Nintendo hard

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Nintendo hard (comparative more Nintendo hard, superlative most Nintendo hard)

1. (video games, informal) Having an extremely high level of difficulty.
   • 2020, Barbaros Bostan, Game User Experience And Player-Centered Design, page 267:

     Notably, the fairness of difficulty in Nintendo hard games has been called into question in recent years (Lessel 2013), highlighting that such designs can sometimes serve more to infuriate players through frequent unfair death rather than provide an appropriate challenge.