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Today's Featured Game

N++

ESRB Rating:	NR - Not Rated
My Rating:	Everyone
Genre:	Platformer
Fun-O-Meter:
Summary:	Take control of a stick figure ninja as you collect as much gold as you can while rushing through sets of deadly, obstacle filled levels in this momentum-driven platformer.
Brief thoughts:	Whenever your ninja is killed by an obstacle or hazard, it pops into many small pieces that continue to fly about. Thanks to the game's minimalistic style, this is hardly graphic, so this a pretty clean title.

Today's Featured Glossary Entry

Nintendo hard

"Nintendo hard" refers to the unusually difficult and unforgiving style of gameplay that was often featured in NES games.

Whether or not the high difficulty was intentional or the result of inept game developers is up for debate; most developers learned to make their games easier or more accessible as time went on, but a few didn't.