History YMMV / Frogger

* CriticalDissonance: It wasn't necessarily trashed by critics, but it still received fairly mixed reception when it was originally released, with some critics being harsher than others. Despite this, it was still a commercial success and you'll find many people who grew up playing this game claiming they loved it, specifically ''because'' it was so NintendoHard in an era where such games were becoming more uncommon. Even [=GameTrailers=] [[HePannedItNowHeSucks didn't get away easily]] when they listed this game among the top ten worst video game blockbusters (as in games that were commercial successes).

** This game has a lot, but if you had to pick one level, it would be Big Boulder Alley. One of the baby frogs is especially painful; first, every time you start the level, you have to make carefully timed super jumps over the huge beetles. Once you do that, you have to dodge some boulders, then go into a little pathway with tricky boulder dodging, and hope that a bird will fly by in time before you get squashed. Once you make it through there, you have to dodge some tumbleweeds, and the you have one final stretch: make it across a very tough bridge of alligators. Screw up here? DO THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIN. Oh, and this is also assuming you have enough lives and [[GuideDangIt can find one well-hidden baby frog]].

** Frogger Goes Skiing. First off, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange Unexpected Gameplay Change]]. Frogger slides on ice and you don't have option to jump OR stop. If you go too fast, you'll helplessly kill yourself. If you go too slow, you'll run out of time (you only have 52 seconds to get too a certain frog). Along the way, there are many spiders and bats. Many of them. MANY, OF, THEM. Get ready to die many, MANY times.

* ContestedSequel: It's been argued whether the SequelDifficultyDrop was needed, or if the NintendoHard nature of the first game is what made it good.

* DisappointingLastLevel: Many a player felt this about "Tropical Trouble," the final level. Considering the game's extreme NintendoHard nature, you'd expect a nigh-impossible level that tests your skill to new heights. Instead, we get a very short and basic level that only offers a merely decent challenge. To make this worse, they remove a lot of the obstacles after you visit it again, and you don't have to get the baby frogs either.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: If you're savvy enough about Japanese culture, this will most likely be the first thing that pops into your head after playing the game a bit, given that most of the music in the game are nursery rhymes or lifted from {{kodomomuke}} Japanese anime.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: If you're savvy enough about Japanese culture, this will most likely be the first thing that pops into your head after playing the game a bit, given that most of the music in the game are nursery rhymes or lifted from {{kodomomuke}} Japanese anime.

** Uncanny. Crusher. Most of the level consists of sliding around on slimy sewage while dodging several crushing arms (which include [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]]). While on the slime, Frogger ''does not'' stop moving unless he bumps into a wall (and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the crushing arms don't count]], not even the sides). While the arms do move in a fairly predictable pattern, and Frogger can [[InASingleBound Superhop]] on top of the arms (so long as they don't [[EverythingTryingToKillYou slide him into the wall]]), chances are most players will [[NintendoHard die far too quickly to learn the patterns]] well enough to get by on skill.

** Airshow Antics. This level shows an unexpected level change in which the clouds are slippery as if they we're made of ice (in fact, they are made of ice). This wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the helicopter blades that roam up and down through the clouds. Plus, there are vultures. Get ready to get a lot of Game Overs.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: All of the music in the GBA port (which was part of a compilation), even the non-copyrighte

!!The original game has examples of:

!!Other games in the series have examples of:

** Frogger Goes Skiing. First off, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange]]. Frogger slides on ice and you don't have option to jump OR stop. If you go too fast, you'll helplessly kill yourself. If you go too slow, you'll run out of time (you only have 52 seconds to get too a certain frog). Along the way, there are many spiders and bats. Many of them. MANY, OF, THEM. Get ready to die many, MANY times.

* NightmareFuel: The levels that contain all the sewage, which have several sections with large spiked walls closing in on you. Also, there were levels that included large spiders that wandered around the level, which, in turn, took place in a cave-like area surrounded by cobwebs.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The levels that contain all the sewage, which have several sections with large spiked walls closing in on you. Also, there were levels that included large spiders that wandered around the level, which, in turn, took place in a cave-like area surrounded by cobwebs.

* XenSyndrome: Many a player felt this about "Tropical Trouble," the final level. Considering the game's extreme NintendoHard nature, you'd expect a nigh-impossible level that tests your skill to new heights. Instead, we get a very short and basic level that only offers a merely decent challenge. To make this worse, they remove a lot of the obstacles after you visit it again, and you don't have to get the baby frogs either.

* ThatOneLevel: This game has a lot, but if you had to pick one level, it would be Big Boulder Alley. One of the baby frogs is especially painful; first, every time you start the level, you have to make carefully timed super jumps over the huge beetles. Once you do that, you have to dodge some boulders, then go into a little pathway with tricky boulder dodging, and hope that a bird will fly by in time before you get squashed. Once you make it through there, you have to dodge some tumbleweeds, and the you have one final stretch: make it across a very tough bridge of alligators. Screw up here? DO THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIN. Oh, and this is also assuming you have enough lives and [[GuideDangIt can find one well-hidden baby frog]].
** Uncanny. F***ing. Crusher. The cause of more deaths for me than all of Super Mario Galaxy 2. Most of the level consists of sliding around on slimy sewage while dodging several crushing arms (which include [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]]). While on the slime, Frogger ''does not'' stop moving unless he bumps into a wall (and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the crushing arms don't count]], not even the sides). While the arms do move in a fairly predictable pattern, and Frogger can [[InASingleBound Superhop]] on top of the arms (so long as they don't [[EverythingTryingToKillYou slide him into the wall]]), chances are most players will [[NintendoHard die far too quickly to learn the patterns]] well enough to get by on skill.

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The levels that contain all the sewage, which have several sections with large spiked walls closing in on you. Also, there were levels that included large spiders that wandered around the level, which, in turn, took place in a cave-like area surrounded by cobwebs.

* CoveredUp: Most American players may not recognize Inu no Omawari-san, which is a traditional Japanese nursery rhyme. In this game, it's used as the "game start" jingle. Also the four anime themes as mentioned later.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The levels that contain all the sewage, which have several sections with large, spiked walls closing in on you. Also, there were levels that included large spiders, that wandered around the level, which, in turn, took place in a cave-like area surrounded by cobwebs.
* ThatOneLevel: This game has a lot, but if you had to pick one level, it would be Big Boulder Alley. One of the baby frogs is especially painful; first, every time you start the level, you have to make carefully timed super jumps over the huge beetles. Once you do that, you have to dodge some boulders, then go into a little pathway with tricky boulder dodging, and hope that a bird will fly by in time before you get squashed. Once you make it through there, you have to dodge some tumbleweeds, and the you have one final stretch: make it across a very tough bridge of alligators. Screw up here? DO THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIN. Oh, and this is also assuming you have enough lives and [[GuideDangIt can find one well-hidden baby frog.]]

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* NightmareFuel: The levels that contain all the sewage were this for [[RaineSageRocks this young troper]], who gained a crippling fear of large, spiked walls closing in on her, due to certain points during those levels. Also, there were levels that included large spiders, that wandered around the level, which, in turn, took place in a cave-like area surrounded by cobwebs. The names of these levels escapes me, now, but they terrified me to an extreme.

* NightmareFuel: The levels that contain all the sewage were this for [[RaineSageRocks this young troper]], who gained a crippling fear of large, spiked walls closing in on her, due to certain points during those levels. Also, there were levels that included large spiders, that wandered around the level, which, in turn, took place in a cave-like area surrounded by cobwebs. The names of these levels escapes me, now, but they terrified me to an extreme.