Poll Should multiple difficulty levels make a comeback?

[CM30]

In Wario Land 4, you can choose to play the game on three difficulties. Normal, Hard or (once you've beaten the game at least once), Super Hard mode.

These change the number of enemies per level, the amount of time you have to get out after hitting the switch, your starting HP and a number of other things about the game.

However, the setup never appeared elsewhere in the franchise. Shake It's challenges technically asked you to win without taking damage or to complete certain objectives, but it was never mandatory to make progress. And in other games, there was no extra challenge to speak of.

So, do you want to see the difficulty system return? Or would you rather future games just abandoned the idea?

 

[Hotel Horror]

Hells yes. And I think they already are. Just look at Metroid Dread and the newest StarFox game. It's a great way to give the die hard fans more replay value.

 

[CM30]

Hells yes. And I think they already are. Just look at Metroid Dread and the newest StarFox game. It's a great way to give the die hard fans more replay value.

Well, Star Fox 64 had them already. So, I'd have been surprised if they were removed or changed.

But it's nice to see them in Metroid. Maybe Nintendo is more open to the idea again.

 

[Hotel Horror]

Well, Star Fox 64 had them already. So, I'd have been surprised if they were removed or changed.

I never played StarFox 64 so I didn't know. Now I kinda wish I did, game must've been way ahead of it's time.

 

[CM30]

I never played StarFox 64 so I didn't know. Now I kinda wish I did, game must've been way ahead of it's time.

Ah I may have gotten mixed up there. Star Fox 64 treated the three main routes as easy, normal and hard mode, while the remake seems to add labelled difficulty levels on top of that.