Which version of this should I play? The NES prototype or the translated GBA version with the easy ring equipped?
My problem with the GBA version is the bad audio quality. How grindy is the original NES version?
>>3830930
>How grindy is the original NES version?
Again this fucking meme. Which youtuber told you that, fuckface?
>>3830961
Pretty much every written review of this game.
You don't have to grind in the original version.
There are plenty of powerful usable items. Use them instead. You certainly don't use them in the endgame sinceyou get a robot who will do all fights for you there.