Mega Man 2 actually had an easy mode that was called normal mode. Ninja Gaiden is a terribly difficult game, but it's unfair to choose Mega Man 2's normal mode as representative of the difficulty of the Mega Man series.<p>"Technically, Mega Man 2's easy mode was called normal mode, while the white-knuckled difficulty typically found in a Mega Man game was called difficult, but it was an easy mode."<p><a href="http://kotaku.com/5444479/mega-man-10-brings-the-easy" rel="nofollow">http://kotaku.com/5444479/mega-man-10-brings-the-easy</a>