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Snow Barrel Blast from Donkey Kong Country.

Seriously, f*** that level. Small platforms that are slippery, pixel perfect jumps/barrels blasts, barrels that rotate AND move, a crap load of enemies and bees that fly around the barrels that have an insane amount of speed.

I'm aware there's a hidden barrel that skips almost everything, but how on earth are you supposed to know about that if no hints of that short-cut is given?
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[quote name='Dark Armed Duelist' timestamp='1291570675' post='4831672']
I'm aware there's a hidden barrel that skips almost everything, but how on earth are you supposed to know about that if no hints of that short-cut is given?
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Because people were randomly shooting themselves off, and were like: "HEI, I FOUND A SEKRT BAREL LOLOLOLOLOLOL"
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@Armadilloz - Yeah, that ALWAYS ticked me off. Luckily (for you), I playtest ALL my stages to make sure they can be completed.

@ChilledFlames - It was pretty annoying - as was the Great Palace from Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link for the NES. Unless you knew where you were going, you were gonna go in circles forever.

@Dark Armed Duelist - The last part is what gets a lot of people. I can do it flawlessly - and anyone else who can do it flawlessly is rewarded with a 3-Up balloon.

@Random Dude - Don't remind me of those. I still have nightmares about those games...
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[quote name='Larxene' timestamp='1291674270' post='4834562']
It's not hard, it's just annoying to have to change boots every 30 seconds.
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Doesn't annooyance count towards frustration (especially if you did something that has you repeat the annoying process over again)?

Great Palace is frustrating. However, the start-off-at-the-palace-beginning-instead-of-going-all-the-way-back-to-where-you-normally-restart-after-losing-all-your-lives ails that problem.
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[quote name='Beata Persequenda' timestamp='1291660763' post='4834101']
Super Mario World Special Zone. I swear to God, I spent half of my childhood slaving over f***ing Outrageous. I don't even know why, it wasn't that hard of a level. Oh, and Goddamn Tubular.
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Tubular wasn't too bad for the sheer fact that the controls on Balloon Mario weren't as bad as all the people made them out to be.

Outrageous was a tough level, however, mainly because of those damn fireballs of doom. That literally took me sixty lives on my Virtual Console, and while I wasn't annoyed that I was dying, I was annoyed that each time I died I had to go back to Top Secret Area to get double Capes and Yoshi. Took so much time. D':
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Would mentioning Cat Mario here be a little overkill?
(despite the fact that game is stupid-easy)

[quote name='ChilledFlames' timestamp='1291665722' post='4834254']
I enjoyed playing Megaman 3, but Gemini Man, dampen him (I don't like cursing)! It's nearly impossible to beat him without Search Snake.
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Geminiman fights the same as Split Mushroom.
And Mushroom is an easy opponent.
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[quote name='SaTuRnPaLaDiN' timestamp='1291697036' post='4835470']
@Armadilloz:

Yes, Gemini Man and Split Mushroom have the same basic strategy. The only difference is that Split Mushroom reacts more by being hit with its weakness. Gemini Man barely flinches.[/quote]
But Mushroom is [i]VERY[/i] easy.
As Gemini/Mushroom's "team attack" progresses, you only have to nudge Megaman slightly to the left to dodge it easily.
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[quote name='SaTuRnPaLaDiN' timestamp='1291697958' post='4835500']
Slash Beast, on the other hand...
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Slash Beast is actually fairly easy. Pretty much you just need to remember how his attacks work, and have fairly good timing at them.
Most of his attacks are done by dashing across the ground. You can easily dash over him.
His 'spin' move is simple to dodge, as it travels really slowly, and you can dash under the bottom 'slash'.
The random: "HEI MEGAMAN IMA JUMP ON U LOLOLOL" move is a little unorthadox, as it comes out of nowhere. But he hardly uses it.
His "IMMA CHARGIN MAH CLAWZ" move is just stupid, and lets you get free shots in.

If you can dodge all of these how I mentioned, while also spamming charge shots, he goes down fairly easily.


Storm Owl, in my opinion, is an annoying boss. Easy, but [i]REALLY[/i] annoying.
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[quote name='Armadilloz' timestamp='1291698213' post='4835516']
Slash Beast is actually fairly easy. Pretty much you just need to remember how his attacks work, and have fairly good timing at them.
Most of his attacks are done by dashing across the ground. You can easily dash over him.
His 'spin' move is simple to dodge, as it travels really slowly, and you can dash under the bottom 'slash'.
The random: "HEI MEGAMAN IMA JUMP ON U LOLOLOL" move is a little unorthadox, as it comes out of nowhere. But he hardly uses it.
His "IMMA CHARGIN MAH CLAWZ" move is just stupid, and lets you get free shots in.

If you can dodge all of these how I mentioned, while also spamming charge shots, he goes down fairly easily.


Storm Owl, in my opinion, is an annoying boss. Easy, but [i]REALLY[/i] annoying.
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The only thing that gets me with Slash Beast is when he does that counterhit move. He pulls it outta nowhere. THe fight is MUCH harder as Zero - especially when you decide to be a showoff and take on Slash Beast FIRST.

Storm Owl freaking HURTS! I swear, don't fight him first if at all possible unless you know what the hell you're doing.
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[quote name='SaTuRnPaLaDiN' timestamp='1291698439' post='4835523']
The only thing that gets me with Slash Beast is when he does that counterhit move. He pulls it outta nowhere. THe fight is MUCH harder as Zero - especially when you decide to be a showoff and take on Slash Beast FIRST.[/quote]
Zero 4, playing as Zero, is a pain.

[quote name='SaTuRnPaLaDiN' timestamp='1291698439' post='4835523']Storm Owl freaking HURTS! I swear, don't fight him first if at all possible unless you know what the hell you're doing.
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Storm Owl takes like .5 damage from regular shots, and like 1 damage from a charged shot.
Its not until you get the buster upgrade FROM DIEING A FEW HUNDRED TIMES, then Owl becomes easy. Especailly because that giant charge shot can 'destroy' that one wing attack he does.
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World 3 Secret in Yoshi's Island DS to me is frustrating (It could be Extra 3, but I get confused with Secret levels and Extra levels). Skiing can be such a pain (Though it is always good to have a couple 100 lives since they are very easy to get).
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