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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Except there were so many Japanese games not brought to the west because they were deemed too difficult for western gamers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You say this like you're correcting the person you're responding to, but they didn't dispute this. Both can be true.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Both were true!

[–] any1th3r3 1 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah, that was likely much more prevalent, or some games were also made easier (eg FF II on SNES which was a version closely resembling FF IV Easy Type on SFC).
You could find examples either way tbh.