What are the most difficult tasks you've ever accomplished, self-imposed or not, in a video game? Off the top of my head, I can think of two:
-Getting 100% on More Monkey Madness in Yoshi's Island. Getting through the stage normally is a relative cakewalk, but trying to get every red coin, all five flowers, and not die in the process? It's an absolute nightmare. It mostly boiled down to the fact that there's virtually no ground anywhere, so getting hit twice in a row pretty much meant instant death, regardless of how many stars you had. And since the monkeys that populate the level like to snipe you down while you're spending time collecting red coins and such, and there's a green toady there to ensure you're not getting Baby Mario back if you lose him...yeah, it's not easy.
-Clearing Helper to Hero in Kirby Super Star Ultra with the ice helper. The fire helper comes in a close second here. I don't care what anyone says, the True Arena has got nothing on Helper to Hero with these two guys (I actually found the True Arena to be not all that hard...with the hammer powerup). It was mostly because both helpers have no useful attacks in the air, which is where most boss fights take place, but the ice helper was especially bad because the running physics are completely changed when you play as him. Combine that with pathetically weak attacks and you have an extremely difficult challenge.
-Getting 100% on More Monkey Madness in Yoshi's Island. Getting through the stage normally is a relative cakewalk, but trying to get every red coin, all five flowers, and not die in the process? It's an absolute nightmare. It mostly boiled down to the fact that there's virtually no ground anywhere, so getting hit twice in a row pretty much meant instant death, regardless of how many stars you had. And since the monkeys that populate the level like to snipe you down while you're spending time collecting red coins and such, and there's a green toady there to ensure you're not getting Baby Mario back if you lose him...yeah, it's not easy.
-Clearing Helper to Hero in Kirby Super Star Ultra with the ice helper. The fire helper comes in a close second here. I don't care what anyone says, the True Arena has got nothing on Helper to Hero with these two guys (I actually found the True Arena to be not all that hard...with the hammer powerup). It was mostly because both helpers have no useful attacks in the air, which is where most boss fights take place, but the ice helper was especially bad because the running physics are completely changed when you play as him. Combine that with pathetically weak attacks and you have an extremely difficult challenge.
I should get a new layout.
Probably won't, though.
Probably won't, though.