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* '''Deconstructed''': The game is so hard that nobody ever bothers to beat it. In the game universe, Bob never gets to [[SaveThePrincess save Carol]], while [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] becomes a KarmaHoudini.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The game is so hard that nobody ever bothers to beat it. it.
** The sadistic difficulty of the game causes people to assume that it's UnwinnableJokeGame and once word gets out, sales of the game plummet.
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In the game universe, Bob never gets to [[SaveThePrincess save Carol]], while [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] becomes a KarmaHoudini.
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* '''Straight''': ''VideoGame/{{I Wanna Be The|Guy}} VideoGame/{{Kaizo|Mario World}}'' starts with Bob having to perform multiple pixel-perfect jumps over SpikesOfDoom while dodging a NinjaPirateZombieRobot, and only gets harder from there.

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* '''Straight''': ''VideoGame/{{I Wanna Be The|Guy}} Be|The Guy}} The VideoGame/{{Kaizo|Mario World}}'' starts with Bob having to perform multiple pixel-perfect jumps over SpikesOfDoom while dodging a NinjaPirateZombieRobot, and only gets harder from there.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The game is so hard that nobody ever bothers to beat it. Bob never gets to [[SaveThePrincess save Carol]], while [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] becomes a KarmaHoudini.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The game is so hard that nobody ever bothers to beat it. In the game universe, Bob never gets to [[SaveThePrincess save Carol]], while [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] becomes a KarmaHoudini.

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** The creator [[CreatorBreakdown broke up with his girlfriend of seven years.]]

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** The creator [[CreatorBreakdown broke up with his girlfriend of seven years.]]years]].
** The creator is a TrollingCreator and he's messing with the player.
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'''Basic Trope''': A game that will screw you over several times straight.

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'''Basic Trope''': A nearly {{unwinnable}} {{fake difficulty}}-ridden game that will screw you over several times straight.designed to continuously {{troll}} the player.

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* '''Straight''': ''VideoGame/{{I Wanna Be The|Guy}} VideoGame/{{Kaizo|Mario World}}'' starts with Bob having to dodge several {{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s, while skipping rope with [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': On top of that, elephants start stampeding, anvils drop on top of you, and you start all over again if you die.

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* '''Straight''': ''VideoGame/{{I Wanna Be The|Guy}} VideoGame/{{Kaizo|Mario World}}'' starts with Bob having to dodge several {{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s, perform multiple pixel-perfect jumps over SpikesOfDoom while skipping rope with [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers.]]
dodging a NinjaPirateZombieRobot, and only gets harder from there.
* '''Exaggerated''': On top of that, elephants start stampeding, anvils drop on top of you, The level also has a KaizoTrap at the end, and you start all a very strict time limit. And [[PointOfNoContinues the game starts over again if you die.Bob dies.]]



* '''Subverted''': After the game starts, [[GameBreaker Alice]] appears and {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}s the monsters.

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* '''Subverted''': After the game starts, [[GameBreaker Alice]] appears and {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}s the monsters.enemies.



** The game [[HaveANiceDeath makes fun of the player for every new death]].



** The game is an {{unwinnable joke|Game}} [[ShowWithinAShow game within a game]]

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** The game is an {{unwinnable joke|Game}} [[ShowWithinAShow game within a game]]game]].



* '''Discussed''': "{{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s?! [[TemptingFate What's next, several billion]] SpikesOfDoom?"

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* '''Discussed''': "{{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s?! [[TemptingFate What's next, several billion]] SpikesOfDoom?""[[SaveThePrincess That princess]] had better be grateful that I went through all this to rescue her...”



* '''Implied''': The game is shown [[ShowWithinAShow in the background]], and its player is very visibly frustrated.
* '''Deconstructed''': The game is so hard that nobody ever bothers to beat it. Bob never gets to [[SaveThePrincess save Carol]], while [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] becomes a KarmaHoudini.
* '''Reconstructed''': [[VindicatedByHistory The game becomes more well-regarded after a while]], and the skill of the playerbase increases until someone manages to win.



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** The game resorts to repeatedly reminding the player that they are having fun.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???It's the HarderThanHard difficulty of a game that wasn't easy to begin with.

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* '''Straight''': ''{{I Wanna Be The|Guy}} {{Kaizo|Mario World}}'' starts with Bob having to dodge several {{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s, while skipping rope with [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers.]]

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* '''Straight''': ''{{I ''VideoGame/{{I Wanna Be The|Guy}} {{Kaizo|Mario VideoGame/{{Kaizo|Mario World}}'' starts with Bob having to dodge several {{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s, while skipping rope with [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers.]]



* '''Parodied''': The game ''starts'' with the player dropping onto several spikes.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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The game ''starts'' with the player dropping onto several spikes.



* '''Enforced''': The game is an {{unwinnable joke|Game}} [[ShowWithinAShow game within a game]]

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The game is an {{unwinnable joke|Game}} [[ShowWithinAShow game within a game]]



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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Justified''': The creator [[CreatorBreakdown broke up with his girlfriend of seven years.]]

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* '''Justified''': The creator [[CreatorBreakdown broke up with his girlfriend of seven years.]]???


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** The creator [[CreatorBreakdown broke up with his girlfriend of seven years.]]
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Dodge the abruptly appearing falling spikes, then double jump onto a wall and grab the key to the door to PlatformHell - [[ShootTheShaggyDpg woops, you screwed up!]]

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Dodge the abruptly appearing falling spikes, then double jump onto a wall and grab the key to the door to PlatformHell - [[ShootTheShaggyDpg [[ShootTheShaggyDog woops, you screwed up!]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A game that will screw you over several times straight.
* '''Straight''': ''{{I Wanna Be The|Guy}} {{Kaizo|Mario World}}'' starts with Bob having to dodge several {{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s, while skipping rope with [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': On top of that, elephants start stampeding, anvils drop on top of you, and you start all over again if you die.
* '''Downplayed''': NintendoHard
* '''Justified''': The creator [[CreatorBreakdown broke up with his girlfriend of seven years.]]
* '''Inverted''': You cannot lose the game.
* '''Subverted''': After the game starts, [[GameBreaker Alice]] appears and {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}s the monsters.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then she starts throwing giant ninja stars at you.
* '''Parodied''': The game ''starts'' with the player dropping onto several spikes.
** UnwinnableJokeGame
* '''Zig Zagged''': SchizophrenicDifficulty
* '''Averted''': The game is of normal difficulty.
* '''Enforced''': The game is an {{unwinnable joke|Game}} [[ShowWithinAShow game within a game]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "Don't bother playing this. It's way too hard."
* '''Invoked''': The BigBad drops Bob into his testing chambers to torture him.
* '''Exploited''': The devs install a feature in which they watch you struggle to play the game so they can mock you.
* '''Defied''': [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Bob storms out of the game.]]
* '''Discussed''': "{{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s?! [[TemptingFate What's next, several billion]] SpikesOfDoom?"
* '''Conversed''': "Freakin' game! So freakin' difficult..."
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Dodge the abruptly appearing falling spikes, then double jump onto a wall and grab the key to the door to PlatformHell - [[ShootTheShaggyDpg woops, you screwed up!]]
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