Awesome Goemon DS video

[A Black Falcon]

You are right that GGA is easier to get in to and MN64 has a slightly higher curve, but it's not that dramatic really. The main problem with learning MN64 is remembering the controls, they're a bit overly complex...

I disagree that MN64 is significantly more complex than GGA. I don't see it. Yes, it has a few more NPCs. It's got large areas, versus linear levels. But the big areas are easily explored and don't really take all that long to explore, so unless you're going to wander aimlessly, you'll probably spend at least as long in GGA's levels. The castles it's even more clear: While maybe in physical length they're similar in both games, GGA's are substantially harder, so they'll take longer... and you actually "die". That's not something I do very often at all in MN64, that's for sure! The added challenge definitely helps make GGA take longer, as you have to replay levels sometimes... makes the castles a bit of a pain sometimes, but oh well. That's better than beating everything without too much of a problem...

Now, I'm sure that the later parts of MN64 are harder than the first. But even just comparing the first halves of each game, GGA is still harder... and cooler too, for sure. I mean, what does MN64 have to compete with the water levels, or the first castle in GGA? :)