder. A game can be easy, but still feel challenging. You hardly need to even pay attention to what you're doing on NSMB to get to the end of the level, and the bosses died so quickly I have no idea what any of them actually do (minus the one you have to do as mini Mario, I saw him attack).
That feeling that I, as the player, am I actually doing something just wasn't there with NSMB. Epic Kirby was super-easy, but it still engaged me as a player. The player is almost passive with NSMB.