History Main / NintendoHard

The [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/rankings?platform=0&genre=0&list_type=diff&view_type=0&dlc=1&min_votes=1 difficulty rankings]] section of [=GameFAQs=] is a good measure of a game's difficulty as long as it has a sufficiently large number (50+) of difficulty votes. Games that are rated 4.0 or above on that list represent the top 3% hardest video games ever released. (Note: it is effectively a [[FourPointScale 2.5-4.0 scale]].)

->''"WE ARE NINTENDO. WE CHALLENGE ALL PLAYERS. '''YOU CANNOT BEAT US.'''"''

The Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem was known for two things: [[UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 reviving home console gaming]] and having ridiculously difficult games.

Back in TheEighties, video games didn't have today's sophisticated storylines. {{Excuse Plot}}s were the norm. Therefore, much of the feeling of accomplishment one could get from playing them was from overcoming the insane difficulty they provided, if only so that one could {{brag|gingRightsReward}} about it to their friends. [[GoddamnedBats A plethora of enemies]] and difficult jumps were not just the name of the game, they ''were'' the game. And these games weren't just hard; they were ''[[TitleDrop Nintendo Hard!]]''

The UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem was known for two things: [[UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 reviving home console gaming]] and having ridiculously difficult games.

'''When you add examples, please be sure to read the following sentence:''' If you feel inclined to add the words "for this troper" or "could be considered" and cannot make a strong statement on the universal difficulty of the game in question, '''[[Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope then it is not an example]]. Examples must be games that, as a whole, are extremely difficult even by skilled players' standards. The game in question must have a difficulty rating of at least 3.88 on [=GameFAQs=] with at least 50 difficulty votes.'''

-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0DlcxyY5M '80s Australian NES commercial]]''

Back in the '80s, video games didn't have today's sophisticated storylines. {{Excuse Plot}}s were the norm. Therefore, much of the feeling of accomplishment one could get from playing them was from overcoming the insane difficulty they provided, if only so that one could {{brag|gingRightsReward}} about it to their friends. [[GoddamnedBats A plethora of enemies]] and difficult jumps were not just the name of the game, they ''were'' the game. And these games weren't just hard; they were ''[[TitleDrop Nintendo Hard!]]''

** But if he/she can take at least one hit without repercussions, falling into BottomlessPits or getting SquashedFlat [[OneHitKill still instantly kills him/her]].

* A hero who can survive very few hits--often dying from even the [[OneHitPointWonder slightest scratch]].

'''When you add examples, please be sure to read the following sentence:''' If you feel inclined to add the words "for this troper" or "could be considered" and cannot make a strong statement on the universal difficulty of the game in question, '''[[Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope then it is not an example]]. Examples must be games that, as a whole, are extremely difficult even by skilled players' standards.'''

For further building blocks of Nintendo Hard, see ClassicVideoGameScrewYous.

->'''Cranky Kong:''' You call these games hard? Please! I was beating games with ''twice'' the difficulty these had before any of you were born!

* Stiff, clunky, and perhaps somewhat unresponsive controls (but ''only'' when applied to the original 8-bit, 16-bit, and (to a small extent) 32-bit generations; in more modern games, it ceases to be expected and veers right into FakeDifficulty.

The [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/rankings?platform=0&genre=0&list_type=diff&view_type=0&dlc=1&min_votes=1 difficulty rankings]] section of [=GameFAQs=] is a good measure of a game's difficulty as long as it has a sufficiently large number (50+) of difficulty votes. Games that are rated 4.0 or above on that list represent the top 3% hardest video games ever released. (Note: it is effectively a [[FourPointScale 2.5-4.0 scale]])

-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0DlcxyY5M 80s Australian NES commercial]]''