Hacker News: throwawayAAUGGHhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=throwawayAAUGGHHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:03:20 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by throwawayAAUGGH in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"]]>The original donkey kong is pretty difficult compared to some of the wide-audience games that have been coming out. As far as I can tell, if the audience of a particular franchise includes younger generations as a majority or near-majority, the difficulty plummets. I don't think "plummets" is even that sensational. See pokemon, kingdom hearts, mario games, final fantasy games. Some franchises and genres have survived but not all of them.

I might be missing some other reasons why this could be happening, like increases in game balance and coordination.

Play Mario Odyssey for an hour or two then play Super Mario Bros 1, 2, or 3 as one startling example.

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