Yeah, I'd like to be able to do it on hard, but I don't think I could handle it (I've never been that great at video games, though I love them)... It is a pretty tough game, but like you said, it is rewarding. It took me a few hours to beat that stage last night. It's saying a lot, that it has been the first game to pull me away from animal crossing for a significant period of time, since I got that game a few months ago. I hope I can stick it out, because I've heard quite a few stories where people have just given up never to return to the game.