18th November 2015, 12:31 PM
Double Dragon 3? I don't know much about that one, other than that people say it's not good. Not sure if I've ever played it myself.
As for Mario 2, though, while I do agree with you that they made it harder, the original game makes you beat the game with all four characters, while the Mario 2 version only has you beat it once. Still, removing saving and replacing it with only 2 continues makes more of a difference, so yeah, it's harder than the Japanese version. But at least you don't need to beat it four times.
I actually didn't know about Castlevania Bloodlines' difficulty changes until recently, or at least I had forgotten entirely about them, so I'm glad I didn't do this until now... the Bloodlines summary is better than it would have been otherwise as a result. I've known for a long time about how they changed Contra Hard Corps, but didn't remember about how Bloodlines was similarly messed up. I want the Japanese versions of both games now, so I can play versions of the games I could actually finish... so of course they are region-locked carts, so I'd need a modded or Japanese system to play them. Bah.
As for Mario 2, though, while I do agree with you that they made it harder, the original game makes you beat the game with all four characters, while the Mario 2 version only has you beat it once. Still, removing saving and replacing it with only 2 continues makes more of a difference, so yeah, it's harder than the Japanese version. But at least you don't need to beat it four times.
I actually didn't know about Castlevania Bloodlines' difficulty changes until recently, or at least I had forgotten entirely about them, so I'm glad I didn't do this until now... the Bloodlines summary is better than it would have been otherwise as a result. I've known for a long time about how they changed Contra Hard Corps, but didn't remember about how Bloodlines was similarly messed up. I want the Japanese versions of both games now, so I can play versions of the games I could actually finish... so of course they are region-locked carts, so I'd need a modded or Japanese system to play them. Bah.