toptenmaterial Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 What NES games have you completed the second loop of? My modest list: Castlevania- Levels 2-3 with the crushers and Medusa heads combos are a bitch. 4-1 and especially 4-2 are tough! After that, strangely, the game returns to normal difficulty. Zelda II- essentially an official cheat mode as you get restarted with full stats and all of your moves and spells. It's fun! How about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I have done Zelda (the fist one). Not sure if this counts but I beat so many RC Pro-Am levels I filled al my trophies up and had the entire screen gold and was just overlapping the trophies w/new gold's and finally shut the game off. I'm sure there are others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Kung Fu Contra Isolated Warrior Legendary Wings Batman the Video Game - I doubt that most people even know that this one loops if you start another game after the ending. The game doesn't get any harder though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Kung Fu Contra Isolated Warrior Legendary Wings Batman the Video Game - I doubt that most people even know that this one loops if you start another game after the ending. The game doesn't get any harder though. If the game isn't any different, is it a "loop"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) If the game isn't any different, is it a "loop"? Yes. A game can loop without getting any more difficult. You keep adding to your score until a game over (or quit playing out of boredom). Edited February 12, 2018 by mbd30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I consider "Second Loop" to mean "Second Quest." Super Mario Bros. comes to mind, where all the Goombas are turned into Buzzy Beetles after you beat the game and the game is a little harder. Or the famous Second Quest in Legend of Zelda. I don't know if I've ever finished any Second Quests. Maybe Super Mario Bros. but I don't remember. (I know I've finished both quests in Princess Rescue, but that's not NES. ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Batman the Video Game - I doubt that most people even know that this one loops if you start another game after the ending. The game doesn't get any harder though. If nothing changes, then it's not what people typically consider to be a second loop. Replaying a game that replicates the initial loop repeatedly has little to no meaning regardless how you look at it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 If nothing changes, then it's not what people typically consider to be a second loop. Replaying a game that replicates the initial loop repeatedly has little to no meaning regardless how you look at it. Yeah, I misread the OP as just referring to games that keep looping. Legendary Wings doesn't get any harder either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 If nothing changes, then it's not what people typically consider to be a second loop. Replaying a game that replicates the initial loop repeatedly has little to no meaning regardless how you look at it. It's an interesting designation. I've heard Castlevania's second quest commonly referred to as the second loop, whereas with Zelda it is the second quest. Perhaps that's because Castlevania is more linear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 It's an interesting designation. I've heard Castlevania's second quest commonly referred to as the second loop, whereas with Zelda it is the second quest. Perhaps that's because Castlevania is more linear? I think Zelda only has the two quests and that's it. Castlevania just keeps looping forever, so it's more like a second loop than a second quest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 It's an interesting designation. I've heard Castlevania's second quest commonly referred to as the second loop, whereas with Zelda it is the second quest. Perhaps that's because Castlevania is more linear? It's pretty easy to define. Zelda's second quest doesn't require you to have beaten the game. Simply start a new game and type "Zelda" as your character name and you'll be thrown into the second quest. To access Castlevania's second loop, you have to beat the game then do the second loop in the same sitting. There's no shortcut to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 The reason I ask is, most games I know offer the option to restart after you hit the ending. Its just a matter of if the game experience itself is any different than just firing up a new game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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