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@ karo
2025-06-13 18:16:06
last night we had a big family sleepover at the grands. The nieces and nephews were really excited to play on the Switch.
We loaded up Donkey Kong Country.
On the first level, they got rocked by the first enemy. And by rocked, I mean, they stood there and did nothing. No button press for jump or attack. The beaver just walked right into them and they died.
"what? what just happened? it didn't tell me what to do!"
Ahhh, how soft the modern youth is. They don't understand the turmoil we endured to play video games. Back then you either played 40-something levels of DK for the whole year or you played nothing at all. There wasn't another free to play game you can just swap to or another game you could buy for the same price as a vending machine soda.
They didn't beat the first level but they gave an earnest effort until they ran out of lives. We didn't want to spoil their fun too much while on vacation so we let them choose another game after that.
They ended up choosing Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime which was really fun for everyone.
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