Thoughts on New Game Plus?

I can play it

What was the first game with a New Game+?

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>>3856963
It's a'aight, but probably not for every game.

>>3856978
Earliest one I can think of playing is pic related; it's pretty great being able to just pick up the game and beat it without any grinding

Are there any hacks that add it to some classic jrpg? I'd like to replay ff7 with stockable materia development and whatnot

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>>3856963

Chrono Trigger implemented this feature extremely well. Great game with excellent music that really has stood the test of time. Its one of the very few JRPGs i go back to playing.

>>3856978
SMB 1

>>3857041
Wouldn't that be kind of the opposite concept?

>>3857041
That's a second loop and was pretty common in arcades from the 80s.

>>3857041
It's just a hard mode

>>3856963

It's lazy crap. It's usually implemented as one of those features that reward you for playing well by making the game you're really skilled at (thanks to your extensive play) even easier, and by making it longer rather than better. It's an incentive to continue consuming when you've already had enough.

In principle, it could be done well, and probably has been done well. I haven't personally seen it, but I haven't played every game.

>>3857293
>It's an incentive to continue consuming when you've already had enough.
I quite enjoy the victory lap with some added shit

>>3856963
You can actually do something like this in Koudelka by getting part way through the second disc, going to the room where the game starts in, and putting in the first disc before you enter it.