I don't recall him ever saying that.
That's probably the actual reason why the average difficulty of most games nowadays has fallen. A lot of gamers nowadays don't have the desire or the time to sink a lot of hours into beating a game, so more forgiving default difficulty works out better for them while those of us that want more of a challenge can pick higher difficulty levels.
And it's not like there aren't still games that are tough by default. Even from Nintendo, the two newest Donkey Kong Country games are legitimately challenging.
True. I have played Tropical Freeze and boy was it tough as nails to get 100% there on the first playthrough and I'm going ot get back in to go for the 200% completion. Also, I have played recently on my second playthrough on Metal Gear Solid 4 and trying to get a Big Boss Emblem there is the toughest thing I will ever have to do in any Metal Gear Solid game I have ever played. Hopefulyl I'll be able to do it. Because don't get me wrong. I like to do a challenge that I can do because that will test the skill of the player and see if they have the guts to master it. Besides, I'm hoping that Starfox Zero itself will deliver the challenge I want to see out of it.
For Ian making negative comments on Zero, I understand your disappointment on Zero. But lets not bash on the game. I remember when Super Mario 3D World was revealed back in E3 2013, people were criticizing that game like there was no tommorow when it was shown. Then when the game came out later on the same year to the public in stores, it was considered to be one of the best Mario games ever on the Wii U and it didn't have online while selling well. I mean it's Mario. I have a feeling that Starfox Zero will be no different. Do you have any idea how long I have been waiting for a new Starfox game? Quite long to be exact and I never lost hope on it. I'm happy that we're finally getting a new one and it's coming out later this year. If it gets pushed back for a few more months, I wouldn't get upset about it. There is a saying on this: "Don't judge a book by its cover." You can have a game that has such awesome graphics, but crappy gameplay. Most of the time, gameplay is considered to be the most important factor in any video game no matter what it is. I mean yes, graphics also do play a big role in the matter. But it is the gameplay is what drives the player to get the experience they need. Anyway, I have a feeling that Zero will have more control options to play the game with besides the Gamepad. With more control options, you can never go wrong with it. Miyamoto did acknowledge of Zero's graphics not living up to modern-day standard from the demo. But he did confirmed that the graphics will get better at the game's final release and this happened to SM3D World. I have faith in Miyamoto on this and with Platinum Games working with Nintendo on it, you can't go wrong with that studio. I personally am looking forward to the game's release and to show my support to the game.
Getting back to Krystal, I see the support for her is not backing off not one bit and I'm liking this on our favorite vixen. Our Miiverse friend Alfore posted a new pic on her and this is coming from Ryu's post on the Miiverse page:
A friend of mine on Deviantart who goes by the name of nickanater1 submitted this on Deviantart that you guys can use for any of your comments.