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>>10645389
I'm starting to believe that's the case. It's short but extremely good. In fact I think that being short is actually a good thing about this game

>>10645402
It's one of those games that has very tight pacing and almost zero downtime, which I love. Alien Soldier is another game like that.

Might be, but NES has a lot of reqlly great games. It's one of the goats, though.

Also starting to believe this is the case. I realized how much better it is compared to every other castlevania a few years ago, its the game I go back to the most, the most fun to try to 1cc. I love rondo too, but like someone above mentioned, the pacing and length are perfect.

>>10645389
not even a good game. the greatest NES game of all time is super mario bros. 3

>>10645452
SMB3 is the best game on the NES if you have modern sensibilities

>>10645452
SMB3 is obviously one of the best games on the NES (and IMO better than SMW), but CV1 is also at the top with it

>>10645389
Castlevania 3 mogs it easily. You just think it's the best one because it's a hit game from prime days of NES and was featured on Nintendo Power.

>>10645389
Also the best NES game of all time is DuckTales. It is also the best Capcom game of all time.

Nothing comes close in terms of the level design, balance of length, pacing and joy of finding secrets. Not even SMB3.

>>10645473
Not OP but I've never played any NES CV game before around 2010 (born in 1991)
CV3 is impressive visually (and the music is amazing in the Famicom version), but CV1 has better pacing. CV3 has parts that are just not fun such as having to backtrack in an action platformer

>>10645438


SMB 3 is fantastic, you get no arguments from me on that, better than super Mario world even IMO, but it's a slog... The game is long as fuck unless you're using whistles to blow through the game and even then... Castlevania on the other hand is literally perfect.

All the naysayers need to go back and just try it again. Its such a great build up to the end as well.

>>10645473
i like it better because of the arcade game length
cv3 is a better game because its the same game++
but cv1 has that cool arcade factor and add in some damage boosts and instant kills and youve got a super cool game to play

>>10645389
If there is a greatest NES game of all-time, that may be it. Other contenders are:
>Super Mario Bros.
>Life Force
>Mega Man II

>>10645629
>Life Force
I suck at SHMUPs but I feel like I still have to try this one
>Mega Man II
I just finished X4 but I'm afraid this is going to filter me

>>10645631
>I suck at SHMUPs but I feel like I still have to try this one
Life Force is tough, but fair, unlike Gradius.
It's way, way easier that than game, so please dive in without fear, but you still have to pay attention. You won't be no-deathing it for a while, maybe never.
I used to be able to no-death it, but now, ehh I just can't spend the time to do it. It's fun, though.

>I just finished X4 but I'm afraid this is going to filter me
Mega Man II is easy, vrbro. It's probably the easiest one of them all.

>>10645389
Yes.

You people are idiots. Why does there have to be a "best" NES game? Are you all 5 years old

>>10646128
The whole internet is like that.
NPCism is a real thing.

>>10645389
>greatest NES game of all time
Not to sound too normie but Legend of Zelda gets my vote. The freedom to go wherever you want, secrets, music, 2nd quest, etc etc. It also(to me) feels like an old skool dnd session put onto a NES cart. Castlevania 1 or 3 are really great games in its own right and I wouldn't fault anyone for picking as their #1.

>>10646128
It's especially ridiculous given that there's so many different genres, themes, and styles of video game, even on just that one console. It's hard for anything to be "the best" when other games can fit different moods more appropriately. The world is too vast to reduce everything to just one choice and say "we're done thinking".

>>10646564
>nooo there can't be a best one..because...because because I say so!

>>10646564
catltlevania is....le bad!

>>10647425

What in the world went through your mind while you were deciding to type that?

played the improved control plus the no knock back ver on cdromance first and realized how much challenge and fun those take away after playing the non hacked ver

>>10645389
This is the best NES game bar none.

zelda1 is objectively the best nes game

>>10645389
Agreed.