@ABronyAccount
I dunno, the swimming controls weren’t that bad IMO. They were kinda similar to SMB or DKC to me.

It was a pain, but now I can breeze through it easily. Honestly, beating the Yellow Devil in Megaman 1 (withour the pause electrical cheat) was harder for me.

@Beau Skunky
I don’t watch those guys, I learned to hate that game all on my own. The rest of the game isn’t bad, but that level was a sudden unexpected jump in difficulty and in a control scheme that none of the other levels had. It was a bad design and it deserves the hate. Wouldn’t surprise me if there was a hack of the ROM to remove it.

Speaking of the AVGN, he recently made a video admitting TMNT NES was a good game. (It’s really no harder than brloved games like Megaman or Castlevania)
His friend Mike Matei even says they kinda regret that old episode feeling they contributed to making the game hated online.

@ABronyAccount
It’s easier once you remember where the bombs are, or have a map.

That dam level!

@hmcvirgo92  
Yeah, while I love this game more then the AVGN did, I admit that jump was annoying.
 
Ironically, the easiest thing in the game for me was defeating Shredder. I actually beat him the first time only using ninja stars. He never touched me once, but I hear he can kill you easily, especially with his retro-mutagen ray gun, but it’s easy to avoid as long as you keep a safe distance from him.

That wasn’t the hard part for me, to be honest. For me, it was that jump in level 3 (the one in the sewer).

@Beau Skunky  
Thanks but I’ll stick with the modded Rom for the extra convenience.

@Red-Supernova  
I have the original, it’s not unplayable, (in fact, the cobat is actually quite easy compared to most Castlevania games) but you might need to Google some of the puzzles, and what the items do, as some barely have any hints.

@Beau Skunky  
Still, if I were to play Simon’s Quest, I would personally play the modded Rom that makes the text faster, the day and night cycle faster, and the NPCs speak normally instead of cryptically.

When I was a kid I thought this was supposed to be an easy level and there was just something wrong with me.

@Red-Supernova  
Yeah, in fact James, (the AVGN) actually admitted he liked “Simon’s Quest,” regardless of it’s flaws.
 
In fact, cryptic puzzles aside, it’s actually one of the easier Castlevania games, but it did introduce some important things to the series, and inspire the Metroidvania genre.

@Beau Skunky  
Keep in mind that the first TMNT game and Simon’s Quest were part of his first ten episodes. Looking back at them, they are way better and more structured games than most of the games he would eventually cover.

To be honest, I actually like that game, and while I admit that was a hard level, I can breeze through it pretty easily nowadays. My strategy to get through that section is to switch to my least-used turtle with full health, and switch to another if his power gets too low. It helps if all your turtles have nearly full health by the time you get to the water segment.
 
In fact, honestly I found the Technodrome interior area harder. Ironically, Shredder was actually easy, just use projectile attacks (like shurikens, or anything) and keep a safe distance from him, and his retro-mutagen ray gun.
 
@Dag1984  
Both games were made by Konami, whom always made hard games.
 
I think the AVGN was a li’l hard on it, considering other games he likes, such as the first Megaman are just as hard, and have cheap moments too.

You can Feel the rage…

Angry Video Game Sunset.

Fuck those goddamned weeds. Those were a big a scourge as those medusa heads from Castlevania.

God, I hated that level.