How were you supposed to know to jump?
games assumed you weren't retarded back then. they also assume you read the instruction manual
now fuck off with your meme
You read the manual
You walk into the first enemy and die, so when you respawn you try pressing something else on the controller to get past them. You learn to jump, and it works.
>>333672726
Sigh I died to that first Goomba SO many fucking times because no one told me he was an enemy. I kept trying to talk to him and then I would see Mario fall off the screen. At first I thought he was just doing poorly with the social interaction and it was only later that I discovered that Mario was actually DYING from it. Fucking morbid game. Toriyama should be ashamed.
>>333672726
You didn't. Marios is shit.
>>333672726
you hit the red things on the square thing
oh it did something
>>333672865
No, /v/. Stop that.
You have eyes and can breath.
>>333672806
>>333672817
I couldn't read at the time
Shigeru Miyamoto masterful self-teaching game design!!!!
t. Egoraptor
>4 buttons and dpad
>Two button is meant for actions
Press B and press A, wow so fucking hard.
>>333672948
What? Youre supposed to use that thing? Never tells you to! I thought you only used it to press start
There's like 2 buttons on the pad besides the dpad and start/select, I assume most people have an inquisitive enough mind to try them out
>>333672726
There was a manual and only 8 fucking buttons. 4 of which were clearly for directional input and 2 which are only used for pausing and other odd jobs. So if you couldn't figure out that one of the two remaining buttons makes the guy jump then you would be retarded.
>>333672997
You could press any button until you could figure it
>>333672997
Have fun getting past the title screen lol
>>333673052
This was on NES so there were only 2 buttons actually.
>>333673269
>>333673052
Oh nevermind I get what you mean now. But it still stands that only 2 buttons need to be tried out max in order to figure out jumping.
>>333672918
>>333672726
ARTIFICIAL DIFFICULTY
>>333672918
There there, friendo. I know dat feel. Octoroks are my sworn nemesis, they are the hardest boss monsters in video game history.