Originally Posted by
Greg2600
Funny they thought that, because if you check any list of arcade game records, particularly classic, Americans dominate. NAMCO had this big celebration after Billy Mitchell's perfect game in Pac-Man. It's not about difficulty so much. I think Western gamers loved fast moving games, games that are fun first. Japanese wanted to be tested mentally at every path, in a puzzle-solving way. JAP-SMB2 if you ask me, game-wise, is not good. It's not fun, it's a pain in the butt which I would have had zero patience for 25 years ago. I don't think it would have ruined the Mario franchise, but it would have been ugly.