I remember getting SMB2 and not being able to figure out how to enter doors until a friend told me to press up. I think I tried everything other than pressing up, it just never occurred to my 8-ish-year-old brain.
It’s easy to forget that there was a time that these types of “norms” weren’t established yet. I remember people learning to use WASD instead of the arrow keys in a similar way.
I remember getting SMB2 and not being able to figure out how to enter doors until a friend told me to press up. I think I tried everything other than pressing up, it just never occurred to my 8-ish-year-old brain.
It’s easy to forget that there was a time that these types of “norms” weren’t established yet. I remember people learning to use WASD instead of the arrow keys in a similar way.
Tank controls were much more commonplace at the time too.