Second Loops/Second Quest ThreadEven for really popular games I feel like you never hear much about these. A lot of classic old games feature one but it seems like few care enough to ever play through them and would rather stick to the initial loop. What are your guy's favorite second loops in games?
>>12906391Super Mario Land has this feature which I don't often see mentioned
its pretty incredible the original zelda had a second quest. it kinda sucks ass (seems like it was designed to be annoying with "gotchas"), but whatever, its worth playing thru at least once
It's cool when you think of them as bonus content made without taking up much memory, but I never actually played any of them.
>>12906391I think it's a lame way of adding a hard mode. I'd rather play a harder difficulty from the start. Even worse when I can't save so I need to beat the easier mode first, every time, to even attempt the second quest. That said, I finally decided to play the classicvanias for Halloween and just got to the second loop of the first game today. It's kicking my ass but doesn't seem unfair yet. Since as I mentioned, you can't save, I just created a savestate on the first level.
>>12906458You can save in the Japanese version, so you don't have to play the game twice in one sitting to play hard mode.
The extra game in Kirby's Dream Land is actually somewhat difficult. I don't know if you'd consider it a proper "second loop" since it is accessed with a cheat, but it's a cheat given to you once you clear the game normally, so I guess it would qualify.
>>12906437that was the first game boy game i ever got and i never even knew that.
>>12906465meant for >>12906434
>>12906458>I'd rather play a harder difficulty from the start.You're in luck, mr. ZELDA
>>12906498>be dumb kid>think the main character is Zelda>name file ZELDA>playing a weird impossible version of LoZ that no one else's is like
>>12906458Ive found that aspect more annoying in modern games. I wanted to do the hard mode in the re release of Skyward Sword, but you need to beat the normal mode first. Can't even transfer completed save files from online as far as i know.
>>12906463More Kirby games needed a hard mode.
>>12906767Devil May Cry can be really bad about this. You need to beat the games multiple times to unlock everything. I vaguely remember having to beat DMC3 all over again when the special edition came out.
>>12906503Making the second quest filename "ZELDA" was a dumb move on their part, too easy for new players accidentally start on the content meant for experienced players.
