Bad comments on the reviews??? The best of the three by far! The challenge is a welcome addition!
This game kicks the whole series up a notch, and adds some much needed difficulty to an otherwise very simple series of games! Some people get down on the game (I guess... from what I read in the other reviews after coming back to reread my own review) because they think the game is too hard. Well, it may not be the easiest game for the NES, but it is NOWHERE near the most difficult! Seeing as though there isn't a ton of replay value for the entire series, and the first two games could be beaten very easily, I just can't see why fans of the series wouldn't want to be challenged by an otherwise cakewalk series of games and get their money worth (maybe that is the reason, most of the fans liked the first two more? because it was a simple beat em' up that didn't take much time or energy to beat?)! A game of this caliber is MUCH more satisfying when you finally do finish it! If you don't play video games much, I can see why you might not like the game all that much! If you die 3 minutes into the game over and over. Then again if you are a casual gamer and NEVER even got to enjoy the game in its entirety the way that it was meant to be played, then why would you be writing a review for a game that you never had the pleasure of beating? or even getting past the first stage for that matter? That would be like me saying that Super Mario Brothers III is a horrible game because I just can't seem to beat the first stage! (Of course I can by the way, but you get the point). It takes some time to learn the mechanics, but once you do, this is definitely one of the BEST games the NES has to offer! Of course you are going to give a bad review to a game that is above your skill level. Anyone who thinks this game doesn't deserve to be in the series needs to get a cat scan! The graphics are much better, game play is a lot more fun, levels are thought up 100 times better, boss battles are tougher, you name it, this game has it ALL if your a fan of old school kung fu style butt kicking! I own over 350 NES games and I would EASILY put this one somewhere in the top 25!