is this loss?

That is genius design in its sheer simplicity.

There's a preliminary non-fatal version of the fatal thing.

That player will simply WANT to not fall into the thing the first time

But as its level 1 they're JUST getting used to the controls.

So it's practice.

It would be so easy not to realize you should do this.

ok theres too much bouncing around

I'm still saying Japan is considerate!

I aint bouncin no way no how!!

Because they do the things literally every good game designer should do?

o: ...

If not for Nintendo, do you realize how dead video games might've stayed during that time?

It only seems like common sense because it was done so well.

There weren't rocksteady rules for any of this!

The idea of training people before letting them undertake a more risky task existed long before this

Its just being applied to video games in this case

But without any instructions?

That's the genius.

No "Mario, you see those?"

Controller in your hand, character on screen, obstacles.

Teaching with just those. That was the incredible part.

@>Cytos, de lieve goede synth THIS is loss.

i was hoping someone would do this

I was having trouble with one of the bushes

and then I remembered my Super Mario Bros. trivia

and took a cloud.

you aint verified

get that shit out of here

ye man, worst kept vidya game secret in the bizz 😛

clouds are bushes man

Games back then had instructions, but they werent always in the game

Usually they were in the acompanying manual

Also, I wouldn't call the trait of harnessing the brain's ability to learn from intuitive means a specifically Japanese trait.

Portal actually did a lot of the same sort of tricks.

aye, but they applied is masterfully in vidya first

like with megaman

All the best games could be played without supplemental material.

original

Mega Man X does the Mario level 1 thing.