I'm happy for you - jerk.
I'm currently stuck in 5-2. Played it for 3 hours yesterday (the game, not that level).
As a child (7-
I was so good at Super Mario Bros. that I was able to beat it start to finish (without warp-pipes) without losing a single life. I'm sure there is no way I could do that now, but I still wouldn't think of them as particularly difficult games.(I accept that the japanese SMB2 is an evil exception even though I haven't tried it)
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Got to say, I find this amusing as all hell. While I can't say I entirely understand why Mario has you stymied, I can relate to just not being able to get certain games/genres or just having disasterous results with them.
I found the last level of NSMBWii annoying and incongruously hard.
SteelAttack said:I found the last level of NSMBWii annoying and incongruously hard.
Seriously? 
I found myself having to play that level many times and very often but only because my god-daughter loved watching it so much and she loved to watch Mario rescue the princess and we would also do a silly dance together at the end while the credits rolled. She still nags me to play it from time to time when she remembers it.
About time she learned to use the controller I think. I bet she could handle Super Mario
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Seriously. I spent a good number of tries before I nailed that bastard level.
robio said:Got to say, I find this amusing as all hell. While I can't say I entirely understand why Mario has you stymied, I can relate to just not being able to get certain games/genres or just having disasterous results with them.
This, at least, prvides some solace.
bugsonglass said:I'm really surprised. You've beat some games I consider hard. I'm really surprised you should find 2D Mario platformers so difficult.
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It's all a matter of what you are exposed to. At least the way I figure it.
Still have not gotten past 5-2.
aspro said:It's all a matter of what you are exposed to. At least the way I figure it.
I suppose so. I cut my teeth on games like that and space shooters so for a long time they were second nature to me. I think I should test myself with the new Donkey Kong Country
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I still play everyday. Still stuck on 5-2. I can get through 5-1 without casualty.
It's starting to get me down. But I'll beat this, I don't care if I have to crush my soul into little bits.
I don't remember the last time I didn't use warp pipes, and I'm not good enough to go through the entire game without losing a few lives or with only small Mario. Last time I played (last month, I believe), I got to 8-1 and started trying to get more lives by doing the shell + pipe trick. Died every time, and I just decided to end Mario's life there, as I didn't think I had enough lives to go through the world and face the real Bowser. 
But I do remember that once, as a little kid, I beat the game twice in a row (without shutting the system off) and almost beat it a third time. All the goombas turn into buzzy beetles after you beat it once, so the subsequent times were harder.
