Does Domino Row have the most difficult to find jewel pieces in the game?

[CM30]

Okay, 'difficult' might be stretching the meaning of the word when it comes to Normal mode in this game, but does anyone else think it does?

Cause look at this map:

http://vgmaps.com/Atlas/GBA/WarioLand4-TopazPassage-DominoRow.png

Note how all four pieces are at least somewhat out of the way and require work to get. It's a similar deal with Crescent Moon Village:

http://vgmaps.com/Atlas/GBA/WarioLand4-SapphirePassage-CrescentMoonVillage.png

Now go and look at any other map of the game in Normal mode. Notice anything?

Pretty much every jewel piece is right there in plain sight. It's especially notable in Hotel Horror, cause they didn't even try to hide the pieces in the normal difficulty version:

http://vgmaps.com/Atlas/GBA/WarioLand4-SapphirePassage-HotelHorror.png

Great big level... and all four collectables are right there in the middle of the hallway. You literally walk right into them, meaning that even a moron could probably get near to 100% completion here.

Wario Land 4 is a great game, but sometimes it seems like Hard mode might actually have been a better default than Normal mode.

 

[Just a Wario Fan]

I never had any problem to collect the four jewel boxes in Domino Row, even in Hard Mode.
In my opinion, the hardest levels to collect those are Fiery Cavern or Toy Block Tower.

 

[ChanceTime]

Wario Land 4 is a great game, but sometimes it seems like Hard mode might actually have been a better default than Normal mode.

Yeah, pretty much. I think it'd be better suited if Normal was Easy, Hard was Normal and Super Hard was Masochist.

But indeed, Domino Row's are probably the best hidden in Normal mode. I think Fiery Cavern probably takes second place? I watched a friend play through the game recently, and those two levels were the only ones wherein he missed Jewel chests, and even then it was just one each. Hard and Super Hard definitely do a better job of placing the chests.