Thread 722927367

LITERALLY how were you supposed to know???

Nintendo Power

Game devs in this era would double dip by selling strategy guides and include impossible secrets like this. An early form of dlc of sorts except not gay. Those strategy guides were high quality stuff. Detailed mechanics explanations, artwork, lore and character info, secrets like this.

>>722927881
Except this was not a secret, you literally need to know and do that in order to beat the game.

>>722927367 (OP)
Was there hints in the manual? Many games had crucial info in the manual.
Actually wasn't this an in game hints botched by bad translations situation?
Either way
>Get the Power

Poochy ending

one of the npcs says it an broken nonsense way like "hit head against cliff to find treasure" or some shit like that but some of them lie to you anyway

>>722927367 (OP)
I did this without any context as a kid. I didn't even own the game, I was borrowing it from a friend. I'm sure that now, as an adult, I'd never know to do this though.

Call the hotline or buy a strategy guide.
Or were your parents too poor?

>>722927367 (OP)
back then dlcs were magazines

>>722927881
>Wiki gameplay but soulful

>>722927967
In the past video games were meant to keep you busy for several months, and they weren't 120 gigabyte RPGS full of cinematics, they were 100kb NES games. As a result, most kids in the 80's/90's didn't even beat half the games in their collections because they were filled with shit like this. You would just replay the same parts over and over. It was seen as completely normal to have the game gated by strategy guides or a call to the Nintendo hotline. Yes you could call a landline phone number and they would tell you what to do.

>>722927367 (OP)
I bet some kid did that for some reason and it blew his mind.

>>722927367 (OP)
trial and error

>>722927367 (OP)
This sort of completely nonsensical shit was pretty common back then actually, this only gets so much attention because CV survived longer than those other games
And no it wasn't tip line bait, games were just made by pure autists back then

>>722928191
Kids didn't have many games back then so played same ones for long times, so I don't doubt that. Mess around long enough and might stumble to the right answer

There were hints. It was an IQ test.

>>722927367 (OP)
>not kneeling in front of wall-sama

>>722928571
I mean, I didn't mess with the game a ton. I did most of it in an afternoon, if I recall. I was actually surprised when I beat the game, because obviously the final boss was such a fucking pushover. I do think kids are more willing to play around and search for stuff though. I've replayed a few games from my childhood and I noticed that missed some stuff that I found as a kid, and that's just because I was more interested in searching every little bit of a game rather than doing the immediate, obvious objectives.

>stair goes up infinitely
>...but not if you do this retarded looking movement
How the fuck was I supposed to know how to do this to get past the stairs? Eat shit, Miyamoto, you fucking hack.

>>722929164
King of Kings

it's sad when an entire thread just regurgitates what it heard instead of playing the 40 year old game they feel inclined to spread misinformation in.

>>722928129
Mostly a fault of shit localization, which ran real rampant back in the day. Probably deliberately given the "call the hotline/buy a guide/subscribe to Nintendo Power and pray this issue covers your game" strategy.

>>722928786
Maybe you got lucky or had good intuition. Who knows.
Just kinda reminded me of people "memeing" about games like zelda 1 being unbeatable without guide. Play long enough and you'll just end up trying everything everywhere

>>722928385
I called that nintendonpower landline about that one missile tank in Maridia when I was a kid.
You know the one.

>>722929732
Were they nice? I was too much of a pussy to call people on the phone as a kid because I was afraid they'd call me dumb.

>>722927367 (OP)
what game is that

>>722927424
FIRST
POWER
BEST
POWER

>>722927367 (OP)
this game sucks

>>722927367 (OP)
That vid makes it look like it happens as soon as you press down but IIRC you had to keep kneeling for a good while before it would trigger.

>>722928067
Did you get the good ending?

>>722929164
It moves when you jump on it, therefore that must be the way past it.

>>722930507
Dracula II: The Adventure of Simon

>>722930507
Cho Aniki

>>722927367 (OP)
>he didn't learn japanese and import the famicom version with accurate text
holy casual

>>722930851
Just like Dark Souls.
KNEEL

>>722927367 (OP)
haha thats nice gramps lets get you back to bed

>>722931024
No, it doesn't move enough, you have to hold the down button. I will never finish Sonic 3 now, I learnt of this but my sister took my Genesis since.

>>722931297
tranny ass post

>>722929429
You've clearly never played Castlevania 2.

>>722929429
Simon's Quest itself spreads misinformation even when you discount the dogshit translation

>>722930893
>Mass Effect 3 endings

>>722930507
Fortressgrad II: Nigel's Journey

>>722927367 (OP)
>Wait a second...let me think... i have to kneel for 5 seconds in this exact spot.

>>722927367 (OP)
Step 1: Learn moon runes.
Step 2: Play the moon rune version.
Step 3: Talk to NPCs.
Step 4: Find out if they are telling the truth through trial and error.

>>722927367 (OP)
Colonel tells you

>>722927367 (OP)
I haven't played the game since the NES days. But I do recall an NPC from one of the towns tells you about it vaguely like: "While holding the orb, pray at the foot of the mountain."

>>722930507
Jackie Chan

>>722932261
underrated